[181] Sinatra embarked on his first tour of Australia the same year. [191], His February 1956 recording sessions inaugurated the studios at the Capitol Records Building,[192] complete with a 56-piece symphonic orchestra. [547] After taking office, Kennedy distanced himself from Sinatra, due in part to the singer's ties with the Mafia. Clemens, Samuel. [293], Sinatra continued to perform at Caesars Palace in the late 1970s, and was performing there in January 1977 when his mother Dolly died in a plane crash on the way to see him. [527] Kelley quotes Jo-Carrol Silvers that Sinatra "adored" Bugsy Siegel, and boasted to friends about him and how many people Siegel had killed. Dolly was reportedly arrested six or seven times and convicted twice for providing illegal abortions, Sinatra's loss of employment at the newspaper led to a life-long rift with Garrick. With a name like Frank Sinatra Jr, it might seem that entering the family business was a no brainer. Tina Sinatra. [514] He received negative press for fights with Lee Mortimer in 1947, photographer Eddie Schisser in Houston in 1950, Judy Garland's publicist Jim Byron on the Sunset Strip in 1954,[513][515] and for a confrontation with Washington Post journalist Maxine Cheshire in 1973, in which he implied that she was a cheap prostitute. This would be a terrible thing to befall any son of rich and famous parents, but all . [193] According to Granata his recordings of "Night and Day", "Oh! You cross him, he never forgets.". [399] The Los Angeles Examiner wrote that Sinatra is "simply superb, comical, pitiful, childishly brave, pathetically defiant", commenting that his death scene is "one of the best ever photographed". [393] Sinatra had long been desperate to find a film role which would bring him back into the spotlight, and Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn had been inundated by appeals from people across Hollywood to give Sinatra a chance to star as "Maggio" in the film. [53] Despite the low salary, Sinatra felt that this was the break he was looking for, and boasted to friends that he was going to "become so big that no one could ever touch him". His personal favorite was Ralph Vaughan Williams. [236], Throughout his professional career, Sinatra recorded more than 1,300 songs and participated in more than fifty films. [373], In the 1950s, Sinatra's career was facilitated by developments in technology. [304] In March, he performed in front of Princess Margaret at the Royal Albert Hall in London, raising money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Mitch Miller played English horn and oboe on the Sinatra-led recordings. [489], Sinatra was married to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death. Turner later said the statements were not true in her 1992 autobiography, saying, "The closest things to dates Frank and I enjoyed were a few box lunches at MGM". [534], In 1960, Sinatra bought a share in the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino, a casino hotel that straddles the California-Nevada state line on the north shores of Lake Tahoe. [61] Thanks to his vocal training, Sinatra could now sing two tones higher, and developed a repertoire which included songs such as "My Buddy", "Willow Weep for Me", "It's Funny to Everyone but Me", "Here Comes the Night", "On a Little Street in Singapore", "Ciribiribin", and "Every Day of My Life". That may be due to the ten years he's put on, and the things he's been through. According to his son, Frank Jr., King sat weeping in the audience at one of his father's concerts in 1963 as Sinatra sang "Ol' Man River", a song from the musical Show Boat that is sung by an African-American stevedore. [549] His brother Robert, who was serving as Attorney General and was known for urging FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to conduct more crackdowns on the Mafia,[550] was distrustful of Sinatra. [268] He left Caesars Palace in September that year after an incident in which executive Sanford Waterman pulled a gun on him. "[322], Santopietro notes that Sinatra was a "lifelong sympathizer with Jewish causes". [440] Sinatra's last major film role was opposite Faye Dunaway in Brian G. Hutton's The First Deadly Sin (1980). His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra . Perfectly simple: It was the war years and there was a great loneliness, and I was the boy in every corner drugstore, the boy who'd gone off drafted to the war. [557][547] He officially changed allegiance in July 1972 when he supported Richard Nixon for re-election in the 1972 presidential election. [336] The younger Frank Sinatra Jr. died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida, (March 16, 2016, age 72). Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby[3] and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. [547] Sinatra often invited Kennedy to Hollywood and Las Vegas, and the two would womanize and enjoy parties together. [97] Columbia Records re-released Harry James and Sinatra's August 1939 version of "All or Nothing at All",[66] which reached number 2 on June 2, and was on the best-selling list for 18 weeks. Sinatra became one of Las Vegas's pioneer residency entertainers,[142] and a prominent figure on the Vegas scene throughout the 1950s and 1960s onwards, a period described by Rojek as the "high-water mark" of Sinatra's "hedonism and self absorption". [387], Sinatra co-starred again with Gene Kelly in the Technicolor musical Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), in which Sinatra and Kelly play baseball players who are part-time vaudevillians. [577] Sinatra's gravestone was changed under mysterious circumstances according to the magazine Palm Springs Life. [68] Dorsey recalled: "You could almost feel the excitement coming up out of the crowds when the kid stood up to sing. [613] A biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese has long been planned. [167] After spending two weeks on location in Hawaii filming From Here to Eternity, Sinatra returned to KHJ on April 30 for his first recording session with Nelson Riddle, an established arranger and conductor at Capitol who was Nat King Cole's musical director. Newspapers at the time highlighted the Bobby soxers' great fanaticism and passion for Sinatra; they experienced hunger, fatigue, and dizziness while waiting in line to see him. [363], Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sinatra insisted upon direct input regarding arrangements and tempos for his recordings. [152] At a concert at Chez Paree in Chicago, only 150 people in a 1,200-seat capacity venue turned up to see him. In Frank Sinatra Park, a 6-foot (1.80-meter) tall bronze statue honoring Sinatra was erected in the year 2021 on December 12. [224], In 1962, Sinatra released Sinatra and Strings, a set of standard ballads arranged by Don Costa, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of Sinatra's entire Reprise period. He points everything he does from a sexual standpoint". Sinatra never completed the project, but take number 18 of "My Foolish Heart" may be heard in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995). and Where Are You?his first album in stereo, with Gordon Jenkins. Deceased 14 May 1998 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA,aged 82 years old. Fri 31 Aug 2012 19.05 EDT. Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of Frank Sinatra, defended family friend and her father's fellow Rat Pack member Dean Martin from accusations he was an alcoholic. She says that though he was not formally banned from the country, the bureaucrat "made it seem so" and stated that the situation caused much humiliation to the family. His acting career was revived by the 1953 film From Here to Eternity, which earned Sinatra an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Kennedy. [559][560] In 1985, Reagan presented Sinatra with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, remarking, "His love of country, his generosity for those less fortunate make him one of our most remarkable and distinguished Americans. [311] He owned a Jewish skullcap, known as a kippah or yarmulkah, which was sold as part of his wife's estate many years after his death. [312] It was the first studio album of Sinatra's to feature his touring pianist at the time, Vinnie Falcone, and was based on an idea by Sonny Burke. [105], Sinatra did not serve in the military during World War II. ", Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. [204] The title song, "Come Fly With Me", written especially for him, would become one of his best known standards. [17] Sinatra was raised in the Catholic Church. [183][184] Sinatra came to consider Riddle "the greatest arranger in the world",[185] and Riddle, who considered Sinatra "a perfectionist",[170] offered equal praise of the singer, observing, "It's not only that his intuitions as to tempo, phrasing, and even configuration are amazingly right, but his taste is so impeccable there is still no one who can approach him. [346], While Sinatra never learned how to read music well, he had a fine, natural understanding of it,[347] and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. [532] The FBI documented that Sinatra was losing esteem with the Mafia as he grew closer to President Kennedy, whose younger brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was leading a crackdown on organized crime. For his performance in Come Blow Your Horn (1963) adapted from the Neil Simon play, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [281][282] The television special, Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra, reunited Sinatra with Gene Kelly. [601][602] [197], In 1957, Sinatra released Close to You, A Swingin' Affair! Shot in January 1987, the episode aired on CBS on February 25. [248][w], Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with Antnio Carlos