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the kennedy center: frank sinatra
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The John F. Kennedy Center: Frank Sinatra
(singer, born December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey; died May 14, 1998)
The skinny, wavy-haired kid in the bow tie started out singing on a Major Bowes amateur radio broadcast. His career gained momentum in the Big Band era, under Henry James and Tommy Dorsey, then took off like wildfire at the Paramount Theater in New York, where he opened on Dec. 31, 1942. "Bobbysoxers" screamed in spontaneous delight, "jitterbugged" in the aisles, fainted left and right, crowded the stage door shrieking for his autograph, and spilled over into Times Square, snarling traffic to such a degree that a riot squad had to be called.
After more than 40 years and many musical trends and fads, Sinatra still stood as one of the most enduring performers in show-business history--even though he was no longer the skinny kid, and his audiences, though still enthusiastic, were more contained.
He was one of the world's most popular singers, whose hit songs were legion and who could still pack in audiences not only in casinos from Las Vegas to Atlantic City, but also in concert halls throughout the world--from London's Royal Albert Hall to Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. He also distinguished himself as a dramatic actor.
From the days he was known as the "jive idol," he was called many things: "the Voice," "Chairman of the Board," "a working class hero," "a defender of underdogs" and a "humanitarian." Musicians considered him "a complete pro" and "a perfectionist." (He did 30 takes recording "Day In, Day Out.") They praised his "innate musicianship." He was also called "paradoxical, impetuous, mercurial," and "a performer who glories in the love of millions yet guards his privacy savagely and wages a private--often violent--war on the same press that has kept him in the limelight" ...
(singer, born December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey; died May 14, 1998)
The skinny, wavy-haired kid in the bow tie started out singing on a Major Bowes amateur radio broadcast. His career gained momentum in the Big Band era, under Henry James and Tommy Dorsey, then took off like wildfire at the Paramount Theater in New York, where he opened on Dec. 31, 1942. "Bobbysoxers" screamed in spontaneous delight, "jitterbugged" in the aisles, fainted left and right, crowded the stage door shrieking for his autograph, and spilled over into Times Square, snarling traffic to such a degree that a riot squad had to be called.
After more than 40 years and many musical trends and fads, Sinatra still stood as one of the most enduring performers in show-business history--even though he was no longer the skinny kid, and his audiences, though still enthusiastic, were more contained.
He was one of the world's most popular singers, whose hit songs were legion and who could still pack in audiences not only in casinos from Las Vegas to Atlantic City, but also in concert halls throughout the world--from London's Royal Albert Hall to Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. He also distinguished himself as a dramatic actor.
From the days he was known as the "jive idol," he was called many things: "the Voice," "Chairman of the Board," "a working class hero," "a defender of underdogs" and a "humanitarian." Musicians considered him "a complete pro" and "a perfectionist." (He did 30 takes recording "Day In, Day Out.") They praised his "innate musicianship." He was also called "paradoxical, impetuous, mercurial," and "a performer who glories in the love of millions yet guards his privacy savagely and wages a private--often violent--war on the same press that has kept him in the limelight" ...
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Born Francis Albert Sinatra, in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, the only child of Dolly and Anthony Martin Sinatra.
Sinatra is considered by many to be the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century. His recordings came to epitomize American popular singing at its finest, with a style that maintained fidelity to a song’s lyric and mood while imbuing it with subtle elements of jazz beat and phrasing.
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Born Francis Albert Sinatra, in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, the only child of Dolly and Anthony Martin Sinatra.
Sinatra is considered by many to be the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century. His recordings came to epitomize American popular singing at its finest, with a style that maintained fidelity to a song’s lyric and mood while imbuing it with subtle elements of jazz beat and phrasing.
As a teenager, Sinatra worked unloading trucks for the Jersey Observer newspaper. He became a copy boy with an aspiration to be a journalist, but when told by the editor that copy boys “don’t know enough to be reporters,” Sinatra enrolled in secretarial school, studying English, typing, and shorthand. He was eventually promoted to cub sports reporter by the newspaper’s editor.
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Growing up on the streets of Hoboken, New Jersey, made Frank Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little dives (he carried his own P.A. system), he eventually got work as a band singer, first with The Hoboken Four then with Harry James, then Tommy Dorsey. With the help of George Evans (Sinatra's genius press agent), his image was shaped into that of a street thug and punk who was saved by his first wife, Nancy. In 1942 he started his solo career, instantly finding fame as the king of the bobbysoxers - the young women and girls who were his fans. About that time his film career was also starting in earnest. Known as "One-Take Charlie" for his approach to acting that strove for spontaneity and energy, rather than perfection, he was an instinctive actor who was best at playing parts that mirrored his own personality ...
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