Frank Sinatra is a popular American pop singer, performer of hits "New York, New York" ("New York, New York"), "My way" ("My way"), "Love Story" ("Love Story") , "Over and Over" ("Peace be with you"). During the heyday of his activity, the artist acted in films, spoke on the radio, produced films, and hosted his own television show. Sinatra has won eleven Grammy Awards and two Oscars.
The singer known as Frank Sinatra was born in 1915 to a family of Italian immigrants. He celebrated his birthday on December 12th. At birth, the child weighed more than 6 kg. The full name given to the boy at birth was Francis Albert Sinatra.
In childhood, the child was often left with his grandmother and aunt. Frank's mother devoted a lot of time to social work, and his father was a dock worker. Martin and Dolly Sinatra were quintessential working-class Americans in the early twentieth century.
At a young age, Frank became interested in music. He used his skills on a small ukulele to earn pocket money. Due to absenteeism and poor academic performance, young Sinatra was expelled from high school. He developed his abilities, being gifted by nature. Sinatra was not familiar with solfeggio and sang by ear.
Top Songs and Albums
Sinatra is considered the only singer who, in old age, was able to repeat the success of his younger years. One of the most famous songs "New York, New York" ("New York, New York"), the master recorded in 1979. The singer at this point was already 64 years old. The song became a hallmark of New York and is still used as one of the city's unspoken anthems.
For half a century of his creative activity, the singer has recorded more than a hundred hit songs. Frank performed songs by George Gershwin, Col Porter, Irving Burling and other famous composers of his time. During the life of the singer, about 60 albums with his vocals were released. Compilations with Christmas songs performed by Sinatra are still very popular in America.
The most famous songs of the artist in the world: “Strangers in the night” (“Wanderers in the night”), “New York, New York” (“New York, New York”), “My way” (“My way”) , "Fly Me to the moon" ("Take me to the moon"), "Jingle bells" ("Bells") and "Let it Snow" ("Let it snow").
Personal life
The singer was officially married four times. His personal life was for a long time the object of close attention of journalists, which led to Frank's divorce from his first wife. The singer hated members of the press for the rest of his life.
The artist's first love was a girl named Nancy Barbato. She and Frank married in the winter of 1939. The wife gave Sinatra three wonderful children. The eldest daughter was born in 1940. She was named after her mother. When Nancy Sinatra grew up, she, following the example of her father, devoted her life to music. In 1944, Frank Sinatra Jr. was born, who also became a musician. He led his father's orchestra. The youngest child in this marriage was the daughter of the singer Tina. The children of Frank and Nancy connected their lives with show business. The eldest daughter and middle son became musicians, and Tina found herself in the film business.
After his divorce from Nancy, Sinatra quickly found solace in the arms of the actress. The lovers got married a few years after the start of their romance. For Ava, marriage to Sinatra was the third in a row.
During the beginning of family life with Gardner, Frank had a severe creative block. The singer was pursued by a series of failures, as a result of which he was unclaimed in the profession. Having lost his voice due to complications from a cold, Frank decided to take his own life. The wife was next to the singer and supported him in difficult times, Sinatra recovered and returned to the stage. In 1952, his concerts again began to be accompanied by a full house. Sinatra lived with his second wife for about six years.
The singer married for the third time at the age of 51. The marriage of Sinatra and his 21-year-old fiance Mia Farrow took place in 1966. In the press, many devastating articles appeared on this subject. Thanks to the surname of Mia's wife, she made herself a good career as an actress. The young wife helped the singer overcome another creative crisis. A year after the wedding, Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra divorced.
The fourth wife of the singer in 1976 was Barbara Marks. She was Sinatra's last official life partner, with whom he lived until his death. Biographers often criticize Barbara, calling her an inheritance hunter. The couple lived together for 22 years.
Frank Sinatra was not only a talented singer and actor, but also a famous ladies' man. His women were unusually beautiful and talented. Among Sinatra's lovers there were many famous actresses, singers and fashion models. Both in his youth and in his old age, Frank knew how to charm the woman he liked with his “velvet” voice and gallant manners.
In addition to four official marriages, the singer had two broken engagements. Sinatra broke off her engagement to Humphrey Bogart's widow Lauren Bacall due to early publicity. Friends of the actress told reporters about the upcoming wedding, and the press occupied the singer's home. Sinatra felt that Lauren had betrayed him and severed their relationship.
The second engagement to Juliette Prowse was canceled in 1962 after a month and a half from the date of her announcement. The initiator of the gap was the bride, she decided to focus on her career. Sinatra also had relationships with Lana Turner, Gina Lollobrigida, Shirley MacLaine, Donna Reed, Jill St. John. Frank and his women usually parted amicably, without scandals or incidents. Sinatra met many of his passions during the filming of a movie and maintained friendly relations after parting.
Movies
The charm of the artist helped him build a good career in cinema. Sinatra did not go to acting school, did not take acting classes. His playing and musical skills were native. During his film career, Frank played roles in 46 films.
In 1965, the artist tried to direct the film "Only the Brave". This experience was isolated, but as a producer, Sinatra released as many as six tapes. It is interesting that the artist's children chose professions that repeat their father's occupations. For example, the youngest daughter of Sinatra took up producing movies.
