[137] In April, Sinatra was engaged to perform at the Copa club in New York, but had to cancel five days of the booking due to suffering a submucosal hemorrhage of the throat. "[356] According to Nelson Riddle, Sinatra had a "fairly rangy voice",[aa] remarking that "His voice has a very strident, insistent sound in the top register, a smooth lyrical sound in the middle register, and a very tender sound in the low. Christina Sinatra was born on the 20th of June, 1948 in Los Angeles, California. [33], In 1938, Sinatra found employment as a singing waiter at a roadhouse called "The Rustic Cabin" in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, for which he was paid $15 a week. That career would take him into the world of radio and appearances on many shows eventually having his own show from 1952 until 1958. If it was a mellow love song, he would ask for Gordon Jenkins. Miller tried to offset Sinatra's declining record sales by introducing "gimmicky novel tunes" into the singer's repertoire such as "Mama Will Bark" to appeal to younger audiences. [65][l] On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois,[67] opening the show with "Stardust". [409][410], Sinatra featured alongside Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in High Society (1956) for MGM, earning a reported $250,000 for the picture. 19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. [243] Strangers in the Night went on to top the Billboard and UK pop singles charts,[244][245] winning the award for Record of the Year at the Grammys. [260] "My Way", Sinatra's best-known song on the Reprise label, was not an instant success, charting at No. ", Nelson Riddle noting the development of Sinatra's voice in 1955. [547][an], Sinatra worked with Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968,[556] and remained a supporter of the Democratic Party until the early 1970s. [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. You cross him, he never forgets.". [143] Sinatra would fly to Las Vegas from Los Angeles in Van Heusen's single-engine plane. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Ultimately, Sinatra did not find the success on television for which he had hoped. Sinatra received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. [78], After the 1942 recordings, Sinatra believed he needed to go solo,[79] with an insatiable desire to compete with Bing Crosby,[n] but he was hampered by his contract which gave Dorsey 43% of Sinatra's lifetime earnings in the entertainment industry. Going forward I'll be looking to keep in touch with each of you on Instagram ( @nancysinatra) and Twitter . [481], Sinatra reportedly broke off engagements to Lauren Bacall in 1958[482] and Juliet Prowse in 1962. [570][574], Sinatra's funeral was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California, on May 20, 1998, with 400 mourners in attendance and thousands of fans outside. [307], In 1978, Sinatra filed a $1million lawsuit against a land developer for using his name in the "Frank Sinatra Drive Center" in West Los Angeles. [153] By April 1952 he was performing at the Kauai County Fair in Hawaii. If someone told him he'd been great, he'd reply, 'It was a nice crowd, but my reed was off' or 'I wasn't so good on the third number'. [214][215] Granata noted the "lifelike ambient sound" quality of Nice and Easy, the perfection in the stereo balance, and the "bold, bright and snappy" sound of the band. [484] He married Mia Farrow on July 19, 1966, a short marriage that ended with divorce in Mexico in August 1968. Family and friends will gather March 24 to celebrate the life of Frank . Born in Butte . Francis Albert Sinatra [a] was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, [8] [9] [b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [425] Vincent Canby, writing for the magazine Variety, found the portrayal of Sinatra's character to be "a wide-awake pro creating a straight, quietly humorous character of some sensitivity. Hughes still resented Sinatra for marrying Ava Gardner, the subject of his own affections. [343] A star-studded birthday tribute, Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, featuring performers such as Ray Charles, Little Richard, Natalie Cole and Salt-N-Pepa singing his songs. They had received much of the rights to Sinatra's music catalog years before so Sinatra's will only made their fortunes larger. [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. [477] Gardner filed for divorce in June 1954, at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Domingun,[478] but the divorce was not settled until 1957. [239] Granata considers the album to have been one of the finest of his Reprise years, "a reflective throwback to the concept records of the 1950s, and more than any of those collections, distills everything that Frank Sinatra had ever learned or experienced as a vocalist". [392], Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Snelson, Tim (2012). On one occasion, he gave Sinatra Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) to read, with the idea of making a film, but Sinatra thought it had no potential and did not understand a word. [347] Critic Gene Lees, a lyricist and the author of the words to the Jobim melody "This Happy Madness", expressed amazement when he heard Sinatra's recording of it on Sinatra & Company (1971), considering him to have delivered the lyrics to perfection. [144] On October 4, 1953, Sinatra made his first performance at the Sands Hotel and Casino, after an invitation by the manager Jack Entratter,[145] who had previously worked at the Copa in New York. [32] Excessively thin and small as a child and young man, Sinatra's skinny frame later became a staple of jokes during stage shows. "Frank Sinatra Day". Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, the only child of Italian immigrants Martin and Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra. [76] As his success and popularity grew, Sinatra pushed Dorsey to allow him to record some solo songs. Stordahl recalled: "He just couldn't believe his ears. With a name like Frank Sinatra Jr, it might seem that entering the family business was a no brainer. [236] In June 1965, Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin played live in St. Louis to benefit Dismas House, a prisoner rehabilitation and training center with nationwide programs that in particular helped serve African Americans. (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958), No One Cares (1959), and Nice 'n' Easy (1960). [552] Sinatra had spared no expense upgrading the facilities at his home in anticipation of the President's visit, fitting it with a heliport, which he smashed with a sledgehammer after the rejection. He received eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [407] During production, Sinatra got drunk with Robert Mitchum and Broderick Crawford and trashed Kramer's dressing room. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured within the United States and internationally until shortly before his death in 1998. [91] Sinatra's publicist, George Evans, encouraged interviews and photographs with fans, and was the man responsible for depicting Sinatra as a vulnerable, shy, ItalianAmerican with a rough childhood who made good. [518], Sinatra was also known for his generosity,[519] particularly after his comeback. Kennedy. Santopietro said that as a troubled New York City homicide cop, Sinatra gave an "extraordinarily rich", heavily layered characterization, one which "made for one terrific farewell" to his film career. W hen he was 19, Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped and held to ransom for four days. On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai . Sinatra was included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. He is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales.[1][2]. [242], In 1966 Sinatra released That's Life, with both the single of "That's Life" and album becoming Top Ten hits in the US on Billboard's pop charts. sending money home so that his family could eventually join him. The grave currently reads "Sleep Warm Poppa". After Della Penta attempted to tear off Barbato's dress, Sinatra ordered Barbato away and told Della Pinta that he would marry Barbato, several years his junior, because she was pregnant. [318] That year he made a reported further $1.3million from the Showtime television rights to his "Concert of the Americas" in the Dominican Republic, $1.6million for a concert series at Carnegie Hall, and $250,000 in just one evening at the Chicago Fest. [75] Other records with Tommy Dorsey issued by RCA Victor include "Our Love Affair" and "Stardust" in 1940; "Oh! Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra recorded well over 1,200 different songs - some on more than one. [438][439] The following year, Sinatra received a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award[399] and had intended to play Detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971), but had to turn down the role due to developing Dupuytren's contracture in his hand. For other uses, see, Sinatra's three stars for recording, television, and motion pictures on the, Hoboken Four, Harry James, and Tommy Dorsey (19351939), Onset of Sinatramania and role in World War II (19421945), Columbia years and career slump (19461952), Career revival and the Capitol years (19531962), Later career and final projects (19821998), Debut, musical films, and career slump (19411952), Alleged organized-crime links and Cal Neva Lodge. [336] Sinatra was not very enthusiastic about the song initially. Kelley notes that when Lee J. Cobb nearly died from a heart attack in June 1955, Sinatra flooded him with "books, flowers, delicacies", paid his hospital bills, and visited him daily, telling him that his "finest acting" was yet to come. ",[169] and after listening to the playbacks, he could not hide his enthusiasm, exclaiming, "I'm back, baby, I'm back! Mitch Miller played English horn and oboe on the Sinatra-led recordings. He was just a skinny kid with big ears. [104] Sinatra released "You'll Never Know", "Close to You", "Sunday, Monday, or Always" and "People Will Say We're in Love" as singles. Truman. This was recreated in the miniseries The Offer with Sinatra portrayed by Frank John Hughes. [101] These first sessions were on June 7, June 22, August 5, and November 10, 1943. [279], In 1973, Sinatra came out of his short-lived retirement with a television special and album. [126] When Sinatra was featured as a priest in The Miracle of the Bells, due to press negativity surrounding his alleged Mafia connections at the time,[q] it was announced to the public that Sinatra would donate his $100,000 in wages from the film to the Catholic Church. PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. A special search team yesterday found the bodies of Frank Sinatra's mother and three other persons killed in the crash of a private jet in a snow-covered, 9,500-foot. [388] He teamed up with Kelly for a third time in On the Town (also 1949), playing a sailor on leave in New York City. [361] Granata comments that Sinatra was almost fanatically obsessed with perfection to the point that people began wondering if he was genuinely concerned about the music or showing off his power over others. Although still