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It Might as Well Be Swing
It Might as Well Be Swing
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	August 1964 (LP); October 1986 (CD)
Recorded	June 9–12, 1964, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Length	27:22
Label	Reprise ; FS 1012
Producer	Sonny Burke
Frank Sinatra chronology
Count Basie chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Record Mirror	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

It Might as Well Be Swing is a 1964 studio album by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra. It was Sinatra's first studio recording arranged by Quincy Jones.

The recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" which appears on this album has become one of Sinatra's most popular. This was Sinatra and Basie's second collaboration after 1962's Sinatra-Basie.

Sinatra's cover version of "Hello Dolly" on the album features a new second verse improvised by Sinatra, which pays tribute to Louis Armstrong, who had topped the Billboard charts with his own version of the song earlier in 1964.

It Might as Well Be Swing is a reference to the title of the well known jazz standard "It Might as Well Be Spring".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)"	Bart Howard	2:30
2.	"I Wish You Love"	Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet, Albert Beach	2:56
3.	"I Believe in You"	Frank Loesser	2:21
4.	"More (Theme from Mondo Cane)"	Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell	3:05
5.	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Don Gibson	3:00
6.	"Hello, Dolly!"	Jerry Herman	2:45
7.	"I Wanna Be Around"	Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt	2:25
8.	"The Best Is Yet to Come"	Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh	3:10
9.	"The Good Life"	Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon	2:30
10.	"Wives and Lovers"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:50
Total length:			27:22

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, George Cohn and Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpets
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers and Kenny Shroyer - trombones
Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshal Royal, Frank Wess and Eric Dixon - reeds
Emil Richards - vibraphone
George Catlett - double bass
Freddie Green - guitar
Sonny Payne - drums

Other Musicians

Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shure and James Getzoff - violins
Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin and Stan Harris - violas
Edgar Lustgarten and Ann Goodman - cellos
Emil Richards - Vibes/Percussion

Production

Sonny Burke - producer
Lowell Frank - engineer
Ted Allen - cover photo
Gregg Geller - 1998 reissue producer
Lee Herschberg - 20-bit digital mastering

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "Frank Sinatra And Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "Frank Sinatra And Count Basie: It Might As Well Be Swing" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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