Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective album September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records and released a string of successful albums. Sinatra then signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums, some of which were later considered as among the first " concept albums", including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958), No One Cares (1959), and Nice 'n' Easy (1960). His acting career was revived by the 1953 film From Here to Eternity, which earned Sinatra an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known residency performers and part of the famous Rat Pack. Sinatra released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. He found success as a solo artist after signing with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the " bobby soxers". īorn to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Nicknamed the " Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Francis Albert Sinatra ( / s ɪ ˈ n ɑː t r ə/ Decem– May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer.
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