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.
So Far
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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So far we haven't walked by night and shared the light of a star.
So far your heart has never fluttered so near, so near
That my own heart alone could hear it.
We haven't gone beyond the very beginning,
We've just begun to know how lucky we are.
So we have nothing to remember so far, so far.
And now we can look forward to the things we'll never forget.
We haven't gone beyond the very beginning,
We've just begun to know how lucky we are
So we have nothing to remember so far, so far.
But now I'm face to face with you, and now at last we've met,
And now we can look forward to the things we'll never forget.
No keepsakes have we for days that are gone,
No fond recollections to look back upon,
No song that we love, no scene to recall, we have no traditions at all.
The lyrics of Frank Sinatra's song So Far are a reflection of two people who have just met and are on the verge of getting to know each other better. The song is a testament to the beauty of new beginnings and the excitement of the unknown. The first verse talks about how the two haven't yet shared the joy of a walk by night or the light of a star, but the thought of it happening in the future brings about a flutter of excitement in both their hearts. The second verse follows a similar theme where the two are yet to create memories or traditions together, but the sheer possibility of them existing brings about a sense of anticipation and hope.
The chorus further emphasizes the fact that they haven't gone beyond the beginning and they're excited about everything that's yet to come. It's a beautiful way of portraying how two people come together and start a journey into the unknown. The lyrics are a celebration of the beauty of new beginnings and the endless possibilities it entails.
Line by Line Meaning
We have nothing to remember so far, so far,
We haven't experienced anything of significance yet to look back on and remember fondly.
So far we haven't walked by night and shared the light of a star.
We haven't had any romantic moments that one would typically reminisce about, like enjoying a starry night together.
So far your heart has never fluttered so near, so near That my own heart alone could hear it.
We haven't been in a situation where our hearts were so close that only I could hear the fluttering of your heart.
We haven't gone beyond the very beginning,
Our relationship is still in its early stages and we haven't progressed much yet.
We've just begun to know how lucky we are.
We are starting to realize how fortunate we are to have found each other.
But now I'm face to face with you and now at last we've met,
Finally, we are together in person and can fully experience being in each other's presence.
And now we can look forward to the things we'll never forget.
From this moment on, we have the opportunity to create meaningful memories that we will cherish forever.
No keepsakes have we for days that are gone,
There are no mementos or tokens from the past that we can look back on.
No fond recollections to look back upon,
We don't have any happy, nostalgic memories to reminisce about.
No song that we love, no scene to recall, we have no traditions at all.
We don't have any special songs or scenes that hold significant meaning for our relationship, nor do we have any established traditions.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, RICHARD RODGERS
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TedWms521
Largely forgotten, this wistful song is from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro, a musical which ignored plot in favor of telling the story of someone's life. Sinatra rewrites the lyric a little, perhaps unwittingly. He sings "And now at least we've met" but Hammerstein wrote ""And now at last we've met." It's an intriguing change from the idea of fate ("at last") to an understanding that this meeting may not result in a romance.
dianavictoria Aljadeff
This song was first sang by a woman Gloria Mills a secondary role in the story.Allegro was an ensemble musical when a chorus told the storThe plot is about the life of a doctor Joseph Taylor Jr narrated by the chorus .So many of the songs werent sung by the leading roles. ,A fello needs a girl is sung by Joseh parents Dr Taylor and Marjorie, and A gentlemen is a dope is sung by Emily ,Joseph secretary who becomes his second wife,Joseph only sings You are never away.It was a Rodgers and Hammerstein different musical and it wasnt a success .