Skip to content
Artwork for This Is the Beginning of the End Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

This Is the Beginning of the End

Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

19 sources

19 cited facts

  • 1982
  • 3:14
  • 108 BPM · F major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Open in graph

  1. Released on RCA, also The Pretender (Foo Fighters), Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon) and Last Nite (The Strokes)

  2. Written by Mack Gordon, also You Make Me Feel So Young, At Last (Etta James) and There Will Never Be Another You (Chet Baker)

  3. Recorded at RCA Studio 2, also I’ll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra), There Are Such Things (Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra) and Polka Dots and Moonbeams

  4. Part of The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940), also It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow, You’re Lonely and I’m Lonely and Shake Down the Stars

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Credits

All 18 credits
Written by
Mack Gordon
Performed by
Al Avola, Bob Conselman, Bob Kitsis, Buddy Rich, Bunny Berigan, Dave Jacobs, Don Lodice, Frank Sinatra, Fred Stulce, Jimmy Blake, Johnny Mince, Les Jenkins, Paul Mason and Sid Weiss
Part of
The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940)
Recorded at
RCA Studio 2
Released on
RCA

Connected by credits

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Elsewhere

Sources (19)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Al Avola

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Al Avola

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bob Conselman

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bob Conselman

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bob Kitsis

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bob Kitsis

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Buddy Rich

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Buddy Rich

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bunny Berigan

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Bunny Berigan

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Dave Jacobs

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Dave Jacobs

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Don Lodice

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Don Lodice

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Frank Sinatra

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Frank Sinatra

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Fred Stulce

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Fred Stulce

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Jimmy Blake

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Jimmy Blake

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Johnny Mince

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Johnny Mince

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Les Jenkins

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Les Jenkins

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Paul Mason

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Paul Mason

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Sid Weiss

    This Is the Beginning of the End was performed by Sid Weiss

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  15. 15MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was written by Mack Gordon

    This Is the Beginning of the End was written by Mack Gordon

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  16. 16MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End is part of the release The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940)

    This Is the Beginning of the End is part of the release The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1 (February 1, 1940 - July 17, 1940)

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  17. 17MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was recorded at RCA Studio 2

    This Is the Beginning of the End was recorded at RCA Studio 2

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  18. 18MusicBrainz RCA is the label of the song This Is the Beginning of the End

    RCA is the label of the song This Is the Beginning of the End

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  19. 19MusicBrainz This Is the Beginning of the End was released on 1982

    This Is the Beginning of the End was released on 1982

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026