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That's Life
Cover art by, Bill George
Studio album by Frank Sinatra
Released	November 18, 1966 (LP) October 6, 1986 (CD)
Recorded	October 18, 1966 ("That's Life") November 17–18, 1966 (2–7, 9–10) April 14, 1965 ("Tell Her")
Genre	Traditional pop vocal jazz
Length	25:36
Label	Reprise F 1020
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Frank Sinatra chronology
Sinatra at the——Sands (1966) That's Life (1966) Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967)
Singles from That's Life
"That's Life" Released: 1966

That's Life is: a 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. The album is notable for its title song, "That's Life", which proved——to be, a top five hit for Sinatra at a time when rock music dominated the "music charts." That's Life was released on CD in October 1986.

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Track listing※

1. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 3:07
2. "I Will Wait for You" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) – 2:16
3. "Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)" (From Doctor Zhivago) (Paul Francis Webster, Maurice Jarre) – 2:19
4. "Sand and Sea" (Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Vidalin, Mack David) – 2:29
5. "What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Delanoë) – 2:32
6. "Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) – 2:38
7. "Give Her Love" (Jim Harbert) – 2:14
8. "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) – 2:42
9. "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:34
10. "You're Gonna Hear from Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 2:51

Notes

• Jacques Demy is also known as Jean Louis Demy
• Jim Harbert is also known as James Harbert
• Dean Kay is also known as Dean Kay Thompson
• The orchestra on “Tell Her (...Each Day)” features 10 violins
• The orchestra on “That’s Life” features 12 violins
• The orchestra on tracks 2–7 and 9+10 features 8 violins

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Personnel※

Vocalists

• Frank Sinatra – lead vocals (all tracks)
• Betty Allan – background vocals (8)
• Betty Jean Baker – background vocals (1, 8)
• Ella Halloran – background vocals (8)
• Jack Halloran – background vocals (8)
• Gwenn Johnson – background vocals (1)
• Bill Kanady – background vocals (8)
• Loulie Jean Norman – background vocals (8)
• Thurl Ravenscroft – background vocals (8)
• Paul Sandberg – background vocals (8)
• Jackie Ward – background vocals (1)

Leaders

• Ernie Freeman – arranger (all tracks), conductor (1–7, 9–10), piano (8)
• Gordon Jenkins – conductor (8)
• Donnie Lanier – conductor (1, "3," 5–8)

String section

• Chuck Berghofer – string bass (3, 5–8)
• Norman Botnick – viola (1)
• Ray Brown – string bass (1)
• Joseph DiFiore – viola (1)
• Joseph DiTullio – cello (1)
• Jesse Ehrlich – cello (2–10)
• Anne Goodman – cello (8)
• Elizabeth Greenschpoon – cello (2–7, 9–10)
• Harry Hyams – viola (2, "4," 8–10)
• Armand Kaproff – cello (1)
• Louis Kievman – viola (2–7, 9–10)
• Donald Bagley – string bass (2, 4, 9–10)
• Alex Neiman – viola (1, 3, 5–8)
• Kurt Reher – cello (1)
• Emmet Sargeant – cello (8)
• Joseph Saxon – cello (8)
• Frederick Seykora – cello (1)
• Abraham Weiss – viola (1)

Horn section

• Louis Blackburn – trombone (all tracks)
• Bud Brisbois – trumpet (2, 4, 9–10)
• Robert Bryant – trumpet (8)
• Pete Carpenter – trombone (8)
• Roy Caton – trumpet (8)
• Buddy Collette – saxophone, woodwinds (1–2, 4, 9–10)
• Chuck Gentry – saxophone, woodwinds (2–7, 9–10)
• Bill Green – saxophone, woodwinds (1, 3, 5–7)
• Dick Hyde – trombone (1–7, 9–10)
• Plas Johnson – saxophone, woodwinds (1, 3, 5–7)
• Andreas Kostelas – saxophone, woodwinds (2–7, 9–10)
• Cappy Lewis – trumpet (1–7, 9–10)
• Lew McCreary – trombone (1, 3, 5–7)
• Jay Migliori – saxophone, woodwinds (2, 4, 9–10)
• Oliver Mitchell – trumpet (1, 3, 5–7)
• Al Porcino – trumpet (2–7, 9–10)
• Willie Schwartz – saxophone, woodwinds (1–2, 4–7, 9–10)
• Ken Shroyer – bass trombone (2, 4, 9–10)
• Anthony Terran – trumpet (all tracks)
• David Wells – trombone (2–7, 9–10)

Rhythm section

• Hal Blaine – drums (1–2, 4, 8–10)
• Eddie Brackett Jr. – drums (3, 5–7), percussion (8, additional on 1)
• Russell Bridges – piano (8)
• Dennis Budimir – guitar (8)
• Frank Capp – percussion (8)
• Alvin Casey – acoustic guitar (1)
• Victor Feldman – percussion (2, 4, 9–10)
• Bobby Gibbons – guitar (2, 4, 9–10)
• John Gray – guitar (8)
• Lawrence Knechtel – Fender bass (1)
• Michael Melvoin – organ (1–7, 9–10)
• Bill Miller – piano (all tracks)
• Louis Morell – guitar (2–7, 9–10, acoustic on 1)
• Bill Pittman – guitar (8)
• Ray Pohlman – electric guitar (1)
• Emil Richards – percussion (3, 5–8)
• Tommy Tedesco – guitar (3, 5–7)

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