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.
All the Things Your Are
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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Something to make my heart beat much faster
What did I long for, I never really knew.
Finding your love, I found my adventure,
Touching your hand my heart beat much faster
All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are the promised kiss of springtime
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights the star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Someday my happy arms will hold you,
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine.
The song "All the Things You Are" by Frank Sinatra & The Ken Lane Singers is about an individual in search of adventure but not knowing what that adventure may entail. The lyrics express the feeling of yearning for something, and when they find the love of their life, they find their adventure. The feelings of happiness and contentment are emphasized when the singer proclaims that all they want in this world is the love of their life.
The second verse of the song expresses the beauty of the individual that the singer has fallen in love with. They are described as the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. This person is compared to the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song. Lastly, they are compared to the angel glow that lights the star, and the dearest things that the singer knows are all encompassed in just one person.
In the final verse, the singer expresses their yearning to hold their loved one in their arms and experience the moment divine when all the things their loved one represents are truly theirs. In sum, "All the things you are" is a love song that portrays a deep connection between two individuals, and the ability of one person to represent all that is beautiful and desirable in the eyes of another.
Line by Line Meaning
Time and again I've longed for adventure
I have felt this desire of excitement many times before.
Something to make my heart beat much faster
I have longed for something that would make me feel exhilarated.
What did I long for, I never really knew.
I was never quite sure what exactly it was that I yearned for.
Finding your love, I found my adventure,
But since I met you and fell in love with you, I finally found my adventure.
Touching your hand my heart beat much faster
Being close to you or just the mere touch of your hand makes my heart beat faster.
All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are everything that I want in this world.
You are the promised kiss of springtime
You bring me joy and a sense of renewal that springtime promises.
That makes the lonely winter seem long
Without you, the cold and lonely winter feels never-ending.
You are the breathless hush of evening
You create a calming silence in my heart, like the peacefulness of evening.
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
And just like a song, you make me feel alive and overflowing with emotions.
You are the angel glow that lights the star,
You are like a shining star in my life, who brightens everything around me.
The dearest things I know are what you are.
There is nothing more precious than you, and you are the dearest thing in my life.
Someday my happy arms will hold you,
One day, I will embrace you with my loving arms.
And someday I'll know that moment divine
And I will get to experience that precious and heavenly moment.
When all the things you are, are mine.
When everything that you represent and who you are, are finally mine to hold forever.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JEROME KERN, OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@LordFrancisco1000
Time and again I've longed for adventure
Something to make my heart beat much faster
What did I long for, I never really knew.
Finding your love, I found my adventure,
Touching your hand my heart beat much faster
All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights the star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Someday my happy arms will hold you,
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine.
@mariesimmons7602
I am 87 years old and I just hadn't heard this beautiful song in years. I just wish I could have remembered it long ago and sang it to my now deceased wonderful husband!
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@clintonivins3280
What a lovely sentiment! Years ago, when my father was 88 and I about 53, my parents were dining at our house. My wife was playing a CD with old songs, and just after dinner my father spontaneously started singing this song to my mother. After dinner they walked hand in hand back to their home only a few houses away. They’re both gone now, but despite that fact that he could be a very difficult man, that evening is forever etched in my mind as a reminder that way down deep, he had a very sentimental side.
@ricktomaski603
I thought I knew all of Frank's song, but this was a great surprise to find. Lady Ella did a remarkable version of this one too. Then again, both of these singers came up in the same era, and graced us with some outstanding music.
@awenindoe
This is not a "Frank's song" like so many of his songs. Like so many beautiful songs of this era it is composed by Jerome Kern. Maybe 20 or more versions of this were recorded before Frank ever sung this. But this is a lovely version all the same.
@manguera9
this is the best vocal of Frank Sinatra ever,and showed how good he was...
@racprint
Try the original "I've Got You Under My Skin" from the album "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" from 1957
@Manu1962able
Why do I feel so warm and happy when I listen to his voice?
@petersurdo4984
Manuela alberto
It's magic. Just go with it.
@carlhopkinson
It's called LOVE....let's welcome her back.
@attiliomalambri
Feel at home...