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.
Just One of Those Things
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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Just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings
Just one of those things
It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
If we'd thought a bit 'bout the end of it
When we started painting the town
We'd have been aware that our love affair
Was too hot not to cool down
So good bye, dear, and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
It was just, just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Just one of those things
If we'd thought a bit 'bout the end of it
When we started painting the town
We'd have been aware that our love affair
Was too hot not to cool down
So good bye, good bye, bye bye, good bye, baby, amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
Frank Sinatra's "Just One of Those Things" is a song about a fleeting romance that was "just one of those things" that happens between two people. The singer reflects on their wild and wonderful night together, but also acknowledges that it was meant to be a brief encounter, and that they should say goodbye before emotions get overly involved.
Throughout the song, Sinatra uses clever wordplay to describe the experience, using metaphors such as "a trip to the moon on gossamer wings" to convey the lightness and dreamy nature of the encounter. The singer then reflects on how they could have saved themselves the trouble of heartbreak by acknowledging from the outset that their love affair was too passionate and short-lived to last.
Although the lyrics are relatively simple, Sinatra's smooth voice and emotive delivery convey a sense of wistfulness and longing that resonate with listeners. The song typifies the romantic, wistful kind of music that Sinatra was well-known for, and remains a classic example of his style to this day.
Line by Line Meaning
It was just one of those things
The experience we had was just one of those random, unforeseeable events.
Just one of those crazy flings
This was just one of those intense relationships with no lasting potential.
One of those bells that now and then rings
Occasionally events in life come together in unexpected ways, like this relationship.
Just one of those things
The experience was so unique and unrepeatable that it's hard to explain or define.
Just one of those nights
The night we met was just one of those magical, unforgettable nights.
Just one of those fabulous flights
Our time together was like a thrilling, adventurous flight to a dream world.
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Our love was like a surreal journey to the moon, carried by delicate, airy wings.
If we'd thought a bit 'bout the end of it
If we had considered the long-term consequences of our passion,
When we started painting the town
When we first began going out and having wild adventures,
We'd have been aware that our love affair
We would have realized that our relationship
Was too hot not to cool down
Was too intense and short-lived to last forever.
So good bye, dear, and amen
So let's say goodbye, my love, and leave it in God's hands.
Here's hoping we meet now and then
I hope we run into each other on occasion and remember the good times we had.
It was great fun
Our relationship was very enjoyable and exciting while it lasted.
But it was just one of those things
But it was just one of those unpredictable, fleeting, and impractical experiences that happen in life.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Cole Porter
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It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings
Just one of those things
It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings
Just one of those things
If we'd thought a bit before the end of it
When we started painting the town
We'd have been aware that our love affair
Was too hot not to cool down
So good-bye, dear, and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
Augusto Martinelli
Such a great song. Not even Buddy Singer could ruin it
Zi Jing
I'm currently reading the catcher in the rye and I saw this quote :)
Özlem Semiz
Çavdar Tarlasındaki Çocuklar kitabındaki ana karakter Holden'in otelde kaldığı gece 3 garip kızdan sarışın olanıyla ettiği dans şarkısı. Yüksek lisansımı devam ettirdiğim bu günlerde, kitapta adı geçen bu şarkıyı bulup dinlediğim için çok mutluyum. Buraya anısı kalsın diye bırakıyorum. Çünkü şarkılar onları kimden duyarak dinlediğimizle hatırlanırlar.
yasemin
kitap elimde Holden kadar yalnız hissederken bana yalnız olmadığımı hatırlattın sağ ol ^^
wwbmelisa
Şuan o kitap elimde o bölümü okuyorum.. :))
Miel🍓
Ben de şu an o bölümü okuyordum. Şarkının ismini görünce dinleyerek okumak için hemen geldim.
Alejandro Piccione
Estoy acá por ese libro
ahmet çelen
çavdar tarlasından gelen çocukların şerefine bir kez daha dinleyelim
Deecky Rizzo
I'm dancing with the blonde one.
Daws Films
be careful tho, she's kinda dopey