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.
How Insensitive
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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I must have seemed
When she told me that he loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why she must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What can you say when a love affair is over
Now she's gone away
And I'm alone with the memory of her last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All her heartbreak in that last look
Why she must have asked
Did I just stare in icy silence
What was I to do
What can one do when a love affair is over
In Frank Sinatra's song How Insensitive, the lyrics describe the feeling of heartbreak and regret caused by a failed love affair. The singer reflects on his own insensitivity when his lover confesses her love for him, realizing too late that he did not reciprocate her feelings. He describes the moment as one where he appeared unmoved and cold. The singer laments that he did not know how to react and now the love affair is over.
The lyrics also touch on the aftermath of the break-up. The singer is left alone with the memory of their last encounter. He describes her sad, drawn expression that revealed her heartbreak. Again, the singer is at a loss for words and actions. He is resigned to the fact that the love affair has ended, and there is nothing he can do to change it.
The lyrics of How Insensitive are introspective and convey the emptiness and regret felt after a failed love affair. The song's melancholic melody, combined with Sinatra's heartfelt delivery, creates a powerful emotional impact. It's a poignant reminder that sometimes, even when there is love, circumstances prevent relationships from lasting.
Line by Line Meaning
How insensitive
I lacked sensitivity
I must have seemed
I appeared to be
When she told me that he loved me
When she informed me about his love for me
How unmoved and cold
I was emotionless and distant
I must have seemed
I appeared to be
When she told me so sincerely
When she communicated earnestly
Why she must have asked
She probably wondered
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
Did I merely look at her blankly without speaking
What was I to say
What response should I have given
What can you say when a love affair is over
What do you say when a relationship has ended
Now she's gone away
She has departed now
And I'm alone with the memory of her last look
I am by myself with the recollection of her final expression
Vague and drawn and sad
Unclear, gloomy, and melancholic
I see it still
I still perceive it
All her heartbreak in that last look
All of her sorrow was evident in her final gaze
Why she must have asked
She probably wondered
Did I just stare in icy silence
Did I merely look at her blankly without speaking
What was I to do
What course of action could I have taken
What can one do when a love affair is over
What actions can a person take when a romantic relationship has concluded
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes
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@arq.ignacioalaniz2772
How insensitive
I must have seemed
When she told me that she loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why she must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over?
Now she's gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All the heartbreak in his last look
How she must have asked,
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say?
What can you say
When a love affair is over...
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@francescocirillo9063
How insensitive
I must have seemed
When she told me that he loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When she told me so sincerely
Why she must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say
What can you say when a love affair is over
Now she's gone away
And I'm alone with the memory of her last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All her heartbreak in that last look
Why she must have asked
Did I just stare in icy silence
What was I to do
What can one do when a love affair is over
@sammie_schl
How insensitive
I must have seemed
When he told me that he loved me
How unmoved and cold
I must have seemed
When he told me so sincerely
Why he must have asked
Did I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to say
What can you say
When a love affair is over
Now he's gone away
And I'm alone
With a memory of his last look
Vague and drawn and sad
I see it still
All his heartbreak in his last look
Why, he must have asked
Could I just turn and stare in icy silence
What was I to do
What can one do
When a love affair is over, over
@rr7firefly
THE Voice in an incomparable pairing with the great Jobim. Those 1960s gave us an incredibly rich inventory of music in several genres, and Bossa Nova was definitely one of its very high points.
@danjasim
Viva a Bossa Nova! Viva Tom Jobim! Viva Sinatra!
@MarkBlackburnWPG
Well put -- in so few well chosen words. But then that's your style, Noe Berengena. Keep it up.
@rr7firefly
@@MarkBlackburnWPG Thanks for your complimentary comment. I love music that actually has a melody and intelligent lyrics. Sometimes at lunch with a friend the music playing at the food place (not always an actual restaurant) becomes an annoying distraction. That foul situation has reached a critical level. I think my preferences come from listening to classical music as a child and to my parents' great collection of the American song book. But I also listen to most music from the 1960s. (Bacharach!)
@Carmenetta
God bless Frank and Jobim , what a wonderful combination. Thank you for the beautiful music. ❤
@ecapessoa8191
Aplausos do Brasil
para MPB bem representada por Tom Jobim e o belo canto de Frank Sinatra!
@robbiereilly
Perfect. Rest in Peace, Norman Gimbel, who wrote the English language lyrics for this wonderful song.
@randallpmcmurphy7501
This is why I drink.
@tudoreluri
Sadness is beautiful!
@markhall5656
You are right but I have to listen so beautiful