Singer and Film Actor, Here's Frank Sinatra's Career Journey

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FEMUSINDO.com - Frank Sinatra, an Oscar-winning singer and actor for several films he starred in, both recipients of the best actor award and supporting actor.

Famous by the name Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, on December 12, 1915.

Frank Sinatra began his music career in the Swing music era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo singer in the 1940s.

At that time, Sinatra, who had other names Ol' Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board, The Voice and Frankie, became a teenage idol at that time who called themselves "bobby soxers".

Although it seemed to have stalled in the early 1950s, his career exploded again after he won the Oscar for best supporting actor in the film "From Here to Eternity".

His songs "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way" exploded in the market in the 1960s. He tried to survive in the midst of changing tastes in pop music.

In 1965, Sinatra recorded a retrospective album entitled September of My Years and won the Grammy Award for Best Album Of The Year.

Sinatra returned to record several albums after coming out of retirement in 1973. One of his hit songs was entitled "(Theme From) New York, New York".

He returned to tour singing his songs, both in the United States and in other countries until several years before he died in 1998. (*)