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09 Feb 15
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mid-1940s
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first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity
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founding member of the Rat Pack
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09 Oct 14
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28 Mar 14
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he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.
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He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums
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Sinatra also forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning Best Supporting Actor in 1953, he also garnered a nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm
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Sinatra is one of the best-selling artists of all time.
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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
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Frank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina Garaventa[7]:25 and Antonino Martino Sinatra,
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05 Dec 13
Dylan FoustSinatra was at the top of the charts in 1941.
Sinatra signed with Columbia Record Company on June 1, 1943.
Sinatra was a solo artist through most of the 40's.
Sinatra did not serve in WWII.
It made a lot of people mad that he did not serve and stayed home making money.-
On December 30, 1942, Sinatra made a "legendary opening" at the Paramount Theater in New York.
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Sinatra signed with Columbia on June 1, 1943, as a solo artist, and he initially had great success, particularly during the 1942–44 musicians' strike.
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On December 11, 1943, he was classified 4-F ("Registrant not acceptable for military service") for a perforated eardrum by his draft board.
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Sinatra did not serve in the military during World War II.
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Additionally, an FBI report on Sinatra, released in 1998, showed that the doctors had also written that he was a "neurotic" and "not acceptable material from a psychiatric standpoint."
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Active-duty servicemen, like journalist William Manchester, said of Sinatra, "I think Frank Sinatra was the most hated man of World War II, much more than Hitler", because Sinatra was back home making all of that money and being shown in photographs surrounded by beautiful women.
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There were accusations, including some from noted columnist Walter Winchell,[28] that Sinatra paid $40,000 to avoid the service – but the FBI found no evidence of this.
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09 May 13
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09 Jul 12
doug priceThe most famous auteur to come from the Swing and Big Band era was non other than Frank Sinatra. Mr. Sinatra popularized Big Band and Swing, but added something that the MAJORITY of these songs were missing: LYRICS!!! Sinatra's legacy would last for years proceeding his death.
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Birth name Francis Albert Sinatra -
is Albert Sina
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08 Apr 10
Max Limitz"Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra ([--] December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s" "
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