[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. [244][256] In December, Sinatra collaborated with Duke Ellington on the album Francis A. Sinatra was included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. [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. 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". May 13 is considered "Frank Sinatra Day."[581]. 2 and was awarded Song of the Year. [548] In January 1961, Sinatra and Peter Lawford organized the Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., held on the evening before President Kennedy was sworn into office. 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. [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". [423] Sinatra personally financed the film, and paid Martin and Davis fees of $150,000 and $125,000 respectively, sums considered exorbitant for the period. 4. Sinatra's lawyer, Henry Jaffe, met with Dorsey's lawyer N. Joseph Ross in Los Angeles in August 1943. Sinatra never completed the project, but take number 18 of "My Foolish Heart" may be heard in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995). Lahr comments that the new Sinatra was "not the gentle boy balladeer of the forties. [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. [255], Sinatra also released the album The World We Knew, which features a chart-topping duet of "Somethin' Stupid" with daughter Nancy. Sinatra lived in a mainly Italian American working-class neighborhood. [527] Kelley quotes Jo-Carrol Silvers that Sinatra "adored" Bugsy Siegel, and boasted to friends about him and how many people Siegel had killed. [41] He began performing in local Hoboken social clubs such as The Cat's Meow and The Comedy Club, and sang for free on radio stations such as WAAT in Jersey City. [338] The following year, Sinatra sang for the last time on February 25, 1995, before a live audience of 1200 select guests at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom, on the closing night of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. A residence hall at Montclair State University in New Jersey was named in his honor. Clemens, Samuel. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on CBS in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. [598] Wynn Resorts' Encore Las Vegas resort features a restaurant dedicated to Sinatra which opened in 2008. I, FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA, also known as FRANK SINATRA, declare this to be my Will and revoke all former Wills and Codicils. 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. The two men never spoke again. [381][382], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cast Sinatra opposite Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson in the Technicolor musical Anchors Aweigh (1945), in which he played a sailor on leave in Hollywood for four days. "[573] 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 one minute. 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. [348] He could follow a lead sheet (simplified sheet music showing a song's basic structure) during a performance by "carefully following the patterns and groupings of notes arranged on the page" and made his own notations to the music, using his ear to detect semitonal differences. The younger Sinatra was technically not a "junior" (his father's middle name was Albert) but was nonetheless known as Frank . [333], In 1993, Sinatra returned to Capitol Records and the recording studio for Duets, which became his best-selling album. "'Scuse me while I disappear." [547] Sinatra often invited Kennedy to Hollywood and Las Vegas, and the two would womanize and enjoy parties together. [535] Sinatra's gambling license was temporarily stripped by the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 1963 after Giancana was spotted on the premises. According to Jimmy Van Heusen, Sinatra's close friend and songwriter, Evans's death to him was "an enormous shock which defies words", as he had been crucial to his career and popularity with the bobbysoxers. 1", "Sheeran hit first to remain a year in UK chart", "A Toast To 'My Way,' America's Anthem Of Self-Determination", "Caesars Palace Boss Arrested for Pulling Gun on Sinatra", "No Charges Will be Filed in Sinatra Gun Incident", "Retirement Isn't The Life For Francis Albert", "Denver-Sinatra Superb Contrast at Lake Tahoe", "Jerry Lewis telethon ends decades-long run, fundraising awareness for Muscular Dystrophy Association", "Trilogy: Past, Present & Future Awards", "Foolish Heart: The Lost Albums of Frank Sinatra | Newz Breaker", "AFI's 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time", "Back on the High Road With a Busy Minstrel", "Frank Sinatra at the Golden Globe Awards", "The Screen in Review; Doris Day and Sinatra Star at Paramount", "New York Magazine Television Highlights", "The Billboard Eleventh Annual Disk Jockey Poll", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Movies", "Nancy Barbato Sinatra, an Idol's First Wife and Lasting