Frank Sinatra
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The Pledge of Allegiance is un-AmericanIn 1923 WASP nativists prevailed in having "my flag" replaced by "the flag of the United States of America," to make sure that young Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, among others, knew they weren't pledging allegiance to the old country. In... In this article: Social contract, Supreme Court, United States, Consent of the governed, Frank Sinatra, Europe, and Providence |
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Las Vegas Review Journal | November 14, 2009
Holidays at the Sands
...oversaw entertainment at the Sands. Some of the top-notch entertainers he introduced or lured away from competitors were Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Danny Thomas, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Nat King Cole, Red Skelton, Jerry Lewis,...
In this article: Nat King Cole, Red Skelton, Eydie Gorme, Dean Martin, Danny Thomas, Jerry Lewis, and Howard Hughes
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washingtonpost.com | October 16, 2009
Al Martino, Singer Known for 'Godfather' Role, Dies at 82
...of death was reported. Along with Jerry Vale, Perry Como and Vic Damone, Mr. Martino was among a cadre of Italian American pop singers who followed Sinatra and Dean Martin to prominence in the early 1950s. Mr. Martino's breakthrough...
In this article: Al Martino, Here in My Heart, Johnny Fontane, Don Vito Corleone, Winston Churchill, Mario Lanza, Cadre, and Oscar
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Las Vegas Sun | October 29, 2009
Sahara to host new Rat Pack show amid litigation
...in 2003, as the voice of God. Sandy Hackett said "God" will send the Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bishop -- "down from their mischievous lair in heaven for one last spin." Attorneys for Sandy Hackett, in...
In this article: Rat Pack, Sandy Hackett, Buddy Hackett, Joey Bishop, God, Las Vegas, and Dean Martin
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CNSNews.com Headlines | October 29, 2009
Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'He's Not Gone'
...his career, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He has worked with musicians Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, among others. He is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's...
In this article: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Thriller, We Are the World, Grammy Award, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Dean Martin
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | October 14, 2009
Cultural highlights beckon this weekend
...every drop of cool, all the witty banter, and countless gorgeous tunes from the famed Sands show that first brought Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis together. This first-rate tribute act is in Waltham on Sunday as a guest...
In this article: Sammy Davis, Sands Hotel, Birthday cake, Everybody Loves Somebody, and That's Amore
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Vulture | November 05, 2009
Martin Scorsese on The Red Shoes, Boardwalk Empire, and Casting His Sinatra Biopic
...movie be like? With the Dean Martin biopic you'd once planned to make, you had very specific ideas for who would play the Rat Pack (John Travolta as Sinatra, Hugh Grant as Peter Lawford, Adam Sandler as Joey Bishop, etc.). Will you have any...
In this article: The Red Shoes, Martin Scorsese, HBO, Dean Martin, Gangs of New York, Empire, Atlantic City, and Shutter Island
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Times Online | September 30, 2009
The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas at the Adelphi, WC2
...self-indulgence. Louis Hoover, Mark Adams and Gils Terera make sterling work of bringing Sinatra, Martin and Davis to life as they deliver their greatest hits, swap dubious ethnic jokes and flirt with the showgirls. The evening hits its...
In this article: Dean Martin, My Way, West End, and Kiss Me, Stupid
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Business Wire Entertainment News | October 28, 2009
Hackett Is Back…At the Sahara in Las Vegas! 'Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show' Set to Open Mid-November, Carrying on the Legacy of His Father, Legendary Comedian Buddy Hackett and His Friends, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joey Bishop
...recorded before he died, is snapping back to our mortal coil as the voice of God, sending the legendary Rat Pack-Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and their comedic catalyst Joey Bishop-down from their mischievous lair in...
In this article: Buddy Hackett, Sandy Hackett, Rat Pack, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis, Jr., Las Vegas, Dean Martin, and Ocean's Eleven
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 16, 2009
A star when pop singers only had eyes for you
...through Mafia intervention. However, research shows that it was not Sinatra who brought in the Mafia but Martino's near namesake, Dean Martin, another Italian-American singer enjoying his first hit records. Their voices were at times...
In this article: Al Martino, Mario Lanza, Mafia, Johnny Fontane, Dean Martin, The Godfather, Oscar, and Here in My Heart
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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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