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.
Mad About You
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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I can't lie, I'm mad about you, mad about you
Though I said to my heart, don't fall
How I love the enchantment of it all
If you knew all the dreams I've had about you
Then you'd know that I've got it bad about you
Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near
If you knew all those dreams I've had about you
Then you'd know that I've got it bad about you
Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near
Settle down, you, gad about, you
Please, don't make me sad about you
Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?
The lyrics to Frank Sinatra's song Mad About You express the singer's infatuation and longing for a particular person, who they cannot seem to get over. The repetition of "mad about you" emphasizes the intensity of the singer's feelings, and the admission that they "can't lie" about them implies a sense of desperation. The singer seems to have tried to resist their feelings, as indicated by the line "Though I said to my heart, don't fall," but the "enchantment" of their attraction was too strong to overcome.
The lyrics also suggest that the singer has been dreaming about the person they are mad about, indicating a deep and perhaps subconscious connection. The physical desire expressed in the lines "Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near" further emphasizes the singer's intense longing for connection. The final lines of the song, "Settle down, you, gad about, you / Please, don't make me sad about you / Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?" express the singer's plea for the person they are mad about to reciprocate their feelings, and not to cause them further heartache.
Overall, the song captures the intense emotions of infatuation and longing, and the desire for connection and reciprocation of feelings that often accompany them.
Line by Line Meaning
Here am I, mad about you, mad about you
I am admitting that I am totally in love with you and can't get enough of being around you.
I can't lie, I'm mad about you, mad about you
I am telling you the truth that I am completely infatuated with you.
Though I said to my heart, don't fall
Although I tried to protect myself from falling in love, my heart couldn't help but fall for you.
How I love the enchantment of it all
I am enjoying every moment of being in love and feeling enchanted by you.
If you knew all the dreams I've had about you
If you knew how much I think about you and dream about you, you would understand my deep feelings for you.
Then you'd know that I've got it bad about you
My feelings for you are so strong that I can't help but be deeply and completely in love with you.
Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near
I want to be close to you and feel your lips on mine, holding me tightly.
Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?
I am begging you to see how much I am truly in love with you.
Settle down, you, gad about, you
I am asking you to stop wandering around and settle down with me.
Please, don't make me sad about you
I am hoping that you won't hurt me or make me sad in our relationship.
Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?
I am pleading with you to see how deeply in love I am with you.
Lyrics © RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: NED WASHINGTON, VICTOR YOUNG
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@michaeldanello3966
Sinatra's take, only time, of Victor Young's haunting melody used so effectively in 1950 film noir Gun Crazy. This violent film was the obvious source of the even more violent Bonnie and Clyde. This Sinatra 78rpm version was for Columbia records, reissued on 33 rpm LP Adventures of the Heart.
@josephconsoli4128
I was so happy to find that it was Mr. Sinatra that recorded this great song from one the most quintessential Film-Noir films of all time.
@mustafaziyad6703
Here am I, mad about you, mad about you
I can't lie, I'm mad about you, mad about you
Though I said to my heart, don't fall
How I love the enchantment of it all
If you knew all the dreams I've had about you
Then you'd know that I've got it bad about you
Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near
Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?
If you knew all those dreams I've had about you
Then you'd know that I've got it bad about you
Press your lips to my lips and hold me near, so near
Settle down, you, gadabout, you
Please don't make me sad about you
Can't you see I'm mad about you, dear?