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.
Goody Goody
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody
You gave him your heart too
Just as I gave mine to you
And he broke it in little pieces
Now how do you do
You lie awake just singing the blues all night - goody, goody
And you think that loves a barrel of dynamite
You had it coming to ya
Goody goody for him, goody goody for me
I hope your satisfied you rascal you
I hope your satisfied 'cause you got yours
The lyrics to Frank Sinatra's song Goody Goody tells the story of a lover who has been betrayed by their partner who has moved on and fell for someone else. The first two lines of the song set the narrative of the rest of the song, highlighting how the singer has fallen for someone new and is now experiencing the same heartbreak that they once imposed on their previous lover.
The third and fourth lines refer to how the singer gave their heart to their previous lover, similar to their new lover. However, the rhyme scheme makes it evident that the song is focused on the singer's experience. The next line refers to how their previous lover broke their heart into little pieces, thereby showing a form of revenge in the lyrics. The following line is somewhat sarcastic, with the singer asking their previous lover how they are feeling now that the tables have turned.
The second verse mentions how the singer can't sleep because they're unhappy about the relationship's outcome. The next line mentions how the singer now believes that love is dangerous, like a barrel of dynamite. The chorus of the song is a form of schadenfreude, wishing the person who caused emotional pain to the singer to have an equal experience.
Line by Line Meaning
So you met someone who set you back on your heals - goody, goody
You have found someone who swept you off your feet; I'm not happy about it
You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody
You now have a taste of what I've been through after you broke my heart
You gave him your heart too
You have given your heart to another person
Just as I gave mine to you
Just like I gave my heart to you
And he broke it in little pieces
He shattered your heart into small fragments
Now how do you do
How are you going to deal with the heartbreak you're feeling now?
You lie awake just singing the blues all night - goody, goody
You can't sleep and spend your nights singing the blues; good for you
And you think that loves a barrel of dynamite
You now realize that love can explode at any time
Hooray and hallelujah
Good for you
You had it coming to ya
You deserved it
Goody goody for him, goody goody for me
Congratulations for him, and ironically for me as well since now you know what it feels like to have your heart broken
I hope your satisfied you rascal you
I hope you finally got what you deserved, you scoundrel
I hope your satisfied 'cause you got yours
I hope you're happy now that you've experienced the pain you caused me
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, PAT MALNECK GREEN DBA MATTY MALNECK MUSIC, Cloud9, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johnny Mercer, Matt Malneck
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
roberto luis
when we were great as a people, frank always set the pace towards greatness.
Gwyn Nielsen
I love all of this! Frank and the Rat Pack were great entertainers and singers.
Darla
I'm obsessed with this song!
tintinesk5
Love the unapologetic venom behind the lyrics, perfect for Frank 😅
Manuel Rosado
I reckon this song is for every Joe who ever got hurt by a Jane, but I've got mixed emotions. Sure what goes around comes around, but still it's hard for me to celebrate someone I used to love being hurt, but then maybe again I still love her.
Chris Vegas
It's a cool song
MauriatOttolink
Chris Vegas
And an ultra cool vocalist. Nearly all American and US style singers were influenced by the REAL King. Don't give me this Presley myth!
Chris.. Glad that we both like the same stuff.
Probably we both were big cynical following a busted heart!
Jon Baird
great song, but I wouldn't wish heartbreak on my worst enemy. not even the very dame who broke it in the first place.
Sullivan Wilson
The one dislike is that girl
Freedom is Free
Try The Modernaires version