[445] Sinatra had two stints as a regular member of cast of Your Hit Parade;[af] his first was from 1943 to 1945,[447] and second was from 1946 to May 28, 1949,[448] during which he was paired with the then-new girl singer, Doris Day. [523] Sinatra was present at the Mafia Havana Conference in 1946,[524] and the press learned of his being there with Lucky Luciano. [462], Sinatra starred as a detective in Contract on Cherry Street (1977), cited as his "one starring role in a dramatic television film". Sinatra never completed the project, but take number 18 of "My Foolish Heart" may be heard in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995). Robert Christgau referred to Sinatra as "the greatest singer of the 20th century". No more than 8,000 copies of the record were sold,[60] and further records released with James through 1939, such as "All or Nothing at All", also had weak sales on their initial release. [285] He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a "massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia". [572][575] Sinatra was buried in a blue business suit and his grave was adorned with mementos from family memberscherry-flavored Life Savers, Tootsie Rolls, a bottle of Jack Daniel's, a pack of Camel cigarettes, a Zippo lighter, stuffed toys, a dog biscuit, and a roll of dimes that he always carriednext to his parents in section B-8 of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. Kennedy. [173] The recording was first released as a bootleg, but in 1999 Artanis Entertainment Group officially released it as the Sinatra '57 in Concert live album, after Sinatra's death. [613] A biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese has long been planned. I, FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA, also known as FRANK SINATRA, declare this to be my Will and revoke all former Wills and Codicils. [322] Sinatra was always adamant that such a book would be written on his terms, and he himself would "set the record straight" in details of his life. [230] Sinatra released Softly, as I Leave You,[231] and collaborated with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring on America, I Hear You Singing, a collection of patriotic songs recorded as a tribute to the assassinated President John F. [124] On days when he felt that his voice was not right, he would know after only a few notes and would postpone the recording session until the following day, yet still pay his musicians. Frank Jr., who was present during the recording, noted the "huge orchestra", which Nancy Sinatra stated "opened a whole new era" in pop music, with orchestras getting bigger, embracing a "lush string sound". Tina Sinatra. He led a colorful personal life and was involved in turbulent relationships, including his second marriage to Ava Gardner. [598] Wynn Resorts' Encore Las Vegas resort features a restaurant dedicated to Sinatra which opened in 2008. After winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor in From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). [392], Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Kelley notes that by this period Sinatra's voice had grown "darker, tougher and loamier", but he "continued to captivate audiences with his immutable magic". [168] After recording the first song, "I've Got the World on a String", Sinatra offered Riddle a rare expression of praise, "Beautiful! [81][o] On September 3, 1942, Dorsey bade farewell to Sinatra, reportedly saying as Sinatra left, "I hope you fall on your ass",[80] but he was more gracious on the air when replacing Sinatra with singer Dick Haymes. "'Scuse me while I disappear." [260] "My Way", Sinatra's best-known song on the Reprise label, was not an instant success, charting at No. [6], Francis Albert Sinatra[a] was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey,[8][9][b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. His friend, Jimmy Van Heusen, convinced him that the song would be a success. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. [74] His fourth chart appearance was "I'll Never Smile Again", topping the charts for twelve weeks beginning in mid-July. It helped keep him at the top of his game. [289] In the end, Sinatra's lawyer, Mickey Rudin, arranged for Sinatra to issue a written conciliatory note and a final concert that was televised to the nation. On his original birth certificate, Sinatra's name was recorded incorrectly as "Frank Sinestro", a clerical error. Sinatra's children were given a fair share of cash too. [195] His penchant for conducting was displayed again in 1956's Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color, an instrumental album that has been interpreted to be a catharsis to his failed relationship with Gardner. Granata considers the album to have been "impeachable" [sic], "one of the very best of the Sinatra-Riddle ballad albums", in which Sinatra displayed his vocal range, particularly in "Ol' Man River", in which he darkened the hue. [548] In January 1961, Sinatra and Peter Lawford organized the Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., held on the evening before President Kennedy was sworn into office. [281][282] The television special, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra, reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly. (1961), was a major success, peaking at No.4 on Billboard. [317] In 1982, he signed a $16million three-year deal with the Golden Nugget of Las Vegas. [620] Francis Ford Coppola, director of the film adaptation, said in the audio commentary that "Obviously Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra character". 