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Frank SinatraOn Vinyl: The Man ‘Does It His Way’

Though he’s most recognized for his music, Frank Sinatra, who was called by many names in his tenure, was also an accomplished actor and an icon. The Voice even received an Academy Award in 1954 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in ‘From Here to Eternity’. Able to grow into one of the most cherished performers in show business, Francis Albert Sinatra, came into the world on December 12th, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, dropped out of high school and never learned how to read music.

Sinatra got his big break in 1935, as a member of the Hoboken Four, and by 1941, he was an accomplished solo artist. By the late 1940’s, Sinatra felt that his career had reached its pinnacle, and he opted to move into acting, co-starring in ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ with Gene Kelly in 1949.

In 1950, while performing at the Copacabana, Sinatra incurred hemorrhaging in his vocal cords and feared that it would be the end of his career. Sinatra was able to recover following a failed suicide attempt, and in shorter than a year’s time, he made his debut in Las Vegas at the Desert Inn.

In 1953, while continuing to work in the motion pictures and television industry, he signed with Capitol records, opted to reinvent himself, and recorded some of his most well-known hits like ‘Come Fly With Me’, ‘Young At Heart’,  and ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’. He was honored as the Top Male Vocalist by Billboard, Metronome, and Down Beat by the end of the year and Frank Sinatra vinyl was more famous than ever.

Sinatra was back, more successful than ever, and by then he was involved in every piece of the entertainment industry. It was no wonder that he and his famous friends came together to form one of the most notable cliques of all time, the Rat Pack. The Rat Pack also named members such as Judy Garland and Katherine Hepburn, along with famous individuals like Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. The group was on top of the world, and with the inclusion of peter Lawford, who was the brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy, they were as powerful as you might imagine.

During a celebration for his 80th birthday in New York City, where he joined an ensemble for the last couple of notes of ‘New York, New York’, Sinatra made his final televised appearance was in 1995. Sinatra passed away and the world lost one of its greatest treasures on May 14th, 1998, at the age of 82. Although he is gone, Frank Sinatra will be remembered forever, and his classic vinyl will play across the planet for centuries to come.

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