Frank Sinatra in It Happened in Brooklyn The most famous films with the participation of the artist: "From Now and Forever", "Ocean's 11" (film adaptation of 1960), "The Manchurian Candidate", "The Man with the Golden Arm", "Detective", "Around the World in 80 Days" (film adaptation 1956). Sinatra's work in films has been highly acclaimed. The actor won two Oscar statuettes and two Golden Globe awards.
- In his youth, the artist almost ended up in prison because of his love for a married woman. In America at the beginning of the last century, having an affair with someone else's wife was a criminal offense and could adversely affect a singer's career.
- There is a version that Frank Sinatra was associated with the mafia. In particular, the singer did not hide the fact that he was personally acquainted with some criminal authorities. According to rumors, the mafia, commissioned by Sinatra, cracked down on his ill-wishers. And the singer, first of all, considered journalists as enemies, who were too interested in his personal life and affairs.
- Frank Sinatra was very fond of Audrey Hepburn, it was he who gave the rising star the nickname "Princess". Interestingly, in 1953, the actress really played a royal in the film Roman Holiday. Sinatra's wife Ava Gardner was also considered for the role, but the producers chose Audrey Hepburn.
- Frank's eldest daughter posed for the cover of Playboy magazine. At the time of the candid photo shoot, Nancy Sinatra had already celebrated her 54th birthday.
- Frank was not only a singer and actor, but also a famous showman. The most popular representatives of show business in America appeared on Sinatra's TV show. After demobilization, young Elvis Presley appeared on television in the Sinatra show. By the way, the relationship between the two great singers was not particularly warm. Frank did not like rock and roll and called it degenerate music, which Elvis Presley did not like.
- In 1960, the singer bought a casino. When it turned out that one of Sinatra's partners was Chicago gangster Sam Giancana, the artist had to give up his stake in the business in order to maintain his reputation.
- A fake performance of the song "My Way" has caused the death of several singers in the Philippines. In 10 years, 6 people were killed in karaoke bars. As a result of these incidents, the song was banned in the Philippines.
- Modern biographers, studying the archives, have suggested that the singer had an affair with Marilyn Monroe. The veracity of this claim remains in question. It is known that Frank and Marilyn met in 1954. Several biographical books based on the memoirs of people close to Marilyn and Sinatra provide conflicting information about their relationship.
- According to one version, Frank was crazy about the diva, but she rejected him, according to another, Marilyn was in love with the singer, but he did not want to associate his life with her. There is also an opinion that Sinatra and Monroe had a secret affair. This love story caused a public outcry, interest has not weakened even half a century after the death of the actress. Some daredevils even make assumptions that Monroe could have committed suicide because of unrequited love for Sinatra. Photos of the singer and actress do not support, but do not refute the theory of their secret romance.
Death
The singer announced the end of his stage career in 1971. He did not manage to retire completely that year. In 1973, the master recorded a new studio album "Ol" Blue Eyes Is Back ", and resumed his concert activity in 1974. The last collection with compositions was released by the singer in 1993, and in 1995 the master took the stage for the last time.
Frank Sinatra and his wife in old age The singer died in 1998. The cause of death is a heart attack. The legendary Sinatra passed away on May 14th. Frank was 82 at the time of his death. The funeral was held in California in the city of Cathedral city at the Desert Memorial Park cemetery.
Discography:
- 1946 - The Voice Of Frank Sinatra
- 1948 - Christmas Songs By Sinatra
- 1954 - Swing Easy!
- 1957 - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
- 1958 - Come Fly With Me
- 1960 - Nice "N" Easy
- 1962 - Point Of No Return
- 1964 - Softly As I Leave You
- 1966 - Moonlight Sinatra
- 1966 - Strangers In The Night
- 1969 - My Way
- 1973 - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
- 1981 - She Shot Me Down
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Francis Albert Sinatra (Eng. Francis Albert Sinatra: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey - May 14, 1998, Los Angeles) is an American actor, singer (crooner) and showman. He was famous for his romantic style of singing songs and "honey" voice.
In his younger years, he had the nickname Frankie (Frankie) and the Voice (“the Voice”), in later years - Mr. Blue Eyes (Ol` Blue Eyes), and then the respectful Elder (“Chairman of the Board”).
I admit that alcohol is the enemy of man, but doesn't the Bible teach us to love our enemy?
Sinatra Frank
The songs performed by him entered the classics of pop and swing style, became the most striking examples of the pop-jazz manner of singing "crooning", several generations of Americans were brought up on them.
Over 50 years of active creative activity, he recorded about 100 invariably popular single discs, performed all the most famous songs of the largest US composers - George Gershwin, Col Porter and Irving Berlin.
In 1997 he was awarded the highest honor of the United States, the Congressional Gold Medal.
To be successful, you need to have friends; but to maintain great success, one must have many friends.
Sinatra Frank
Sinatra is the son of Italian emigrants who, at the turn of the century, settled with their parents on the east coast of America as children. His father was a native of Palermo (Sicily) and worked as a professional boxer, firefighter and bartender.
Sinatra's mother was from the northern Italian city of Lumarzo (near Genoa) and served as the local chairman of the Democratic Party in Hoboken. Frank was the only child in the family. He grew up in a humble environment, compared to many other Italian-American immigrants.
