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Frank Sinatra, in full Francis Albert Sinatra, (born December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.—died May 14, 1998, Los Angeles, California), American singer and motion-picture actor who, through a long career and a very public personal life, became one of the most sought-after performers in the entertainment industry; he is often hailed as ...
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Sinatra appeared in several films throughout the 1940s, the...
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Francis Albert „Frank“ Sinatra (* 12. Dezember 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey; † 14. Mai 1998 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Schauspieler und Entertainer. Seine Übernamen waren Ol’ Blue Eyes und, wegen seiner charakteristischen Stimme, The Voice.
In March 1939, saxophone player Frank Mane, who knew Sinatra from Jersey City radio station WAAT where both performed on live broadcasts, arranged for him to audition and record "Our Love", his first solo studio recording.
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Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street[a] in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra. The couple had eloped on Valentine's Day, 1913, and were married at the city hall in Jersey City, New Jersey; they later g...
Sinatra developed an interest in music, particularly big band jazz, from a young age, and became addicted to listening to the radio, "entranced by the new musical and comedy routines and captivated by the huge audiences they commanded", according to biographer Chris Rojek. He began singing at a young age, sitting on top of the piano at his parents'...
Sinatra's father, who knew that his son was interested in getting into show business, insisted that his son find a "real job" to avoid becoming a "bum" after leaving school. Dolly found him work as a delivery boy at the Jersey Observer newspaper, where his godfather Frank Garrick worked,[d] and briefly as a riveter at the Tietjen and Lang shipyard....
Donnelley, Paul (2003). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries. Omnibus. ISBN 978-0-7119-9512-3.Goldstein, Norm (November 1, 1982). Frank Sinatra, ol' blue eyes. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. ISBN 978-0-03-061921-2.Hayes, Harold (1969). Smiling through the apocalypse: Esquire's history of the sixties. McCall Pub. Co.Hazard, Sharon (2007). Long Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4967-5.- Francis Albert Sinatra wurde am 12. Dezember 1915 als einziges Kind der italienischen Einwanderer Natalie Catherine Garavente (“Dolly”) und Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra (“Marty”) in Hoboken, New Jersey geboren.
- Er verstarb beinahe während der Geburt: Der Arzt hatte Schwierigkeiten, den 13 ½ Pfund schweren Frank auf die Welt zu holen – er verletzte ihn mit der Geburtszange und hinterließ ein Loch in seinem Trommelfell.
- Er verließ die A.J. Demarest High School noch vor Ende seines letzten Schuljahrs.
- Er arbeitete als Zeitungsjunge beim Jersey Observer und später als Arbeiter (Nieter) in der Tietjen & Lang Schiffswerft.
