| Nice 'n' Easy | ||||
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| Released | July 25, 1960 | |||
| Recorded | March 1 – 3, April 13, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studio A (Hollywood) | |||
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| Length | 39:33 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
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| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Nice 'n' Easy is the eighteenth studio album by Frank Sinatra, released on July 25, 1960.[3]
All the songs, with the notable exception of the title song, are sung as ballads and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The title song was a last-minute substitute for the originally planned "The Nearness of You," which did not appear on the original LP.
The album spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard stereo album chart, and one week at number one on the corresponding mono album chart.[4] At the 1960 Grammy Awards, Nice 'n' Easy was nominated for the Grammy Award as Album of the Year, Best Male Vocal Performance, Best Arrangement. The song "Nice 'n' Easy" was released as a single in 1960 and made it to number 60 on the charts. It was also recorded by Charlie Rich in 1964, Peggy Lee in 1966, Alex Chilton in 1989, Michael Buble in 2004, Natalie Cole in 2008, and Barbra Streisand in 2011.
Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover version as a single (Reprise Records RS.20756 "Happy" b/w " Nice 'n' Easy"); it is also included in the CD version of her album "Nancy" as a bonus track.
In 2000 it was voted number 545 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[5]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Nice 'n' Easy at AllMusic
- ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Albums 1955-2001 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2001), 1177.
- ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 187. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.