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.
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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I fall in love too terribly hard, for love to ever last
My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past
And still I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too terribly hard, for love to ever last
My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past
Frank Sinatra's song "I Fall in Love Too Easily" speaks of the singer's tendency to be easily drawn to and involved in romantic relationships. The song is characterized by melancholic notes and an overall mood of sadness, as despite past heartbreaks, the singer still finds themselves falling in love too easily and too fast. The first line of the song, "I fall in love too easily," sets the tone for the entire song as he acknowledges his love for love even though it often ends in heartbreak. The second line, "I fall in love too fast," emphasizes the intensity of the emotions he feels towards his romantic interests.
The second stanza continues in a similar vein, emphasizing the singer's awareness of his own emotional recklessness. The line "My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past" suggests the singer has experienced emotional pain in past relationships, yet he is unable to suppress his romantic desires despite the potential for heartbreak in the future. This is highlighted by the repetition of the refrain "And still I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast."
The lyrics of the song address the concept of emotional vulnerability, which is a common theme in many love songs. However, the song goes beyond a simplistic portrayal of love and heartbreak, delving into the singer's psychology and the inner conflict between his desire for love and his knowledge of its potential for emotional pain.
Line by Line Meaning
I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast
I have a tendency to develop feelings for people very quickly and without much reason
I fall in love too terribly hard, for love to ever last
My strong feelings often dissipate as quickly as they came, leaving me heartbroken
My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past
I should have learned from my past experiences, but I still find myself falling for people just as easily
And still I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast
Despite knowing the risks and my past experiences, I continue to fall in love too easily and too quickly
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
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Celi Coimbra de Moraes
Amo as músicas de Frank Sinatra, melhor cantor de todos os tempos. Sua voz na interpretação de músicas românticas nos faz sonhar, ele canta com o coração.
I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too terribly hard
For love to ever last
My heart should be well-schooled
'Cause I been fooled in the past
But still I fall in love so easily
I fall in love too fast
Fer Santana
I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too terribly hard
For love to ever last
My heart should be well schooled
'Cause I've been fooled in the past
But still I fall in love so easily
I fall in love too fast
My heart should be well schooled
'Cause I've been fooled in the past
But still I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast
Octuremp
Frank is the only singer that has made me cry, not because he is singing something that relates to me, therefore making me relive past memories, its the voice that makes me tear up. The soft voice lingering within my ears as he gently plays the piano just gets to me. What a legend ❤
Peter Taylor
I know exactly. I was in the 2nd wave of fans who were into the last to wear bobby soxes and the rest of it. I would simply melt at his voice and even his look. I must have been mad! But there I was!
Emily Chiang
"A simple 'I love you' means more than money." (Frank Sinatra)
Zack Pane
Only simple when from a handsome gentleman
Robert Lull
An era so unique@Classical Hollywood
Great music with feeling
Totally gone now
Victoria Maloney
Can’t forget that he’s an amazing dancer !
Tangin Wan Biaviian
It's a line from the song "Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" -- not to be confused with the similarly titled "Tell Her You Love Her" -- both of which were recorded by Mr. Sinatra.
449 Jane Drive
@redline that's how much it meant to him, he didn't just tell anyone "I love you" all the time. It would have lost its' value then.
邪 YOKOSHIMA
DARK HAIR and BRIGHT EYES. COME ON people... he's rare not only as an actor and a singer but also specie.
Dave Cochrane
A specie? Blimey. We have enough alphabet soup BS categories for humans alone without adding whole new species. I promise I'm not a Sinatraphobe, please don't have me arrested for a hate crime.