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.
Blue Skies
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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(Take the azure in the dome, boy)
Nothin' but blue skies (it's mellow, fellow) do I see
(Blue skies, blue skies)
Bluebirds (did you ever) singin' a song
(Hear the bluebirds singin' the blues)
Nothin' but bluebirds (you won't say no) all day long
(Sunshine everywhere, and everybody's happy)
(As a square at the fair, hoy, hoy)
All the days are hurryin' by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days (talk about blue)
All of them gone (makes no misery, hmm, hmm)
Nothin' but blue skies (overhead)
From now on (Mister Elman, go ahead, go ahead)
The lyrics of Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey's "Blue Skies" paint a vivid image of the joy and optimism that come with falling in love. The singer is filled with a sense of contentment and ease, symbolized by the endless expanse of blue skies above. The imagery of blue skies is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the overwhelming feeling of positivity and hope that the singer experiences.
The song also incorporates the delightful chatter of bluebirds, further emphasizing the carefree and joyful feelings associated with the newfound love. The hustle and bustle of life is pushed to the background, and the singer is completely consumed by the beauty of the moment. The final lines of the song indicate that the singer's blue days are behind them, and they will be surrounded by nothing but blue skies from now on.
Overall, the lyrics of "Blue Skies" celebrate the beauty and hopefulness of new love. The language is simple yet evocative, and the repeated phrases and images create a sense of joy and freedom that is impossible to resist.
Line by Line Meaning
Blue skies (look up, look up) smilin' at me
When I look up at the clear blue sky, I feel happy and content
Nothin' but blue skies (it's mellow, fellow) do I see
I only see beauty and positivity in my life, everything is calm and wonderful
Bluebirds (did you ever) singin' a song
Have you ever heard how blissful and soothing songs the bluebirds chirp
Nothin' but bluebirds (you won't say no) all day long
I get to hear the joyful bluebirds singing all day long, which fills my heart with happiness
(Sunshine everywhere, and everybody's happy)
Everyone is happy and ecstatic due to the pleasant sunshine and it's warmth
(As a square at the fair, hoy, hoy)
Everything is delightful and peachy just like a square at the fair
All the days are hurryin' by
Days seem to pass very quickly
When you're in love, my how they fly
When you're in love, time seems to fly by quickly
Blue days (talk about blue)
Sad and difficult days
All of them gone (makes no misery, hmm, hmm)
All the tough days have vanished, and I feel no pain or sorrows
Nothin' but blue skies (overhead)
Only peace and harmony surrounds me every day
From now on (Mister Elman, go ahead, go ahead)
Things will continue this way, and I'm ready for whatever is to come
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Written by: Irving Berlin
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@capitalism2557
Blue skies, smilin' at me
Nothin' but blues skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things looking so right
Noticing the days hurryin' by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things looking so right
Noticing the days hurryin' by
When you're in love, oh how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
@KATIUSHKACHILE
I am here because I love Frank !!! My mother had many Sinatra's records. And this was my dad's favorite song. ❤💕
@SailorMonkees92
I had a miniature horse with dwarfism that was named blue sky. My parents and I loved her and she ended up dying because of it. This is her theme song because we sang it together when we buried her. I was 13 and now 27 and I would never forget her.
@RustyNickels
Your horse died because you loved her?
@SailorMonkees92
@Rusty Nickels your comment makes no sense
@mouhanadfreih2678
@SailorMonkees92 didn’t he die of dwarfism?
@danghoangluong2942
@SailorMonkees92 "My parents and I loved her and she ended up dying because of it."
So your horse died because your parents and you loved her?
@r1zshy195
@Dang Hoang Luong bro i thought the same thing lmao
@Homemaker2_10
My 4 month old baby son's bright blue eyes brought me here! I just replace "blue skies" with "blue eyes"and he smiles EVERY single time.... and it melts my heart every. single. time.
@rumblemontcg9906
aww
@luciadegregorio8606
Katie McD