Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank(Francis Albert Sinatra), 1915–98, American singer and actor, b. Hoboken, N.J. During the late 1930s and early 40s he sang with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey bands, causing teenage girls to shriek and swoon over his romantic, seemingly casual renditions of such songs as
I'll Never Smile Againand
This Love of Mine.During his long career he became one of the most successful pop music figures of the century, widely respected as a
singer's singerfor his richly detailed readings of lyrics and his versatile and nuanced musical style. Sinatra's sophisticated musicianship was evident in his many recordings. He had a long-lived and successful movie career, appearing in 58 films includingOn the Town(1949),From Here to Eternity(1953, Academy Award),Guys and Dolls(1955),Pal Joey(1957),The Manchurian Candidate(1962), andThe Detective(1968). He also directed and produced several films. Sinatra retired from show business in 1971 but returned in several concert tours.
See A. I. Lonstein and V. R. Marino,The Revised Compleat Sinatra(1980) and R. Peters,The Frank Sinatra Scrapbook(1982); K. Kelley,His Way(1986) and J. Kaplan,Frank: The Voice(2010) andSinatra: The Chairman(2015); W. Friedwald,Sinatra! The Song Is You(1995),美国Petkov和l . Mustazza ed。The Frank Sinatra Reader(1995), P. Hamill,Why Sinatra Matters(1998), and T. Santopietro,Sinatra in Hollywood(2008).
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