There are many famous singers in the world, but one of the first places on this list is undoubtedly Frank Sinatra. His amazing talent won the hearts of millions of listeners all over the world, and even now, decades later after his death, the popularity of songs performed by him does not subside. Many modern stars consider him their idol, who encouraged them to study music and singing.
In the US, he became the most popular singer of the last century. Newborn Frank weighed 6 pounds. During the life of Sinatra, more than 150 million copies of his records were sold. He has Italian roots – his parents moved to America from this sunny country. In addition to singing talent, Sinatra was also an actor. He starred in more than 60 films. When he was 16, he was kicked out of school. Frank began earning his first money at 13, playing the ukulele, a ukulele.
For one of his roles, he received an Oscar. And for achievements in the music field – eleven awards “Grammy”. Frank Sinatra’s musical career lasted 60 years. He became the only singer in history who half a century later was able to regain his former popularity. Frank Sinatra married in 1939, but the marriage lasted only 11 years. In total, he was married four times. His first wife passed away in 2018, she was 102 years old. The singer had inconspicuous scars. They appeared due to the fact that his childbirth was difficult, and the midwives pulled the child out of the mother’s body with tools that damaged him. Because of this, he had hearing problems. Sinatra’s first job was a porter job.
In his youth, in the 30s, he worked as an entertainer in a small cafe. There he was friends with the blind pianist, with whom he shared the received tips. Frank Sinatra is the idol of Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon. When in the 40s fame came to him, he received from fans of twenty thousand letters a month. Frank Sinatra once had an affair with Marilyn Monroe. His daughter Nancy later became a famous musician, but could not achieve the same heights of popularity as her father. Sinatra was friends with several American presidents – with Kennedy and Roosevelt. Friendly relations also connected him with the large Italian mafia clans located in the USA.
Even before he gained fame, Sinatra signed a lifetime contract with Thomas Dorsey, according to which he had to give him almost 50% of the income. When he became famous, he wanted to break the contract, but he had no such opportunity, and Dorsey, for obvious reasons, did not let him go. However, in the end, Dorsey broke the contract himself. Apparently, the mafia had a hand in this. In the famous book “The Godfather”, the character Johnny Fontaine is written off from the person of Frank Sinatra. During the visit of the USSR Secretary General Nikita Khrushchev to the United States, Sinatra was a master of ceremonies who hosted a high delegation. Throughout his life, the singer loved to drink, but he was always very negative about drugs. In the hometown of Frank Sinatra is a monument in his honor. Previously, it was the city of Hoboken, and now it is the eponymous district of the city of New Jersey, in fact, a suburb of New York. A year before his death, he received the highest US award – the Gold Medal of Congress. Throughout his life, Sinatra actively opposed manifestations of racism.