From an early age, he was interested in music, and from the age of 13 he moonlighted with the help of a ukulele, a small musical installation and a megaphone in the bars of his city. From 1932, Sinatra had small radio appearances; since he saw his idol Bing Crosby at a concert in Jersey City in 1933, he chose the profession of a singer.
Progress means that everything takes less time and more money.
Sinatra Frank
In addition, he also worked as a sports journalist for a local newspaper during the Great Depression in the 1930s, after he left college without a degree. Cinema aroused great interest in him; his favorite actor was Edward G. Robinson, who then starred primarily in gangster films.
With The Hoboken Four, Sinatra won the then-popular Major Bowes Amateur Hour (Major Bowes Amateur Hour) young talent competition in 1935, and some time later went on his first national tour with them.
After that, he worked for 18 months from 1937 as a showman in a New Jersey music restaurant, which was also visited by stars such as Col Porter, and, along with radio appearances, laid the foundation for his professional career.
Some women have husbands just to pull up a dress that fastens at the back.
Sinatra Frank
The impetus for Sinatra's career was given by work in the famous swing jazz orchestras of trumpeter Harry James and trombonist Tommy Dorsey in 1939-1942. In February 1939, Sinatra married his first love, Nancy Barbato.
In this marriage in 1940, Nancy Sinatra was born, who later became a famous singer. She was followed in 1944 by Frank Sinatra Jr. (in 1988-1995 the leader of the Sinatra orchestra) and in 1948 Tina Sinatra, who works as a film producer.
In the late 1940s, Sinatra began a creative crisis in the genre, coinciding in time with a stormy romance with actress Ava Gardner.
I believe in you and me. I am like Albert Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in my respect for life - in any form. I believe in nature, in birds, in the sea, in the sky, in everything that I can see or that has real evidence. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God.
Sinatra Frank
1949 was the hardest year in Sinatra's career: he was fired from the radio, and six months later plans to hold concerts in New York were grossly violated, Nancy filed for divorce, and the romance with Gardner turned into a loud scandal, Columbia Records refused him studio time.
In 1950, his contract with MGM was terminated, and a new agent from MCA also turned his back on Sinatra. At the age of 34, Frank became a "man of the past."
In 1951, Sinatra married Ava Gardner, whom he divorced six years later. In addition, Sinatra lost his voice after a severe cold. All these misfortunes were so unexpected and difficult that the singer decided to commit suicide.
Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more powerful, destructive, pernicious, disgusting thing in the world - for an individual or a nation.
Sinatra Frank
The voice problems were temporary, and when he recovered, Sinatra started all over again. In 1953, he starred in From Here to Eternity, winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
He was invited to various film projects, the most successful of which were "The Man with the Golden Arm" ("The Man With the Golden Arm", 1955), "11 Ocean's Friends" ("Ocean's Eleven", 1960), "Detective" (" The Detective, 1968).
Since the late 1950s, Sinatra has performed in Las Vegas with such pop stars as Sammy Davis (Sam Davis), Dean Martin (Dean Martin), Joe Bishop (Joe Bishop) and Peter Lawford (Peter Lowford).
Luck is great and you should be lucky enough to get this opportunity. But after that, you need to have talent and be able to use it.
Sinatra Frank
Their company, known as the "Rat Pack", worked with John F. Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Recordings and performances with the big bands of Count Basie, Billy May, Nelson Riddle's studio swing orchestras and others were very successful, earning Sinatra the fame of one of the masters of swing.
In 1966, Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow. He was 51 and she was 21. They separated the following year. Ten years later, Sinatra married for the fourth time - to Barbara Marks, with whom he lived until the end of his life.
In 1971, Sinatra announced that he was retiring, but continued to give rare concerts. In 1980, Sinatra recorded one of his masterpieces - the hit "New York, New York", becoming the only singer in history who managed to regain popularity and love of the public after fifty years.
I pity people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, it's the best thing they feel all day.
Sinatra Frank
In 1988-1989, the Rat Pack farewell tour took place, and Sinatra's last concert performance took place in 1994, when he was 78 years old. On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at the age of 82.
Interesting Facts
* Frank Sinatra is the inspiration for Johnny Fontaine, a character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.
* Frank Sinatra received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements and contributions to the field of music.
On May 13, 2008, a new postage stamp with a portrait of Sinatra went on sale in New York, Las Vegas and New Jersey. The issue of the brand is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the death of the great singer. The graduation ceremony in Manhattan was attended by Frank Sinatra's children, his friends, relatives and admirers of his work.
If you have something but you can't give it away, then you don't own it... it owns you.
Sinatra Frank
Most famous songs
* "My Way"
* "New York, New York"
* "Strangers in the Night"
* "It Was a Very Good Year"
* "I've Got You Under My Skin"
*"America the Beautiful"
* "Jingle Bells"
* "Let It Snow"
* "Something Stupid"
* "You make me feel so young"
* "Moonlight In Vermont"
* "My Kind Of Town"
* “Moon river”
* "Love and Marriage"
*"Everybody loves somebody sometime"
* "I love you baby"
Albums
* 1946 - The Voice Of Frank Sinatra
* 1948 - Christmas Songs By Sinatra
* 1949 - Frankly Sentimental
* 1950 - Songs By Sinatra
* 1951 - Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
* 1954 - Songs For Young Lovers
* 1954 - Swing Easy!
