Frank Sinatra 'A Baby Just Like You'

"A Baby Just Like You" was written by John Denver and Joe Henry for John Denver's then-infant son, Zachary. The song was first recorded for John Denver's 1975 album, Rocky Mountain Christmas. Frank Sinatra recorded "A Baby Just Like You" on October 24, 1975 with a Don Costa arrangement and Bill Miller conducting. It was released as a single with "Christmas Mem'ries" as the B-side.

[tommyminervino]

NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF YEAR IT IS, WHEN I HERE THAT SONG IT IS CHRISTMAS, THAT IS ONLY ANOTHER REASON WHY MR.SINATRA IS THE BEST THAT EVER LIVED. THANK YOU N R.I. P.

[laurettekading]

Just beautiful for his granddaughter ♥️♥️🎤

[digru]

In several of his Christmas shows he told that this song was written for Frank Sinatras granddaughter, Angela. He wrote it, but would sing Zachary for his son, since he and Annie had just adopted him, at the same time Angela was born.

[gallucciart]

never heard this before...beautiful...

[catlec]

Actually the song was originally written for Frank Sinatra's grandson. When Denver sang the song for Christmas, he added the comments re Zachary. Frank keeps the comments for his grandson. Notice that the Denver and Sinatra versions were recorded for the same Christmas.

[johnkovacharpsbydavyc]

Awesome post. This has become one of my sentimental favorites of Christmases past.

[MarkBlackburnWPG]

SINATRA – A Baby Just Like You
Raise your hand if you're old enough to remember Christmas shopping at the “Five & Dime” (Woolworth's) store back when you were little. There was “one particular sound” my father said that really 'announced' the season – you'd hear it wafting over the ambient noise of busy shoppers – the sound of notes played on little toy pianos.

Thought of it a moment ago when Siriusly Sinatra played one of Frank's most obscure recordings – with an evocative arrangement by Don Costa (conducted by Frank's career-long pianist Bill Miller) featuring one of those little toy pianos.

Recorded the year the same song was co-authored by singer John Denver (1975) Sinatra sings about “little Angela” – his newborn granddaughter 'AJ' (who grew up to record albums of her own). But I'd forgotten that John Denver wrote the song – for his own baby boy, “Zachary” – and brought it before a world-wide audience of millions, on 'The Muppet Show.' Too obscure for its own Wikipedia entry, a search reveals:

A Baby Just Like You | Muppet Wiki - Fandom
"A Baby Just Like You" is a Christmas song, written for a baby at Christmas time and recounting the joys of the season. It is sung by John Denver on the 1979 album A Christmas Together. Denver wrote the song for his then-infant son, Zachary, in 1975. On the A Christmas Together version, he performs the song solo except for one line in the reprise of the final chorus, in which he is joined by the Muppet cast.

A Christmas Together is an album of Christmas music by John Denver and the Muppets released in October of 1979. Recording for the album began in Britain on June 29, 1979.[3] Some of the songs, with alterations, were used in the TV special of the same name which was taped five months later in November. [Track 5, side one of an album was “certified platinum” -- over one million copies sold.]

A song John Denver actually co-wrote with “Joe Henry” a songwriter still with us in 2022 “age 62.” It it at YouTube? Yes. A version with “comments left on” and an endearing slide show plus an informed note:

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"A Baby Just Like You" was written by John Denver and Joe Henry for John Denver's then-infant son, Zachary. The song was first recorded for John Denver's 1975 album, Rocky Mountain Christmas. Frank Sinatra recorded "A Baby Just Like You" on October 24, 1975 with a Don Costa arrangement and Bill Miller conducting. It was released as a single with "Christmas Mem'ries" as the B-side.

Thanks for sharing, Bob Barry. Celebrated elsewhere this night [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "

[toniwilson]

Just love all the pictures you posted here. A lot ofthe important people in Frank life. Ending with Dean and him each on with one of their daughter. The last picture was from a dean Martin Christmas show

[bryondahle]

According to Wikipedia... Denver said the song was written at the request of Frank Sinatra for Sinatra's grandchild... not Zachary as the description says.

[fasbc]

Check out the Francis Albert Sinatra--The Best Is Yet To Come Facebook page. It's a real gasser!