Confidante, Dies at 101", "Mia Farrow: Woody Allen's son Ronan may be Frank Sinatra's", "Mia Farrow and Eight of Her Children Speak Out on Their Lives, Frank Sinatra, and the Scandals They've Endured", "Nancy Sinatra Opens Up About Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow & Son Ronan", "Frank Sinatra's February 1963 Playboy Magazine Interview", "3 Aug 1985, Page 41 The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com", "Sinatra, Press Agent Trade Blows, Few of Which Connect", Appraisal: 1976 Frank Sinatra Signed Letter to Mike Royko, "Frank Sinatra's Lake Tahoe casino shuts down", "Sixties Considered Decade of Stress in Movie World", "What's the connection between John F. Kennedy and Frank Sinatra", How Bobby Kennedy Started the War on Gangs, "Sinatra, snow storms, and a smashed-up helipad: the story behind John F Kennedy's star-studded inauguration", "New York Magazine Is Reagan Gala a Kennedy Snub? The book became a best-seller for "all the wrong reasons" and "the most eye-opening celebrity biography of our time", according to William Safire of The New York Times. [315] Also in 1981, Sinatra was embroiled in controversy when he worked a ten-day engagement for $2million in Sun City, in the internationally unrecognized Bophuthatswana, breaking a cultural boycott against apartheid-era South Africa. 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. He recorded "My Foolish Heart", "Cry Me a River", and other songs. Sinatra fired off an angry letter in response calling Royko a "pimp", and threatening to "punch you in the mouth" for speculating that he wore a toupe. 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. [468] He agreed to marry her after an incident at "The Rustic Cabin" which led to his arrest. [97] Columbia Records re-released Harry James and Sinatra's August 1939 version of "All or Nothing at All",[66] which reached number 2 on June 2, and was on the best-selling list for 18 weeks. [305] On March 14, he recorded with Nelson Riddle for the last time, recording the songs "Linda", "Sweet Loraine", and "Barbara". Frank Sinatra Jr., son of Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 72. He went on to describe that "this is the first educational degree I have ever held in my hand. [289] In the end, Sinatra's lawyer, Mickey Rudin, arranged for Sinatra to issue a written conciliatory note and a final concert that was televised to the nation. 27 in the US and No. [197], In 1957, Sinatra released Close to You, A Swingin' Affair! Baritone Fred Tamburro stated that "Frank hung around us like we were gods or something", admitting that they only took him on board because he owned a car[g] and could chauffeur the group around. [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. In Frank Sinatra Park, a 6-foot (1.80-meter) tall bronze statue honoring Sinatra was erected in the year 2021 on December 12. [z] The works, which combine elements of jazz and classical music, were considered by Wilder to have been among the finest renditions and recordings of his compositions, past or present. [553][554] Despite the snub, when he learned of Kennedy's assassination he reportedly sobbed in his bedroom for three days. [561] He was awarded the Hollzer Memorial Award by the Los Angeles Jewish Community in 1949. [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. [412] He starred opposite Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in George Sidney's Pal Joey (1957), Sinatra, for which he won for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [225] Sinatra and Count Basie collaborated for the album Sinatra-Basie the same year,[226] a popular and successful release which prompted them to rejoin two years later for the follow-up It Might as Well Be Swing, arranged by Quincy Jones. [16] A childhood operation on his mastoid bone left major scarring on his neck, and during adolescence he suffered from cystic acne that further scarred his face and neck. [575] Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., addressed the mourners, who included many notable people from film and entertainment. [133] Sinatra would later feature a number of the Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra album's songs, including "Lover", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "It All Depends on You", on his 1961 Capitol release, Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!. [147][r], Sinatra's decline in popularity was evident at his concert appearances. Kennedy. He earned $200,000 and 25% of the profits for the performance. After winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor in From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). [43] As a singer, early on he was primarily influenced by Bing Crosby,[36] but later believed that Tony Bennett was "the best singer in the business". 