* 1955 - In The Wee Small Hours
* 1956 - Songs For Swingin' Lovers
* 1956 - This Is Sinatra!
* 1957 - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
* 1957 - A Swingin' Affair!
* 1957 - Close To You And More
* 1957 - Where Are You
* 1958 - Come Fly With Me
* 1958 - Sings For Only The Lonely (Only The Lonely)
* 1958 - This Is Sinatra Volume 2
* 1959 - Come Dance With Me!
* 1959 - Look To Your Heart
* 1959 - No One Cares
* 1960 - Nice `N` Easy
* 1961 - All The Way
* 1961 - Come Swing With Me!
* 1961 - I Remember Tommy
* 1961 - Ring-A-Ding-Ding!
* 1961 - Sinatra Swings (Swing Along With Me)
* 1961 - Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More
* 1962 - All Alone
* 1962 - Point Of No Return
* 1962 - Sinatra And Strings
* 1962 - Sinatra And Swingin` Brass
* 1962 - Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
* 1962 - Sinatra Sings Of Love And Things
* 1962 - Sinatra-Basie An Historic Musical First (feat. Count Basie)
* 1963 - Sinatra's Sinatra
* 1963 - The Concert Sinatra
* 1964 - America I Hear You Singing (feat. Bing Crosby & Fred Waring)
* 1964 - Days Of Wine And Roses Moon River And Other Academy Award Winners
* 1964 - It Might As Well Be Swing (feat. Count Basie)
* 1964 - Softly As I Leave You
* 1965 - A Man And His Music
* 1965 - My Kind Of Broadway
* 1965 - September Of My Years
* 1965 - Sinatra`65 The Singer Today
* 1966 - Moonlight Sinatra
* 1966 - Sinatra At The Sands (feat. Count Basie)
* 1966 - Strangers In The Night
* 1966 - That's Life
* 1967 - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim)
* 1967 - The World We Knew
* 1968 - Cycles
* 1968 - Francis A & Edward K (feat. Duke Ellington)
* 1968 - The Sinatra Family Wish You A Merry Christmas
* 1969 - A Man Alone The Words And Music Of McKuen
* 1969 - My Way
* 1970 - Watertown
* 1971 - Sinatra & Company (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim)
* 1973 - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
* 1974 - Some Nice Things I've Missed
* 1974 - The Main Event Live
* 1980 - Trilogy Past Present Future
* 1981 - She Shot Me Down
* 1984 - L.A. Is My Lady
* 1993 - Duets
* 1994 - Duets II
* 1994 - Sinatra & Sextet Live In Paris
* 1994 - The Song Is You
* 1995 - Sinatra 80th Live In Concert
* 1997 - With The Red Norvo Quintet Live In Australia 1959
* 1999 - `57 In Concert
* 2002 - Classic Duets
* 2003 - Duets With The Dames
* 2003 - The Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs
* 2005 - Live From Las Vegas
* 2006 - Sinatra Vegas
* 2008 - Nothing But The Best
But how much do we know about the person whose songs we have heard hundreds of times already? How was his life and stage career? What are the most important stages included in his fate? Do we know all this about Frank Sinatra? Probably not. That is why our article today, dedicated to the great actor and musician, will certainly be very relevant.
The early years, childhood and family of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra was born into a family of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States at an early age. Together with all their simple belongings, they settled on the east coast of the United States, thus starting a new chapter in their lives.The father of our today's hero was from the Italian city of Palermo. During his life in America, he tried a huge variety of specialties - he was a loader at shipyards, a bartender, a fireman, and even made a living for a while, entering the ring as a professional boxer. It is quite another matter - the mother of the future musician.
All her life she led a quiet and measured life. For a long time she was an ordinary American housewife, however, having put her son on her feet, she decided at one fine moment to build a career and began working as the chairman of the city cell of the Democratic Party. As for Frank himself, his life in early childhood was the most ordinary. There was no poverty or deliberate wealth in her. The only bright spot in his life has always been music.
From the age of thirteen, he earned money by singing, performing in the bars of his hometown of Hoboken and accompanying himself on a miniature "guitar" - the ukulele. At first, everything went quite normally, but some time later, the first performances on the radio followed, which, in fact, allowed the future great singer to decide who he wants to be in adulthood.
Frank Sinatra - "My Way"
In the mid-thirties, Frank Sinatra, along with his then buddies, put together the Hoboken Four, with which he very soon appeared at the Big Bowes Amateur Hour competition for young talents. The performance turned out to be successful, and the following month the whole team went on a national tour of US cities. After that, for some time, Frank Sinatra worked in a music cafe, and also, as before, he often performed on the radio.
Star Trek Frank Sinatra: music and filmography
However, the real success for our today's hero came in the early forties. During this period, he began to perform frequently with the jazz orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. During this period, a talented musician attracted the attention of prominent figures in American show business. In 1946, the American-Italian artist recorded his first album, The Voice Of Frank Sinatra, which was followed two years later by another disc, Christmas Songs By Sinatra. 
