Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor (1915–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra Grande Ufficiale OMRI (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. His singing career was 60 years long, and more than 250 million records of his have been sold worldwide. Extremely regarded as one of the best and most admired popular singers in history of America standards.[1]
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Born | Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-12-12)December 12, 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | May 14, 1998(1998-05-14) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Burial place | Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1935–1995 |
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Instruments | Vocals |
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Website | sinatra |
He is also well known by the nickname "Old Blue Eyes". The New York Times said he was "the first modern pop superstar".[2] At first, he was mostly known as a crooner, a singer of love songs. By the 1950s and 1960s, he was singing swing and jazz songs as well. Sinatra was also part of the Rat Pack,[3] a group of entertainers (musicians and actors), in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was informal, and the group was not an official organization of any sort, but a group of friends. Members of the Rat Pack included Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, as well as (more loosely) Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Sidney Luft, and Shirley MacLaine.