2. He never liked to discuss a performance afterward because he knew his voice wasn't as good as it used to be. Christina Sinatra was born on the 20th of June, 1948 in Los Angeles, California. [101] These first sessions were on June 7, June 22, August 5, and November 10, 1943. [217] He decided to form his own label, Reprise Records[218] and, in an effort to assert his new direction, temporarily parted with Riddle, May and Jenkins, working with other arrangers such as Neil Hefti, Don Costa, and Quincy Jones. [153] By April 1952 he was performing at the Kauai County Fair in Hawaii. [121] "Mam'selle", composed by Edmund Goulding with lyrics by Mack Gordon for the film The Razor's Edge (1946),[122] was released as a single. [475], Sinatra was married to Hollywood actress Ava Gardner from 1951 to 1957. Riddle notes that Sinatra's range was from the low G to the high F, almost two octaves, but that his practical range was the low A-flat to a D, in comparison to Bing Crosby whose range was G to C. Sinatra successfully later sued a BBC interviewer who said that he'd used his Mafia connections to get the part. Granddaughters A.J. [37] To improve his speech, he began taking elocution lessons for a dollar each from vocal coach John Quinlan, who was one of the first people to notice his impressive vocal range. Sinatra was not very enthusiastic about the song initially. [367], Sinatra's split with Gardner in the fall of 1953 had a profound impact on the types of songs he sang and on his voice. [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". [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. In the open field, you might say, were some awfully good singers with the orchestras. [516] Royko auctioned the letter, the proceeds going to the Salvation Army. After a fight between Della Penta and Dolly, Della Penta was later arrested herself. [403][ac] After roles in Guys and Dolls,[405] and The Tender Trap (both 1955),[406] Sinatra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a medical student in Stanley Kramer's directorial dbut, Not as a Stranger (also 1955). [85] Dorsey and Sinatra, who had been very close, never reconciled their differences. The documents include accounts of Sinatra as the target of death threats and extortion schemes. The Rat Pack member apparently demanded that the house be ready for Christmas, so he could host a lavish party for all of his friends. [615] Alex Gibney directed a four-part biographical series on Sinatra, All or Nothing at All, for HBO in 2015. [513] According to Rojek he was "capable of deeply offensive behavior that smacked of a persecution complex". [514] He received negative press for fights with Lee Mortimer in 1947, photographer Eddie Schisser in Houston in 1950, Judy Garland's publicist Jim Byron on the Sunset Strip in 1954,[513][515] and for a confrontation with Washington Post journalist Maxine Cheshire in 1973, in which he implied that she was a cheap prostitute. 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. His real name was Francis Wayne Sinatra -- his father's full name was Francis Albert Sinatra -- but he went professionally by Frank Sinatra Jr. -- Francis Wayne Sinatra Junior, was the middle child of Frank Albert Sinatra and Nancy Barbara Sinatra, who was the . His friend, Jimmy Van Heusen, convinced him that the song would be a success. According to Kelley, Giancana blamed Sinatra for the ordeal and was fuming at the abuse he had given to the commission's chairman Ed Olsen. [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. [124] On days when he felt that his voice was not right, he would know after only a few notes and would postpone the recording session until the following day, yet still pay his musicians. "Hoboken to unveil tribute to hometown legend Frank Sinatra Sunday", City of Hoboken to unveil new Sinatra statue on Frank Sinatra's birthday, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. [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. [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. He died as a practicing Catholic and had a Catholic burial. He was so excited, you almost believed he had never recorded before. [279], In 1973, Sinatra came out of his short-lived retirement with a television special and album. [363], Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sinatra insisted upon direct input regarding arrangements and tempos for his recordings. Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, could not wait to record. [598][599], The United States Postal Service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honor of Sinatra in May 2008, commemorating the tenth anniversary of his death. [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". 