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Stordahl and Frank Sinatra at Sinatra's first Capitol recording session in 1953

Axel Stordahl (8 August 1913-August 30, 1963) was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his work with Frank Sinatra in the 1940s at Columbia Records. With his sophisticated orchestrations, Stordahl is credited with helping to bring pop arranging into the modern age. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Axel Stordah and Frank Sinatra First Capitol Records session of Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl, 02. ... Axel Stordah and Frank Sinatra First Capitol Records session of Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl, 02. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...

Stordahl was born in Staten Island, New York to Norwegian parents. He began his career as a trumpeter in Jazz bands which played in dance halls. In 1935, he joined Tommy Dorsey's new orchestra and soon became the band's main arranger. In January 1940, Sinatra joined the group as vocalist, and it became apparent that Stordahl's arrangements were particularly well-suited to the singer's voice. This article is about the borough in New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... Trumpeter redirects here. ... Tommy Dorsey, in a publicity shot for The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era. ...

In January 1942, Stordahl arranged Sinatra's very first commercial solo recordings (which appeared on the RCA sublabel Bluebird), and when Sinatra left Dorsey seven months later to go solo, Stordahl went with him. In the subsequent decade, Sinatra cut close to three hundred sides for Columbia, of which three quarters were arranged by Stordahl. In addition, Stordahl provided the orchestral backings, both as arranger and conductor, for several hundreds of songs in various Sinatra radio shows.

Stordahl was admired for his skills in framing Sinatra's voice, creating a soft, opulent sound with swirling strings, understated rhythms and woodwinds. He was one of the first American arrangers to tailor his work to the vocal qualities of a specific singer. When Sinatra moved to Capitol Records in 1953, Stordahl arranged his first recording session there (which produced four songs). From then on and for his first Capitol album, however, Sinatra worked with Nelson Riddle, who cultivated his jazz-oriented qualities. Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. ...

Stordahl, who had married singer June Hutton (of the Pied Pipers) in 1951, went on to work with such singers as Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, and Dean Martin, among others. In 1961, Sinatra returned to collaborate with an already ailing Stordahl for his final Capitol album, Point of No Return. June Hutton (August 11, 1920-May 2, 1973) was an American popular singer. ... The Pied Pipers were a popular singing group in the late 1930s and 1940s. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... Eddie Fisher (born August 10, 1928) is an American singer and entertainer. ... Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. ... Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an Italian American singer, film actor, and comedian. ... Point of No Return is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. ...

Although best known as an arranger, Stordahl also composed a number of songs of which "Day by Day (song)" is the best known. Day by Day is a popular song. ...

Stordahl died in 1963 at the age of fifty of cancer in Encino, California. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His wife June Hutton, who died in 1973, is interred next to him. Encino is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California is the original Forest Lawn. ... Nickname: Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ...

External links

• Axel Stordahl at the Internet Movie Database