Title: Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
Year/Genre: 1955, Vocal Jazz
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. One of Sinatra’s earliest true “concept” albums, sequenced as a continuous late-night meditation on loneliness and heartbreak.

2. Arranged by Nelson Riddle and recorded during a period marked by Sinatra’s turbulent relationship and breakup with actress Ava Gardner.

3. The cover art—Sinatra alone under a streetlamp in a blue-green city haze—became an enduring image of mid-century urban melancholy.