Come Fly with Me Songwriting Credits by Frank Sinatra

Come Fly with Me is the eleventh studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in January 1958 on Capitol Records and produced by Voyle Gilmore with arrangements by Billy May. It is a concept album organized around travel destinations, from Paris to Scotland to Brazil to Mandalay, with May's brassy, propulsive arrangements giving the album a sense of geographic adventure that distinguished it from the more emotionally interior Riddle collaborations. Sinatra did not write any of the 12 tracks; the album's song selections (including the title track, 'Isle of Capri,' 'It's Nice to Go Trav'ling,' and 'Autumn in New York') are unified by the travel theme and the energetic May arrangements, which emphasized ensemble vitality and rhythmic drive over the intimacy of Riddle's work. Come Fly with Me was the first album to reach number one on the Billboard album chart in its current format, spending five weeks at the top position; the title track became one of Sinatra's most enduringly associated songs and was used as a signature in advertising and entertainment contexts for decades. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and is cited as the definitive example of Sinatra's collaboration with May, the most brassy and extroverted of his principal Capitol arrangers, offering a counterpoint to the introspection of Riddle and the lushness of Gordon Jenkins. Come Fly with Me established the travel-themed pop concept album as a viable commercial format and influenced subsequent themed collections across multiple decades.