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L.A. Is My Lady
| L.A. Is My Lady | ||||
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| Released | August 1984 | |||
| Recorded | April 13, 16–17, May 17, 1984 New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 36:35 | |||
| Label | Qwest, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
| Frank Sinatra chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
L.A. Is My Lady is the fifty-seventh and final solo studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last (excluding the Duets albums), he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released.
The album came after an album of duets between Sinatra and Lena Horne, instigated by Jones, was abandoned after Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, couldn't wait to record. This was the first studio album Sinatra had recorded with Jones since 1964's It Might as Well Be Swing.
The studio sessions were filmed for a documentary, Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album, which also shows Sinatra meeting Michael Jackson for the first time.
When L.A. Is My Lady was recorded, studio technology was very advanced and Sinatra could overdub the songs, but he preferred making his records by singing live with his musicians in real-time.[2]
Dean Martin, Quincy Jones, Nancy Sinatra, Cheryl Tiegs, Jane Fonda, La Toya Jackson, Jilly Rizzo, Donna Summer, Michael McDonald and Van Halen members David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen make cameo appearances in the video for "L.A. Is My Lady", which in turn made moderate rotation on the fledgling MTV Network.
Despite its title, the album was mostly recorded in New York City. The album peaked at #58 on the Billboard 200, and #8 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.
One notable departure for Sinatra was the clear inclusion of synthesizers on the title track.
On 2024 L.A. Is My Lady was reissued in a expanded edition, remixed by Larry Walsh, with six bonus tracks including the original vocal version of "Mack the Knife"; two alternate versions of "How Can You Keep the Music Playing?" (one previously unreleased, with a Bob Florence arrangement); the outtake "Body and Soul" and a previously unissued alternate take of "After You've Gone".
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (1984-05-17). "Allmusic Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Waring, Charles (2024-10-25). "'L.A. Is My Lady': Frank Sinatra's Gloriously Golden Swan Song". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
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