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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Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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When the lights are down low
Grab your baby, then go
Do the hucklebuck
Do the hucklebuck
If you don't know how to do it
Boy, you're out of luck
Then you hunch your back
Start a little movement in your sacroilliac
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck
That's the way you do it when you do the Hucklebuck
Ev'rybody's looking for a-somethin' new
It could be cars, it could be clothes
Or just a stylish shoe
But if you like your dancin'
Better take my tip
Get set, warn the band and let 'er rip
You go a little to the left
A little to the right
Get hold of your partner
Tell him, "No need to fight"
Push your partner round
And then you hunch your back
Start your movement in your sacroilliac
Wiggle like a snake and then you waddle like a duck
And that's the way you gotta do it when you do the Hucklebuck
There you go
You got it now
It's the Hucklebuck!
The lyrics to Frank Sinatra's song "The Hucklebuck" describe a dance that couples should do when the lights are down low. The song instructs the listener on how to do the dance by alternating between singing the steps of the dance and encouraging the listener to try it out. The dance involves pushing one's partner out and then hunching the back while starting a movement in the sacroiliac. The song advises the listener to wiggle like a snake and waddle like a duck, describing these movements as essential for doing the Hucklebuck correctly.
The lyrics also touch on the idea that people are always looking for something new, whether it's cars, clothes, or dancing styles. The song suggests that the Hucklebuck is a dance worth trying out, but warns that those who don't know how to do it are out of luck. Ultimately, the song encourages the listener to give the Hucklebuck a try and enjoy it with their partner.
Overall, "The Hucklebuck" is a lively and upbeat song that embodies the spirit of a carefree dance party. The lyrics are easy to follow and provide clear instructions, making it a popular song to play at events where people are dancing and having fun.
Line by Line Meaning
Here's a dance you should know
I'll teach you a popular dance
When the lights are down low
It's time to dance in low lights
Grab your baby, then go
Take your partner by hand and start dancing
Do the hucklebuck
Let's dance hucklebuck
Do the hucklebuck
Repeat that we are dancing hucklebuck
If you don't know how to do it
If you don't know the hucklebuck steps
Boy, you're out of luck
You won't be able to dance hucklebuck
Push your partner out
Move your partner outward
Then you hunch your back
Bend your back forward
Start a little movement in your sacroilliac
Start moving your hips
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck
Move your body like a snake and then like a duck
That's the way you do it when you do the Hucklebuck
These are the steps for dancing hucklebuck
Ev'rybody's looking for a-somethin' new
People are always looking for new things
It could be cars, it could be clothes
Like new cars or new clothes
Or just a stylish shoe
Or even just a trendy pair of shoes
But if you like your dancin'
But if you love dancing
Better take my tip
Follow my advice
Get set, warn the band and let 'er rip
Get ready, tell the band and start dancing hucklebuck
You go a little to the left
Move a little to the left
A little to the right
Move a little to the right
Get hold of your partner
Take your partner by hand
Tell him, "No need to fight"
Do not argue with your partner
And then you hunch your back
Bend your back forward
Start your movement in your sacroilliac
Start swaying your hips
Wiggle like a snake and then you waddle like a duck
Move your body like a snake and then like a duck
And that's the way you gotta do it when you do the Hucklebuck
These are the steps you should follow for dancing hucklebuck
There you go
Now you got it
You got it now
You got the hang of it
It's the Hucklebuck!
That's the hucklebuck dance!
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: ROY ALFRED, ANDY GIBSON
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Batgill
And now the end is here
And so I face that final curtain
My friend I'll make it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
I saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much, much more
I did it, I did it my way
Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself then he has naught
Not to say the things that he truly feels
And not the words of someone who kneels
Let the record shows I took all the blows and did it my way
Lawrence Wood
I told my wife I'll record my singing of this great song and let her broadcast it on my funeral if I go to have a coffee with Jesus before her.
Uncle Ruckus
I’m gonna do the same
thatboi769
Hope that coffee ain't decaf
Gushers500
I dedicate this song to my grandpa (on my dad’s side) who died a few days ago.
Rip 😢
EPICMEMEGAMER_BTW #1
Not ur song buddy cry
Tapup
@EPICMEMEGAMER_BTW #1 dude leave him be
Pastor Patrick
@EPICMEMEGAMER_BTW #1 oooff
George Martin
@EPICMEMEGAMER_BTW #1 so much for being epic more like being toxic
rawan jdetawy
My favorite song , it means a lot to me ✨💛
WICHT_girafa1234WRY
Mesmo sem entender nada essa música é linda