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. [484] He married Mia Farrow on July 19, 1966, a short marriage that ended with divorce in Mexico in August 1968. [285] He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a "massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia". [21] Dolly became influential in Hoboken and in local Democratic Party circles. Fox initially sued Sinatra for a million dollars for breach of contract and replaced him with. [569] Sinatra's wife encouraged him to "fight" while attempts were made to stabilize him, and reported that his final words were, "I'm losing. [32] Excessively thin and small as a child and young man, Sinatra's skinny frame later became a staple of jokes during stage shows. Bono Mack, Mary (May 20, 2008). [283] That Christmas he performed at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas,[284] and returned to Caesars Palace the following month in January 1974, despite previously vowing to perform there again [sic]. This would be a terrible thing to befall any son of rich and famous parents, but all . He once told Sammy Cahn, who wrote songs for Anchors Aweigh, "if you're not there Monday, I'm not there Monday". Nancy rose to fame in 1966 for singing the hit song "These . [33][34], At a young age, Sinatra developed an interest in music, particularly big band jazz [35] and listened to Gene Austin, Rudy Valle, Russ Colombo, and Bob Eberly while idolizing Bing Crosby. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. During his career he made over 1000 recordings. [501] He spent lavishly on expensive custom-tailored tuxedos and stylish pin-striped suits, which made him feel wealthy and important, and that he was giving his very best to the audience. Shot in January 1987, the episode aired on CBS on February 25. [591] There is also a marker in front of Hoboken Historical Museum, which has artifacts from his life and conducts Sinatra walking tours through the city. [399] Santopietro considers the scene in which Sinatra sings "The Lady Is a Tramp" to Hayworth to have been the finest moment of his film career. [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. Sinatra earned $125 a week, appearing at the Palmer House in Chicago,[64] and James released Sinatra from his contract. [505], For Santopietro, Sinatra was the personification of America in the 1950s: "cocky, eye on the main chance, optimistic, and full of the sense of possibility". [549], In 1962, Sinatra was snubbed by the President as, during his visit to his Palm Springs, Kennedy stayed with the Republican Bing Crosby instead of Sinatra, citing FBI concerns about the latter's alleged connections to organized crime. 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. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, often with journalists he felt had crossed him or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. Unlike her siblings, Tina never wished to be a singer like their father. [547], Of all the U.S. presidents he associated with during his career, he was closest to John F. [236], Throughout his professional career, Sinatra recorded more than 1,300 songs and participated in more than fifty films. [17] Sinatra was raised in the Catholic Church. Anthony Martin Sinatra - father of Frank . [247] Sinatra pulled out from the Sands the following year, when he was driven out by its new owner Howard Hughes, after a fight. He led a colorful personal life and was involved in turbulent relationships, including his second marriage to Ava Gardner. [302][303] He cancelled two weeks of shows and spent time recovering from the shock in Barbados. [110] During one trip to Rome he met the Pope, who asked him if he was an operatic tenor. solidified "Sinatra's image as a 'swinger', from both a musical and visual standpoint". [75] Other records with Tommy Dorsey issued by RCA Victor include "Our Love Affair" and "Stardust" in 1940; "Oh! [493] Cary Grant, a friend of Sinatra, stated that Sinatra was the "most honest person he'd ever met", who spoke "a simple truth, without artifice which scared people", and was often moved to tears by his performances. [346], While Sinatra never learned how to read music well, he had a fine, natural understanding of it,[347] and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. [53] Despite the low salary, Sinatra felt that this was the break he was looking for, and boasted to friends that he was going to "become so big that no one could ever touch him". I had friends whose husbands were 'players', and every time the husbands had affairs my friends were showered with gifts. [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. By the mid 1940s, such was his understanding of music that after hearing an air check of some compositions by Alec Wilder which were for strings and woodwinds, he became the conductor at Columbia Records for six of Wilder's compositions: "Air for Oboe", "Air for English Horn", "Air for Flute", "Air for Bassoon", "Slow Dance" and "Theme and Variations". [281][282] The television special, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra, reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly. [353] 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 . [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. I think he began to see what he might do on his own". Rocky Fortune), a "footloose and fancy free" temporary worker for the Gridley Employment Agency who stumbles into crime-solving. 