[460] When Sinatra came out of retirement in 1973, he released both an album and appeared in a TV special named Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. [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. [547], In the 1980 presidential election, Sinatra supported Ronald Reagan and donated $4million to Reagan's campaign. [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. 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". [y] In 1986, Sinatra collapsed on stage while performing in Atlantic City and was hospitalized for diverticulitis,[328] which left him looking frail. [415] By 1958, Sinatra was one of the ten biggest box office draws in the United States,[416] appearing with Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine in Vincente Minnelli's Some Came Running and Kings Go Forth (both 1958) with Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood. Mitch Miller played English horn and oboe on the Sinatra-led recordings. [140] Rejected by Hollywood, he turned to Las Vegas and made his debut at the Desert Inn in September 1951,[141] and also began singing at the Riverside Hotel in Reno, Nevada. [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. Sinatra's first vocal hit was the song "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" in late April 1940. [285] He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a "massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia". Zeitlinger, Ron (December 9, 2021). [180] Sinatra's second album with Riddle, Swing Easy!, which reflected his "love for the jazz idiom" according to Granata,[181] was released on August 2 of that year and included "Just One of Those Things", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Get Happy", and "All of Me". (1961), was a major success, peaking at No.4 on Billboard. Sinatra was written by Abby Mann and Philip Mastrosimone, and produced by Sinatra's daughter, Tina. [124], Sinatra's third album, Christmas Songs by Sinatra, was originally released in 1948 as a 78rpm album set,[125] and a 10" LP record was released two years later. When Sinatra learned that Kennedy's killer, Sinatra The Chairman James Kaplan pages 845-46. [311] He owned a Jewish skullcap, known as a kippah or yarmulkah, which was sold as part of his wife's estate many years after his death. 2 files available. He would spend weeks thinking about the songs he wanted to record, and would keep an arranger in mind for each song. [487][488] In a 2015 CBS Sunday Morning interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the claim as "nonsense". [331], In 1990, Sinatra was awarded the second "Ella Award" by the Los Angeles-based Society of Singers, and performed for a final time with Ella Fitzgerald at the award ceremony. They organized meetings and sent masses of letters of adoration, and within a few weeks of the show, some 1000 Sinatra fan clubs had been reported across the US.
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