[6] The tracks were conducted by Nelson Riddle, the sessions for this album and the preceding singles ("I've Got the World on a String" and "From Here to Eternity") initiating a long-standing collaboration between the arranger and singer that would continue for the next twenty years.

This time around, the singer had more artistic freedom, and producer Voyle Gilmore was supportive of the album's consistent format.

In addition, the state-of-the-art Capitol studios were capable of producing a more detailed sound, which gave Riddle more freedom in his arrangements and orchestrations.

The album art features a young couple taking a private stroll in the dark, with Sinatra leaning against a lamp-post in the foreground.

In 1962, the 1954, 8-song, 10" album was released as a 12-song, 12" LP (Capitol W-1432) with four extra songs added: "Someone To Watch Over Me", "My One And Only Love", "It Worries Me", and "I Can Read Between the Lines".

[11] Tracks 1, 3, 7, 8: Skeets Herfurt, Mahlon Clark (sax/wwd); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure (vln); Paul Robyn (via); Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Hendrickson, Allan Reuss (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d).

[13] Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6: Skeets Herfurt, Mahlon Clark (sax/wwd); Felix Slatkin, Paul Shure (vln); Paul Robyn (vla); Eleanor Slatkin (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p/cel); Al Hendrickson, Allan Reuss (g); Joe Comfort (b); Alvin Stoller (d).