a registered Democrat, Sinatra endorsed Republican Ronald Reagan for a second term as Governor of California in 1970. Years ago, his voice was more even, and now it is divided into at least three interesting ranges: low, middle, and high. American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century"[4] and he continues to be regarded as an iconic figure. [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. [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. [531] The FBI kept him under surveillance for almost five decades beginning in the 1940s. [417] "High Hopes", sung by Sinatra in the Frank Capra comedy, A Hole in the Head (1959),[418][419] won the Academy Award for Best Original Song,[420] and became a chart hit, lasting on the Hot 100 for 17 weeks. and has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in film and music. Refusing to make "two pictures for the price of one", he left the production and did not return. [151][s] Though several notable recordings were made during this time period, such as "If I Could Write a Book" in January 1952, which Granata sees as a "turning point", forecasting his later work with its sensitivity,[157] Columbia and MCA dropped him later that year. [209], In 1959, Sinatra released Come Dance with Me!, a highly successful, critically acclaimed album which stayed on Billboard's Pop album chart for 140 weeks, peaking at No. Sinatra's father, Antonino - a small, blue-eyed, ruddy-complexioned man [19] - was from Lercara Friddi, near Palermo, Sicily. His personal favorite was Ralph Vaughan Williams. [533] Sinatra said he was not involved: "Any report that I fraternized with goons or racketeers is a vicious lie". 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. [525] He was reported to be a good friend of mobster Sam Giancana,[526] and the two men were seen playing golf together. Dorsey was a considerable influence on Sinatra's techniques for his vocal phrasing with his own exceptional breath control on the trombone,[359] and Sinatra regularly swam and held his breath underwater, thinking of song lyrics to increase his breathing power. Toward the end of his career, he frequently played detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). [134], Cementing the low of his career was the death of publicist George Evans from a heart attack in January 1950 at 48. [265], In an effort to maintain his commercial viability in the late 1960s, Sinatra would record works by Paul Simon ("Mrs. Robinson"), the Beatles ("Yesterday"), and Joni Mitchell ("Both Sides, Now") in 1969. [374] Santopietro writes that through the 1950s and well into the 1960s, "Every Sinatra LP was a masterpiece of one sort of another, whether uptempo, torch song, or swingin' affairs. Sinatra's father, Martin, was a tavern owner and part-time prizefighter, and his mother, Natalieknown to all as "Dolly"was a domineering influence both in local politics and in her son's life and career. [140] Rejected by Hollywood, he turned to Las Vegas and made his debut at the Desert Inn in September 1951,[141] and also began singing at the Riverside Hotel in Reno, Nevada. Perfectly simple: It was the war years and there was a great loneliness, and I was the boy in every corner drugstore, the boy who'd gone off drafted to the war. He later married Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. The younger Sinatra was technically not a "junior" (his father's middle name was Albert) but was nonetheless known as Frank . Turner later said the statements were not true in her 1992 autobiography, saying, "The closest things to dates Frank and I enjoyed were a few box lunches at MGM". Frank Sinatra Concept Album Watertown, Newly Mixed And Remastered From Original Session Tapes, Set For Release On June 3 Read Story There are stars on east and west sides of the 1600 block of Vine Street respectively, and one on the south side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard for his work in television. [He's] probing more deeply into his songs than he used to. Puzo wrote in 1972 that when the author and singer met in Chasen's, Sinatra "started to shout abuse", calling Puzo a "pimp" and threatening physical violence. In one incident witnessed by Stafford backstage at the. He also suffered from dementia-like symptoms due to his usage of antidepressants. [285] He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a "massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia". [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. [5], "They'd fought through his childhood and continued to do so until her dying day. [349] Granata states that some of the most accomplished classically trained musicians soon noticed his musical understanding, and remarked that Sinatra had a "sixth sense", which "demonstrated unusual proficiency when it came to detecting incorrect notes and sounds within the orchestra". [387], Sinatra co-starred again with Gene Kelly in the Technicolor musical Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), in which Sinatra and Kelly play baseball players who are part-time vaudevillians. He points everything he does from a sexual standpoint". Buddy Collette considered the swing albums to have been heavily influenced by Sammy Davis Jr., and stated that when he worked with Sinatra in the mid-1960s he approached a song much differently than he had done in the early 1950s. [52] The roadhouse was connected to the WNEW radio station in New York City, and he began performing with a group live during the Dance Parade show. [449] Starting in September 1949, the BBD&O advertising agency produced a radio series starring Sinatra for Lucky Strike called Light Up Time some 176 15-minute shows which featured Frank and Dorothy Kirsten singing which lasted through to May 1950. [512], Sinatra's mood swings often developed into violence, directed at people he felt had crossed him, particularly journalists who gave him scathing reviews, publicists, and photographers. [y] In 1986, Sinatra collapsed on stage while performing in Atlantic City and was hospitalized for diverticulitis,[328] which left him looking frail. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective album September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. The film remains rated very highly by critics, and in 2006 it ranked No. [616] A musical tribute was aired on CBS television in December 2015 to mark Sinatra's centenary. [411] The public rushed to the cinemas to see Sinatra and Crosby together on-screen, and it ended up earning over $13million at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing pictures of its year. Bono Mack, Mary (May 20, 2008). "De juke box boys a bobby sox brigade: juventud femenina, pnico moral y estilo subcultural en tiempos de guerra". [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". There could be an orchestra of a hundred musicians, and if one played a bum note he'd know exactly who was responsible. MCA agreed that until 1948 it would split its commissions on Sinatra with GAC, the agency that Frank had signed with when he left the Dorsey band. He was so excited, you almost believed he had never recorded before. Frank Jr., who was present during the recording, noted the "huge orchestra", which Nancy Sinatra stated "opened a whole new era" in pop music, with orchestras getting bigger, embracing a "lush string sound". [305], In 1980, Sinatra's first album in six years was released, Trilogy: Past Present Future, a highly ambitious triple album that features an array of songs from both the pre-rock era and rock era. [371] During his Columbia years Sinatra used an RCA 44 microphone, which Granata describes as "the 'old-fashioned' microphone which is closely associated with Sinatra's crooner image of the 1940s", though when performing on talk shows later he used a bullet-shaped RCA 77. Dad always. [562], From his youth, Sinatra displayed sympathy for African Americans and worked both publicly and privately all his life to help the struggle for equal rights. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that Sinatra "took the material very seriously, singing the love lyrics with utter seriousness", and that his "singing and the classically influenced settings gave the songs unusual depth of meaning". [329] Two years later, Sinatra reunited with Martin and Davis and went on the Rat Pack Reunion Tour, during which they played many large arenas. [357] Despite his heavy New Jersey accent, according to Richard Schuller, when Sinatra sang his accent was barely detectable, with his diction becoming "precise" and articulation "meticulous". Sinatra never completed the project, but take number 18 of "My Foolish Heart" may be heard in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995). [617] Sinatra was also portrayed by Rico Simonini in the 2018 feature film Frank & Ava, which is based on a play by Willard Manus. [165] The session produced four recordings, including "I'm Walking Behind You",[166] Sinatra's first Capitol single. Union actions cancelled concerts and grounded Sinatra's plane, essentially trapping him in Australia. He recorded one of his collaborations with Jobim, the Grammy-nominated album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antnio Carlos Jobim, which was one of the best-selling albums of the year, behind the Beatles's Sgt. [462], Sinatra starred as a detective in Contract on Cherry Street (1977), cited as his "one starring role in a dramatic television film". Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. He couldn't help it. He was responsible for awakening a fan phenomenon made up of hysterical teenage girls called "Bobby Soxers", who were portrayed as very enthusiastic to the point of hysteria. President Lucas Mangope awarded Sinatra with the highest honor, the Order of the Leopard, and made him an honorary tribal chief. Look at Me Now", "Dolores", "Everything Happens to Me", and "This Love of Mine" in 1941; "Just as Though You Were There", "Take Me", and "There Are Such Things" in 1942; and "It Started All Over Again", "In the Blue of Evening", and "It's Always You" in 1943. [61] Thanks to his vocal training, Sinatra could now sing two tones higher, and developed a repertoire which included songs such as "My Buddy", "Willow Weep for Me", "It's Funny to Everyone but Me", "Here Comes the Night", "On a Little Street in Singapore", "Ciribiribin", and "Every Day of My Life". Sinatra built the Celebrity Room theater which attracted his show business friends Red Skelton, Marilyn Monroe, Victor Borge, Joe E. Lewis, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Juliet Prowse, the McGuire Sisters, and others. [106] Briefly, there were rumors reported by columnist Walter Winchell that Sinatra paid $40,000 to avoid the service, but the FBI found this to be without merit. [65] Rumors began spreading in newspapers that Sinatra's mobster godfather, Willie Moretti, coerced Dorsey to let Sinatra out of his contract for a few thousand dollars, holding a gun to his head. [248][w], Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with Antnio Carlos Jobim. He highlighted the "close, warm and sharp" feel of Sinatra's voice, particularly on the songs "September in the Rain", "I Concentrate on You", and "My Blue Heaven". Riddle was ill at the time, and died that October, before they had a chance to record. [445] Sinatra