Adepoju Paul OlusegunFrank Sinatra, The Voice
December 13th 2006 23:19
Francis Albert Sinatra (b. December 12, 1915 – d. May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor considered one of the finest male popular song vocalists of all time. Renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing, critics place him alongside such artists as Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and The Beatles as one of the most important, popular and influential musical figures of the 20th century. He has sold over 250 million records worldwide.
Sinatra had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye. Over a seven-decade career in show business, he became an American icon. His sometimes swaggering attitude was perhaps best embodied by his signature songs "My Way", and "New York, New York", and more generally by his frequently gutsy cinematic performances. He also garnered considerable attention due to his alleged connections with the Mafia.
So many articles, off- and online, have been written about his love and marriage, and his alleged involvements with organized crimes.
Frank Sinatra won ten Grammy Awards during his career, including Album of the Year for 'Come Dance With Me' in 1959, 'September of My Years' in 1965, and 'A Man and His Music' in 1966, and Record of the Year for 'Strangers in the Night' in 1966. The Grammy Awards only began in 1958, after two peaks of Sinatra's recording career had already happened.
In addition, Sinatra was named the Down Beat readers' poll Male Singer of the Year sixteen times between 1941 and 1966 and the Personality of the Year six times between 1954 and 1959. He was also named the Down Beat critics' poll Male Singer of the Year twice, in 1955 and 1957; the Playboy Jazz All-Star Poll Male Vocalist of the Year seven times between 1957 and 1963.
Sinatra won his first Academy Award in 1945 for the short film The House I Live In, a film promoting racial tolerance, and his second as the Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity. His performance in The Man with the Golden Arm garnered Sinatra his only Best Actor nomination. In 1971 Sinatra accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for a “lifetime of public philanthropy”.
On May 23, 1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded Sinatra the Presidential Medal of Freedom; in 1995, Sinatra was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal; in 2001 BBC Radio 2 named Sinatra as the "Greatest Voice of the Twentieth Century". Sinatra was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.
Stephen Holden wrote for the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide:
Frank Sinatra's voice is pop music history. Like Presley and Dylan—the only other white male American singers since 1940 whose popularity, influence, and mythic force have been comparable—Sinatra will last indefinitely. He virtually invented modern pop song phrasing..."
Sinatra had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye. Over a seven-decade career in show business, he became an American icon. His sometimes swaggering attitude was perhaps best embodied by his signature songs "My Way", and "New York, New York", and more generally by his frequently gutsy cinematic performances. He also garnered considerable attention due to his alleged connections with the Mafia.
So many articles, off- and online, have been written about his love and marriage, and his alleged involvements with organized crimes.
Frank Sinatra won ten Grammy Awards during his career, including Album of the Year for 'Come Dance With Me' in 1959, 'September of My Years' in 1965, and 'A Man and His Music' in 1966, and Record of the Year for 'Strangers in the Night' in 1966. The Grammy Awards only began in 1958, after two peaks of Sinatra's recording career had already happened.
In addition, Sinatra was named the Down Beat readers' poll Male Singer of the Year sixteen times between 1941 and 1966 and the Personality of the Year six times between 1954 and 1959. He was also named the Down Beat critics' poll Male Singer of the Year twice, in 1955 and 1957; the Playboy Jazz All-Star Poll Male Vocalist of the Year seven times between 1957 and 1963.
Sinatra won his first Academy Award in 1945 for the short film The House I Live In, a film promoting racial tolerance, and his second as the Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity. His performance in The Man with the Golden Arm garnered Sinatra his only Best Actor nomination. In 1971 Sinatra accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for a “lifetime of public philanthropy”.
On May 23, 1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded Sinatra the Presidential Medal of Freedom; in 1995, Sinatra was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal; in 2001 BBC Radio 2 named Sinatra as the "Greatest Voice of the Twentieth Century". Sinatra was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.
Stephen Holden wrote for the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide:
Frank Sinatra's voice is pop music history. Like Presley and Dylan—the only other white male American singers since 1940 whose popularity, influence, and mythic force have been comparable—Sinatra will last indefinitely. He virtually invented modern pop song phrasing..."
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