"South Of The Border" Frank Sinatra

"South Of The Border", written by Michael Carr and Jimmy Kennedy in 1939 for the film of the same name, was recorded by Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle arranging and conducting) for Capitol Records on April 30, 1953 and released as a single. It was included in the album, This Is Sinatra!, released in 1956 and on the Come Fly With Me CD as a bonus track. It also appears on the box set The Complete Capitol Singles Collection . Incidently on the liner notes of This Is Sinatra!, it is erroneously attributed to Billy May.

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• Frank Sinatra
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• Big Band
• 1950s

[stageplays1]

Sinatra did South Of The Border, I Could Have Told You So, Don't Worry 'Bout Me and one other at the same time. Billy May was supposed to be the band but couldn't make it so the Capitol Studio B band immitated May. I was there.

[catman916]

@stageplays1 Were you there as a session musician or in some other official capacity? According to my research "South Of The Border" was recorded at the same time as "I Love You," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," and "I've Got The World On A String."  "I Could Have Told You" was not recorded until December 9, 1953, at the same session as "Young At Heart" and "Rain."

[jimmuffinman]

This isn't the arrangement featured in the "Kamp Krusty" episode. That one is credited to Gene Merlino.

[catman916]

@jimmuffinman According to Wikipedia the song was sung by another artist impersonating Frank Sinatra.

[drbob456x]

Beg to differ. That is a Billy May arrangement. Reed section gives it away.

[catman916]

@drbob456x James Kaplan in his biography of Sinatra talks about how Nelson Riddle had arranged this to sound exactly like Billy May.

[lordnecro82]

@Reaper679 CAMP KRUSTY:p

[lordnecro82]

TIJUANA!!!!!!



[Sundragonnet]

South Of The Border...to Lower California(Baja California),to Marias Islands(Tres Marias),to the Ciudad Porfirio Diaz(Piedras Negras),to Tepeyac(the Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe)...

[drbob456x]

@catman916

Thank you for the clarification.

[Mr54M]

Screw camp krusty.. it's CAMP BART NOW

[Nick34Ca559]

@RetroTony1959 lol....fucked up.............if he's still wearing a suit with all that stuff on, i'll clean for him