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.
Shadow Of Your Smile
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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When you have gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things, you are, to me
It was far, too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so, so did I
Now when I remember spring
And every little lovely thing
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Your lovely smile
The Shadow Of Your Smile by Frank Sinatra is a song that is layered with depth and meaning. The song talks about a relationship that has ended, and the impact that the person who left will have on the one left behind. The title of the song refers to the lingering memory of their time together, which will continue to affect the person even after they're gone.
The lyrics talk about how the shadow of the person's smile will color all their dreams and light the dawn even after they have left. It's a powerful way to express how the memory of the person who left will continue to impact the one left behind. It also speaks to the beauty that the person brought into the other's life and how it will continue to stay with them.
The phrase "Our wistful little star, it was far too high, a teardrop kissed your lips, and so did I" adds to the bittersweet nature of the song. It speaks to a love that was unreachable, and the sadness of not being able to be together. But it also highlights the tenderness of their time together, with the tear drop symbolizing both their shared tenderness and sadness.
Overall the song is a beautiful portrayal of love, loss, and memory. It speaks to the lasting impact that people can have on each other's lives, and how love can continue to affect people even after its end.
Line by Line Meaning
The shadow of your smile
The memory of your smile
When you have gone
When you're not here anymore
Will color all my dreams
Will affect the way I dream
And light the dawn
And impact the start of my day
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
Look at me and understand how I feel
All the lovely things, you are, to me
Everything about you is beautiful to me
Our wistful little star
Our small and melancholic star
It was far, too high
It seemed unattainable
A teardrop kissed your lips
You cried and your lips were wet by your tears
And so, so did I
I cried along with you
Now when I remember spring
When I think of the past
And every little lovely thing
And all the beautiful memories
I will be remembering
I will recall
The shadow of your smile
The lasting impression of your smile
Your lovely smile
The beauty of your smile
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Paul Webster, Johnny Mardel
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Jože Dernovšek
One day we walked along the sand
One day in early spring
You held a piper in your hand
To mend its broken wing
Now I'll remember many a day
And many a lonely mile
The echo of a piper's song
The shadow of a smile
The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes
My love and see
All the lovely things
You are to me
Our wistful little star
Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Songwriters: Paul Webster / Johnny Mardel
The Shadow of Your Smile lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Oswald Anthony
The shadow of your smile
When you have gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things, you are, to me
Our wistful little star
It was far, too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so, so did I
Now when I remember spring
And every little lovely thing
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Your lovely smile...
Maria Estêvão Pereira
The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes my love and see
All the lovely things you are to me
Our wistful little star
Was far, too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I
Now when I remember spring
And every little lovely thing
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Writers - Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
손재화
The shadow of your smile
When you have gone
Will color all my dreams
and light the dawn
당신 미소속의 그림자는
당신이 떠난 뒤에도
나의 꿈들을
채색하여 줄 것입니다.
Look into my eyes my love and see
All the lovely things you are to me
Our wistful little star was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I
나의 눈동자를 보세요 그리고 알아 주세요.
당신은 내게 있어서 모든 것이라는 사실을
높은 하늘에 쓸쓸해 보이는 작은 별
나의 눈물로 젖은 당신의 입술
Now when I remember spring
All the joys that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
내가 지금 사랑의 기쁨이었던
봄을 회상할 때면
당신의 미소에 깃든
그림자를 생각하겠지요
`
siemon j. franken
shadows of smile hold,
the ones which were real,so seemed,
pray for you they were
for smiles are light's leaks,
as can be tears;both do tell,
best to listen close
. . . . . . . . . . .
'The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes
My love and see
All the lovely things
You are to me
Our wistful little star
Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Your lovely smile...'
; 7 ]
Steve Wexler, OD
He sings this song and all his songs how a man should sing, no fluff, no wimpiness, just pure vocal coolness. That was Frank for 55 years of singing.
Lewis R
Perfectionist with the arrangements and phrasing.
Nilanjana Bhattacharjee
I want to listen to him all day, so soothing for the soul
Ricardo Guedes
A VOZ DO CANTO A QUAL NUNCA MORRE, POIS FICA NA MEMÓRIA !
Maria Lucia Capriotti
Voz apaixonante......❤️
TheRudydog1
His voice just had that sound. A sound that can't be imitated.
norma lorenzo
Nunca nadie lograra superarlo,es y sera la VOZ.
Solange Castro
Música e voz inesquecíveis!
Jože Dernovšek
One day we walked along the sand
One day in early spring
You held a piper in your hand
To mend its broken wing
Now I'll remember many a day
And many a lonely mile
The echo of a piper's song
The shadow of a smile
The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes
My love and see
All the lovely things
You are to me
Our wistful little star
Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Songwriters: Paul Webster / Johnny Mardel
The Shadow of Your Smile lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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