Frank Sinatra
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For the music fan, some remarkable recordings"Sinatra: New York," Frank Sinatra ($79.99, Rhino). Born in Hoboken, N.J., Ol' Blue Eyes certainly knew one thing about New York: If he could make it there, he'd make it anywhere. Throughout his legendary career, he kept a special place... In this article: R.E.M., DVD, Frank Sinatra, Grateful Dead, New York, Morphine, Accelerate, The Stone Roses, and Pearl Jam |
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | 3 days ago
Box sets
...and black-and-white video footage Lomax shot on his adventures. Frank Sinatra, "New York'' Who knew multiple versions of "My Way'' could be so entertaining? In the vein of Sinatra's "Vegas'' box of live recordings, this new...
In this article: Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Big Star, DVD, New York, John Coltrane, and Billie Holiday
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 06, 2009
A-Rod, champion Yankees honored at Knicks game
...Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Joba Chamberlain and Freddy Guzman received a standing ovation while Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" blared over the arena's speakers. Former Yankee Bernie Williams, who has been...
In this article: Yankees, Knicks, Alex Rodriguez, LeBron James, New York, New York, CC Sabathia, World Series, Joba Chamberlain, Melky Cabrera, and Robinson Cano
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Telegraph.co.uk - Obituaries | 1 day ago
Jimmy Clark
...more time in Britain. They found racism and mob-controlled clubs made the United States less appealing, and they disliked the way members of Sinatra's "rat pack" patronised their cousin, Sammy Davis, Jr. As American entertainers...
In this article: Windsor Castle, New York, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Hellzapoppin', and Harlem
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New York Daily News | October 26, 2009
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys to put Yank fans in 'Empire State of Mind'
...Game 1 of the World Series. Is Jay-Z the 'new Sinatra'? Should the Yankees replace Sinatra's 'New York' with Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' as the unofficial Yankees anthem? The Yankees will be getting Empire State-size support from...
In this article: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Yankees, World Series, Daily News, Angels, New York, Hip hop, and Champagne
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Lives Remembered
...before spending three years in Mexico. In the 1940s he applied for a job as lighting designer of the Times Square Wondersign billboard, presenting an illuminated Frank Sinatra which won him the job. Came to notice in the art world in 1952...
In this article: Preston North End, Blackpool, NATO, Borneo, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mir, and Soyuz
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The Huffington Post | November 04, 2009
Tony Sachs: Frank Sinatra's Big Apple Box Set Tastes Sweet, Despite a Few Worms
This document is far superior. Sinatra could still make magic onstage even at the end of his career, and New York City, particularly Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall, seemed to inspire him. Which is why it drives me batty that...
In this article: Carnegie Hall, Frankie, Tommy Dorsey, United Nations, Radio City, New York, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, and New York City
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Pitchfork | 3 days ago
Frank Sinatra - New York (Sinatra)
...recordings tell a sorry tale of grand decline. The 1955 set is a surprise appearance at a 20th-anniversary celebration for Tommy Dorsey, in whose band the young Sinatra first made his name. "You know, there was a time about 50 years ago...
In this article: New York, Tommy Dorsey, Skitch Henderson, Jay-Z, Manhattan, Radio City, Carnegie Hall, The House I Live In, and United Nations
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Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers". His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, and fraternized with the Rat Pack and President John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with dwindling album sales and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums, scoring a hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980, and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.
- Name At Birth:
- Francis Albert Sinatra
- Also Known As:
- The Voice
- Ol' Blue Eyes
- Frankie
- The Chairman of the Board
- Birth Date:
- December 12, 1915
- Birthplace:
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Death Date:
- May 14, 1998
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California
- Spouse:
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- Ava Gardner (1951-1957)
- Nancy Barbato (1939-1951)
- Mia Farrow (1966-1968)
- Barbara Marx (1976-1998)
- Occupation:
- actor
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals
- Record Label:
- Columbia, Capitol, Reprise
- Years Active:
- 1935–1995
- Associated With:
- Bing Crosby
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