Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American s… Read Full Bio ↴Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of The Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958) and Nice 'n' Easy (1960).
Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and released the tracks "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's collaboration with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later and recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and reached success in 1980 with "New York, New York". Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until a short time before his death in 1998.
Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he became associated with playing detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sinatra was also heavily involved with politics from the mid-1940s, and actively campaigned for presidents such as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, though before Kennedy's death Sinatra's alleged Mafia connections led to his being snubbed.
While Sinatra never formally learned how to read music, he had an impressive understanding of it, and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. A perfectionist, renowned for his dress sense and performing presence, he always insisted on recording live with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Sinatra led a colorful personal life, and was often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner. He went on to marry Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. He 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 was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. After his death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century", and he continues to be seen as an iconic figure.
Sinatra died with his wife at his side at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, after a heart attack. Sinatra had ill health during the last few years of his life, and was frequently hospitalized for heart and breathing problems, high blood pressure, pneumonia and bladder cancer. He was further diagnosed as having dementia. He had made no public appearances following a heart attack in February 1997. Sinatra's wife encouraged him to "fight" while attempts were made to stabilize him, and his final words were, "I'm losing." Sinatra's daughter, Tina, later wrote that she and her sister, Nancy, had not been notified of their father's final hospitalization, and it was her belief that "the omission was deliberate. Barbara would be the grieving widow alone at her husband's side." 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 a minute.
Sinatra's funeral was held at the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California, on May 20, 1998, with 400 mourners in attendance and thousands of fans outside. Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., addressed the mourners, who included many notable people from film and entertainment. Sinatra was buried in a blue business suit with mementos from family members—cherry-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 carried—next to his parents in section B-8 of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
His close friends Jilly Rizzo and Jimmy Van Heusen are buried nearby. The words "The Best Is Yet to Come", plus "Beloved Husband & Father" are imprinted on Sinatra's grave marker. Significant increases in recording sales worldwide were reported by Billboard in the month of his death.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of The Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958) and Nice 'n' Easy (1960).
Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and released the tracks "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's collaboration with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later and recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and reached success in 1980 with "New York, New York". Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until a short time before his death in 1998.
Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he became associated with playing detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sinatra was also heavily involved with politics from the mid-1940s, and actively campaigned for presidents such as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, though before Kennedy's death Sinatra's alleged Mafia connections led to his being snubbed.
While Sinatra never formally learned how to read music, he had an impressive understanding of it, and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. A perfectionist, renowned for his dress sense and performing presence, he always insisted on recording live with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Sinatra led a colorful personal life, and was often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner. He went on to marry Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. He 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 was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. After his death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century", and he continues to be seen as an iconic figure.
Sinatra died with his wife at his side at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, after a heart attack. Sinatra had ill health during the last few years of his life, and was frequently hospitalized for heart and breathing problems, high blood pressure, pneumonia and bladder cancer. He was further diagnosed as having dementia. He had made no public appearances following a heart attack in February 1997. Sinatra's wife encouraged him to "fight" while attempts were made to stabilize him, and his final words were, "I'm losing." Sinatra's daughter, Tina, later wrote that she and her sister, Nancy, had not been notified of their father's final hospitalization, and it was her belief that "the omission was deliberate. Barbara would be the grieving widow alone at her husband's side." 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 a minute.
Sinatra's funeral was held at the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California, on May 20, 1998, with 400 mourners in attendance and thousands of fans outside. Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., addressed the mourners, who included many notable people from film and entertainment. Sinatra was buried in a blue business suit with mementos from family members—cherry-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 carried—next to his parents in section B-8 of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.
His close friends Jilly Rizzo and Jimmy Van Heusen are buried nearby. The words "The Best Is Yet to Come", plus "Beloved Husband & Father" are imprinted on Sinatra's grave marker. Significant increases in recording sales worldwide were reported by Billboard in the month of his death.
