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Short Biography of Frank Sinatra
Date of Birth: Born on December 12, 1915
Place of Birth : Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Parents: Father - Anthony Martin Sinatra
Mother:
Natalie Della Gavarante Sinatra (Dolly)
He was also known as Frankie, The Voice, Ol' Blue
Eyes and The Chairman of the Board
Background Facts, Information & Ancestry :
Frank Sinatra was of Italian and Sicilian descent
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1915 |
This timeline starts on on
December 12, 1915 when Francis Albert Sinatra was
born at 415 Monroe Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
He was the son of his Sicilian father Anthony Martin
Sinatra and Natalie Della Gavarante Sinatra, better
known as 'Dolly'
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Frank attended Demarest High
School, Hoboken, NJ. When he left school he worked
for the circulation manager of the Jersey Observer
newspaper and enrolled in a Journalism class |
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1929 |
Frank Sinatra met Nancy
Barbato who he would later marry in 1939 |
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1933 |
He got a job as a cub sports
reporter |
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1935 |
His first break in singing was
at the Hoboken Union Club. His mother persuaded a
singing group called The Three Flashes to include
Frank and they renamed themselves as the Hoboken
Four. Success followed when they appeared on a show
called the Major Bowes Amateur Hour which won them a
six month contract to perform live on stage as well
as radio. Frank Sinatra left the Hoboken Four and
his mother arranged a singing job at the Rustic
Cabin in New Jersey which enabled Sinatra to be
heard across New York City on radio station WNEW
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1938 |
Frank Sinatra was arrested on
a morals charge when an old girlfriend accused him
of a breach of promise. The case was dismissed in
court in January 1939
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1939 |
Frank Sinatra married Nancy
Barbato. They had three children Nancy Sandra - born
in 1940; Franklin Wayne Emmanuel (Frank Jr.) - born
in 1944; and Christina (Tina) - born in 1948.
Made his first recording with the Frank Mane band
singing Our Love and signed a contract a contract
for one year.
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1940 |
Frank Sinatra joined Harry
James’s band and recorded ten songs with Harry James
for the Brunswick and Columbia labels. Frank
Sinatra was then approached by Tommy Dorsey to join
his band, which he did. In July he topped the charts
with "I'll Never Smile Again" for twelve weeks. He
also acted in the film, Las Vegas Nights as a member
of the band.
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1941 |
Frank Sinatra reached the top
position of the male singer polls in magazines such
as Billboard and Downbeat. Between 1940 and early
1943 he had 23 top ten singles on Billboard
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1942 |
Sinatra left the Dorsey band
and recorded his first solo tracks. Fans, the
"bobby soxers", went crazy when he appeared at the
Paramount theatre in New York
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1943 |
Sinatra signed with Columbia
Records as a solo artist and made his debut at
Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl
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1944 |
Frank Sinatra returned to
Paramount started his film career with RKO making
Step Lively and Higher and Higher. Louis B. Mayer
bought his contract and Frank moved to MGM
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1945 |
Sinatra co-starred with Gene
Kelly in the Anchors Aweigh. He also starred in a
short film on tolerance and racial equality called
The House I Live In, which won him a special Academy
Award
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1946 |
Frank Sinatra was i the movies
Till the Clouds Roll By and It Happened in Brooklyn.
He also released his first album called The Voice of
Frank Sinatra and hosted his own weekly radio show
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1947 |
April 13, 1947: Frank Sinatra
received the Thomas Jefferson Award for Fighting
Against Intolerance. |
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1948 |
Bad publicity and rumours of
womanising and a violent temper led to a decline in
his career
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1949 |
Frank Sinatra starred in the
movies On the Town and Take Me Out to the Ball Game
both with Gene Kelly which gave him success again
and improved his image
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1950 |
Frank returned to live
concerts but his voice had suffered, resulting in
him haemorrhaging his vocal cords on stage at the
Copacabana on April 26, 1950. He recovered and went
to star at the London Palladium accompanied by Ava
Gardner. He and his wife Nancy were splitting due to
the scandal with Ava and Frank Sinatra’s popularity
went into a decline once again to bad publicity
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1951 |
Frank Sinatra made his debut
at the Desert Inn and he married Eva Gardener
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1953 |
Frank Sinatra and Eva Gardener
split up leaving Frank devastated. But his career
improves once again due to his role of Maggio in the
movie From Here to Eternity for which he won an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also
signed a contract with Capitol Records and had major
hit records with "Young At Heart," "Learnin' The
Blues" and "The Tender Trap". Capitol later released
Songs For Swinging Lovers and NBC offered him a
multimillion dollar, write-his-own-ticket TV
contract.
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1955 |
1955: This year saw the
release of In the Wee Small Hours.
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1957 |
Frank Sinatra starred in The
Joker Is Wild, a biopic of nightclub singer Joe E.
Lewis. His acting was acclaimed. He also starred in
Pal Joey
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1958 |
Come Fly With Me was released
and became a number one album |
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1960 |
1960: Frank Sinatra began his
own label called Reprise Records. The 'Rat Pack' was
in the media and consisted of Frank Sinatra and his
friends Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop,
and Peter Lawford appearing together on stage at the
Sands Hotel in Las Vegas and in several movies,
including Robin and the Seven Hoods and the original
Ocean's Eleven. Frank
was introduced to Senator John Kennedy by Peter
Lawford who was JFK's brother-in-law. Frank's
valuable contributions helped with JFK's
presidential ambitions. Kennedy won the Presidential
Election and his friendship with Sinatra went well
until Chicago Mob leader Sam Giancana became
involved. Giancana and John Kennedy both shared the
charms of Judith Campbell Exner. JKF had agreed to
spend time at Frank's Palm Springs compound which
Sinatra had remodeled his house in honor of the
presidential visit. At the last minute JFK announced
that he was going to stay with with Bing Crosby
instead.
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1961 - 1966 |
Frank Sinatra released albums
such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra-Basie and Sinatra
at the Sands. He was romantically linked with Juliet
Prowse and Lauren Bacall
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1966 |
Frank married Mia Farrow -
Frank was 51, Mia was 21, the marriage was short
lived and they separated after 16 months. He
released the album Sinatra at the Sands
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1967 |
Frank had a chart-topping duet
later that year with his daughter Nancy
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1971 |
Frank Sinatra announced his
retirement
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1973 |
Frank was back in the studio
on April 30, 1973 to record tracks for his Ol' Blue
Eyes Is Back album
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1974 |
He returned to Las Vegas
performing at Caesar’s Palace
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1976 |
Frank Sinatra married Barbara
Marx on July 11, 1976. |
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1983 |
Frank Sinatra was one of the
five recipients at the Kennedy Center Honors
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1993 |
Frank Sinatra returned to
Capitol Records
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1994 |
Frank Sinatra’s final public
concerts. He was also awarded the Legend Award at
the 1994 Grammy Award
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1998 |
Frank Sinatra Died May 14,
1998 (aged 82) at Los Angeles, California, USA
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