Happy 100th birthday Frank Sinatra!

[marylander1940]

This coming Saturday, the 12th, would have been the 100th birthday of one Francis Albert Sinatra. Why should you care? And why should we be talking about Frank Sinatra 17 years after his death at age 82?

 

You should care because Frank Sinatra invented the pop-culture in which where you live. He was the original pop star, crossover artist, media mogul, hyphenate, and badass. Diddy, Jay Z, and Taylor Swift all owe their success to the Sinatra playbook. Every artist needs to fight for his or her career. And Sinatra fought harder than most. He was born scarred and partially deaf (due to use of forceps during birth). He spent his childhood in the Great Depression.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/music/why-frank-sinatra-is-still-the-chairman-after-100-214426715.html

[bigvalboy]

...This as always been a fav of mine. 1996 God bless him.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmJBQkmWXgM

[geminibear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVOpNR2PIs

[+ quoththeraven]

The local radio station we listened to played this song a lot:

[AdamSmith]

[+ quoththeraven]

I'll see you a "Summer Wind" and raise you a "Something Stupid."

[+ azdr0710]

have posted this lesser-known effort of his before here....haunting lyrics and melody....listen all the way thru.....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGDo6R7NlzM

[+ friendofsheila]

Nobody here has posted anything he did for the bobby-soxers.

 

[AdamSmith]

A very long retirement: Sinatra’s bittersweet final years remembered

Frank Sinatra first announced his retirement in 1971, but there would be another thousand concerts. On his centenary, it’s worth remembering that even as his audience dwindled and his voice fell apart, some ghost of his genius remained until the end

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/12/very-long-retirement-frank-sinatra-final-years