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.
Why Try To Change Me Now
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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I've got some habits even I can't explain
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
But why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you 'til the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me now?
The song "Why Try To Change Me Now" by Frank Sinatra and arranged by Percy Faith is a song about embracing one's unique personality and quirks. It speaks to the idea that people have their own idiosyncrasies that they may not be able to explain or change - but that doesn't mean that they should try to become someone they're not. Frank sings about being sentimental and walking in the rain and daydreaming incessantly, regardless of what others may think. He knows that he's not conventional and that people may stare or talk about him, but he's not willing to change who he is just to fit in with society's expectations. Despite this, he reassures his loved ones that he will always be there for them, no matter what.
One interesting fact about this song is that it was written by Cy Coleman and Joseph Allan McCarthy for a musical in 1952. The show, called "Let's Get Lost," was actually never produced, but the song became a popular standard by many jazz singers. Another interesting fact is that the song's original title was "I'm Not Romantic," but the lyric was changed to "Why Try To Change Me Now" to better reflect the song's theme. The song has been covered by many artists over the years, including Fiona Apple, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Buble.
The chords for "Why Try To Change Me Now" are as follows:
Verse: F#m7, B7, E, E7, A, A7, D, D7
Line by Line Meaning
I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain
I have a sensitive nature, which makes me feel emotional, and sometimes, I take a walk in the rain to feel comforted.
I've got some habits even I can't explain
I have certain habits that I can't really explain or understand, but they're just a part of me.
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
I can be unpredictable and spontaneous, and I might set out to go somewhere, but end up somewhere completely different.
But why try to change me now?
So, why bother trying to change the essence of my personality and behavior now? It's just who I am.
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
I spend a lot of time lost in my thoughts and imagination. I have a wealth of dreams and fantasies.
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'm not too neat or clean, and I often let cigarette ashes fall on the floor, without much concern.
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
Sometimes, I'll just take off for the weekend without much planning, and I might even leave my keys in the door, showing my lack of concern for security and safety.
Why can't I be more conventional?
I sometimes feel like I should conform more to society's norms and expectations, but it's just not in my nature.
People talk, people stare, so I try
I'm aware that people may judge or disapprove of me for being different, so I do make some effort to fit in sometimes.
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
Ultimately, though, I realize that trying to conform just isn't for me. I don't see the world in the same way as others do and I'd feel like I'm denying my true self if I tried too hard to change.
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
If I were to try to fit in and lead a more conventional life, I feel like I'd be missing out on the kind of unique, unconventional world that I enjoy living in and that defines me as an individual.
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
I'm not concerned about what people think of me. They can wonder or laugh or frown all they like - it won't change me or my ways.
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Despite my quirks and tendencies, I want my loved ones to know that I'm still capable of loving them intensely and unwaveringly.
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Don't forget that I've always been a bit of a jester, someone who has lightened the mood and made others laugh. That's just another part of who I am, for better or for worse.
Lyrics © WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Cy Coleman, Joseph Mccarthy
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I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain
I've got some habits even I can't explain
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
But why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
But why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me now?
@alexmm1902
I'm sentimental
So I walk in the rain
I've got some habits
Even I can't explain
Go to the corner
I end up in Spain
Why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream
I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes
There they go on the floor
Go away weekends
Leave my keys in the door
Why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk and they stare, so I try
But that can't be 'cause I can't see
My strange little world just go passing me by
Let people wonder
Let 'em laugh
Let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown
Why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk and they stare, so I try
But that can't be because I can't see
My strange little world just go passing me by
So let people wonder
Let 'em laugh
Let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown
So why try to change me?
Why would you want to change me?
Why try to change me now?
@idgafanythng
I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain
I've got some habits even I can't explain
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
But why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
But why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me now?
@seankennedy18
I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain
I've got some habits even I can't explain
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
But why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
But why try to change me now?
(Bridge)
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try..
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
(Verse)
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me now?
(Music break)
Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me..
Why try to change me now?
@mundomatematico2143
I'm sentimental, so I walk in the rain
I've got some habits even I can't explain
Could start for the corner, turn up in Spain
But why try to change me now?
I sit and daydream, I've got daydreams galore
Cigarette ashes, there they go on the floor
I'll go away weekends, leave my keys in the door
But why try to change me now?
Why can't I be more conventional?
People talk, people stare, so I try
But that's not for me, 'cause I can't see
My kind of crazy world go passing me by
So, let people wonder, let 'em laugh, let 'em frown
You know I'll love you till the moon's upside down
X2 Don't you remember I was always your clown?
Why try to change me now
@reythomas8532
One of the most beautiful songs Sinatra ever recorded. “Turn UP in Spain.” One word…up…genius.
@kokolatte825
I definitely prefer this version. It has a melancholy tone to match the lyrics, which is missing from the first version.
@dda8373
the episode of Good Doctor brought me here because I wanted to hear more
@astridlovelight9809
I prefer this version, it has such a melancholy sense of resignation to it. No One Cares is one of my favorite Sinatra records, but it's one that I have to be in the right mood to listen to. One of my ex-girlfriends hated when I listened to it, though, she thought it was too depressing. I like the Dylan version a lot too--and although they only met a handful of times, to hear Dylan tell it there seemed to have been a deep sense of connection between the two men.
@MM-gl4qy
I'm an old man and this is perfect just close you eyes and listen and remember
@stephaniekeller4449
I’m listening and doing the same thing now.
@leroy2298
@@stephaniekeller4449 as you should 😁
@jvblhc
It feels like in the first recording, who ever he's talking to is still with him. In this version, she's either leaving or she's gone. Both versions are wonderful, but this one takes the top prize.
@paulviardot4400
ARRANGEMENT ORCHESTRAL TRÈS FIN QUI MET EN VALEUR TOUTE LA SENSIBILITÉ DE FRANK SINATRA.
@helaina400
Achingly beautiful