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'. [205] On May 29 he recorded seven songs in a single session, more than double the usual yield of a recording session, and an eighth, "Lush Life", was abandoned as Sinatra found it too technically demanding. said, "you have to know when to get off" and we believe that time has come. and Harold Arlen's and Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are". [12][13][c] Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds (6.1kg) at birth and had to be delivered with the aid of forceps, which caused severe scarring to his left cheek, neck, and ear, and perforated his eardrumremaining damaged for the rest of his life. [604] During his speech, Sinatra stated that his education had come from "the school of hard knocks" and was suitably touched by the award. [204] The title song, "Come Fly With Me", written especially for him, would become one of his best known standards. [603], Sinatra received three Honorary Degrees during his lifetime. [530], The FBI kept records amounting to 2,403 pages on Sinatra, who was a natural target with his alleged Mafia ties, his ardent New Deal politics, and his friendship with John F. [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. [489], Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. Hughes still resented Sinatra for marrying Ava Gardner, the subject of his own affections. I will never forget what you have done for me today". [42] In New York, Sinatra found jobs singing for his supper or for cigarettes. [460] When Sinatra came out of retirement in 1973, he released both an album and appeared in a TV special named Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. Sinatra copied Dorsey's mannerisms and traits, becoming a demanding perfectionist like him, even adopting his hobby of toy trains. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. [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. Strangely, in spite of his hearing problems, he had the most incredible ear, which often drove those he worked with nuts. "[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. Born Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son and only child of an Italian immigrant fireman, his mother Dolly was a midwife.. [366], "His voice is more interesting now: he has separated his voice into different colors, in different registers. 2 files available. [146] Sinatra typically performed there three times a year, and later acquired a share in the hotel. The grave currently reads "Sleep Warm Poppa". the vocalist, not to be confused with the comedian, Sinatra acknowledged his debt to James throughout his life, and upon hearing of James' death in 1983, stated: "he is the one that made it all possible. When Sinatra learned that Kennedy's killer, Sinatra The Chairman James Kaplan pages 845-46. [620] Francis Ford Coppola, director of the film adaptation, said in the audio commentary that "Obviously Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra character". What it Seemed to Be", "Day by Day", "They Say It's Wonderful", "Five Minutes More", and "The Coffee Song" as singles,[116] and launched his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra,[117] which reached No. Sinatra said: "The reason I wanted to leave Tommy's band was that Crosby was Number One, way up on top of the pile. 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. ( Francis Albert Sinatra) Born 12 December 1915 - Hoboken, NJ. "[151], The release of the film From Here to Eternity in August 1953 marked the beginning of a remarkable career revival. [476] The couple formally announced their separation on October 29, 1953, through MGM. [124], Sinatra's third album, Christmas Songs by Sinatra, was originally released in 1948 as a 78rpm album set,[125] and a 10" LP record was released two years later. Nancy Sinatra notes that he owned a Chrysler and people would show amazement that such a young kid could afford it. Regarded by many as the greatest popular singer of the 20th Century, he was nicknamed The Voice, Ol' Blue Eyes and Chairman of the Board. If it was a "rhythm" number, he would think of Billy May, or perhaps Neil Hefti or some other favored arranger. Going forward I'll be looking to keep in touch with each of you on Instagram ( @nancysinatra) and Twitter . Granata noted that Riddle himself believed that the album came across as darker and more introspective than normal due to the due of his own mother who had recently died earlier in the month that it was recorded. Nancy Sinatra notes that her father had a falling out with a bureaucrat in the country, who refused to admit Sinatra into his house. [436], Sinatra starred opposite George Kennedy in the western Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), an "abysmal" affair according to Santopietro,[437] which was panned by the critics. [591] In the Frank Sinatra Park, a 6-foot (1.8m) tall bronze statue of Sinatra was dedicated in 2021 on December 12, the date of Sinatra's birthday in 1915. [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.