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.
Jeepers Creepers
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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Where'd you get those peepers
Jeepers creepers
Where'd you get those eyes
Gosh all, git up
How'd they get so lit up
Gosh all, git up
Golly gee
When you turn those heaters on
Woe is me
Got to put my cheaters on
Jeepers creepers
Where'd you get those peepers
Oh, those weepers, how they hypnotize
Where'd you get those eyes
Golly gee
When you turn those heaters on
Woe is me
I got to put the cheaters on
Jeepers creepers
Where'd you get those peepers
Oh, those weepers, how they hypnotize
Where did you get those eyes
How did they get that size
Where did you get those eyes
The lyrics to Frank Sinatra’s song Jeepers Creepers explore the fascination and hypnotic power of a person’s eyes. The opening line, “Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers”, sets the tone for the song, as the singer marvels at the unusual and captivating quality of the person’s eyes. The repetition of the phrase “gosh all git up” and “woe is me” to express the singer’s overwhelmed state is an interesting use of colloquialisms and a reflection of the popular language of the time.
The singer’s reaction to the person’s eyes is visceral, expressed through phrases like “how’d they get so lit up” and “got to put my cheaters on” - illustrating the overwhelming effect the person’s eyes have on him. Additionally, the use of the phrase “hypnotize” to describe the eyes continues this theme of being completely entranced and even under a spell.
On the whole, these lyrics emphasize the visceral and hypnotic power of another person’s eyes, building a theme around the captivating quality of someone’s gaze. The use of colloquial language enhances the folksy and playful nature of the song, making it fun and relatable to its audience.
Line by Line Meaning
Jeepers creepers
Expression of surprise or excitement
Where'd you get those peepers
Asking about the origin of the eyes mentioned in the previous line
Jeepers creepers
Repeated expression of surprise or excitement
Where'd you get those eyes
Asking again about the origin of the eyes mentioned in the previous line
Gosh all, git up
Expression of surprise or excitement
How'd they get so lit up
Asking about how the eyes became so bright
Gosh all, git up
Repeated expression of surprise or excitement
How'd they get that size
Asking about how the eyes became so big
Golly gee
Expression of surprise or excitement
When you turn those heaters on
Describing the effect of the eyes on the artist
Woe is me
Expression of distress or sadness
Got to put my cheaters on
Indicating that the artist needs to put on glasses to see better
Jeepers creepers
Repeated expression of surprise or excitement
Where'd you get those peepers
Asking again about the origin of the eyes mentioned in the previous line
Oh, those weepers, how they hypnotize
Commenting on the attractiveness of the eyes
Where'd you get those eyes
Asking once more about the origin of the eyes
Golly gee
Expression of surprise or excitement
When you turn those heaters on
Repeating the description of the effect of the eyes
Woe is me
Repeating the expression of distress or sadness
I got to put the cheaters on
Repeating the need to put on glasses
Jeepers creepers
Repeated expression of surprise or excitement
Where'd you get those peepers
Asking once again about the origin of the eyes
Oh, those weepers, how they hypnotize
Repeating the comment on the attractiveness of the eyes
Where did you get those eyes
Asking for the final time about the origin of the eyes
How did they get that size
Repeating the question about how the eyes became so big
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@MarkBlackburnWPG
SINATRA – Jeepers Creepers
I used to think (mistakenly) that Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio's programmer-extraordinaire 'Jersey Lou' Simon did his own son intros (announcements that in recent days have become increasingly informed). A moment ago, my favorite commercial radio voice (a very busy fellow -- wish I could remember his name!) played JEEPERS CREEPERS – maybe the silliest song from my favorite lyricist Johnny Mercer – set to a catchy tune from my second-favorite composer, Harry Warren (note below).
ANNOUNCER: “Now, Sirius/XM plays a great recording made in the Springtime of 1954 -- Frank's first of 14 albums with arrangements by three-time Grammy-winner Nelson Riddle. This is music from “Swing Easy.”
The Wikipedia entry includes a funny note that wasn't there last time I checked:
"Jeepers Creepers" [was] written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places. It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians.[2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938 but lost to "Thanks for the Memory".
In 1930s Hollywood, black actors were not filmed singing to each other, so Armstrong sang it to a racehorse named Jeepers Creepers.[1] The phrase "jeepers creepers", a minced oath for "Jesus Christ," predates both the song and film.[1] Mercer said that the title came from a Henry Fonda line in an earlier movie.
Thanks JoJoBond93 for sharing -- nice slide show too! Celebrated elsewhere this day [search] " Great Melody, Great Lyric, Great Rendition, Songwriting Workshop, Harmony Central "
@georgeshedd6057
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those eyes?
Gosh all git-up, how'd you get so lit up?
Gosh all git up, how'd it get that size?
Golly gee, when you turn those heaters on
Woe is me, got to put my cheaters on
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Oh those weepers, how they hypnotize!
Where'd you get those eyes?
Hmm, golly gee
When you turn those heaters on
Woe is me
I've got to put my cheaters on
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Oh those weepers, how they hypnotize!
Where did you get those eyes?
How did you get that size?
Where did you get those eyes?
@MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn
The song is a romance song -- not a "spooky" song... but the movie Jeepers Creepers has made this one a Halloween standard... good choice!!
@saculyelhsa1653
It's actually the opposite. Frank Sinatra wrote the song after learning about the Houston Batman urban legend. The movie was named Jeepers Creepers because the monster in the movie was modeled after the Houston Batman.
@ColonelMetus
@sacuL yelhsA actually this song is about rape
@aidenconley6080
@@ColonelMetus literally completely wrong. This song was written in 1938 for the movie "Going Places". The other comment is wrong too; Frank Sinatra didn't write this song. It was written by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren. Stop spreading random misinformation for no reason.
@ColonelMetus
@aidenconley6080 it was written by frank Sinatra everyone knows that and its about implied rape and female submission
@laneroderickolivarez9296
I love this classic music
@trilobitose
Lane Roderick Olivarez me too
@EmmadCheema-gv6iu
you need help
@patsherwood2768
I was born in 1938 and my mom sang this to me when I was born!
@reealmutairi9148
girl you’re old