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Who arranged many of Frank Sinatra’s recordings during his Columbia years?
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra, 1947.
During his years with Columbia Records (1943–1952), Frank Sinatra’s chief arranger was Axel Stordahl. Stordahl had previously worked with Sinatra in the Tommy Dorsey band and left that organization in late 1942 to work exclusively with the singer. Stordahl’s distinctive, spare string arrangements became a defining element of the sound throughout Sinatra's Columbia era.12