Things were going well, but at some point everything began to collapse by itself. Frank's marriage to longtime girlfriend Nancy Barbato fell apart due to an affair with actress Ava Gardner. Relations with a Hollywood star also very soon turned into a big scandal. Because of this, some concerts of the performer in New York were canceled. Frank fell into a prolonged depression, which some time later caused him to be fired from the radio. To top it all off, in 1951, the singer suddenly lost his voice due to a protracted cold. Crushed by the burden of problems, the great musician thought about suicide ...
But Frank Sinatra still did not take the last step, and already some time later, the situation began to slowly improve. Having lost his voice, our today's hero paid close attention to the cinema and already in 1953 he played one of the roles in the film "From Here to Eternity". For this acting work, Frank Sinatra received an Oscar as the best supporting actor.
From that moment on, everything gradually began to return to its normal course. Voice problems turned out to be temporary and very soon our today's hero began to perform again and work in the studio. New albums of the musician came out one after another. And soon, fans of the talent of the great musician were also able to often watch him in the movies. In the period from 1954 to 1965, the actor began to act frequently, making a total of twelve films. The most striking among them were the films "High Society", "The Manchurian Candidate" and some others.
Last years of life, death of Frank Sinatra
The star trek of the singer and actor continued until the end of the seventies. In 1979, Frank Sinatra recorded the song "New York, New York" and thus seemed to say goodbye to the American scene. Subsequently, he appeared on the stage several more times, but such performances were already the exception rather than the rule. In 1998, the great musician and great actor died of a heart attack at his home in East Hollywood. On this day, national mourning was declared throughout America.Frank Sinatra-New York New York
A year before his death, the singer was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, which is considered the highest honor in the United States of America.
Frank Sinatra's personal life
As noted above, the musician's first wife was his childhood friend, Nancy Barbato. In marriage with her, the daughter of Frank Sinatra, Nancy, who today is a famous singer, was born. In addition, some time later, Frank Sinatra Jr. and the youngest daughter Tina were also born.Despite many happy years of marriage, in the late forties, the singer started an affair with actress Ava Gardner, which led to a divorce from his first wife. Ava and Frank got married in 1951. And six years later, after a series of scandals, they filed for divorce.
In 1966, our today's hero for the third time decided to tie the knot. The new wife of the musician was the actress Mia Farrow. But the marriage with her lasted only about a year.
Frank Sinatra spent the last years of his life with his fourth wife, Barbara Marks.
Francis Albert Sinatra(English) Francis Albert Sinatra Born: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey - May 14, 1998, Los Angeles) - American actor, singer (crooner) and showman. Nine times he became the winner of the Grammy Award. He was famous for the romantic style of singing songs and the "velvet" timbre of his voice.
In the 20th century, Sinatra became a legend not only in the musical world, but in every aspect of American culture. When he died, some journalists wrote: “To hell with the calendar. The day Frank Sinatra died - the end of the 20th century. Sinatra's singing career started back in the 1940s, and by the end of his life he was considered the standard of musical style and taste. The songs performed by him entered the classics of pop and swing style, became the most striking examples of the pop-jazz manner of singing "crooning", several generations of Americans were brought up on them. In his younger years, he had the nickname Frankie (eng. Frankie) and the Voice (eng. The Voice), in later years - Mr. Blue Eyes (eng. Ol Blue Eyes), and then - Chairman (eng. Chairman). Over 50 years of active creative activity, he recorded about 100 invariably popular single discs, performed all the most famous songs of the largest US composers - George Gershwin, Col Porter and Irving Berlin.
In addition to his musical triumph, Sinatra was also a successful film actor, whose highest point on the career ladder was the Oscar, awarded to him in 1954 for Best Supporting Actor. His “piggy bank” contains many film awards: from the Golden Globes to the US Screen Actors Guild Award. Over the course of his life, Sinatra starred in more than 60 films, the most famous of which were "Firing to the City", "From Here to Eternity", "The Man with the Golden Arm", "High Society", "Pride and Passion", " Ocean's Eleven and The Manchurian Candidate.
Frank Sinatra was awarded the Golden Globe, the US Screen Actors Guild and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for life achievements, and a year before his death he was awarded the highest US award - the Congressional Gold Medal.
Biography
Youth
Francis Albert Sinatra was born on the second floor of an apartment building on Monroe Street in Hoboken on December 12, 1915. His mother, nurse Dolly Garavante, spent a horrendous few hours giving birth to a boy. On top of all that, he developed frightening lifelong scars from the forceps used by the doctor. The reason for such a difficult birth could be the extraordinary weight of the baby - almost six kilograms.Frank's father was Martin Sinatra, a shipyard worker and boilermaker, and Dolly's mother was the local chairman of the Democratic Party in Hoboken. Both immigrated to the US from Italy: Martin from Sicily, and Dolly from the north, from Genoa. After the birth of his son, Martin had trouble finding a permanent job on the docks, so he began to participate in boxing fights, where he quickly became a local favorite. As for Dolly, it was she who was the head of the family: a gloomy, dynamic woman who loved the family, but focused more on social and political work than family work. Due to various obligations at work, she often left Frank with her grandmother for long periods of time.
