Meeting Frank Sinatra, born on this day in 1915 (1915-1998).

Some facts about the life of one of the great singers in the history of the United States.

1- He lived 82 years and his real name was Francis Albert

2- He was born in Hoboken (New Jersey), a state located west of New York, a city with a high musical culture that brought him world fame and to which he dedicates one of his best-known songs.

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3- He had two nicknames: “The Voice”, which comes from the wonderful bass sounds produced by his vocal cords, and “Blue Eyes”, picked up by the striking blue color of his eyes.

4- He is one of the “Crooners” par excellence. Group of historical American male singers who stood out for having a deep voice and being accompanied by orchestras. Sinatra never liked to be classified as such.

5- Between 1946 and 1994 he published 52 albums with three different record labels: Columbia, Capitol and Reprise.

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6- His first solo album in 1946, produced by Columbia Records, was called “The Voice of Frank Sinatra”.

7- He started in music in the 40s, becoming one of the idols of the “Bobby Soxers”, a social tribe of teenagers who were pop fans.

8- In 1961 he formed his own music label “Reprise Records”.

9- He retired from his artistic career in 1971, but in 1973 he resumed touring until the date of his death in May 1998.

10- His songs are irregular in form, because he did not like to rehearse or repeat recordings.

11- He was one of the artists that made up the “Rat Pack”, a group of actors and singers from the 60s who met at Humphrey Bogart’s house in Los Angeles and who worked in the entertainment world of the Las Vegas casinos. Vegas. It is said that the members of the “Rat Pack” (composed of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr and Peter Lawford) had contact with the mafia. The FBI came to investigate him for that relationship.

12- His role as an actor was more relevant than that of a singer, he acted in 60 films.

13- He won five Grammy Awards throughout his life, and also an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 thanks to the film “From Here to Eternity.”

14- He lost his mother in January 1977 in a plane accident when she was going to see him perform. He canceled his performances for two weeks and went to Barbados to recover from the “shock.”

15- In 1980 he performed at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and broke the audience record in history for a solo concert.

16- He campaigned politically for United States Presidents such as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

17- For “Time” magazine he was one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

18- He made several albums dedicated to Christmas with well-known songs such as “Santa Claus is coming to town”, “Let It Snow”, “Jingle Bells”, “The First Noel” or “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”.

19- In the beginning in the 40s he performed up to 45 times a week, singing 100 songs each day and earning $93,000 per week.

20- His recordings inaugurated the studios of the Capital Records label in 1956.

21- He was a very womanizing man and was married four times. One of his women was the actress Ava Gadner, who at that time was in a relationship with the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. Another actress he was married to was Mia Farrow, whom he met in 1964 during the filming of the film “Colonel Von Ryan”, and he even had a romantic relationship with Marilyn Monroe, but it all ended due to her dependence on him. singer.

22- He met his first wife and mother of his three children, Nancy Barbato, in the 1930s working as a lifeguard on the beach in Long Branch (New Jersey).

23- He paid Elvis Presley $100,000 to perform with him on television for ten minutes and sing a song as a duet.

24- His son Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped for 54 hours by three men in December 1963. The incident ended after disagreements between the kidnappers, who were arrested two days later.

25- Algunas de sus canciones que han quedado para la historia son “My Way”, “Fly Me To The Moon”, “Night and Day”, “Strangers In The Night”, “The Girl From Ipanema”, o “I’Ve Got You Under My Skin”.

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My Way (2008 Remastered) · Frank Sinatra

Lyrics

And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I’ll say it clear
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain
I’ve lived a life that’s full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all, and I stood tall
And did it my way

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried
I’ve had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh, no, oh, no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows

And did it my way

Yes, it was my way