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.
From Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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A love so true, it never would die
You gave your lips, gave them so willingly
How could I know, your kiss meant goodbye
Now I'm alone, with only a memory
My empty arms, will never know why
Though you are gone, this love that you left with me
Now I'm alone, with only a memory
My empty arms, will never know why
Though you are gone, this love that you left with me
This endless desire
Will live from here to eternity
Frank Sinatra's "From Here to Eternity" is a deeply emotional song that tells the story of a man who is left alone with only memories of a love that has ended suddenly. The opening lyrics suggest that his lover had promised an eternal love that he believed would never end. The singer of the song is disillusioned when he realizes that although she had promised never to leave him, her kiss was actually a goodbye. The song suggests that he is left with a deep feeling of betrayal because he never expected her to leave him, and he is now left alone with a memory that he cannot shake.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Now I'm alone, with only a memory, my empty arms will never know why." These lyrics convey a sense of emptiness and loss that the singer is feeling. He feels as though he has been left with an unfulfilled promise of love that he will never be able to forget. The final verse of the song suggests that although his lover is gone, the love she left behind will stay with him from here to eternity. Although she has left him, he still has a deep desire for her that will never be extinguished.
Overall, "From Here to Eternity" is a poignant meditation on love and loss. It suggests that love, although fleeting, can leave a lasting impression on our lives. The song's lyrics are simple yet powerful, and Sinatra's smooth vocal delivery captures the emotional depth of the message.
Line by Line Meaning
You vowed your love, from here to eternity
You promised me your love forever and ever
A love so true, it never would die
This love was undying
You gave your lips, gave them so willingly
You kissed me with such passion and eagerness
How could I know, your kiss meant goodbye
I never expected that your kiss would signal the end of us
Now I'm alone, with only a memory
I am left to remember you, with no one beside me
My empty arms, will never know why
I do not understand why you left me feeling so alone and empty
Though you are gone, this love that you left with me
Even though you have left me, the love that we shared stays with me
Will live from here to eternity
This love will never fade or die - it will last forever
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: FRED KARGER, ROBERT WELLS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@marianamartins7017
Obrigado Nancy
Grandes recordações dessa musica. Ganhei o disco em 1959 no meu aniversario e dancei pela primeira vez com que viria a ser a grande paixão de toda uma vida. Era um compacto com quatro musicas lembro-me de todas e tenho guardado até hoje o disco. A segunda dançada foi Yong et Hart.
Como as musicas selam as nossas vidas.....que delicia de saudade "histórica" !!!
tbj
@murph3001
A perfect song sung by a perfect singer. He was and is the best there ever was.
@marianamartins7017
Obrigado Nancy
Grandes recordações dessa musica. Ganhei o disco em 1959 no meu aniversario e dancei pela primeira vez com que viria a ser a grande paixão de toda uma vida. Era um compacto com quatro musicas lembro-me de todas e tenho guardado até hoje o disco. A segunda dançada foi Yong et Hart.
Como as musicas selam as nossas vidas.....que delicia de saudade "histórica" !!!
tbj
@robertchamberlain7202
You can feel the emotion in Frank’s voice.
@marianamartins7017
Obrigado Nancy
Por essa doce viajem à
Juventude - junho/1959
tbj
@mjlejer3241
I love this song, I listen to it over and over, it is one of the great ones by Sinatra.
..."Now I'm alone, with only a memory, my empty arms, will never know why, though you are gone, this love that you left with me, this endless desire -- will live from here to eternity."
@iangrant3605
Brilliant song, great movie
@johnwatson742
My darling Janice, the love of my life. Though you are gone the love that you left with me will live from here to eternity
@corazonsuos1787
Mine didn’t die but he left me for another. He created an anniversary poem for me though based on this song... September 19 a love was born not to end. It will not die it will never die why, simply because it cannot die ....Hesent this to me every year and changed the number every year for five years until it stopped coming..He gifted me the film soundtrack too.
@nancyfloressantos9999
🙂
@litasantos3132
Sooomuch loveit this song !