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In popular music, Turner was referenced in songs recorded by Nina Simone [342] and Frank Sinatra, [343] and was the source of the stage name of singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. [ 344 ] [ 345 ] In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez included Turner in an outdoor mural , Portrait of Hollywood , painted on the auditorium of Hollywood High School , her alma ...
Turner with Frank Sinatra c. 1944 One of the earliest popular culture references to Turner is in Frank Sinatra 's 1944 recorded version of " Nancy (with the Laughing Face) ." [ 16 ] During this time, Turner and Sinatra had been carrying on a romantic affair. [ 17 ]
The Frank Sinatra Student Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was dedicated in his name in 1978. [317] From his youth, Sinatra displayed sympathy for black Americans and worked both publicly and privately all his life to help the struggle for equal rights. He blamed racial prejudice on the parents of children. [565]
Shaw previously had been married to Lana Turner. Gardner's third was to singer and actor Frank Sinatra from 1951 to 1957. She later said in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. Sinatra left his wife Nancy for Gardner, and their marriage made headlines. [23] Third husband Frank Sinatra and Gardner in 1951
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"Violets for Your Furs" is a 1941 song written by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair, [1] and first recorded in that year by Tommy Dorsey's orchestra with vocals by Frank Sinatra. The song describes the wearing of violets with furs on an evening in Manhattan. Note: A friend's father told her that he wrote the song, "Violets for her furs" while ...
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 ...
John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958) was a United States Marine and gangster who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner.