Frank Sinatra

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1915 age 0

   Born

2. 1945 age 30

   CreditAnchors Aweigh

3. 1949 age 34

   CreditOn the Town

4. 1953 age 38

   CreditFrom Here to Eternity

5. 1956 age 41

   CreditAround the World in 80 Days

6. 1960 age 45

   CreditOcean's 11

7. 1962 age 47

   CreditThe Manchurian Candidate

8. 1998 age 82

   Died

• GRGeorge Raft2 titles
• WOWilliam H. O'Brien2 titles
• HSHenry Silva2 titles
• JWJean Willes2 titles
• GKGene Kelly2 titles
• SMShirley MacLaine2 titles
• CRCesar Romero2 titles
• RSRed Skelton2 titles
• LLLionel Lindon2 titles
• RCRichard Conte1 title

• Spouse

  • MFMia Farrow
  • AGAva Gardner

• Partner

  • ADAngie Dickinson

• Children

  • TSTina Sinatra

• Influenced by

  • BCBing Crosby

Nothing recorded for: Parents, Siblings, Studied under, Taught.

• In terms of my singing I have sometimes been asked how it all began, and it’s usually been a little hard for me to set the story down in any continuous narrative. From the days of my childhood I’ve been listening to sounds and singers, both colored and white, and absorbing a little bit here and a little bit there. Countless musicians of talent have helped. But it is Billie Holiday, whom I first heard in 52nd Street clubs in the early 1930s, who was and still remains the single greatest musical influence on me. It has been a warm and wonderful influence and I am very proud to acknowledge it. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last 20 years. With a few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S., during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

• What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

• If I had as many love affairs as you've given me credit for, I would now be speaking to you from a jar at the Harvard Medical School.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, and who had good friends, a fine family. I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

• You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad — if you're indifferent, Endsville.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

  Frank Sinatra, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United States, Italy

Cause of death

myocardial infarction

Height

172 cm

Languages

English

Years active

1935–1995

Instruments

ukulele, triangle, castanets, friction drum

Voice type

baritone

Record labels

Reprise Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, Warner Bros. Records, RCA Records, Philips Records

Genres

vocal jazz, big band music, blues, jazz, traditional pop, swing, easy listening

Education

Hoboken High School