Santopietro said that as a troubled New York City homicide cop, Sinatra gave an "extraordinarily rich", heavily layered characterization, one which "made for one terrific farewell" to his film career. of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. Although still a registered Democrat, Sinatra endorsed Republican Ronald Reagan for a second term as Governor of California in 1970. [440] Sinatra's last major film role was opposite Faye Dunaway in Brian G. Hutton's The First Deadly Sin (1980). [613] A biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese has long been planned. If it was a mellow love song, he would ask for Gordon Jenkins. [306] The two men had a major falling out, and later patched up their differences in January 1985 at a dinner organized for Ronald Reagan, when Sinatra asked Riddle to make another album with him. Clemens, Samuel. Once he found ones that he liked, he actively sought to work with them as often as he could, and made friends with many of them. He asked Dorsey to be godfather to his daughter Nancy in June 1940. That's all. He was just a skinny kid with big ears. [317] In 1982, he signed a $16million three-year deal with the Golden Nugget of Las Vegas. [237][238] The album September of My Years was released September 1965, and went on to win the Grammy Award for best album of the year. While Sinatra never learned how to read music, he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. He remains a cultural icon to both young and old. [316], Santopietro stated that by the early 1980s, Sinatra's voice had "coarsened, losing much of its power and flexibility, but audiences didn't care". [463] Ten years later, he made a guest appearance opposite Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I., playing a retired policeman who teams up with Selleck to find his granddaughter's murderer. [80] A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942. 3. "[573] The night after Sinatra's death, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City were turned blue, the lights at the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor, and the casinos stopped spinning for one minute. [413] He next portrayed comedian Joe E. Lewis in The Joker Is Wild (also 1957);[414] the song "All the Way" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [5], "They'd fought through his childhood and continued to do so until her dying day. [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. Sinatra then signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums, some of which were later considered as among the first "concept albums", including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! She is Frank Sinatra's youngest child, whom he had with his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. Sinatra had previously been highly critical of Elvis Presley and rock and roll in the 1950s, describing it as a "deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac" which "fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. Tina, Nancy, and Frank Sinatra Jr. all inherited $200,000 in addition to interests in a Beverly Hills office building. [93][94][95] Such was the bobby-soxer devotion to Sinatra that they were known to write Sinatra's song titles on their clothing, bribe hotel maids for an opportunity to touch his bed, and accost his person in the form of stealing clothing he was wearing, most commonly his bow-tie. [240] One of the album's singles, "It Was a Very Good Year", won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male. No more than 8,000 copies of the record were sold,[60] and further records released with James through 1939, such as "All or Nothing at All", also had weak sales on their initial release. He donated a lot of his earnings to charity. On the special, Martin, then 50, was joined by his wife Jeanne and all seven of their children - Craig, Claudia, Gail, Deana, Dean Paul, Ricci and Gina while 52-year-old Sinatra (who'd just. [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. He later married Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. [206] In September, Sinatra released Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, a stark collection of introspective[u] saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on Billboards album chart and peaking at No. [480] He was still dealing with her finances in 1976. Later, Sinatra helped Rich form his own band with a $25,000 loan and provided financial help to Rich during times of the drummer's serious illness. She even carried out illegal abortions for free which made her famous as "Hatpin Dolly." Source: express.co.uk, Image: Wikimedia. He highlighted the "close, warm and sharp" feel of Sinatra's voice, particularly on the songs "September in the Rain", "I Concentrate on You", and "My Blue Heaven". [201] In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. [593][594][595] [212] Nice 'n' Easy, a collection of ballads, topped the Billboard chart in October 1960 and remained in the charts for 86 weeks, [213] winning critical plaudits. Unlike her siblings, Tina never wished to be a singer like their father. [232][233] Sinatra increasingly became involved in charitable pursuits in this period. "De juke box boys a bobby sox brigade: juventud femenina, pnico moral y estilo subcultural en tiempos de guerra". [170] Sinatra's