Sinatra, Nancy: Sugar (CD)

Sugar was the fourth album recorded by Sinatra in 1966, an uncanny feat considering The Beatles were recording around two albums a year at the time. The album followed on the heels of her hit debut album Boots, her follow-up How Does That Grab You?, and the Swinging Sixties offering Nancy In London.

In 1967, Sinatra would continue her artistic ascent into the pop stratosphere with the James Bond You Only Live Twice theme song, the groovy technicolor television special Movin’ With Nancy, recording one of the most beloved duets of all time, titled “Some Velvet Morning,” and a cross-country pilgrimage to the center of the country music scene to record Country, My Way.

It is a peculiar record that pairs one of Nancy’s biggest songs, 'Sugar Town', with mostly 1920s compositions recorded in a contemporary Dixieland jazz pop fusion style that could have only been concocted by producer Lee Hazlewood. Equal parts strong, sultry, and savvy.

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Vagabond Shoes
   
3. Oh! You Beautiful Doll
   
4. Hard Hearted Hannah
   
5. All By Myself
   
6. Coastin'
   
7. Mama Goes Where Papa Goes
   
8. Let's Fall In Love
   
9. What'll I Do
   
10. Limehouse Blues
    
11. Sugar Town 
    
12. Button Up Your Overcoat
    
13. My Buddy