had two stints as a regular member of cast of Your Hit Parade;[af] his first was from 1943 to 1945,[447] and second was from 1946 to May 28, 1949,[448] during which he was paired with the then-new girl singer, Doris Day. [191], His February 1956 recording sessions inaugurated the studios at the Capitol Records Building,[192] complete with a 56-piece symphonic orchestra. [516] Royko auctioned the letter, the proceeds going to the Salvation Army. He quoted reporter James Bacon in saying that Sinatra was the "swinging image on which the town is built", adding that no other entertainer quite "embodied the glamour" associated with Las Vegas as him. [180] Sinatra's second album with Riddle, Swing Easy!, which reflected his "love for the jazz idiom" according to Granata,[181] was released on August 2 of that year and included "Just One of Those Things", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Get Happy", and "All of Me". They organized meetings and sent masses of letters of adoration, and within a few weeks of the show, some 1000 Sinatra fan clubs had been reported across the US. [138] Evans once said that whenever Sinatra suffered from a bad throat and loss of voice it was always due to emotional tension which "absolutely destroyed him". [20] Sinatra's fourth wife Barbara would later claim that Dolly was abusive to him when he was a child, and "knocked him around a lot". [227] The two became frequent performers together,[228] and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1965. [266], In 1970, Sinatra released Watertown, a critically acclaimed concept album, with music by Bob Gaudio (of the Four Seasons) and lyrics by Jake Holmes. 4. Frank Sinatra Parents. [152] At a concert at Chez Paree in Chicago, only 150 people in a 1,200-seat capacity venue turned up to see him. [37] Sinatra attended David E. Rue Jr. High School from 1928,[38] and A. J. Demarest High School (since renamed as Hoboken High School) in 1931, where he arranged bands for school dances,[37] but left without graduating after having attended only 47 days before being expelled for "general rowdiness". During the show, he performed a duet with Presley, who sang Sinatra's 1957 hit "Witchcraft" with the host performing the 1956 Presley classic "Love Me Tender". [276] He told LIFE journalist Thomas Thompson that "I've got things to do, like the first thing is not to do anything at all for eight months maybe a year",[277] while Barbara Sinatra later said that Sinatra had grown "tired of entertaining people, especially when all they really wanted were the same old tunes he had long ago become bored by". [114], Despite being heavily involved in political activity in 1945 and 1946, in those two years Sinatra sang on 160 radio shows, recorded 36 times, and shot four films. [168] After recording the first song, "I've Got the World on a String", Sinatra offered Riddle a rare expression of praise, "Beautiful! [325], In 1984, Sinatra worked with Quincy Jones for the first time in nearly two decades on the album, L.A. Is My Lady, which was well received critically. [311] He owned a Jewish skullcap, known as a kippah or yarmulkah, which was sold as part of his wife's estate many years after his death. [546] In the 1948 presidential election, Sinatra actively campaigned for President Harry S. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. [115], In 1946 Sinatra released "Oh! "[585], Gus Levene commented that Sinatra's strength was that when it came to lyrics, telling a story musically, Sinatra displayed a "genius" ability and feeling, which with the "rare combination of voice and showmanship" made him the "original singer" which others who followed most tried to emulate. On the special, Martin, then 50, was joined by his wife Jeanne and all seven of their children - Craig, Claudia, Gail, Deana, Dean Paul, Ricci and Gina while 52-year-old Sinatra (who'd just. Granata considers the album to have been "impeachable" [sic], "one of the very best of the Sinatra-Riddle ballad albums", in which Sinatra displayed his vocal range, particularly in "Ol' Man River", in which he darkened the hue. [210] He also released No One Cares in the same year, a collection of "brooding, lonely" torch songs, which critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought was "nearly as good as its predecessor Where Are You?, but lacked the "lush" arrangements of it and the "grandiose melancholy" of Only the Lonely. May 13 is considered "Frank Sinatra Day."[581]. [547] Sinatra often invited Kennedy to Hollywood and Las Vegas, and the two would womanize and enjoy parties together. 2. [74] His fourth chart appearance was "I'll Never Smile Again", topping the charts for twelve weeks beginning in mid-July. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Kennedy. [389] Both Double Dynamite (1951), an RKO Irving Cummings comedy produced by Howard Hughes,[390] and Joseph Pevney's Meet Danny Wilson (1952) failed to make an impression. [442] By the end of 1942, he was named the "Most Popular Male Vocalist on Radio" in a DownBeat poll. American singer and actor Frank Sinatra with his three children Christina, Nancy and Frank Jr on the set of the film 'The Tender Trap', circa 1955. Actors Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed pose for a portrait after winning best supporting actor and best supporting actress Oscars on for their roles in the film "From Here To Eternity" at . [107][108][109], Toward the end of the war, Sinatra entertained the troops during several successful overseas USO tours with comedian Phil Silvers. [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".

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