first album for Capitol, Songs for Young Lovers, was released on January 4, 1954, and included "A Foggy Day", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "My Funny Valentine", "Violets for Your Furs" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me",[172] songs which became staples of his later concerts. [50][h] Due to the success of the group, Bowes kept asking for them to return, disguised under different names, varying from "The Secaucus Cockamamies" to "The Bayonne Bacalas". Frank Sinatra Concept Album Watertown, Newly Mixed And Remastered From Original Session Tapes, Set For Release On June 3 Read Story [276] He told LIFE journalist Thomas Thompson that "I've got things to do, like the first thing is not to do anything at all for eight months maybe a year",[277] while Barbara Sinatra later said that Sinatra had grown "tired of entertaining people, especially when all they really wanted were the same old tunes he had long ago become bored by". His voice is built on infinite taste, with an overall inflection of sex. [248][w], Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with Antnio Carlos Jobim. The book became a best-seller for "all the wrong reasons" and "the most eye-opening celebrity biography of our time", according to William Safire of The New York Times. [575] Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., addressed the mourners, who included many notable people from film and entertainment. [151][s] Though several notable recordings were made during this time period, such as "If I Could Write a Book" in January 1952, which Granata sees as a "turning point", forecasting his later work with its sensitivity,[157] Columbia and MCA dropped him later that year. Born Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son and only child of an Italian immigrant fireman, his mother Dolly was a midwife.. [365] She states that after each show, Sinatra would be "in a buoyant, electrically charged mood, a post-show high that would take him hours to come down from as he quietly relived every note of the performance he'd just given". He points everything he does from a sexual standpoint". and Harold Arlen's and Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are". [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. [329] Two years later, Sinatra reunited with Martin and Davis and went on the Rat Pack Reunion Tour, during which they played many large arenas. [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". "We had so much fun growing . [572][575] Sinatra was buried in a blue business suit and his grave was adorned with mementos from family memberscherry-flavored Life Savers, Tootsie Rolls, a bottle of Jack Daniel's, a pack of Camel cigarettes, a Zippo lighter, stuffed toys, a dog biscuit, and a roll of dimes that he always carriednext to his parents in section B-8 of Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. [146] Sinatra typically performed there three times a year, and later acquired a share in the hotel. [17] Sinatra was raised in the Catholic Church. 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. [606][607], Sinatra has also been portrayed on numerous occasions in film and television. 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. [241] A career anthology, A Man and His Music, followed in November, winning Album of the Year at the Grammys the following year. [217] He decided to form his own label, Reprise Records[218] and, in an effort to assert his new direction, temporarily parted with Riddle, May and Jenkins, working with other arrangers such as Neil Hefti, Don Costa, and Quincy Jones. [321] Though he did much towards civil rights causes, it did not stop the occasional racial jibe from him and the other Rat Pack members toward Davis at concerts. [89] The phenomenon became officially known as "Sinatramania" after his "legendary opening" at the Paramount Theatre in New York on December 30, 1942. On December 11, 1943, he was officially classified 4-F ("Registrant not acceptable for military service") by his draft board because of a perforated eardrum. What it Seemed to Be", "Day by Day", "They Say It's Wonderful", "Five Minutes More", and "The Coffee Song" as singles,[116] and launched his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra,[117] which reached No. [243] Strangers in the Night went on to top the Billboard and UK pop singles charts,[244][245] winning the award for Record of the Year at the Grammys. [101] These first sessions were on June 7, June 22, August 5, and November 10, 1943. During the show, he performed a duet with Presley, who sang Sinatra's 1957 hit "Witchcraft" with the host performing the 1956 Presley classic "Love Me Tender". [477] Gardner filed for divorce in June 1954, at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Domingun,[478] but the divorce was not settled until 1957. [209], In 1959, Sinatra released Come Dance with Me!, a highly successful, critically acclaimed album which stayed on Billboard's Pop album chart for 140 weeks, peaking at No. [247] Sinatra pulled out from the Sands the following year, when he was driven out by its new owner Howard Hughes, after a fight. He went on to describe that "this is the first educational degree I have ever held in my hand. [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. There are stars on east and west sides of the 1600 block of Vine Street respectively, and one on the south side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard for his work in television. Sinatra performed in concert for the last time in 1995 at the Palm Desert Marriott Ballroom in California. [120] The following year he released his second album, Songs by Sinatra, featuring songs of a similar mood and tempo such as Irving Berlin's "How Deep is the Ocean?" [547] In 1952 and 1956, he also campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. 