Frank Sinatra
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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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 successful solo artist 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 (for his performance in From Here to Eternity). 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, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. 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". With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and in 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998. Sinatra also forged a successful career as a film actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, a nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm, and critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
Sinatra in the Movies: The Man and His Motion Pictures
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