Jobim. [161] Tom Santopietro notes that Sinatra began to bury himself in his work, with an "unparalleled frenetic schedule of recordings, movies and concerts",[162] in what authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe as "a new and brilliant phase". By the end of 1943 he was more popular in a DownBeat poll than Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Bob Eberly, and Dick Haymes. "[170], In subsequent sessions in May and November 1953,[171] Sinatra and Riddle developed and refined their musical collaboration, with Sinatra providing specific guidance on the arrangements. [92] When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944 only 250 persons left the first show, and 35,000 fans left outside caused a near riot, known as the Columbus Day Riot, outside the venue because they were not allowed in. Sinatra copied Dorsey's mannerisms and traits, becoming a demanding perfectionist like him, even adopting his hobby of toy trains. He had three verified children, as well as more than one of questionable paternity. Biography [ edit] On December 21, 1903, he emigrated to New York City from Palermo, Sicily, on the SS Citt di Milano with his mother Rosa Saglimbeni Sinatra, his sisters Angela and Dorotea, and his brother. Lambert and Amanda Erlinger make it a birthday blowout at Sinatra's 77th birthday at the legendary Chasen's restaurant in Los Angeles in 1992. [399], Sinatra directed None but the Brave (1965),[427] and Von Ryan's Express (1965) was a major success. [43] As a singer, early on he was primarily influenced by Bing Crosby,[36] but later believed that Tony Bennett was "the best singer in the business". [119] Such was Sinatra's command at Columbia that his love of conducting was indulged with the release of the set Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder, an offering unlikely to appeal to Sinatra's core fanbase at the time, which consisted of teenage girls. [15] Due to his injuries at birth, his baptism at St. Francis Church in Hoboken was delayed until April 2, 1916. Dorsey eventually relented, and on January 19, 1942, Sinatra recorded "Night and Day", "The Night We Called It a Day", "The Song is You", and "Lamplighter's Serenade" at a Bluebird recording session, with Axel Stordahl as arranger and conductor. [323] According to Kelley, the family detested her and the book, which took its toll on Sinatra's health. [202] It reached the top spot on the Billboard album chart in its second week, remaining at the top for five weeks,[203] and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the inaugural Grammy Awards. [593][594][595] [344] At the end of the program Sinatra performed on stage for the last time to sing the final notes of the "Theme from New York, New York" with an ensemble. [78], After the 1942 recordings, Sinatra believed he needed to go solo,[79] with an insatiable desire to compete with Bing Crosby,[n] but he was hampered by his contract which gave Dorsey 43% of Sinatra's lifetime earnings in the entertainment industry. [20] Sinatra's fourth wife Barbara would later claim that Dolly was abusive to him when he was a child, and "knocked him around a lot". (Frank Sinatra) - : , , , ( ). [493] In his spare time, he enjoyed listening to classical music and attended concerts when he could. [313] The album garnered six Grammy nominations winning for best liner notes and peaked at number 17 on Billboard's album chart,[312] and spawned yet another song that would become a signature tune, "Theme from New York, New York". In May 1945, he officially corrected the name on his birth certificate to "Francis A. Sinatra". [196] Also that year, Sinatra sang at the Democratic National Convention, and performed with The Dorsey Brothers for a week soon afterwards at the Paramount Theatre. [449] Starting in September 1949, the BBD&O advertising agency produced a radio series starring Sinatra for Lucky Strike called Light Up Time some 176 15-minute shows which featured Frank and Dorothy Kirsten singing which lasted through to May 1950. At a brief run at the Paramount in New York he drew small audiences. [255], Sinatra also released the album The World We Knew, which features a chart-topping duet of "Somethin' Stupid" with daughter Nancy. [403][ac] After roles in Guys and Dolls,[405] and The Tender Trap (both 1955),[406] Sinatra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as a medical student in Stanley Kramer's directorial dbut, Not as a Stranger (also 1955). [392], Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. "[220] Under Sinatra the company developed into a music industry "powerhouse", and he later sold it for an estimated $80million. [77] Sinatra first heard the recordings at the Hollywood Palladium and Hollywood Plaza and was astounded at how good he sounded. [164] His first session for Capitol took place at KHJ studios at Studio C, 5515 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, with Axel Stordahl conducting. Buried - B-8, #151, Desert Memorial Park, Palm Springs, CA. [192], In 1963, Sinatra reunited with Nelson Riddle for The Concert Sinatra, an ambitious album featuring a 73-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by Riddle. [89] The phenomenon became officially known as "Sinatramania" after his "legendary opening" at the Paramount Theatre in New York on December 30, 1942. [321] On September 21, 1983, Sinatra filed a $2million court case against Kitty Kelley, suing her for punitive damages, before her unofficial biography, His Way, was even published. [75] Other records with Tommy Dorsey issued by RCA Victor include "Our Love Affair" and "Stardust" in 1940; "Oh! [325], In 1984, Sinatra worked with Quincy Jones for the first time in nearly two decades on the album, L.A. Is My Lady, which was well received critically. [465][466], Sinatra had met Barbato in Long Branch, New Jersey in the summer of 1934,[467] while working as a lifeguard. Jenkins considered Sinatra's musical sense to be unerring. Sinatra released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. [113] He appeared as a special guest in the sisters' ABC Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch series,[444] while the trio in turn guested on his Songs by Sinatra series on CBS. [617] Sinatra was also portrayed by Rico Simonini in the 2018 feature film Frank & Ava, which is based on a play by Willard Manus. [141] Sinatra continues to be seen as one of the icons of the 20th century,[5] [475], Sinatra was married to Hollywood actress Ava Gardner from 1951 to 1957. [411] The public rushed to the cinemas to see Sinatra and Crosby together on-screen, and it ended up earning over $13million at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing pictures of its year. If it was a "rhythm" number, he would think of Billy May, or perhaps Neil Hefti or some other favored arranger. [350] Sinatra was an aficionado of classical music,[351] and would often request classical strains in his music, inspired by composers such as Puccini and Impressionist masters. [37] To improve his speech, he began taking elocution lessons for a dollar each from vocal coach John Quinlan, who was one of the first people to notice his impressive vocal range. [500], Sinatra was known for his immaculate sense of style. [319] He put on a performance at the White House for the Italian prime minister, and performed at the Radio City Music Hall with Luciano Pavarotti and George Shearing. Songs include "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Have Yourself. Bono Mack, Mary (May 20, 2008). [569][570] Sinatra was in ill health during the last few years of his life, and was frequently hospitalized for heart and breathing problems, high blood pressure, pneumonia and bladder cancer. Nancy had two daughters, and the oldest went into the family business. [110] During one trip to Rome he met the Pope, who asked him if he was an operatic tenor. In the open field, you might say, were some awfully good singers with the orchestras. [586] George Roberts, a trombonist in Sinatra's band, remarked that Sinatra had a "charisma, or whatever it is about him, that no one else had". [318] That year he made a reported further $1.3million from the Showtime television rights to his "Concert of the Americas" in the Dominican Republic, $1.6million for a concert series at Carnegie Hall, and $250,000 in just one evening at the Chicago Fest. [548] In January 1961, Sinatra and Peter Lawford organized the Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., held on the evening before President Kennedy was sworn into office. [615] Alex Gibney directed a four-part biographical series on Sinatra, All or Nothing at All, for HBO in 2015. [412] He starred opposite Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in George Sidney's Pal Joey (1957), Sinatra, for which he won for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. I, FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA, also known as FRANK SINATRA, declare this to be my Will and revoke all former Wills and Codicils. The winner of the auction was Vie Carlson, mother of Bun E. Carlos of the rock group Cheap Trick. Kelley notes that by this period Sinatra's voice had grown "darker, tougher and loamier", but he "continued to captivate audiences with his immutable magic". [616] A musical tribute was aired on CBS television in December 2015 to mark Sinatra's centenary. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. The singer married four times over the years, and had three children, all with his first wife, Nancy Barbato: The first born is Nancy Sinatra, now 81; then came Frank Sinatra Jr., who died in 2016 at 72; and the youngest is Tina Sinatra, who's 73. [258] With Sinatra in mind, singer-songwriter Paul Anka wrote the song "My Way", using the melody of the French "Comme d'habitude" ("As Usual"), composed by Claude Franois and Jacques Revaux. [460] When Sinatra came out of retirement in 1973, he released both an album and appeared in a TV special named Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. [454] Though an initial critical success upon its debut on October 18, 1957, it soon attracted negative reviews from Variety and The New Republic, and The Chicago Sun-Times thought that Sinatra and frequent guest Dean Martin "performed like a pair of adult delinquents", "sharing the same cigarette and leering at girls". He also suffered from dementia-like symptoms due to his usage of antidepressants. She is Frank Sinatra's youngest child, whom he had with his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. "Hollywood's Irish Lass". [338] The following year, Sinatra sang for the last time on February 25, 1995, before a live audience of 1200 select guests at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom, on the closing night of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. [564] At the Sands in 1955, Sinatra went against policy by inviting Nat King Cole into the dining room,[565] and in 1961, after an incident where an African-American couple entered the lobby of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Davis forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. [394][ab] During production, Montgomery Clift became a close friend,[396] and Sinatra later professed that he "learned more about acting from him than anybody I ever knew before". sending money home so that his family could eventually join him. Dorsey was a considerable influence on Sinatra's techniques for his vocal phrasing with his own exceptional breath control on the trombone,[359] and Sinatra regularly swam and held his breath underwater, thinking of song lyrics to increase his breathing power. [293] In August he held several consecutive concerts at Lake Tahoe together with the newly-risen singer John Denver,[294][295] who became a frequent collaborator. [508] Throughout his life, Sinatra had mood swings and bouts of mild to severe depression,[509] stating to an interviewer in the 1950s that "I have an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as elation". She even carried out illegal abortions for free which made her famous as "Hatpin Dolly." Source: express.co.uk, Image: Wikimedia. [544] In November 1945 Sinatra was invited by the mayor of Gary, Indiana, to try to settle a strike by white students of Froebel High School against the "Pro-Negro" policies of the new principal. [201][568], Sinatra died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, with his wife at his side after suffering two heart attacks. They had received much of the rights to Sinatra's music catalog years before so Sinatra's will only made their fortunes larger. "[457][ah] A CBS News special about the singer's 50th birthday, Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, was broadcast on November 16, 1965, and garnered both an Emmy award and a Peabody Award. [244][256] In December, Sinatra collaborated with Duke Ellington on the album Francis A. [620] Francis Ford Coppola, director of the film adaptation, said in the audio commentary that "Obviously Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra character". Granddaughters A.J. [43], Sinatra began singing professionally as a teenager, but even though he never learned to read music, he learned music by ear. Unlike her siblings, Tina never wished to be a singer like their father. The series aired on NBC radio Tuesday nights from October 1953 to March 1954. ", "Frank Sinatra Yarmulke fetches over $9,000 at auction", "Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop", "Frank Sinatra's manager says antidepressant was to blame for his failing health during his final years", "Empire State Building turns blue as silent tribute", "Special Report: Final curtain for Sinatra", "Frank Sinatra Grave Marker Undergoes Mysterious Change", "B+W copy photo of Mayor Fred DeSapio presenting Frank Sinatra with Key to the City at Hoboken City Hall, Hoboken, October 30, 1947. [305], In 1980, Sinatra's first album in six years was released, Trilogy: Past Present Future, a highly ambitious triple album that features an array of songs from both the pre-rock era and rock era. Horne developed vocal problems and Sinatra, committed to other engagements, could not wait to record. [z] The works, which combine elements of jazz and classical music, were considered by Wilder to have been among the finest renditions and recordings of his compositions, past or present. [571] He had made no public appearances following a heart attack in February 1997. [459], According his musical collaboration with Jobim and Ella Fitzgerald in 1967, Sinatra appeared in the TV special, A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim, which was broadcast on CBS on November 13. [189] It features a recording of "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Cole Porter,[190] something which Sinatra paid meticulous care to, taking