frank sinatra

     

Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American popular singer an Academy Award-winning film actor.

Trivia about frank sinatra

  • 6 of his albums landed on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Chart for May 30, 1998, including 3 in the Top 10
  • He first recorded in 1939, "retired" in 1971, returned & had a Top 10 album in 1993
  • On November 7, 1951 he married Ava Gardner
  • He's had the most Top 40 & Top 10 albums during the rock era -- not bad for a man who's been singing since 1933
  • For my aunt I got Julio Iglesias' "Tango" & this artist's "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back"
  • "A Musical Celebration" of this singer included "All The Way" & "I've Got the World on a String"
  • This singer did it his way & filmed his directorial debut, the WWII drama "None But the Brave", on the island of Kauai
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood was named for this crooner
  • "The Chairman of the Board", "Ol' Blue Eyes"
  • 1966: "Strangers in the Night"
  • In 1998 a park in Hoboken was dedicated to this entertainer, "Hoboken's gift to the world"
  • This other musical icon called Elvis "deplorable" in the 1950s & "A tremendous asset to the business" after his death
  • Perhaps he made his old blue eyes a touch bluer in works found in his book "A Man and His Art"
  • "Chairman" & singer Albert
  • This celebrity doll comes in a gift set with a microphone and a Barbie in bobby socks
  • "Mr. S: My Life with" this Rat Packer is George Jacobs' look at his 15 years as the singer's valet
  • On Dec. 12, 1995, his 80th birthday, the top of the Empire State Building was lit with blue lights to match his eyes
  • (Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein here at the Hollywood Bowl) In 1943 this man became the first pop singer to perform with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Bowl & he did it "His Way"
  • His last No. 1 solo hit, "Strangers in the Night", was adapted from the movie "A Man Could Get Killed"
  • With Reagan as a character witness, this entertainer was given a license by the Nev. Gaming Commission
  • Not his singing, but a lack of lunch caused fan to swoon at his Paramount Theater concert
  • He do be the founder of Reprise, yes he do be do be do
  • Kidnappers got under this crooner's skin when they kidnapped his son from a Tahoe casino in 1963
  • Ava Gardner,Mia Farrow
  • His 1966 No. 1 hit "Strangers In The Night" was released on his own Reprise Records label
  • "His Way"
  • The world mourned when the voice of this man, "The Voice" was silenced May 14, 1998
  • In 1998 Ray Liotta played this leader of the pack -- "The Rat Pack"
  • 1983 "Was A Very Good Year" for this entertainer; that's when he was honored
  • Barry Manilow's 1998 tribute album to this singer included the songs "All The Way" & "My Kind Of Town"
  • Check out his old blue eyes seen here
  • It's claimed Rousseau said, "To do is to be" & Sartre said, "To be is to do" while he said, "Doobedoobedoo"
  • Bing Crosby said, "I think he's always nurtured a secret desire to be a hood"
  • Affer his army discharge in 1960, Elvis appeared on this crooner's TV special along with the crooner's daughter Nancy
  • A 1982 Twyla Tharp work is danced to 9 of this singer's hits, including "Strangers in the Night" & "My Way"
  • This man crooned "Yesterday" on his 1969 album "My Way"
  • 1940:This legendary singer debuts with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
  • This blue-eyed singer was set to star in the film "Carousel", but he walked out & was replaced by Gordon MacRae
  • This singer played a detective in 3 straight 60's films: "Tony Rome", "The Detective" & "Lady in Cement"
  • Danny Ocean,1960
  • In 1957 he went "All The Way" to No. 2 with that hit from his movie "The Joker is Wild"
  • "Intimate Portrait of a Very Good Year" is devoted to photographs of this singer in 1964
  • Comic Pat Henry (ne Scarnato) was this singer's longtime opening act & died in Las Vegas 1 day after a gig with him