| Genres: |
Big Band & Swing,
Easy Listening,
Holiday & Seasonal,
Jazz,
Music Videos & Concerts,
Pop / Rock,
Vocals
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| Descriptive "tags": |
jazz, swing, oldies, vocal jazz, easy listening
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| Decades Active: |
1940s,
1950s,
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
BBC Music,
IMDb,
Wikipedia
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Biography
Francis Albert Sinatra, 12 December 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, d. 15 May 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA. After working for a time in the office of a local newspaper, The Jersey Observer, Frank Sinatra decided to pursue a professional career as a singer. Already an admirer of Bing Crosby, he was impelled to pursue this course after attending a 1933 Crosby concert, and sang whenever and wherever he could, working locally in clubs and bars. Then, in 1935 he entered a popular US radio talent show, Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Also on the show was a singing trio, and the four young men found themselves teamed together by the no-nonsense promoter. The ad-hoc teaming worked, and the group, renamed ‘The Hoboken Four’, won first prize. Resulting from this came a succession of concert dates with the Major Bowes travelling show, along with club and occasional radio dates. By 1938 Sinatra was singing on several shows on each of a half-dozen radio stations,...
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