Witchcraft (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Witchcraft


Artist = Frank Sinatra
from Album =
A-side = Witchcraft
B-side = Tell Her You Love Her
Released = Late 1957
Format = 45", 78"
Recorded = Capitol Records, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
May 20, 1957
Genre = Swing
Length = 2:54
Label = Capitol
(US, 45")
Writer = Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
Producer = Dave Cavanaugh
Last single = "All the Way"
(1957)
This single = "Witchcraft"
(1957)
Next single = "Mistletoe and Holly"
(1957)

"Witchcraft" is a popular song from 1957 composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. It was released as a single by Frank Sinatra, and reached number twenty in the U.S., spending sixteen weeks on the charts [ [http://songsbysinatra.com/records/singles.html#Capitol Songs By Sinatra: Records - Singles Page ] ] .

Composed as an instrumental piece by Coleman for the revue "Take Five", lyrics were added by Leigh, and "Witchcraft" was subsequently recorded by Sinatra in May 1957, in an arrangement by Nelson Riddle [ [http://www.the-main-event.eu/songindex/witchcraft.html Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft ] ] .

Versions

Sinatra recorded "Witchcraft" three times in a studio setting. The first recording was in 1957, for his single release, and was later released on his compilation album "All the Way" (1961). Sinatra re-recorded "Witchcraft" for 1963's "Sinatra's Sinatra", and finally recorded it as a duet with Anita Baker for "Duets" (1993).

"Witchcraft" has been recorded by many other artists, including Sarah Vaughan, on her 1962 album "You're Mine You", Ella Fitzgerald, on "Ella Returns to Berlin" (1961), and Bill Evans on "Portrait in Jazz" (1959).

Awards

Grammys

At the 1st Grammy Awards, Frank Sinatra was nominated for six Grammy awards, with Sinatra's recording of "Witchcraft" being nominated for the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Vocal Performance, Male, and Nelson Riddle's arrangement nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement. Sinatra had two albums nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and won the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover.

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