[533] Sinatra said he was not involved: "Any report that I fraternized with goons or racketeers is a vicious lie". [80] A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942. Stordahl recalled: "He just couldn't believe his ears. He earned $200,000 and 25% of the profits for the performance. [378] Sinatra made his film debut performing in an uncredited sequence in Las Vegas Nights (1941), singing "I'll Never Smile Again" with Tommy Dorsey's Pied Pipers. [113] In 1944 Sinatra released "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" as a single and recorded his own version of Crosby's "White Christmas", and the following year he released "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)", "Dream", and "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" as singles. The United States Congress passed a resolution introduced by Representative Mary Bono Mack on May 20, 2008, designating May 13 as Frank Sinatra Day to honor his contributions to American culture. [521], Sinatra became the stereotype of the "tough working-class Italian American," something which he embraced. [199] For Granata, Sinatra's A Swingin' Affair! After a fight between Della Penta and Dolly, Della Penta was later arrested herself. [81][o] On September 3, 1942, Dorsey bade farewell to Sinatra, reportedly saying as Sinatra left, "I hope you fall on your ass",[80] but he was more gracious on the air when replacing Sinatra with singer Dick Haymes. [357] His timing was impeccable, allowing him, according to Charles L. Granata, to "toy with the rhythm of a melody, bringing tremendous excitement to his reading of a lyric". Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him another Golden Globe. [74] Two more chart appearances followed with "Say It" and "Imagination", which was Sinatra's first top-10 hit. [344] At the end of the program Sinatra performed on stage for the last time to sing the final notes of the "Theme from New York, New York" with an ensemble. [473][aj], "Frank attracted women. Buried - B-8, #151, Desert Memorial Park, Palm Springs, CA. [534], In 1960, Sinatra bought a share in the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino, a casino hotel that straddles the California-Nevada state line on the north shores of Lake Tahoe. ", Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. [518], Sinatra was also known for his generosity,[519] particularly after his comeback. and Where Are You?his first album in stereo, with Gordon Jenkins. He can vocalize to a B-flat on top in full voice, and he doesn't need a mic either". [281][282] The television special, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra, reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly. He couldn't help it. The father was born on 4 May 1894 from Francesco and Saglimini Rosa, in Lercara Friddi, a hamlet in the municipality of Palermo; Francesco Sinatra emigrated in 1900, followed in 1902 by the eldest sons, Isidoro and Salvatore, then in 1903 by wife Rosa (46 years old) with children Angela (7), Dorothy (4) and Antonio (9 years old), Frank's father. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della (Garaventa) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic. He was asked by 20th Century Fox to be the master of ceremonies at a luncheon attended by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on September 19, 1959. Zeitlinger, Ron (December 9, 2021). [504] His deep blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". [206] In September, Sinatra released Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, a stark collection of introspective[u] saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on Billboards album chart and peaking at No. [369] Author Granata considered Sinatra a "master of the art of recording", noting that his work in the studio "set him apart from other gifted vocalists". Lambert and Amanda Erlinger make it a birthday blowout at Sinatra's 77th birthday at the legendary Chasen's restaurant in Los Angeles in 1992. [293], Sinatra continued to perform at Caesars Palace in the late 1970s, and was performing there in January 1977 when his mother Dolly died in a plane crash on the way to see him. He received eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [614] A 1998 episode of the BBC documentary series Arena, The Voice of the Century, focused on Sinatra. "We had so much fun growing . The TV special was highlighted by a dramatic reading of "Send in the Clowns" and a song-and-dance sequence with former co-star Gene Kelly. [599], There are several streets and roads named in honor of Frank Sinatra in several states of the U.S., such as the road named Frank Sinatra Drive connecting Cathedral City and Palm Desert in California, a road in Las Vegas near the Las Vegas Strip is also a road named Frank Sinatra Drive in his honor. "[426] He appeared with the Rat Pack in the western Sergeants 3 (also 1962),[424] and again in the 1964 gangster-oriented musical Robin and the 7 Hoods. You cross him, he never forgets.". [508] Throughout his life, Sinatra had mood swings and bouts of mild to severe depression,[509] stating to an interviewer in the 1950s that "I have