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. [347] At one recording session with arranger Claus Ogerman and an orchestra, Sinatra heard "a couple of little strangers" in the string section, prompting Ogerman to make corrections to what were thought to be copyist's errors. He never liked to discuss a performance afterward because he knew his voice wasn't as good as it used to be. In one incident witnessed by Stafford backstage at the. 2. [391] The New York World Telegram and Sun ran the headline "Gone on Frankie in '42; Gone in '52". [591] In the Frank Sinatra Park, a 6-foot (1.8m) tall bronze statue of Sinatra was dedicated in 2021 on December 12, the date of Sinatra's birthday in 1915. [483] He was also romantically linked to Pat Sheehan, Vikki Dougan, and Kipp Hamilton. [487][488] In a 2015 CBS Sunday Morning interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the claim as "nonsense". In the words of Kelley: "In the end, MCA, an agency representing Dorsey and courting Sinatra, made Dorsey a $60,000 offer that he accepted. The jealousy exhibited by the group members often led to brawls in which they would beat up the small, skinny young Sinatra. The words "The Best Is Yet to Come", plus "Beloved Husband & Father" were imprinted on Sinatra's original grave marker. [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. [547][an], Sinatra worked with Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968,[556] and remained a supporter of the Democratic Party until the early 1970s. While working at "The Rustic Cabin" in 1939 he became involved in a dispute between his girlfriend, Toni Della Penta, who suffered a miscarriage, and Nancy Barbato, a stonemason's daughter. Singer, actor. 1. [543] He was outspoken against racism, particularly toward black people and Italians, from a young age. [265], In an effort to maintain his commercial viability in the late 1960s, Sinatra would record works by Paul Simon ("Mrs. Robinson"), the Beatles ("Yesterday"), and Joni Mitchell ("Both Sides, Now") in 1969. Kennedy. [442] By the end of 1942, he was named the "Most Popular Male Vocalist on Radio" in a DownBeat poll. He was responsible for awakening a fan phenomenon made up of hysterical teenage girls called "Bobby Soxers", who were portrayed as very enthusiastic to the point of hysteria. [307], In 1978, Sinatra filed a $1million lawsuit against a land developer for using his name in the "Frank Sinatra Drive Center" in West Los Angeles. [533] Sinatra said he was not involved: "Any report that I fraternized with goons or racketeers is a vicious lie". Frank Sinatra's parents: Frank Sinatra's father was Marty Sinatra Frank Sinatra's mother was Dolly Sinatra Frank Sinatra's children: Frank Sinatra's daughter is Nancy Sinatra Frank Sinatra's son was Frank Sinatra Jr Frank Sinatra's daughter is Tina Sinatra Frank Sinatra's daughter is Deana Jones Frank Sinatra's step-son is Bobby Marx [107][108][109], Toward the end of the war, Sinatra entertained the troops during several successful overseas USO tours with comedian Phil Silvers. The younger Frank Sinatra Jr. died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida, (March 16, 2016, age 72). "Sinatra" redirects here. He was so excited, you almost believed he had never recorded before. [361] Granata comments that Sinatra was almost fanatically obsessed with perfection to the point that people began wondering if he was genuinely concerned about the music or showing off his power over others. 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". Family and friends will gather March 24 to celebrate the life of Frank . [569] For Santopietro, Sinatra was the "greatest male pop singer in the history of America",[583] who amassed "unprecedented power onscreen and off", and "seemed to exemplify the common man, an ethnic twentieth-century American male who reached the 'top of the heap', yet never forgot his roots". Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della (Garaventa) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic. The grave currently reads "Sleep Warm Poppa". [334] The album and its sequel, Duets II, released the following year,[335] would see Sinatra remake his classic recordings with popular contemporary performers, who added their vocals to a pre-recorded tape. [221] His first album on the label, Ring-a-Ding-Ding! [621], In December 2020, it was announced that Creed singer Scott Stapp will portray Frank Sinatra in Reagan, a biopic of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.