The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
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.
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The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Frank Sinatra Lyrics


(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know How little we know! How much to discover What chemical force…
(Love Is) The Tender Trap You see a pair of laughing eyes And suddenly your sighing…
All My Tomorrows Today I may not have a thing at all Except for…
All The Way When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you…
American Beauty Rose Daisy is darling, Iris is sweet Lily is lovely, Blossom's a…
Anytime, Anywhere You could leave tomorrow, fly to Mandalay, darling I would…
Can I Steal A Little Love? Can I steal a little love Can I steal a…
Chicago Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin' town Chicago, Chicago, I wil…
Crazy Love Crazy love People say I'm crazy in love Just a fool Sighing …
Don't Change Your Mind About Me Change the alphabet from A to Z, teach the fish…
Don't Worry 'bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Just you forget about me…
Fairy Tale Fairy tale, my favorite fairy tale is the one I…
Five Hundred Guys Five hundred guys have one thousand eyes for my baby They…
Five Minutes More Dear, this evening seemed to go so awfully fast We had…
Flowers Mean Forgiveness Flowers mean forgiveness, I heard a poet say, When you need…
French Foreign Legion If you turn me down once more, I'll join the…
From Here to Eternity You vowed your love, from here to eternity A love so…
From the Bottom to the Top You can have my hand You can have my hair You can…
Hey! Jealous Lover Hey! Jealous lover You're acting so strange Hey! Jealous l…
Hidden Persuasion There's hidden persuasion within your eyes Your charming in…
High Hopes Next time you're found, with your chin on the ground There…
How Are Ya' Fixed for Love? How are ya fixed for moonlight ? How are ya fixed…
How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me Baby you went and broke your faithful, promise How could yo…
I Believe I believe, I believe I believe in wishing wells And I also…
I Could Have Told You I could have told you, she'd hurt you, she'd love…
I Love Paris I love Paris in the spring time I love Paris…
I Love You You're nobody 'til somebody loves you You're nobody 'til som…
I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die I'm gonna live 'til I die I'm gonna laugh 'stead of…
I'm Walking Behind You I'm walking behind you on your wedding day And I'll hear…
I've Got the World on a String I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a…
I've Heard That Song Before It seems to me I've heard that song before It's from…
If I Had Three Wishes Oh, if I had three wishes, my first would be…
It Worries Me Writer(s): schukltz/reichel/sigman It worries me You seem …
Lean Baby My lean baby - tall and thin Five feet seven -…
Learnin' the Blues The tables are empty The dance floor's deserted You play the…
Look to Your Heart Look to your heart, when there are words to say And…
Love and Marriage Love and marriage, love and marriage Go together like a hors…
Love Looks So Well On You Like moonlight looks on a country side Like a rose that's…
Melody of Love Hold me in your arms, dear, dream with me Cradled by…
Mind If I Make Love to You In the heavens, stars are dancing and the mounting moon…
Mistletoe And Holly Oh, by gosh, by golly It's time for mistletoe and holly Tast…
Monique's Theme When they see Monique I know they'll understand Monique, Mo…
Mr. Success When I walk through a jam, no one knows who…
My Blue Heaven Whippoorwills call, evenin' is nigh Hurry to my Blue Heaven …
My One And Only Love The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an…
Nice 'n' Easy Let's take it nice and easy It's gonna be so easy For…
No One Ever Tells You No one ever tells you what's like to love and…
Not as a Stranger I think of you, my love, not as a stranger, Although…
Nothing in Common We've got nothin', got nothin' in common, just nothin' in…
Ol' Macdonald Ol' Mac Donald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on this farm…
Same Old Saturday Night Went to see a movie show Found myself an empty…
Same Old Song and Dance It's just the same old song and dance The same old…
Sentimental Baby Sentimental baby, sweet and gentle baby Just the way a baby…
Sentimental Journey Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease …
Sleep Warm Sleep warm, sleep tight, when you turn off the light Sleep…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a somebody I'm longing to see I hope that she…
Something Wonderful Happens in Summer Something wonderful happens in summer When the sky is a hea…
South of the Border South of the border, down Mexico way That's where I fell…
Take a Chance Love may be a gamble or a lead pipe cinch, Leave…
Talk to Me You're always in a great big hurry, grab a kiss…
Tell Her You Love Her Tell her you love her each day, You'll make her happy…
The Christmas Waltz Merry Christmas Merry Christmas May your every New Year drea…
The Gal That Got Away The night is bitter, the stars have lost their glitter The…
The Impatient Years We're going through the impatient years The years when the d…
The Moon Was Yellow The moon was yellow, and the night was young A smile…
The Sea Song By the beautiful sea, you'll see a girl and a…
They Came to Cordura They came to Cordura, they came to Cordura, In search of…
This Was My Love Soft as a raindrop, fresh as the sea Warm as the…
Three Coins in the Fountain Three coins in the fountain Each one seeking happiness Throw…
Time After Time Time after time, I tell myself that I'm So lucky to be…
To Love and Be Loved To love - and be loved That's what life's - all…
Wait For Me The clock will tick away the hours, one by one And…
Weep They Will Weep they will - will the lads down the street When…
Well Did You Evah? Have you heard? The coast of Maine just got caught…
When I Stop Loving You When I stop loving you the way I do, There'll…
White Christmas I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I…
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who wants to be a millionaire? I don't Have flashy flunkies …
Why Should I Cry over You? I don't know why I should - cry over you Sigh…
Witchcraft Those fingers in my hair That sly come hither stare That str…
Ya Better Stop If our affair is going to fold, ya better stop,…
You'll Always Be the One I Love You'll always be the one I love, every hour, every…
You'll Get Yours Like a fish gets caught on a hook, you'll go…
You're Sensational A thorough knowledge I've got about girls I've been around …
You, My Love L is for the way you look at me O is…
Young at Heart Fairy tales can come true It can happen to you if…
Your Love for Me It's fabulous, it's fantasy, it knocks me out tremendously -…


Mike


on The Lady Is A Champ

eight

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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