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.
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephants eye,
An' it looks like it's climbing clear up in the sky.
Oh, What a beautiful mornin',
Oh, What a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
All the cattle are standin' like statues,
All the cattle are standin' like statues,
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by,
But a little brown mav'rick is winkin'her eye.
Oh, What a beautiful mornin',
Oh, What a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Ev'erything's goin' my way.
All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the sounds of the earth are like music
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree
And an old weepin' willer is laughin' at me
Oh, What a beautiful mornin',
Oh, What a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Ev'erything's goin' my way.
The lyrics of Frank Sinatra's song "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" depict a serene and idyllic scene of a rural landscape. The bright golden haze on the meadow and the high corn creates an image of the scenic beauty while the cattle standing like statues and a little brown maverick winking her eye signifies that everything is at peace. The lyrics give the impression of a perfect morning, where even the sounds of the earth seem like music, and the breeze is so busy that it doesn't miss a tree. The old weeping willow seems to be laughing, symbolizing that the world is happy and joyful.
The central theme of the song is positive thinking, as the lyrics “Oh, What a beautiful day” and “I got a beautiful feelin', everything's going my way” clearly suggest. The song encourages a positive outlook on life and reminds us that we should always look on the bright side of things. The lyrics, though simplistic, create a peaceful and cheerful atmosphere, and Sinatra's smooth voice and the accompaniment of the orchestra add to the peaceful feeling.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The meadow is covered in a bright and glorious yellow light that's breathtaking and stunning.
The corn is as high as an elephants eye,
The corn fields are towering and majestic, almost touching the sky, reminding one of the enormity of nature.
All the cattle are standin' like statues,
The silence is deafening, and the only thing stirring are the cows who stand like still sculptures, watching the world go by.
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by,
I pass by the cows without getting a glance from them, as they are immersed in their world that's undisturbed by human activities.
But a little brown mav'rick is winkin'her eye.
As I ride into the sunset, a little brown calf winks at me, reminding me of the innocence in nature and its inhabitants.
All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the natural sounds around are so pleasing to the ear, like they are harmonious and in sync with each other, from the wind rustling leaves to birds singing early in the morning.
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree
The wind is so intense and busy that it's making the leaves rustle and the branches sway to its tune, as it doesn't leave any tree untouched by its beauty.
And an old weepin' willer is laughin' at me
The weeping willow, a symbol of sorrow and grief, is laughing in joyous abandon, telling me to let go of all my worries and soak in the beauty of life.
Oh, What a beautiful mornin',
Oh, What a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Ev'erything's goin' my way.
The sunrise is serene, the day is yours, and you feel wonderful and alive, as everything looks to be going in your favor today.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Peermusic Publishing
Written by: OSCAR II HAMMERSTEIN, RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@19bunts
I just started singing this song out of the blue the other morning like Frank had possessed me
@19bunts
Legend
@brebre9842
We'll, not ALL mornings aren't as wonderful. I mean, what if you just wanna see the beautiful AM sunrise as you have to open the window, but what you get is the surrounding of the zombie apocalypse but you just don't have a care in the world, so you just sit and drink your morning coffee while having a classic style until a zombie breaks through the door and starts to feast on your soft, tenderly warm flesh and slow to become one of the dead.
Now THAT when you start singing the song.
And that is how the begin a wonderful morning.
@doughboy_503
Watchmen HBO series brought me here, please tell me i’m not the only one?
@albertdiner
sung a cappella by Frank Sinatra and chorus because of musicians strike 1942-1944.
@terjegrov1142
Very interesting. U have any link for this?
Sinatra fan.
@matthewsnyder6127
@Terje Grov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%E2%80%931944_musicians%27_strike
@paudcmarvelotakuyarmyblink2410
Yo busqué una canción de el de un comercial y no me acuerdo