In the Wee Small Hours

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In the Wee Small Hours is a landmark 1955 concept album by Frank Sinatra, celebrated for its melancholic, late-night mood and sophisticated orchestral arrangements.

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instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
arranger Nelson Riddle ⓘ
artist Frank Sinatra ⓘ
catalogCode Capitol W-581 ⓘ
chronologyPosition one of Frank Sinatra’s first Capitol concept albums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtDepicts Frank Sinatra standing alone on a street at night ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
decade 1950s ⓘ
format 12-inch LP ⓘ
genre torch songs ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasInfluenced later concept albums in popular music ⓘ
hasPart Can’t We Be Friends? ⓘ
Dancing on the Ceiling ⓘ
Deep in a Dream ⓘ
Glad to Be Unhappy ⓘ
I Get Along Without You Very Well ⓘ
I See Your Face Before Me ⓘ
Ill Wind ⓘ
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
It Never Entered My Mind ⓘ
I’ll Be Around ⓘ
I’ll Never Be the Same ⓘ
Last Night When We Were Young ⓘ
Mood Indigo ⓘ
This Love of Mine ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ
When Your Lover Has Gone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 48 minutes ⓘ
listedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ
mainTheme heartbreak ⓘ
late-night introspection ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
notableFor cohesive melancholic mood ⓘ
early example of the concept album format in popular music ⓘ
sophisticated orchestral arrangements ⓘ
numberOfDiscs 1 ⓘ
orchestrator Nelson Riddle ⓘ
originalMedium monophonic vinyl record ⓘ
performer Frank Sinatra ⓘ
producer Voyle Gilmore ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1954-03 to 1955-03 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1955-04-25 ⓘ

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Frank Sinatra → notableWork → In the Wee Small Hours ⓘ
Sleepless in Seattle → originalSong → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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Songs for Swingin' Lovers! → precededBy → In the Wee Small Hours ⓘ
In the Wee Small Hours → hasPart → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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Bob Hilliard → notableWork → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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Sinatra: Best of the Best → hasTrack → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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That Face! (album) → hasTrack → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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When Your Lover Has Gone → notableAlbumAppearance → In the Wee Small Hours ⓘ
I'll Never Be the Same → includedOnAlbum → In the Wee Small Hours ⓘ
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Capitol W-581 → catalogNumberFor → In the Wee Small Hours ⓘ
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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson → hasTrack → In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning ⓘ
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