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 Lord's Prayer
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever
Amen
Frank Sinatra's rendition of The Lord's Prayer is a powerful and deeply emotional interpretation of this well-known Christian prayer. The song begins with the plea "Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name," which acknowledges God's power and majesty. The next lines describe the singer's desire for God's will to be done on earth, just as it is in heaven. This is followed by a request for daily sustenance and forgiveness for one's own sins, as well as a commitment to forgive others who have wronged us. The final lines ask for guidance away from temptation and evil, and end with an acknowledgment of God's eternal glory and power.
Sinatra's delivery of this prayer is masterful, with each line building on the one before it to create a powerful crescendo of emotion. His voice is both reverent and confident, conveying the trust and deep faith of the singer. Throughout the song, Sinatra's vocal inflections and phrasing highlight the meaning behind each word, allowing the listener to fully experience the depth of this powerful prayer.
Line by Line Meaning
Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name
Our Heavenly Father, who resides in the heavens, we recognize and honor your holy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven
May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth, just as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses
Please provide us with the necessities of life each day and forgive us for any wrongdoings.
As we forgive those who trespass against us
In the same way that we forgive those who have wronged us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
Please do not allow us to be tempted beyond our capabilities, and protect us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever
For you have the eternal kingdom, power, and glory.
Amen
So be it.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Dario Marianelli, Ludwig Van Beethoven
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@whiskeytangofoxtrot5244
This prayer is needed at this time of turmoil and always.
@tlcfavorites1950
God is on the Throne in Heaven with King Jesus seated at His right side, and all is right with the world! Amen!
@lchartofillis1577
George Chartofillis - "Your words, your music, your existence, and your gift of voice you gave us on this earth was God's blessing to us, now and his people are now enjoying hearing you in heaven."
@patriciane3551
I've been going to sleep listening to this for the past 6 months I moves me to tears many times
@LB-ku6ry
Me too. 🤍💫🙏🏻⭐️
@kathleenpapaleo2720
So beautiful. Never heard this before. Thank you.
@Dcvillnz
Beautiful- This Awesome Prayer Sung by a great Singer . Thank you God above for your love and love of others . May we all find strength in your glory.
September 28 2020
Covid Xs
Godbless everyone here and on Earth 🙏
@misurobando4633
Thank you frank for the prayers in this beautiful song
@tramekn
Absolutely beautiful. Praise Jesus Christ our savior!
@joybarnes896
Thank you for sharing this. I've never heard this before.