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
It took me a long, long time to learn what I now know, and I don't want that to die with me.
At heart, I guess I'm a saloon singer because there's a greater intimacy between performer and audience in a nightclub. Then again, I love the excitement of appearing before a big concert audience. Let's just say that the place isn't important, as long as everybody has a good time.
All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.
Rock 'n Roll is the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.
People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far 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.
With each word, your tenderness grows, tearing my fears apart. And that laugh, that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart. Your lovely, with your smile so warm and your cheek so soft, there is nothing for me but to love you.
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 . . . .
riding high in April, shot down in May.
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.
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
I would be honored just to be the pillow upon which this courageous man lays down to rest his head.
Even Frankie boy, when he was appearing at Caesars, flew back to Palm Springs every night.