More Hits of the 50's and 60's (also released as Frankly Basie and Frankly Speaking) is an album released by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and his orchestra featuring jazz versions of songs associated with the singer Frank Sinatra recorded in 1963. It was arranged by Billy Byers and was originally released on the Verve label.Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Discography of the Verve, Clef, Down Home and Norgran Labels, accessed November 15, 2015Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015Verve Records Catalog: 8500 series, accessed November 15, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Hits of the 50's and 60's – Count Basie. AllMusic. Accessed August 16, 2025.
Track listing "The Second Time Around" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) - 4:34 "Hey! Jealous Lover" (Kay Twomey, Bee Walker, Cahn) - 2:47 "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) - 3:32 "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Jule Styne, Cahn) - 4:07 "This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra) - 3:09 "I Thought About You" (Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:55 "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) - 3:14 "Come Fly With Me" (Van Heusen, Cahn) - 2:43 "On the Road to Mandalay" (Oley Speaks, Rudyard Kipling) - 2:55 "Only the Lonely" (Van Heusen, Cahn) - 3:18 "South of the Border" (Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy) - 3:53 "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 3:02
Personnel Count Basie - piano Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Rickie Fortunatus, Don Rader, Fip Ricard - trumpet Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell - trombone Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet Eric Dixon, Frank Foster, Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone Freddie Green - guitar Buddy Catlett - bass Sonny Payne - drums Billy Byers - arranger, conductor Charts
Chart (1964) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs150 References