September 12th, 2016 
CEO 
By Jerry Pearce
In the early months of 1958, Frank Sinatra was in preparation at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, gearing up for what would be his sixth recorded collaboration with arranger Nelson Riddle, the poignantly beautiful “Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely.” Sinatra would later cite the album as his favorite; both he and Riddle would later claim at various times that it contains their best work together as musical partners.
At this point of the 1950s, Sinatra was deep into his obsession with the “concept album,” a formula in which he recorded a collection of songs that were based around a certain theme or feeling, a technique he had begun at Columbia Records some twelve years before and perfected at Capitol. With the songs this time based around the emotions of lonlieness, Sinatra chose a program of twelve songs echoing the sentiments of lost love.
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