a reported 22 takes to perfect. Della Penta went to the police, and Sinatra was arrested on a morals charge for seduction. According to Kelley, Giancana blamed Sinatra for the ordeal and was fuming at the abuse he had given to the commission's chairman Ed Olsen. [552] Sinatra had spared no expense upgrading the facilities at his home in anticipation of the President's visit, fitting it with a heliport, which he smashed with a sledgehammer after the rejection. [300][301] That year, the Friars Club selected him as the "Top Box Office Name of the Century", and he was given the Scopus Award by the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nevada. The concert was recorded on a motion picture scoring soundstage with the use of multiple synchronized recording machines that employed an optical signal onto 35mm film designed for movie soundtracks. "'Scuse me while I disappear." [He's] probing more deeply into his songs than he used to. [362] After a period of performing, Sinatra tired of singing a certain set of songs and was always looking for talented new songwriters and composers to work with. [504] His deep blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". [69] Dorsey was a major influence on Sinatra and became a father figure. Frank Sinatra Jr., son of Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 72. [264] According to NPR, My Way has become one the most requested songs at funerals. [502][503] He was also obsessed with cleanlinesswhile with the Tommy Dorsey band he developed the nickname "Lady Macbeth", because of frequent showering and switching his outfits. Join Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and their families for this joyful holiday special filmed in 1967. [462], Sinatra starred as a detective in Contract on Cherry Street (1977), cited as his "one starring role in a dramatic television film". His friend, Jimmy Van Heusen, convinced him that the song would be a success. Truman. Sinatra built the Celebrity Room theater which attracted his show business friends Red Skelton, Marilyn Monroe, Victor Borge, Joe E. Lewis, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Juliet Prowse, the McGuire Sisters, and others. We are saddened by this unexpected death and we express our deepest condolences to Sinatra family. On one occasion, he gave Sinatra Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) to read, with the idea of making a film, but Sinatra thought it had no potential and did not understand a word. Hughes still resented Sinatra for marrying Ava Gardner, the subject of his own affections. [512], Sinatra's mood swings often developed into violence, directed at people he felt had crossed him, particularly journalists who gave him scathing reviews, publicists, and photographers. [364] Barbara Sinatra notes that Sinatra would almost always credit the songwriter at the end of each number, and would often make comments to the audience, such as "Isn't that a pretty ballad" or "Don't you think that's the most marvelous love song", delivered with "childlike delight". [345] In recognition of his many years of association with Las Vegas, Sinatra was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997. [351] He swam daily in the Pacific Ocean, finding it to be therapeutic and giving him much-needed solitude. [441], After beginning on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show with the Hoboken Four in 1935, and later WNEW and WAAT in Jersey City,[53] Sinatra became the star of radio shows of his own on NBC and CBS from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s. [421], Due to an obligation he owed to 20th Century Fox for walking off the set of Henry King's Carousel (1956),[ad] Sinatra starred opposite Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan in Can-Can (1960). When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known residency performers and part of the famous Rat Pack. Going forward I'll be looking to keep in touch with each of you on Instagram ( @nancysinatra) and Twitter . By 1946 he was performing on stage up to 45 times a week, singing up to 100 songs daily, and earning up to $93,000 a week. [118] He was soon selling 10million records a year. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. By May 1941, Sinatra topped the male singer polls in Billboard and DownBeat magazines. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, often with journalists he felt had crossed him or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. [16] A childhood operation on his mastoid bone left major scarring on his neck, and during adolescence he suffered from cystic acne that further scarred his face and neck. Years ago, his voice was more even, and now it is divided into at least three interesting ranges: low, middle, and high. [127] By the end of 1948, Sinatra had slipped to fourth on DownBeat's annual poll of most popular singers (behind Billy Eckstine, Frankie Laine, and Bing Crosby).