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The Best Of The Columbia Years 1943-1952
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
All of Me All of me Why not take all of me Can't you see I'm…
All the Things You Are Time and again I've longed for adventure Something to make m…
Always Sunday, Monday or Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday or Friday I wa…
American Beauty Rose Daisy is darling, Iris is sweet Lily is lovely, Blossom's a…
Among My Souvenirs There's nothing left for me of days that used to…
April in Paris I never knew the charm of spring Never met it face…
Autumn in New York Autumn in New York Why does it seem so inviting Autumn in…
Azure-Te (Paris Blues) Gone and got the blues in Paris, Paris blues called Azure-Te…
Begin the Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound…
Blue Skies Blue skies (look up, look up) smilin' at me (Take the…
Body And Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
But Beautiful Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or…
Bye Bye Baby Bye bye baby, Remember you're my baby When they give you…
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Have you ever passed the corner of Forth and Grand? Where…
Close to You Close to you, I will always stay. Close to you, though…
Day by Day Day by day, I'm falling more in love with you And…
Deep Night Deep night, stars in the sky above Moonlight, lighting our p…
Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her…
Dream When skies are cloudy and gray They're only gray for a…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you Embrace me, you irrepla…
Five Minutes More Dear, this evening seemed to go so awfully fast We had…
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) Fools rush in Where angels fear to tread And so I come…
Full Moon and Empty Arms Full moon and empty arms The moon is there for us…
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in…
Hello, Young Lovers Writer(s): Rodgers/Hammerstein Hello young lovers who ever…
Home On The Range O give me a home where the buffaloes roam Where the…
I Am Loved I am loved, I am loved by the one I…
I Could Write a Book If they asked me, I could write a book About the…
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
I Fall In Love Too Easily I fall in love too easily, I fall in love…
I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
I Hear a Rhapsody And when I hear you call so softly to me, I…
I Should Care I should care, I should go around weeping I should care,…
I'm a Fool to Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I'm Glad There Is You In this world of ordinary people Extraordinary people I'm gl…
I've Got a Crush on You How glad the many millions Of Annabelle's and Lilian's Would…
If I Had You I could show the world how to smile I could be…
If I Loved You If I loved you, time and again I would try…
If You Are but a Dream If you are but a dream I hope I never waken It's…
It All Depends on You I can be happy, I can be sad I can be…
Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (SPOKEN) DORIS: Gee, I'm glad you came over tonight FRANK: Y…
London By Night London by night is a wonderful sight There is magic abroad…
Lost in the Stars Before Lord God made the sea or the land He held…
Love Me If the nightingales could sing like you They'd sing much swe…
Lover Hey, little girl, comb your hair, fix your make-up Soon he…
Mam'selle A small Cafe Mam'selle, our rendezvous, Mam'selle. The viol…
Meet Me at the Copa The statue in the harbor is a lovely sight The Rockettes…
My Girl My girl is violin and candlelight, My girl is star-shine on…
My Melancholy Baby Come to me, my melancholy baby Cuddle up and don't be…
My Romance My romance doesn't have to have a moon in the…
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) If I don't see her each day, I miss her Gee,…
Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he…
Night and Day Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom tom When the…
Oh! What It Seemed To Be It was just a neighborhood dance That's all that it was But,…
Ol' Man River Here we all work 'long the Mississippi Here we all work…
Once in Love With Amy Once in love with Amy, always in love with Amy Ever…
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) "One For My Baby" Frank Sinatra 4:26 It's quarter ta' 3,…
Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
People Will Say We're in Love Why do they think up stories that link my name…
Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) Put your dreams away for another day And I will take…
S'posin' S'posin' I should fall in love with you Do you think…
September Song When I was a young man courting the girls I played…
Some Enchanted Evening Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger You may see…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a somebody I'm longing to see I hope that she…
Stella by Starlight The song a robin sings Through years of endless springs Th…
Stormy Weather Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky,…
Sweet Lorraine Just found joy I'm as happy as a baby boy When he's…
That Old Black Magic That old black magic has me in its spell That old…
The Birth of the Blues These are the blues Nothing but blues Oh, they say some peo…
The Brooklyn Bridge Like the folks you meet on Like to plant my feet…
The House I Live In What is America to me A name, a map, or a…
The Hucklebuck It's the dance you should know When the lights are down…
The Music Stopped The music stopped, but we were still dancing Which goes to…
The Night We Called It a Day There was a moon out in space But a cloud drifted…
The Song Is You I hear music when I look at you A beautiful theme…
The Things We Did Last Summer The boat rides we would take, the moonlight on the…
There's No Business Like Show Business There's no business like show business like no business I…
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airline ticket…
They Say It's Wonderful They say that falling in love is wonderful It's wonderful, s…
Time After Time Time after time, I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be…
Try a Little Tenderness Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
We Kiss in a Shadow We kiss in the shadow, we hide from the moon Our…
What'll I Do? What'll I do? When you are far away And I am blue What'll…
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) When you're smilin', when you're smilin' The whole world smi…
Where or When It seems we stood and talked like this before We looked…
White Christmas I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I…
Why Shouldn't I? Why shouldn't I take a chance when romance passes by? Why…
Why Try to Change Me Now I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain I've got some…
You Do Something to Me You do something to me Something that simply mystifies me Te…
You Go to My Head You go to my head and you linger like a…
You're My Girl You're my girl the boys all know, you're my girl,…
Mike
on The Lady Is A Champ
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.
She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.
She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.
And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written
Anonymous
on Try a Little Tenderness
Here are the correct lyrics
Try A Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra - Lyrics
Oh she may be weary
Women do get wearied
Wearing that same old shabby dress
And when she’s weary
You try a little tenderness
You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating things she’ll may never possess
While she is without them
Try just a little bit of tenderness
It’s not just sentimental
She has her grieve and her care
And the words that soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You wont regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness
Musical Interlude
And, it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness
Daniel
on The Way You Look Tonight
I met Frank Jr. in Las Vegas, a real gentleman. RIP you both.
Giorgi Khutashvili
on Theme from New York, New York
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