Sinatra and Strings has Sinatra singing the verse to two great songs: Night and Day and Stardust. Of course the latter ran so long, there was no time for the Stardust chorus. Even the 1942 and was it 1947 versions of Night and Day, with slow tempos didn’t include the verse.
There is some speculation that Wee Small Hours didn’t have a verse when Sinatra recorded the song, only to be added later by the songwriters.
To me, many versus seem to be like either a recitative in many classical musical “songs” or as a replacement for a narrative in song from a musical. In a typical aria recitative pairing, the recitative is usually the less musical section. The choirs would map to the aria.
In most cases, Sinatra doesn’t need to place the song into a dramatic setting of a play, he turns the lyric of the chorus into a play.
Typo alert: I know you meant to say that Sinatra DIDN'T ask for writing credit.
Sinatra and Strings has Sinatra singing the verse to two great songs: Night and Day and Stardust. Of course the latter ran so long, there was no time for the Stardust chorus. Even the 1942 and was it 1947 versions of Night and Day, with slow tempos didn’t include the verse.
There is some speculation that Wee Small Hours didn’t have a verse when Sinatra recorded the song, only to be added later by the songwriters.
To me, many versus seem to be like either a recitative in many classical musical “songs” or as a replacement for a narrative in song from a musical. In a typical aria recitative pairing, the recitative is usually the less musical section. The choirs would map to the aria.
In most cases, Sinatra doesn’t need to place the song into a dramatic setting of a play, he turns the lyric of the chorus into a play.
the cover of the Argentine edition of COME FLY WITH ME reads in Spanish "Vuele Conmigo", not "Vuelve" - translates accurately to "Come Fly With Me"
In the past, he had taken at least partial writing credit for some of the songs he introduced (e.g. "I'm A Fool To Want You").