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Sinatra developed an interest in music, particularly big band jazz, from a young age, and became addicted to listening to the radio, "entranced by the new musical and comedy routines and captivated by the huge audiences they commanded", according to biographer Chris Rojek. [42]
Excessively thin and small as a child and young man, Sinatra's skinny frame later became a staple of jokes during stage shows. [36] [37] At a young age, Sinatra developed an interest in music, particularly big band jazz [38] and listened to Gene Austin, Rudy Vallée, Russ Colombo, and Bob Eberly while idolizing Bing Crosby. [39]
Sinatra family portrait, 1949, with Frank Jr. at far right. Francis Wayne Sinatra was born on January 10, 1944, [6] in Jersey City, New Jersey, into the household of one of the most popular singers in the world, Frank Sinatra. The younger Sinatra was technically not a "junior", as his father's middle name was Albert, but was nonetheless known ...
According to the New York Daily News, a never-before-seen 1938 photo depicts a 23-year-old Frank Sinatra posing. Decades before it became the norm for celebrities to post selfies on Instagram, one ...
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. [2] Over the course of his acting career he created a body of work that one biographer described as being "as varied, impressive and rewarding as that of any other Hollywood star".
Frank Sinatra was the voice of a generation, hands down. Today would have marked the musician's 100th birthday and it's tough to try and surmise "Ol' Blue Eyes" in one simple article. The American ...
The following is a sortable table of songs recorded by Frank Sinatra: The column Song lists the song title. The column Year lists the year in which the song was recorded. 136 songs are listed in the table. This may not include every song for which a recording by Sinatra exists.
Frank Sinatra was a fervent anti-racist and an early activist during the civil rights movement. He refused to stay at hotels and play at clubs that did not admit black people.