Playboy After Hours

August, 1957

Frank Sinatra's A Swingin' Affair (Capitol W803) capitalizes on his earlier bright-beat smash, Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Playboy After Hours, May 1956), and comes off as cleanly as that estimable effort. The brass is punchy, the fiddles are felicitous, the rhythm rambunctious, and Frank's voice is in fine fettle. At least two of the tunes (Stars Fell on Alabama, I Won't Dance) make it a real sparkler for your collection...Sammy Davis, Jr., levels a bouncy broadside at up-tempo balladry on Sammy...