Frank Sinatra was born Francis Albert Sinatra on December 12th 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was born to a Italian mother and a Sicilian father and was an only child.

Ol' Blue Eyes, Chairman Of The Board, Frankie or just plain Frank. A lot of people liked to refer to him simply as: The Voice. Whatever you feel like calling him, this guy showed us what music should sound like. Frank gave us almost six decades of his beautiful voice. He never credited himself as the greatest, often giving that credit to Bing Crosby. Saying that Bing was his idol. In his youth, the walls of his room were full of photos of Bing and whenever he got a little money he would go out and buy a Bing record. He also always wanted to better himself. He always asked other vocalists for tips. He did this till his last record. He was a perfectionist above all means. If something didn't sound right, he would go over it until it did, even if that meant staying in the studio all night.

As I think about it, there isn't one song that he was known for. There are many that people recognize as a Sinatra song: My Way, Fly Me To The Moon, All The Way, Come Fly With Me and many more. He didn't really have a signature song.

Frank is probably the model vocalist. He inspired more artists then anyone. Want to learn how to sing? Listen to a Sinatra record. His voice could just pull you in and make you feel good.

Frank also proved himself a exceptionally good actor. He appeared with Gene Kelly in three movie musicals during the 1940s, Anchor's Aweigh, Take Me Out To The Ball Game and On The Town, but it was his performance in From Here to Eternity that earned him the Oscar in 1953. Frank always thought that he should have won for his performance as Frankie in The Man With Golden Arm. I agree with him. That was probably his best work, along with his performance in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate. How he didn't get nominated for an Oscar for that one is beyond me! He also thought he was miscast in the film Guys And Dolls, instead of playing the bumbling Nathan Detroit, he should have been cast as the singing leading man, Sky Masterson, instead of Marlon Brando. I also agree with him. Brando's Luck Be A Lady number is almost comical, and Frank later recorded the song proving that his is 100x better.

Frank passed away on May 14th 1998 in Los Angeles, California from a number of diseases. With him died the last true vocalist. Bing and Dean were already gone and their whole breed was extinct with the passing of Ol' Blue Eyes.

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