Frank Sinatra was an American singer and film actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era
as a boy singer with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey,
Sinatra found success as a solo artist from the early to mid-1940s after being signed by Columbia Records in 1943.
Sinatra is one of the best-selling artists of all time. He was honored at the Kennedy
Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan
in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven
Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and
the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Birth Name: Francis Albert Sinatra
Also Known As: Ol' Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board, The Voice
Born: December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S
Died: May 14, 1998 (at the age of 82) in West Hollywood, California, U.S.
(from an acute heart attack)
(buried at Cathedral City's Desert Memorial Park in Palm Springs, California.Specific Interment Location: B-8, #151)
Height: 5' 8"
Parents:
Father:
Martin Anthony Sinatra
(Italian; professional boxer)
Mother:
Natalie Sinatra (Italian)
Spouse(s):
Mia Farrow (married on July 17th, 1966; divorced in 1968)
Ava Gardner (married on November 7th, 1951; separated on October 27th, 1953; divorced in 1957)
Nancy Sinatra (married on February 4th, 1939; divorced on October 29th, 1951)
Barbara Marx
Children:
Son:
Frank Sinatra Jr.
(singer, actor; born on January 10th, 1943)
Daughter:
Nancy Sinatra
(singer; actress; born on June 8th, 1940)
Christine Sinatra
(aka Tina Sinatra; producer; born on June 20th, 1948)
Genre(s):
Traditional pop,
easy listening,
jazz,
swing,
big band,
vocal,
vocal jazz
Instrument(s):
Vocals
Occupation(s):
Singer,
actor,
producer,
director,
conductor
Active From: 1939-1995
Associated Acts:
Rat Pack,
Bing Crosby,
Nancy Sinatra,
Judy Garland,
Quincy Jones,
Antônio Carlos Jobim,
Frank Sinatra,
Jr.,
Dean Martin,
Count Basie,
Sammy Davis,
Jr.
Did You Know:
Education:
High School (dropped out at 15)
Awards:
Grammy Awards: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (1995)
Grammy Awards: Best Historical Album (1982)
Golden Apple Awards: Golden Apple - Male Star of the Year (1977)
Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple (1974)
Screen Actors Guild Awards: Life Achievement Award (1973)
Academy Awards: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1971)
Golden Globe Awards: Cecil B. DeMille Award (1971)
Grammy Awards: Album of the Year (1966)
Grammy Awards: Best Vocal Performance, Male (1966)
Grammy Awards: Record of the Year (1966)
Grammy Awards: Album of the Year (1965)
Grammy Awards: Best Vocal Performance, Male (1965)
Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Male Musical Performance, CAN-CAN (1960)
Grammy Awards: Album of the Year (1959)
Grammy Awards: Best Vocal Performance, Male (1959)
Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Male Dramatic Performance, SOME CAME RUNNING (1959)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy, PAL JOEY (1958)
Grammy Awards: Best Album Cover (1958)
Laurel Awards: Golden Laurel - Top Male Musical Performance, PAL JOEY (1958)
Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1954)
Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actor, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1954)
Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple - Least Cooperative Actor (1951)
Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple - Least Cooperative Actor (1946)
Quotes:
"I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels."
"A friend is never an imposition."
"A fella came up to me the other day with a nice story. He was in a bar somewhere and it was the quiet time of the night. Everybody's staring down at the sauce and one of my saloon songs comes on the jukebox. 'One for My Baby,' or something like that. After a while, a drunk at the end of the bar looks up and says, jerking his thumb toward the jukebox, 'I wonder who he listens to?'"
"Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does."