In the spring of 1917, America entered the war. Martin was too old to be recruited, so he continued his regular jobs at the docks, bar, ringside, and, later, the Hoboken Fire Department. After the end of the war, Dolly came to grips with the Hoboken immigrants, and left the boy to his grandmother and aunt. Unlike his peers, two-year-old curly-haired boy Frank grew slowly and less progressively.
From an early age he was interested in music, and from the age of 13 he worked with the help of a ukulele, a small musical installation, and a megaphone, in the bars of his city. In 1931, Sinatra was expelled from school for "disgraceful behavior." As a result, he never received any education, including music: Sinatra sang by ear, never having learned the notes.
From 1932, Sinatra had small radio appearances; since he saw his idol Bing Crosby at a concert in Jersey City in 1933, he chose the profession of a singer. In addition, he also worked as a sports journalist for a local newspaper during the Great Depression in the 1930s, after he left college without a degree. Cinema aroused great interest in him; his favorite actor was Edward G. Robinson, who then starred primarily in gangster films.
Path to fame[edit | edit wiki text]
With the group "The Hoboken Four" Sinatra won in 1935 the competition of young talents of the then popular radio show "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" ("Amateur Big Bowes Hour") and some time later went with them on his first national tour. After that, he worked for 18 months from 1937 as a showman in a New Jersey music restaurant, which was also visited by stars such as Col Porter, and, along with radio appearances, laid the foundation for his professional career.
In 1938, Sinatra was arrested for having an affair with a married woman (in America in the 1930s, this was considered a criminal offense). A career hung in the balance. He miraculously escapes criminal punishment.
The impetus for Sinatra's career was given by work in the famous swing jazz orchestras of trumpeter Harry James and trombonist Tommy Dorsey in 1939-1942. He signs a lifetime contract with Dorsey. Subsequently, the big mafia Sam Giancana helps the young singer to terminate it. This episode will later be described in the novel "The Godfather" - it is believed that one of the characters - singer Johnny Fontaine - was written off from Sinatra.
In February 1939, Sinatra married his first love, Nancy Barbato. In this marriage in 1940, Nancy Sinatra was born, who later became a famous singer. She was followed in 1944 by Frank Sinatra Jr. (in 1988-1995 the leader of the Sinatra orchestra) and in 1948 Tina Sinatra, who works as a film producer.
In 1942, the singer was invited to perform at a Christmas concert in New York at the Paramount Cinema, where he was seen by agent George Evans, who made Frank a star, a favorite of American teenage girls, in two weeks of performances.
In 1944, Sinatra was declared unfit for military service due to an eardrum damaged at birth. Many years later, Sinatra beats up a journalist who wrote that Sinatra paid off his military service using his connections.
In the late 1940s, Sinatra began a creative crisis in the genre, coinciding in time with a stormy romance with actress Ava Gardner.
1949 was the hardest year in Sinatra's career: he was fired from the radio, and six months later plans to hold concerts in New York were grossly violated, Nancy filed for divorce, and the romance with Gardner turned into a loud scandal, Columbia Records refused him studio time.
In 1950, his contract with MGM was terminated, and a new agent from MCA Records also turned his back on Sinatra. At the age of 34, Frank became a "man of the past."
In 1951, Sinatra married Ava Gardner, whom he divorced six years later. In the same year, Sinatra lost his voice after a severe cold. The misfortune was so unexpected and difficult that the singer was about to commit suicide.
Return to action and the Oscars
The voice problems were temporary, and when he recovered, Sinatra started all over again. Sinatra's 1952 concerts at the Las Vegas casinos are sold out.Hollywood producers invite Sinatra to try his hand at the screen. In 1953, he starred in From Here to Eternity, winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
He has a successful career as a radio presenter - he hosts a show on NBS Radio, which gathers a large audience of listeners.
He was invited to various film projects, the most successful of which were The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), Ocean's Eleven (1960), The Manchurian Candidate ( 1960), "Detective" ("The Detective", 1968).
Sinatra's hit High Hopes in 1959 stays on the national chart for 17 weeks - longer than any other song by the singer.
From the late 1950s, Sinatra performed in Las Vegas with pop stars such as Sammy Davis, Dean Martin, Joe Bishop and Peter Lawford. Their company, known as the "Rat Pack", worked with John F. Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. Recordings and performances with the big bands of Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Billy May, Nelson Riddle's studio swing orchestras and others were very successful, earning Sinatra the fame of one of the masters of swing.
In 1966, Sinatra married actress Mia Farrow. He was 51 and she was 21. They separated the following year.
Ten years later, Sinatra married for the fourth time - to Barbara Marks, with whom he lived until the end of his life.
Departure from the stage, final years and death[edit | edit wiki text]
In 1971, at a charity concert in Hollywood, Sinatra announced the end of his stage career, but since 1974 he continued his concert activity.
In 1979, Sinatra recorded one of his masterpieces - "New York, New York", becoming the only singer in history who managed to regain popularity and love of the public after fifty years.
In 1988-1989, the "Together Again Tour" was held (after the departure of Dean Martin, it was renamed "The Ultimate Event").
In 1993, Sinatra recorded his last album, Duets.
Frank Sinatra's last appearance on stage was on February 25, 1995, when he played at a golf tournament in Palm Springs.
