| "My Kind of Town" | ||||
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| Single by Frank Sinatra | ||||
| from the album Sinatra '65: The Singer Today | ||||
| B-side | "I Like To Lead When I Dance" | |||
| Released | May 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 8, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Reprise Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen | |||
| Frank Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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"My Kind of Town" or "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn.[1]
The song was originally part of the musical score for Robin and the 7 Hoods, a 1964 musical film starring several members of the Rat Pack.[2] It was nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins.[3] Although the song predated the Grammy Award Best Original Song for a Motion Picture category, the entire score was nominated for the 1964 Grammy Award in the category Best Original Score Written for A Motion Picture, but it lost to the eponymously titled Mary Poppins score.[4]
"My Kind of Town" made a minor appearance on the U.S. pop charts, reaching #110 in 1964.[5] It was the second of two charting songs about Chicago recorded by Sinatra. The other was "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" from 1957, which reached U.S. #84.
Frank Sinatra recorded several versions which have appeared on many of his albums. Also, many artists have performed the song as a tribute to Sinatra in posthumous tribute albums. In addition, the song had been recorded by many other artists prior to Sinatra's death. The lyrics, which praise the city of Chicago for its people and institutions, repeat the title phrase several times, usually in a line that says "My kind of town, Chicago is".
- ^ "Frank Sinatra My Kind Of Town Lyrics". SeekLyrics.com. 2007. Archived from the original on August 23, 2004. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ Shapiro, Nat and Bruce Pollock (eds.), "Popular Music 1920-1979, (A Revised Cumulation)" Volume 2: Song Listing J-T, 1985, Gale Research Company, ISBN 0-8103-0847-9.
- ^ "1964 (37th) - MUSIC (Song)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ "1964 - 7th Grammy Awards". Sinatra - The Main Event. 1999. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
- ^ [Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004]