Nice 'n' Easy

All the songs, with the notable exception of the title song, are sung as ballads and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The title song was a last-minute substitute for the originally planned "The Nearness of You", that did not appear on the original LP.

The album spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard stereo album chart, and one week at number one on the corresponding mono album chart.^[3] At the 1960 Grammy Awards, Nice 'n' Easy was nominated for the Grammy Award as Album of the Year, Best Male Vocal Performance, Best Arrangement. The song "Nice 'n' Easy" was released as a single in 1960 and made it to number 60 on the charts. It was also recorded by Charlie Rich 1964, Peggy Lee 1966, Count Basie 1993, Michael Buble 2004, Natalie Cole 2008, and Barbra Streisand 2011.

Track listing

"Nice 'n' Easy" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence) – 2:45
"That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 3:33
"How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:15
"I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:16
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 4:28
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 3:22
"Nevertheless" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 3:18
"She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:55
"Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods) – 3:22
"Embraceable You" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:24
"Mam'selle" (Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding) – 2:48
"Dream" (Mercer) – 2:57
Bonus tracks included on the CD reissue:
"The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 2:43
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:57
"Day In, Day Out" (Bloom, Mercer) – 3:07
"My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:12

Selected personnel

Frank Sinatra – vocals
Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Nice 'n' Easy at AllMusic
↑ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Albums 1955-2001 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2001), 1177.

Frank Sinatra

Studio albums

Columbia	The Voice of Frank Sinatra Songs by Sinatra Christmas Songs by Sinatra Frankly Sentimental Dedicated to You Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra

Capitol	Songs for Young Lovers Swing Easy! In the Wee Small Hours Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Close to You A Swingin' Affair! Where Are You? A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely Come Dance with Me! No One Cares Nice 'n' Easy Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! Come Swing with Me! Point of No Return Duets Duets II

Reprise	Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Sinatra Swings I Remember Tommy Sinatra and Strings Sinatra and Swingin' Brass All Alone Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First The Concert Sinatra Sinatra's Sinatra Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners America, I Hear You Singing It Might as Well Be Swing 12 Songs of Christmas Softly, as I Leave You September of My Years My Kind of Broadway A Man and His Music Moonlight Sinatra Strangers in the Night That's Life Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim The World We Knew Francis A. & Edward K. The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas Cycles My Way A Man Alone Watertown Sinatra & Company Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Some Nice Things I've Missed Trilogy: Past Present Future She Shot Me Down

Qwest	L.A. Is My Lady

Live albums

Compilations

Soundtrack albums

Other albums

Box sets

Tribute albums

Tribute films

Videography

Concert tours

Together Again Tour (1988)
The Diamond Jubilee World Tour (1990-1991)

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