an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as elation". [358] Tommy Dorsey observed that Sinatra would "take a musical phrase and play it all the way through seemingly without breathing for eight, ten, maybe sixteen bars". [440] Sinatra's last major film role was opposite Faye Dunaway in Brian G. Hutton's The First Deadly Sin (1980). [235], Sinatra's phenomenal success in 1965, coinciding with his 50th birthday, prompted Billboard to proclaim that he may have reached the "peak of his eminence". [531] The FBI kept him under surveillance for almost five decades beginning in the 1940s. Once he found ones that he liked, he actively sought to work with them as often as he could, and made friends with many of them. [191] On June 9, 1957, he performed in a 62-minute concert conducted by Riddle at the Seattle Civic Auditorium,[200] his first appearance in Seattle since 1945. Kennedy. [603], Sinatra received three Honorary Degrees during his lifetime. [334] The album and its sequel, Duets II, released the following year,[335] would see Sinatra remake his classic recordings with popular contemporary performers, who added their vocals to a pre-recorded tape. Frank Sinatra had many close relationships throughout his life. [566] On January 27, 1961, Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King Jr. and led his fellow Rat Pack members and Reprise label mates in boycotting hotels and casinos that refused entry to black patrons and performers. [398] His performance also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. [223] During the initial years of Reprise, Sinatra was still under contract to record for Capitol, completing his contractual commitment with the release of Point of No Return, recorded over a two-day period on September 11 and 12, 1961. . Anthony Martin Sinatra - father of Frank . It was followed by 1968's Francis A. 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. [481], Sinatra reportedly broke off engagements to Lauren Bacall in 1958[482] and Juliet Prowse in 1962. of. Sinatra was written by Abby Mann and Philip Mastrosimone, and produced by Sinatra's daughter, Tina. Well, I was constantly showered with gifts, but no matter what temptations Frank may have had while I wasn't around, he made me feel so safe and loved that I never became paranoid about losing him. [540], Sinatra held varied political views throughout his life. That's all. He recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and released "New York, New York" in 1980. [224], In 1962, Sinatra released Sinatra and Strings, a set of standard ballads arranged by Don Costa, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of Sinatra's entire Reprise period. Only one copy of this recording was made, a 78. When Sinatra learned that Kennedy's killer, Sinatra The Chairman James Kaplan pages 845-46. 19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. [584] Encyclopdia Britannica referred to Sinatra as "often hailed as the greatest American singer of 20th-century popular music.Through his life and his art, he transcended the status of mere icon to become one of the most recognizable symbols of American culture. [135] Sinatra's reputation continued to decline as reports broke out in February of his affair with Ava Gardner and the destruction of his marriage to Nancy,[136] though he insisted that his marriage had long been over even before he had met Gardner. [160] Journalist Burt Boyar observed, "Sinatra had had it. [413] He next portrayed comedian Joe E. Lewis in The Joker Is Wild (also 1957);[414] the song "All the Way" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [161] Tom Santopietro notes that Sinatra began to bury himself in his work, with an "unparalleled frenetic schedule of recordings, movies and concerts",[162] in what authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe as "a new and brilliant phase". [192], In 1963, Sinatra reunited with Nelson Riddle for The Concert Sinatra, an ambitious album featuring a 73-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by Riddle. 1. He once told Sammy Cahn, who wrote songs for Anchors Aweigh, "if you're not there Monday, I'm not there Monday". By the end of 1943 he was more popular in a DownBeat poll than Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Bob Eberly, and Dick Haymes. [92] When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944 only 250 persons left the first show, and 35,000 fans left outside caused a near riot, known as the Columbus Day Riot, outside the venue because they were not allowed in. Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. [312] It was the first studio album of Sinatra's to feature his touring pianist at the time, Vinnie Falcone, and was based on an idea by Sonny Burke. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. [129] and in the following year he was pushed out of the top spots in polls for the first time since 1943. His son, Frank Jr., and his daughter, Nancy, were both singers of note, and the musical gene persists in their children. [131], Though "The Hucklebuck" reached the top ten,[132] it was his last single release under the Columbia label. 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