16 11, 2015 Only one copy of this recording was made, a 78. [320], Sinatra was honored at 1983 Kennedy Center Honors, alongside Katherine Dunham, James Stewart, Elia Kazan, and Virgil Thomson. The house at 415 Monroe Street burned down and no longer exists. [242], In 1966 Sinatra released That's Life, with both the single of "That's Life" and album becoming Top Ten hits in the US on Billboard's pop charts. [321] On September 21, 1983, Sinatra filed a $2million court case against Kitty Kelley, suing her for punitive damages, before her unofficial biography, His Way, was even published. [513] According to Rojek he was "capable of deeply offensive behavior that smacked of a persecution complex". [381][382], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cast Sinatra opposite Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson in the Technicolor musical Anchors Aweigh (1945), in which he played a sailor on leave in Hollywood for four days. The Cahn-Styne partnership lasted from 1942 until 1954, when Van Heusen succeeded him as Sinatra's main composer. Kelley says that Tina Sinatra blamed her for her father's colon surgery in 1986. [258] With Sinatra in mind, singer-songwriter Paul Anka wrote the song "My Way", using the melody of the French "Comme d'habitude" ("As Usual"), composed by Claude Franois and Jacques Revaux. [144] On October 4, 1953, Sinatra made his first performance at the Sands Hotel and Casino, after an invitation by the manager Jack Entratter,[145] who had previously worked at the Copa in New York. [93][94][95] Such was the bobby-soxer devotion to Sinatra that they were known to write Sinatra's song titles on their clothing, bribe hotel maids for an opportunity to touch his bed, and accost his person in the form of stealing clothing he was wearing, most commonly his bow-tie. Toward the end of his career, he frequently played detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. There are stars on east and west sides of the 1600 block of Vine Street respectively, and one on the south side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard for his work in television. [339] Esquire reported of the show that Sinatra was "clear, tough, on the money" and "in absolute control". [582] There are also several streets and highways in the US named after Sinatra. Frank. [577] Sinatra's gravestone was changed under mysterious circumstances according to the magazine Palm Springs Life. [54] In March 1939, saxophone player Frank Mane, who knew Sinatra from Jersey City radio station WAAT where both performed on live broadcasts, arranged for him to audition and record "Our Love", his first solo studio recording. To prove her wrong when she belittled his choice of career Their friction first had shaped him; that, I think, had remained to the end and a litmus test of the grit in his bones. Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. [508] Throughout his life, Sinatra had mood swings and bouts of mild to severe depression,[509] stating to an interviewer in the 1950s that "I have an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as elation". [428][429] However, in the mid 1960s, Brad Dexter wanted to "breathe new life" into Sinatra's film career by helping him display the same professional pride in his films as he did his recordings. By the mid 1940s, such was his understanding of music that after hearing an air check of some compositions by Alec Wilder which were for strings and woodwinds, he became the conductor at Columbia Records for six of Wilder's compositions: "Air for Oboe", "Air for English Horn", "Air for Flute", "Air for Bassoon", "Slow Dance" and "Theme and Variations". [330], On June 6, 1988, Sinatra made his last recordings with Reprise for an album which was not released. [221] His first album on the label, Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Puzo wrote in 1972 that when the author and singer met in Chasen's, Sinatra "started to shout abuse", calling Puzo a "pimp" and threatening physical violence. [379] He had a cameo role along with Duke Ellington and Count Basie in Charles Barton's Reveille with Beverly (1943), making a brief appearance singing "Night and Day". [434][435] He also played a similar role in The Detective (1968). [547][an], Sinatra worked with Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968,[556] and remained a supporter of the Democratic Party until the early 1970s. [442] By the end of 1942, he was named the "Most Popular Male Vocalist on Radio" in a DownBeat poll. [275] He sang the last line. Print Family Tree. The Rat Pack member apparently demanded that the house be ready for Christmas, so he could host a lavish party for all of his friends. [291][292], In 1975, Sinatra performed in concerts in New York with Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald, and at the London Palladium with Basie and Sarah Vaughan, and in Tehran at Aryamehr Stadium, giving 140 performances in 105 days. [441], After beginning on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show with the Hoboken Four in 1935, and later WNEW and WAAT in Jersey City,[53] Sinatra became the star of radio shows of his own on NBC and CBS from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s. [219] Sinatra built the appeal of Reprise Records as one in which artists were promised creative control over their music, as well as a guarantee that they would eventually gain "complete ownership of their work, including publishing rights. [42] In New York, Sinatra found jobs singing for his supper or for cigarettes. May 13 is considered "Frank Sinatra Day."[581]. [539] Sinatra's gambling license was restored in February 1981, following support from Ronald Reagan. [402], Sinatra was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a heroin addict in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). [248][w], Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with Antnio Carlos Jobim. [201][568], Sinatra died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, with his wife at his side after suffering two heart attacks. With a name like Frank Sinatra Jr, it might seem that entering the family business was a no brainer. In the words of Kelley: "In the end, MCA, an agency representing Dorsey and courting Sinatra, made Dorsey a $60,000 offer that he accepted. [227] The two became frequent performers together,[228] and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965. 2 files available. [106] Briefly, there were rumors reported by columnist Walter Winchell that Sinatra paid $40,000 to avoid the service, but the FBI found this to be without merit. [110] During one trip to Rome he met the Pope, who asked him if he was an operatic tenor. He began to console himself in songs with a "brooding melancholy", such as "I'm a Fool to Want You", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My One and Only Love" and "There Will Never Be Another You",[368] which Riddle believed was the direct influence of Ava Gardner. [375], Sinatra attempted to pursue an acting career in Hollywood in the early 1940s. Refusing to make "two pictures for the price of one", he left the production and did not return. Unlike her siblings, Tina never wished to be a singer like their father. Look at Me Now", "Dolores", "Everything Happens to Me", and "This Love of Mine" in 1941; "Just as Though You Were There", "Take Me", and "There Are Such Things" in 1942; and "It Started All Over Again", "In the Blue of Evening", and "It's Always You" in 1943. [216] His first attempt at owning his own label was with his pursuit of buying declining jazz label, Verve Records, which ended once an initial agreement with Verve founder, Norman Granz, "failed to materialize". Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Christina Sinatra was born on the 20th of June, 1948 in Los Angeles, California. The words "The Best Is Yet to Come", plus "Beloved Husband & Father" were imprinted on Sinatra's original grave marker. [52] The roadhouse was connected to the WNEW radio station in New York City, and he began performing with a group live during the Dance Parade show. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known residency performers and part of the famous Rat Pack. [135] Sinatra's reputation continued to decline as reports broke out in February of his affair with Ava Gardner and the destruction of his marriage to Nancy,[136] though he insisted that his marriage had long been over even before he had met Gardner. "[220] Under Sinatra the company developed into a music industry "powerhouse", and he later sold it for an estimated $80million. "[457][ah] A CBS News special about the singer's 50th birthday, Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, was broadcast on November 16, 1965, and garnered both an Emmy award and a Peabody Award. According to his son, Frank Jr., King sat weeping in the audience at one of his father's concerts in 1963 as Sinatra sang "Ol' Man River", a song from the musical Show Boat that is sung by an African-American stevedore. [512], Sinatra's mood swings often developed into violence, directed at people he felt had crossed him, particularly journalists who gave him scathing reviews, publicists, and photographers. Singer, actor. For his performance in Come Blow Your Horn (1963) adapted from the Neil Simon play, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [370] Recording sessions would typically last three hours, though Sinatra would always prepare for them by spending at least an hour by the piano beforehand to vocalize, followed by a short rehearsal with the orchestra to ensure the balance of sound. [567] When he changed his political affiliations in 1970, Sinatra became less outspoken on racial issues. In May 1945, he officially corrected the name on his birth certificate to "Francis A. Sinatra". The TV special was highlighted by a dramatic reading of "Send in the Clowns" and a song-and-dance sequence with former co-star Gene Kelly. [506] Barbara Sinatra wrote, "A big part of Frank's thrill was the sense of danger that he exuded, an underlying, ever-present tension only those closest to him knew could be defused with humor". [240] One of the album's singles, "It Was a Very Good Year", won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male. [70] Sinatra later said that "The only two people I've ever been afraid of are my mother and Tommy Dorsey". [196] Also that year, Sinatra sang at the Democratic National Convention, and performed with The Dorsey Brothers for a week soon afterwards at the Paramount Theatre. Dolly said of it, "My son is like me. The documents include accounts of Sinatra as the target of death threats and extortion schemes. [331], In 1990, Sinatra was awarded the second "Ella Award" by the Los Angeles-based Society of Singers, and performed for a final time with Ella Fitzgerald at the award ceremony. [214][215] Granata noted the "lifelike ambient sound" quality of Nice and Easy, the perfection in the stereo balance, and the "bold, bright and snappy" sound of the band. [549], In 1962, Sinatra was snubbed by the President as, during his visit to his Palm Springs, Kennedy stayed with the Republican Bing Crosby instead of Sinatra, citing FBI concerns about the latter's alleged connections to organized crime. [96], Sinatra signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist on June 1, 1943, during the 194244 musicians' strike. 4. He highlighted the "close, warm and sharp" feel of Sinatra's voice, particularly on the songs "September in the Rain", "I Concentrate on You", and "My Blue Heaven". It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, as well as Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Arrangement for Billy May. [201] In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. "[573] The night after Sinatra's death, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City were turned blue, the lights at the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor, and the casinos stopped spinning for one minute. By 1946 he was performing on stage up to 45 times a week, singing up to 100 songs daily, and earning up to $93,000 a week. At a brief run at the Paramount in New York he drew small audiences. [443] Early on he frequently worked with The Andrews Sisters on radio, and they would appear as guests on each other's shows,[112] as well as on many USO shows broadcast to troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). [588], In Sinatra's native Hoboken, he was awarded the Key to the City of by Mayor Fred M. De Sapio on October 30, 1947. Rocky Fortune), a "footloose and fancy free" temporary worker for the Gridley Employment Agency who stumbles into crime-solving. [450], In October 1951, the second season of The Frank Sinatra Show began on CBS Television. [198] Granata considers "Close to You" to have been thematically his closest concept album to perfection during the "golden" era, and Nelson Riddle's finest work, which was "extremely progressive" by the standards of the day. (Frank Sinatra) - : , , , ( ). Nancy rose to fame in 1966 for singing the hit song "These . He asked Dorsey to be godfather to his daughter Nancy in June 1940. Sinatra was backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, with Quincy Jones conducting. It is with a heavy heart that the Sinatra Family Forum and. A television miniseries based on Sinatra's life, titled Sinatra, was aired by CBS in 1992. [363], Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sinatra insisted upon direct input regarding arrangements and tempos for his recordings.
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