[622]. [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. While his parents stayed in Binghamton, Foster married and . ", Nelson Riddle noting the development of Sinatra's voice in 1955. "[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. [494] He often played golf with Venturi at the course in Palm Springs, where he lived,[495] and liked painting, reading, and building model railways. [484] He married Mia Farrow on July 19, 1966, a short marriage that ended with divorce in Mexico in August 1968. [187] According to Granata it was the first concept album of his to make a "single persuasive statement", with an extended program and "melancholy mood". [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. [513] According to Rojek he was "capable of deeply offensive behavior that smacked of a persecution complex". 2 files available. [210] He also released No One Cares in the same year, a collection of "brooding, lonely" torch songs, which critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine thought was "nearly as good as its predecessor Where Are You?, but lacked the "lush" arrangements of it and the "grandiose melancholy" of Only the Lonely. [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. [236] In June 1965, Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin played live in St. Louis to benefit Dismas House, a prisoner rehabilitation and training center with nationwide programs that in particular helped serve African Americans. [139], In financial difficulty following his divorce and career decline, Sinatra was forced to borrow $200,000 from Columbia to pay his back taxes after MCA refused to front the money. By the mid 1940s, such was his understanding of music that after hearing an air check of some compositions by Alec Wilder which were for strings and woodwinds, he became the conductor at Columbia Records for six of Wilder's compositions: "Air for Oboe", "Air for English Horn", "Air for Flute", "Air for Bassoon", "Slow Dance" and "Theme and Variations". The two men never spoke again. [134], Cementing the low of his career was the death of publicist George Evans from a heart attack in January 1950 at 48. "[585], Gus Levene commented that Sinatra's strength was that when it came to lyrics, telling a story musically, Sinatra displayed a "genius" ability and feeling, which with the "rare combination of voice and showmanship" made him the "original singer" which others who followed most tried to emulate. [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). Sinatra had several violent confrontations, often with journalists he felt had crossed him or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. 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". Frank Sinatra Jr., son of Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 72. [591] There is also a marker in front of Hoboken Historical Museum, which has artifacts from his life and conducts Sinatra walking tours through the city. [121] "Mam'selle", composed by Edmund Goulding with lyrics by Mack Gordon for the film The Razor's Edge (1946),[122] was released as a single. [479] Sinatra continued to feel very strongly for her,[479] and they remained friends for life. [113] In 1944 Sinatra released "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" as a single and recorded his own version of Crosby's "White Christmas", and the following year he released "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)", "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)", "Dream", and "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" as singles. [417] "High Hopes", sung by Sinatra in the Frank Capra comedy, A Hole in the Head (1959),[418][419] won the Academy Award for Best Original Song,[420] and became a chart hit, lasting on the Hot 100 for 17 weeks. [41] He began performing in local Hoboken social clubs such as The Cat's Meow and The Comedy Club, and sang for free on radio stations such as WAAT in Jersey City. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. 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. [211], In the words of Kelley, by 1959, Sinatra was "not simply the leader of the Rat Pack" but had "assumed the position of il padrone in Hollywood". [332] Sinatra maintained an active touring schedule in the early 1990s, performing 65 concerts in 1990, 73 in 1991 and 84 in 1992 in seventeen different countries. [81][o] On September 3, 1942, Dorsey bade farewell to Sinatra, reportedly saying as Sinatra left, "I hope you fall on your ass",[80] but he was more gracious on the air when replacing Sinatra with singer Dick Haymes. [208] Cuts from this LP, such as "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", would remain staples of the "saloon song" segments of Sinatra's concerts. [44][45] He got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group called the 3 Flashes to let him join. [475], Sinatra was married to Hollywood actress Ava Gardner from 1951 to 1957. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. [547], Of all the U.S. presidents he associated with during his career, he was closest to John F. [496], Though Sinatra was critical of the Church on numerous occasions[497] and had a pantheistic, Einstein-like view of God in his earlier life,[498] he was inducted into the Catholic Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1976,[499] and he turned to Catholicism for healing after his mother died in a plane crash in 1977. [324] He was forced to drop the case on September 19, 1984, with several leading newspapers expressing concerns about his views on censorship. W hen he was 19, Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped and held to ransom for four days. This would be a terrible thing to befall any son of rich and famous parents, but all . American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century"[4] and he continues to be regarded as an iconic figure. [491], Sinatra was close friends with Jilly Rizzo,[492] songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, golfer Ken Venturi, comedian Pat Henry and baseball manager Leo Durocher. ", Barbara Sinatra on Sinatra's voice and musical understanding. [542] According to Jo Carroll Silvers, in his younger years Sinatra had "ardent liberal" sympathies, and was "so concerned about poor people that he was always quoting Henry Wallace". Dad always. [37] Dolly found her son work as a delivery boy at the Jersey Observer newspaper, where his godfather Frank Garrick worked,[f] and after that, worked as a riveter at the Tietjen and Lang shipyard. [52] The roadhouse was connected to the WNEW radio station in New York City, and he began performing with a group live during the Dance Parade show. [579] He was called the Chairman of the Board.[why?] After first sending her eldest children, Isidore and Salvatore, to make the journey unaccompanied, Rosa followed just . [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". 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. "[572] Sinatra's daughter, Tina, later wrote that she and her siblings (Frank Jr. and Nancy) had not been notified of their father's final hospitalization, and it was her belief that "the omission was deliberate. [614] A 1998 episode of the BBC documentary series Arena, The Voice of the Century, focused on Sinatra. He began to console himself in songs with a "brooding melancholy", such as "I'm a Fool to Want You", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My One and Only Love" and "There Will Never Be Another You",[368] which Riddle believed was the direct influence of Ava Gardner. (Frank Sinatra) - : , , , ( ). It is with a heavy heart that the Sinatra Family Forum and. His real name was Francis Wayne Sinatra -- his father's full name was Francis Albert Sinatra -- but he went professionally by Frank Sinatra Jr. -- Francis Wayne Sinatra Junior, was the middle child of Frank Albert Sinatra and Nancy Barbara Sinatra, who was the . He left high school without graduating,:38 having attended only 47 days before being expelled because of his rowdy conduct. [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. [91] Sinatra's publicist, George Evans, encouraged interviews and photographs with fans, and was the man responsible for depicting Sinatra as a vulnerable, shy, ItalianAmerican with a rough childhood who made good. [70] Sinatra later said that "The only two people I've ever been afraid of are my mother and Tommy Dorsey". "[151], The release of the film From Here to Eternity in August 1953 marked the beginning of a remarkable career revival. [56][j] It was with the James band that Sinatra released his first commercial record "From the Bottom of My Heart" in July. [366], "His voice is more interesting now: he has separated his voice into different colors, in different registers. [114], Despite being heavily involved in political activity in 1945 and 1946, in those two years Sinatra sang on 160 radio shows, recorded 36 times, and shot four films. [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. [353] [195] His penchant for conducting was displayed again in 1956's Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color, an instrumental album that has been interpreted to be a catharsis to his failed relationship with Gardner. [445] Sinatra had two stints as a regular member of cast of Your Hit Parade;[af] his first was from 1943 to 1945,[447] and second was from 1946 to May 28, 1949,[448] during which he was paired with the then-new girl singer, Doris Day. He was deeply involved with politics starting in the mid-1940s and actively campaigned for presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. [29] Sinatra spent much time at his parents' tavern in Hoboken,[e] working on his homework and occasionally singing a song on top of the player piano for spare change. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on CBS in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. [504] His deep blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Of the nine songs recorded during these sessions, seven charted on the best-selling list. According to Jimmy Van Heusen, Sinatra's close friend and songwriter, Evans's death to him was "an enormous shock which defies words", as he had been crucial to his career and popularity with the bobbysoxers. In 1961 and 1962 he went to Mexico, with the sole purpose of putting on performances for Mexican charities,[v] and in July 1964 he was present for the dedication of the Frank Sinatra International Youth Center for Arab and Jewish children in Nazareth. [123] In December he recorded "Sweet Lorraine" with the Metronome All-Stars, featuring talented jazz musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney and Charlie Shavers, with Nat King Cole on piano, in what Charles L. Granata describes as "one of the highlights of Sinatra's Columbia epoch". [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.
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