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.
The Lady Is A Champ
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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She likes the theatre and never comes late
She never bothers with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke and it's ok
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp
She gets too hungry to wait for dinner at eight
She loves the theatre but never comes late
She'd never bother with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp
She'll have no crap games with sharpies and frauds
And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
And she won't dish the dirt with the rest of the broads
That's why the lady is a tramp
She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke, but it's ok
Hates California, it's so cold and so damp
That's why the lady
That's why the lady
That's why the lady is a tramp
The lyrics of Frank Sinatra's "The Lady is a Tramp" paint a picture of a woman who is independent and free-spirited. She is someone who doesn't conform to societal norms and expectations of class or gender. The opening lines describe her as too hungry for dinner at eight, which suggests she doesn't follow strict schedules and has a hunger for life. She loves the theatre but never comes late, indicating she enjoys cultural pursuits but doesn't bother with keeping up appearances or being fashionable. The next set of lines talks about how she doesn't like to associate with certain types of people, indicating that she is not worried about pleasing everyone around her.
The following lines further highlight her distaste for conformity and snobbery. She doesn't like crap games with barons or earls, won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls, and won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls. She does not care about social status and prefers to live life according to her own rules. The refrain of the song emphasizes her love for the wind in her hair and her carefree spirit. In contrast, there is a reference to California being cold and damp, suggesting that she doesn't like the conformist mainstream culture of the West Coast.
Overall, the song celebrates individuality, independence, and freedom from societal norms. It's an ode to the person who chooses their own path and enjoys being themselves, rather than trying to fit into a particular mold.
Line by Line Meaning
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She has a big appetite and can't wait until eight for dinner
She likes the theatre and never comes late
She enjoys going to the theatre and is always on time
She never bothers with people she'd hate
She avoids negative people and doesn't associate with them
That's why the lady is a tramp
These unconventional habits are why she's dubbed a tramp
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
She doesn't enjoy playing games with wealthy or aristocratic people
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She won't wear expensive clothes to fit in with a certain group of people
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
She won't gossip about other women or their business
That's why the lady is a tramp
Her unconventional habits are the reason why she is considered a tramp
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She enjoys the feeling of the wind blowing through her hair
Life without care
She lives life in a carefree way
She's broke and it's ok
She doesn't have much money but it doesn't bother her
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
She dislikes California because of the weather
That's why the lady is a tramp
All of these characteristics lead to her being considered a tramp
She gets too hungry to wait for dinner at eight
She has a big appetite and can't wait until eight for dinner
She loves the theatre but never comes late
She enjoys the theatre and is always punctual
She'd never bother with people she'd hate
She avoids negative people and doesn't associate with them
That's why the lady is a tramp
All of these habits are why she's known as a tramp
She'll have no crap games with sharpies and frauds
She won't play games with dishonest people
And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
She won't try to fit in with a certain group of people by wearing expensive cars
And she won't dish the dirt with the rest of the broads
She won't gossip about other women or their business
That's why the lady is a tramp
All of these traits are why she's regarded as a tramp
She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
She enjoys the feeling of the wind blowing through her hair
Life without care
She lives her life without worrying about others' opinions
She's broke, but it's okay
She doesn't have much money but doesn't mind
Hates California, it's so cold and so damp
She dislikes California because of its weather
That's why the lady
All of these traits lead to her being known as the following
That's why the lady
All of these traits lead to her being known as the following
That's why the lady is a tramp
All of these qualities are why she's labeled as a tramp
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
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She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.
She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.
She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.
And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written
@geraviau1
Frank Sinatra's birthday song
The first song in the Apple Records catalogue was a private recording by Frank Sinatra. In 1968, as a favour to Starr, Sinatra recorded this special version of his previously released song "The Lady Is a Tramp" for Maureen's birthday. Sammy Cahn re-wrote the lyrics, and personalised them: "She married Ringo, and she could have had Paul/That's why the lady is a champ".[48][49] Sinatra's recording was pressed as a single in Los Angeles, and notated as Apple 1.[50] Starr presented his wife with the single on her 22nd birthday, 4 August 1968.[3] Only a few copies were pressed before the master tape was destroyed; the song is still in demand by record collectors.[50] A poor quality copy of the song began circulating in collector circles, and is now available on several bootleg albums.[51] Starr and his wife attended a Sinatra concert in London on 8 May 1970.[52]
@stevechinaski3750
Why would the master be destroyed 🤔
@lpquagmire3621
Truly one-of-a-kind. 🙂
@davidbaise5137
Amazing. Never knew. Thanks for upload.
@BernardIngram
Blimey. You learn something every day.
@spayspay
Thanks!
@gauradas108
The first Apple recording
@stephanmedlin7323
Right on right on
@ThePaulewally
Is that the actual record label?
Was there a B-Side?