Harus Tahu: 5 Lagu Frank Sinatra Paling Keren

Bukan Frank Sinatra yang pertama kali menyanyikan lagu Fly Me To The Moon ini. Ditulis oleh Bart Howard, lagu ini pertama kali dibawakan oleh Kaye Ballard pada 1954. Sejumlah artis telah menyanyikan lagu ini, termasuk Nat King Cole. Namun, versi Sinatra lah yang paling populer hingga kini, kemungkinan karena aransemen gaya Quincy Jones nya, dimana suasana lagu yang sebelumnya waltz diubah menjadi sedikit swing.

Lirik lagu Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra

Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me

Fill my heart with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

[instrumental-first verse]

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, in other words
I love [3 piano notes] you

Lirik lagu My Way ditulis oleh Paul Anka, dengan menggunakan lagu yang aslinya berbahasa Perancis ciptaan Claude François dan Jacques Revaux. Lirik yang ditulis oleh Paul Anka tersebut tidak berhubungan sama sekali dengan lirik aslinya. My Way dibawakan Frank Sinatra pada 1968.

Lirik lagu My Way - Frank Sinatra

And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

[instrumental]

Yes, it was my way

New York, New York merupakan soundtrack film berjudul dama besutan sutradara Martin Scorsese. Diciptakan oleh John Kander, dan menggunakan lirik hasil karya Fred Ebb, lagu tentang kota New York ini rilis 1977 silam ini menjadi salah satu soundtrack film paling dikenang sepanjang masa.

Lirik lagu New York, New York - Frank Sinatra

Start spreading the news
I am leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

I want to wake up in a city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

These little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
In old New York

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

New York, New York
I want to wake up in a city
That never sleeps
And find I'm a number one
Top of the list
King of the hill
A number one

These little town blues
All melting away
I am gonna make a brand new start of it
In old New York

And if I can make it there
I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York, New York

Komposisi nada Strangers In The Night diciptakan oleh Bert kaempfert, dengan menggunakan lirik milik Charles Singleton. Tadinya, menggunakan judul Beddy Bye, lagu komposisi karya Kaempfert ini hanya digunakan sebagai score film A Man Could Get Killed.

Lirik lagu Strangers In The Night

Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond'ring in the night what were the chances
We'd be sharing love before the night was through

Something in your eyes was so inviting
Something in you smile was so exciting
Something in my heart told me I must have you

Strangers in the night
Two lonely people, we were strangers in the night
Up to the moment when we said our first hello little did we know
Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away

and

Ever since that night we've been together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night

[instrumental-first three lines of chorus]

Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away

Ever since that night we've been together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night

[Dooby-doooby-doo and other scat to end]

Lagu Something Stupid ini ditulis dan pertama kali dinyanyikan oleh C. Parkson dan istrinya pada 1966 silam, Namun, versi Frank Sinatra dan istrinya Nancy lah yang paling populer hingga kini. Di generasi yang lebih muda, nama Robbie Williams dan Nicole Kidman mempopulerkan kembali lagu ini.

Lirik lagu Something Stupid - Frank Sinatra

I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
You still despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come true
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...