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.
You Are Love
Frank Sinatra Lyrics
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You're nobody 'til somebody cares
You may be king, you may possess the world and its gold
But gold won't bring you happiness when you're growin' old
The world still is the same, you'll never change it
As sure as the stars shine above
You're nobody 'til somebody loves you
You're nobody 'til somebody loves you
You're nobody 'til somebody cares
You may be a king, you may possess the whole world and its gold
But gold won't bring you happiness when you're gettin' old
The world still is the same, you'll never change it
As sure as the stars shine above
You're nobody, nobody 'til somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody
Gotta get yourself somebody
Because you're nobody 'til somebody loves you
You're nobody 'til somebody cares
You may a king, you might possess the big fat world and its gold
But gold won't bring you happiness when you're growin' old
The world, the whole world's the same
You'll never change it, change it
As sure as the stars shine above
You're nobody 'til somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody
Somebody to love
The song "Where Are You" by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. narrates a journey of a man from being a wandering vagabond to finding true love. At first, the singer is portrayed as a vagrant who saw life as a joke and had a carefree attitude towards it. He compares himself to a lonely Punchinello, which is a character from the commedia dell'arte. However, a spark of divine intervention changed his life's course, and he found the love of his life. The singer expresses his love for his partner and mentions that they will never know the depth of love he has for them. The singer further talks about how the introduction of his partner in his life has made it brighter and beautiful.
Overall, the lyrics of the song depict the self-discovery journey of a man who once felt aimless in life but found meaning through love. The transformation of the singer's tone in the song from a vagrant to a lover is quite evident.
Line by Line Meaning
Once a wand'ring ne'er do well,
I used to be a wandering and purposeless person
Just a vagrant roving fellow,
I was just a wanderer with no defined path
I went my way.
I led my life aimlessly
Life was just a joke to tell,
I treated life as a joke or a funny narrative
Like a lonely Punchinello,
I felt like Punchinello, a lonely clown who entertains others but is sad inside
My role was gay.
My role in life was happy and light-hearted
But I knew the joke was aimless,
However, I was aware that my life's purpose was missing
Time went on, I liked the game less,
With time, I became less interested in my aimless life
For you see,
Because you see
Somewhere lurked a spark divine and,
I knew that somewhere there existed a divine spark
I kept wond'ring whether mine
I used to wonder if that spark existed within me
Would come to me.
And if I would ever find it
Then my fortune turned and I found you,
Then my luck changed when I met you
Here you are with my arms around you.
And now you are here in my arms
You will never know what you've meant to me.
You might never know how much you have impacted my life
You're the prize that Heaven has sent to me.
You're a blessing that came from above to me
Here's a bright and beautiful world all new
Now, I can see a shiny and stunning world around me
Wrapped up in you.
All thanks to you
[Chorus:] You are love, here in my arms
Chorus: You symbolize love, and you are here with me
Where you belong,
Where you rightly belong
And here you will stay.
You will stay by my side
I'll not let you away,
I will never let you go away from me
I went day after day with you.
I spent many days with you
You are spring,
You are the spring season
Bud of romance unfurl'd,
The romantic aspect of life is blooming and beginning to unfold with you
You taught me to see
You have taught me to perceive
One truth forever true.
One legendary and everlasting truth
You are love,
Once again, you signify love
Wonder of all the world.
The epitome of wonder in the world
Where you go with me
Wherever you go, I will go as well
[Chorus]
The chorus repeats the same sentiment of love and devotion in different words.
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock, Russ Morgan
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@alexmm1902
Eres amor, aquí en mis brazos
You are love, here in my arms
Donde perteneces
Where you belong,
Y aquí te quedarás.
And here you will stay.
No te dejaré ir,
I'll not let you away,
Fui día tras día contigo.
I went day after day with you.
Eres primavera,
You are spring,
Brote de romance desplegado,
Bud of romance unfurl'd,
Me enseñaste a ver
You taught me to see
Una verdad eternamente cierta.
One truth forever true,
Tu eres mi amor
You are love
Maravilla de todo el mundo.
Wonder of all the world.
Donde vas conmigo
Where you go with me
Incluso siempre será
Even Will always be
Eres amor
You are love,
Wonder of all the world.
Maravilla de todo el mundo
Donde perteneces,
Where you belong,
Incluso siempre será
Even Will always be
@maurizioebenbarrenecheamen8288
Frank Sinatra tan espectacular como siempre, aqui con una bella poesía hecha canción!
@saintcruzin
I think he just shattered the glass on my table. Sinatra at his most operatic. Wow, that was some note...Greatness even during his lean years...
@sherom
Sinatra proved he could have sung in the baritenor range C4 to F4 passaggio when he chose to.....The high A flat is just fantastic !
@skydog.7
This my favorite song by frank. I search around around a year ago to find video footage of it. I just came across this, thank you so much!
@martysat2760
One of his best performances ever
@ludmilaludmila6816
УНИКАЛЬНЫЙ ПЕВЕЦ !!!!!!!!!!! БРАВО ФРЭНК !!!!!!!!!!!!
@MrLuigi218761
The Voice!!!!🥰
@TheSinatraCollection
Of the ones you chose from my compilation I'd say you chose the best one.
@absolutelykumot6789
It’s rare seeing Frank with facial hair
@TheBryanmantilla
And it's rare also He singing high notes and lyrical melodies.