Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatrawas an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. Sinatra's music has been considered timeless by many. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, he began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He found success as a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth12 December 1915
CityHoboken, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too have you.
It was my idea to make my voice work in the same way as a trombone or violin - not sounding like them, but 'playing' the voice like those instruments
They were at the top of their game, the top of their pleasure period. I mean, they loved Vegas!
Even Frankie boy, when he was appearing at Caesars, flew back to Palm Springs every night.
riding high in April, shot down in May.
I would be honored just to be the pillow upon which this courageous man lays down to rest his head.
Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it
Sinatra has had a long and wide association with hoodlums and racketeers, which seems to be continuing.
She never had an unkind word for Jack. And the time she stabbed him, it was an accident. She was in his office and she reached for the revolver, the knife slipped out.
The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
A man only appreciates happiness when he gets married, but by then it is too late.
I get an audience involved, personally involved, in a song because I'm involved myself. It's not something I do deliberately. I can't help myself, I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Dan
I didn't know much about Mabel because I was glued to the jazz musicians,
To think that spring had depended/On merely this, a look, a kiss/To think that something so splendid/Could slip away in one little daybreak . . . .