Frank Sinatra’s Accomplishments

Singing

Frank Sinatra’s Sinatra felt that he no longer had something to offer

singing career was a
classic rags to riches
story. Born in
Hoboken, New Jersey
living a lonely life
with no siblings and
little time with his
parents, Frank Sinatra
found a love of singing at a young age in his parent’s
bar. He slowly made his way up from there, first in a
group called the Hoboken Four who were discovered
on the radio. He was soon discovered by big band
leader Harry James, and he became his male vocalist.
Then Sinatra had his big break when he was
discovered by another big band leader Tommy
Dorsey. This was the time where Sinatra developed
his distinct crooning blues-like style. Sinatra said,
“That gave the melody a flowing, unbroken quality
and that’s what made me sound so
different." (Biography 101). He Dorsey taught him
breathing techniques that helped him sing fluidly and
tell a story with his music. Then Sinatra made a
move that changed the musical world; he went solo.
Sinatra immediately became a sensation and the first
teen idol. His smooth style told a story to lonely girls
who’s husbands were away in WWII. The bobby-sox
girls screamed his name, and Sinatra became the first 1
vocalist star. However, his career soon took a turn for
the worse when his image was corrupted by mafia
associations
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to the musical world, so he announced his retirement.
But his retirement didn’t last long, and he soon made
another comeback in two years with Ol’ Blue Eyes is
Back and then Frank Sinatra: Duets in 1993. Sinatra
proved to the world that he could sing with the
modern artists. His singing career set a new standard
for vocalists, and created a new easy, crooning
musical style that generations more would enjoy. (3)
Acting
Frank Sinatra had a successful acting career, and he
had a face for the
camera. His acting
career really took off
in the movie Anchors
Aweigh with Gene
Kelley. Sinatra won an
Academy Award for
his short film The
House I Live In. This
movie showed Sinatra
asking the public to be religiously and racially
tolerant. Then after his career collapsed, he made his
comeback in the film From Here to Eternity. He won
the award for Best Supporting Actor. His acting was
full of expression, and the camera loved him.
"Movies were the vehicle through which Sinatra rose
from the depths... Sinatra was a dramatic actor and
one whom... the camera loved." (Nelson). (1)
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