Some Nice Things I've Missed

Some Nice Things I’ve Missed
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	July 1974
Recorded	December 10, 1973 – May 24, 1974 Hollywood
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	28:52
Label	Reprise ; F 2195
Producer	Don Costa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B4, B5), Jimmy Bowen (tracks: B3), Sonny Burke (tracks: A3, B2)
Frank Sinatra chronology

Some Nice Things I’ve Missed is a 1974 album by the American singer Frank Sinatra. Consisting mainly of cover versions of songs made popular by other artists, the conceit of the album's title is that the songs on the album were ones that Sinatra liked but did not get the chance to record before they became hits.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]

In popular culture

In the December 1974 Kojak episode, Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die, Frank Sinatra is mentioned several times by Greg (George Shannon), the soon-to-be-murdered victim, while in his apartment attempting to seduce his date. He then puts on a Sinatra record but the music is not heard. In an attempt to solve the crime, Kojak (Telly Savalas) mentions Sinatra several more times during the episode. Halfway through the program, he enters the police department holding a copy of Some Nice Things I've Missed and throws the record on a desk as he begins a conversation with others officers. Meanwhile, Sgt. Stavros (Telly's real-life brother George Savalas) sits on the desk without paying attention to what's underneath. Before leaving the office, Kojak turns to Stavros as says "Fatso, you're sittin' on Old Blue Eyes". Unnerved, Stavros picks up the vinyl and hands it over to Kojak before walking out. In the next scene, Kojak arrives at the apartment of Lisa Walden (Andrea Marcovicci), still holding the album, and tells her "I brought you a Frank Sinatra album". Coincidentally, Telly Savalas also recorded a cover of the song "If" (as Sinatra did on this album), which was released as a single only three months later.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Turned My World Around"	Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson	2:50
2.	"Sweet Caroline"	Neil Diamond	2:44
3.	"The Summer Knows"	Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand	2:44
4.	"I'm Gonna Make It All the Way"	Floyd Huddleston	2:54
5.	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree"	Russell Brown, Irwin Levine	3:07

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Satisfy Me One More Time"	Floyd Huddleston	2:22
7.	"If"	David Gates	3:10
8.	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"	Stevie Wonder	2:37
9.	"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"	Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Legrand	4:05
10.	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	Jim Croce	2:49

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	28

Personnel

Frank Sinatra – Vocals
Don Costa – Arranger, Conductor (Tracks 1-2, 4-6, 8-10)
Gordon Jenkins – Arranger, Conductor (Tracks 3 & 7)

References

Allmusic review
Andrew Male Mojo, January 2010, Issue 194.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 275,276. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Andrew Male Mojo, January 2010, Issue 194.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 275,276. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.