On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at the age of 82. The funeral was conducted by Cardinal Roger Mahoney. A funeral service was held at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills.
Sinatra is buried next to his father and mother at Desert Memorial Park Cemetery in Cathedral City, California. The inscription on the singer's tombstone reads: "The best is ahead" (Eng. The Best Is Yet to Come).
Memory
On May 13, 2008, a new postage stamp with a portrait of Sinatra went on sale in New York, Las Vegas and New Jersey. The issue of the brand is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the death of the great singer. The graduation ceremony in Manhattan was attended by Frank Sinatra's children, his friends, relatives and admirers of his work.Most famous songs
"My way""Blue Moon"
"Jingle Bells"
"Let It Snow"
Strangers in the Night
"New York, New York"
"It Was a Very Good Year"
"Moon River"
"The World We Knew (Over And Over)"
"Fly Me to the Moon"
"Something Stupid"
"I Won't Dance"
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"America the Beautiful"
"You Make Me Feel So Young"
Moonlight in Vermont
"My Kind of Town"
"Love and Marriage"
"That's Life"
"I Get a Kick out of You"
"Summerwind"
Albums
(albums, live recordings and compilations released by record labels with which Sinatra has collaborated)1946 - The Voice Of Frank Sinatra
1948 - Christmas Songs By Sinatra
1949 - Frankly Sentimental
1950 - Songs By Sinatra
1951 - Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
1954 - Songs For Young Lovers
1954 - Swing Easy!
1955 - In The Wee Small Hours
1956 - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
1956 - This Is Sinatra!
1957 - A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra
1957 - A Swingin' Affair!
1957 - Close To You And More
1957 - Where Are You
1958 - Come Fly With Me
1958 - Sings For Only The Lonely (Only The Lonely)
1958 - This Is Sinatra Volume 2
1959 - Come Dance With Me!
1959 - Look To Your Heart
1959 - No One Cares
1960 - Nice "N" Easy
1961 - All The Way
1961 - Come Swing With Me!
1961 - I Remember Tommy
1961 - Ring-A-Ding-Ding!
1961 - Sinatra Swings (Swing Along With Me)
1961 - Sinatra's Swingin "Session !!! And More
1962 - All Alone
1962 - Point Of No Return
1962 - Sinatra And Strings
1962 - Sinatra And Swingin" Brass
1962 - Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain
1962 - Sinatra Sings Of Love And Things
1962 - Sinatra-Basie An Historic Musical First (feat. Count Basie)
1963 - Sinatra's Sinatra
1963 - The Concert Sinatra
1964 - America I Hear You Singing (feat. Bing Crosby & Fred Waring)
1964 - Days Of Wine And Roses Moon River And Other Academy Award Winners
1964 - It Might As Well Be Swing (feat. Count Basie)
1964 - Softly As I Leave You
1965 - A Man And His Music
1965 - My Kind Of Broadway
1965 - September Of My Years
1965 - Sinatra"65 The Singer Today
1966 - Moonlight Sinatra
1966 - Sinatra At The Sands (feat. Count Basie)
1966 - Strangers In The Night
1966 - That's Life
1967 - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim)
1967 - The World We Knew
1968 - Cycles
1968 - Francis A & Edward K (feat. Duke Ellington)
1968 - The Sinatra Family Wish You A Merry Christmas
1969 - A Man Alone The Words And Music Of McKuen
1969 - My Way
1970 - Watertown
1971 - Sinatra & Company (feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim)
1973 - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
1974 - Some Nice Things I've Missed
1974 - The Main Event Live
1980 - Trilogy Past Present Future
1981 - She Shot Me Down
1984 - L.A. Is My Lady
1993 - Duets
1994 - Duets II
1994 - Sinatra & Sextet Live In Paris
1994 - The Song Is You
1995 - Sinatra 80th Live In Concert
1997 - With The Red Norvo Quintet Live In Australia 1959
1999 - "57 In Concert"
2002 - Classic Duets
2003 - Duets With The Dames
2003 - The Real Complete Columbia Years V-Discs
2005 - Live From Las Vegas
2006 - Sinatra Vegas
2008 - Nothing But the Best
2011 - Sinatra: Best of the Best
Filmography
1941 Las Vegas Nights1945 - Anchors Aweigh
1946 - While the clouds are floating / Till Clouds Roll By
1949 - Dismissal to the city / On the town
1951 - Double Dynamite / Double Dynamite
1953 - From Here to Eternity / From Here to Eternity - Private Angelo Maggio (received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor)
1954 - Unexpected / Suddenly - John Baron
1955 - The Man With the Golden Arm
1956 - High Society / High Society - Mike Connor
1956 - Around the world in 80 days / pianist in a saloon
1957 - Pride and Passion / The Pride and the Passion - Miguel
1958 - And they ran up / Some Came Running - Dave Hirsch
1960 - Ocean's Eleven / Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean
1962 - The Manchurian Candidate - Captain/Major Bennett Marco
1963 - List of Adrian Messenger / List of Adrian Messenger, The - cameo
1963 - Four from Texas / 4 for Texas - Zach Thomas
1964 - Robin and the 7 gangsters / Robin and the 7 Hoods - gangster Robbie
1965 - Von Ryan's Train / Von Ryan's Express - Colonel Ryan
1980 - The First Deadly Sin / The First Deadly Sin - Edward Delaney
A few months later, Sinatra joined the orchestra of trombonist Tommy Dorsey, and his career skyrocketed.
