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  • Release Date: 01/28/2003
  • Label: GL MUSIC CO.
  • UPC: 805386014524

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Steve Lawrence Sings Sinatra

1LISTENI've Got You Under My Skin 3:19
2LISTENYou Make Me Feel So Young 3:00
3LISTENCome Rain or Come Shine 3:50
4LISTENThe Lady Is a Tramp 2:55
5LISTENSummer Wind 2:32
6LISTENFly Me to the Moon 2:26
7LISTENWhat Now My Love 2:30
8LISTENWhere or When 3:11
9LISTENMy Heart Stood Still 2:55
10LISTENThe Best Is Yet to Come 3:08
11LISTENFor Once in My Life 2:35
12LISTENMy Kind of Town 2:34
13LISTENI've Got the World on a String 2:19
14LISTENAngel Eyes 2:59

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Editorial Reviews

Steve Lawrence has released only two newly recorded albums in the last 30 years, 1981's Take It on Home and this one. The inspiration for heading into the recording studio for the first time in over two decades was his mentor, Frank Sinatra, who bequeathed him a batch of song arrangements when he retired. Lawrence makes use of those arrangements, written by the likes of Nelson Riddle, Quincy Jones, and Don Costa, on a tribute album that deliberately sounds a lot like a Sinatra recording. Lawrence was always a student of Sinatra, singing in the same smooth, swaggering manner even if he was 20 years younger. He was perhaps a little smoother and a little less swaggering, but here, freed from any burden to distinguish himself by the album's concept and by those familiar charts, he frequently evokes Sinatra. In fact, the album would be an odd listening experience to anyone caught unaware. Hear a bit of it in passing without knowing who is singing, and you're liable to suppose it is Sinatra, but listen more carefully and you may become confused. The idea of having Lawrence sing Sinatra is a good one, but maybe it's good primarily for his stage act. The album is, at best, redundant, tribute or not. And yet, repeated listenings bring out the singer's individual nuances, demonstrating that, in his mid-sixties, he is still in very good voice, making you wish he had an opportunity to record more frequently and not under anyone else's shadow. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Steve Lawrence Sings Sinatraby Anonymous

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July 26, 2004: Sinatra he is not, and Steve would be the first to tell you so. The rich and siblant vocals on this album are unmistakably Steve Lawrence, and do a wonderful credit to the late Frank Sinatra. It probably is noteworthy to say if Mr. Lawrence's voice has aged any, it has only gotten better. The selection of songs on this CD also complement Steve's style and abilities. If this CD is a tribute to the late Sinatra, it certainly hits the mark, and the only thing you might feel missing is the late Nelson Riddle. Lawrence did some albums years ago with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and as he did with so many other performers, Nelson showcased Steve's vocals to the utmost. Nontheless, this is an excellent CD, a quality production, worthy of nesting right up there on the music shelf along with Frank. This is the real stuff. Forget any criticisms you might hear and pop this in the CD player and bellow out a few lyrics along with Steve. You'll be grinning in no time flat.

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December 01, 2003: I enjoy anything that Steve Lawrence records or sings live. However....the "Lawrence Sings Sinatra" C.D. isn't Steve being Steve! Sinatra has always been my favorite performer, but Steve Lawrence has always been my favorite singer! Steve has recorded and performed a lot of the same songs that Sinatra has performed in the past, but ALWAYS in the style of Steve Lawrence...and of nobody else! Steve's voice is "one of a kind"! Thanks Mr. Lawrence for the decades of wonderful hours spent listening to you, and of course, to you and Edie! Respectfully... R.Saner... Long Beach,Ca.


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