What was Frank Sinatra's first studio album?

Frank Sinatra's first studio album was The Voice of Frank Sinatra, released by Columbia Records on March 4, 1946.

The album was originally issued as a set of four 78-rpm records containing eight songs, rather than as a single long-playing vinyl disc. Its arrangements were conducted by Axel Stordahl, whose lush string-oriented style helped shape Sinatra's early Columbia sound. The collection reached number one on the young Billboard album chart and stayed there for seven consecutive weeks.

The title is sometimes confused with Sinatra's later Capitol-era classics, including In the Wee Small Hours and Songs for Swingin' Lovers. Those albums were hugely influential, but they came later, after Sinatra had left Columbia and begun his celebrated collaboration with arranger Nelson Riddle.

The Voice of Frank Sinatra also has an important place in recording history. When Columbia introduced the long-playing record in 1948, the album was reissued as a 10-inch LP. It is therefore associated with the early development of the modern pop album format, even though its first release used multiple 78s.