Remaining for two years as part of the popular Dorsey Orchestra, Sinatra recorded a number of songs that entered the charts, and the composition I "ll Never Smile Again became a number one hit. In the same period, Frank Sinatra made his film debut in the films "Las Vegas Nights" ( Las Vegas Nights, 1941) and Ship Ahoy (1942).
Although Sinatra was not called up for military service due to a damaged eardrum, during World War II he performed with benefit concerts for soldiers.
In January 1942, the singer held his first solo session in the studio and recorded four solo numbers, one of which, Cole Porter's Night and Day, was charted. At that time, Sinatra also had his own radio show Songs By Sinatra. For two years, his songs were included in the radio charts with constant success, and the compositions There Are Such Thing and In the Blue of the Evening, created together with Dorsey, topped the charts. Soon, Columbia Records management offered Frank Sinatra a solo contract, and the following years became very eventful in his career.
In 1943, the artist became a regular participant in the popular radio cycle Your Hit Parade, performed in productions on Broadway, hosted his own radio show, recorded new songs and continued to act in films. At that time, films were released with his participation Higher and Higher (1943), Raise the Anchors (Anchors Aweigh, 1945), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), It Happened in Brooklyn" (It Happened in Brooklyn, 1947), "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949) and others. As one of the creators of the anti-racist short film "The House I Live in" ( The House I Live In, 1945) Sinatra was awarded a special Oscar. In 1949, he starred in Stanley Donen's musical On the Town (1949). In 1953, Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity was released, for which Sinatra was awarded an Oscar and a Golden Globe. His second "Golden Globe" actor received for his role in George Sidney's "Pal Joey" (Pal Joey, 1957).
Frank Sinatra starred in the films "It's a Young Heart" (Young At Heart, 1954), "Guys and Dolls" (Guysand Dolls, 1955), "The Tender Trap" (The Tender Trap, 1955), "The Man with the Golden Arm" (The Man With theGolden Arm, 1955), "High Society" (High Society, 1956), "Pride and Passion" (The Pride and the Passion, 1957), "Kings Go Forth" (Kings Go Forth, 1958), "Cancan "(Can-Can, 1960)," Ocean's Eleven "(Ocean" s Eleven, 1960), "The Devil at 4 O" Clock, 1961), "The Manchurian Candidate" (The Manchurian Candidate, 1962), "Come Blow Your Horn" (Come Blow Your Horn, 1963), "Marriage splits" (Marriage on the Rocks, 1965), "Assault on a Queen" (Assault on a Queen, 1966), "Dirty Dingas Magicians "(Dirty Dingus Magee, 1970)," The First Deadly Sin "(The First Deadly Sin, 1980), etc.
The musical compositions of Frank Sinatra all this time remained in the charts. From 1957 to 1966, 27 of the singer's albums entered the Top 10 of the national rating. In the 1960s, the singles It Was a Very Good Year, Strangers in the Night (1966) and a duet with her daughter Nancy Somethin "Stupid (1967) reached the top of the music charts.
Compilation of the best tracks Greatest Hits! (1968) went platinum, and the album Cycles, which presented songs by contemporary authors - Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Webb and others, sold 500,000 copies. Another "gold" was awarded to the collection of songs My Way, specially written for Sinatra by Paul Anka.
After celebrating his 55th birthday, the singer announced his retirement from the stage, but returned two years later with a new album and a TV special of the same name, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back.
In subsequent years, Sinatra appeared much less frequently in the studio, starred less in films and on television, preferring "live" performances. In 1980 he released a collection of songs on three discs Trilogy: Past, Present, Future. The track Theme From New York, New York, the title theme from the popular film "New York, New York" (New York, New York, 1977), later became the standard of the pop music industry.
In 1990, the two companies that owned the rights to the artist's catalog, Capitol and Reprise, released two box sets for his 75th anniversary. Each of the releases, The Capitol Years and The Reprise Collection, on three and four discs respectively, sold half a million copies.
In 1993, Sinatra signed a contract with Capitol Records and produced the Duets long-play - old hits recorded with new (and already eminent) performers from Tony Bennett and Barbara Streisand to Bono. The album became the most popular disc in the singer's career and was certified platinum three times. A collection of selected duets Duets II was the last in Sinatra's musical career.
The songs performed by him entered the classics of pop and swing style, became examples of the pop-jazz manner of singing "crooning".
Frank Sinatra is the winner of numerous prizes and awards, including Oscar (1946, 1954), Golden Globe (1954, 1958), several Grammy awards. In 1971, Frank Sinatra received the Gene Hersholt Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil DeMille Award for Distinguished Service in Motion Pictures.
In 1997, he was awarded the highest civilian award in the United States, the Congressional Gold Medal.
On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died in Los Angeles from a heart attack.
Sinatra has been married four times. His first wife was Nancy Barbato, in this marriage three children were born - two daughters and a son.
The eldest daughter Nancy became a singer and actress. Then followed with actresses Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow. The last wife of Frank Sinatra was the writer Barbara Marks.
