Frank+Sinatra

Frank Sinatra    Frank Sinatra was born in New Jersey December 12 in 1915, and his parents were Italians. His mother was doing illegal abortion business at home, and she was later charged for this. His father served the Fire Department in New Jersey. Frank left High School without graduating, and was near being expelled because of his behavior. His family was very poor, and Frank had to work some time as a delivery boy at the Jersey Observer newspaper. In the early 1930s Sinatra began to sing in public.   Frank's mother thought that he was a singing talent, and in 1935 she convinced a local singing group, The Three Flashes, to let him join. After Sinatra joined, the group changed name to Hoboken four. Right after this they joined a talent show, and with 40 000 votes, they won the first prize, a six month contract to perform on stage and radio across the United States. Frank Sinatra left the Hoboken Four in 1935, and returned to his home.   Four years later, Sinatra made his first recording, of a song called “Our Love”. Now he wanted to try the luck in an other band, called Dorsey band. In his first year with Dorsey band, he released more than forty songs. One of the songs did actually make some success.   Frank is starting to get a good career, and beside to the music he was also doing some commercial jobs. Sinatra also played in a lot of different movies, and one of the films received a Golden Globe price. He had a contract with Columbia Records, as a solo artist. He played on a big stage in Las Vegas in 1950, and a little while after he got married with Ava Gardner. Many of his songs were doing success on the hit lists during this time.   Frank has three stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame for movies, music and TV. He did most of his success in the group called The Rat Pack, and it was in this group he made the famous song called “New York New York”. Frank Sinatra died in 1998 of a heart attack, 82 years old. He left behind three children.   The reason why Sinatra became so famous was his special voice, his perfect timing and his existence when performing on stage. Today he is known as a blues artist.

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