Biography Frank Sinatra

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. He was called the “greatest voice of the twentieth century” and metrifted three times on the famous alley of stars - as a singer, film actor and showman. Sinatra had extraordinary sexual attractiveness and was considered one of the most famous womanizers among American pop stars. In the photo: Frank Sinatra Childhood and the Family Future singer was born in a family of Italian emigrants who arrived in America at the beginning of the twentieth century.

His fellow countryman was Laki Luchano, the famous Italian mafiosi, who also moved to America at the beginning of x. Frank all his life tried to hide this information and categorically denied a personal acquaintance with the godfather of the American mafia. But the fact remains, and it is confirmed by records in church books. Having moved beyond the ocean, the Sinatra parents settled in a small port town of Hoboken, New Jersey.

At that time, Italian and Irish emigrants fought for the right to control unloading pierces and docks and often entered into brutal contractions to defend their place in the sun. The town was divided into two parts, and both gangs acted in both. Frank Sinatra in childhood Father Frank was not of a timid dozen and quickly adapted in such harsh conditions. At first, he worked in the port, then tried to earn illegal battles in the boxing ring, but after the injury of his wrist he was forced to leave sports.

With the help of a spouse, an active and influential woman, Martin got a job in the fire department and even received the title of captain, not passing a single exam. Frank Sinatra’s parents, the boy’s mother worked as a nurse and was respected in the city of Persona. She provided residents of her area for illegal termination of pregnancy and had many acquaintances in a wide variety of circles.

During the dry law, he and her husband organized a tavern, where visitors were offered smuggling alcohol and cigarettes. At the same time, Dolly enjoyed great influence in the local circles of the Democratic Party and occupied a fast enough post for a woman-emigrant. She simply did not have enough time to educate her son. The father was also constantly busy, so the boy was in the care of grandparents.

They did not have a soul in the only grandson who almost died during childbirth. The child was very large about six kilograms. To help him be born, the doctors were forced to apply special forceps. On the cheek and neck of Frank there remained noticeable scars for life, and the eardrum was also damaged, which is why he poorly heard his left ear. Frank Sinatra with his mother, but this did not stop the boy at an early age seriously fascinated by music.

At thirteen, his parents bought him a UKULEL [Little Hawaiian guitar - approx. Despite the lack of musical education and problems with the eardrum, he picked up melodies by ear, on a hunch. The vocal style and manner of performing a self-taught guy adopted Bing Crosby from his idol.

Frank Sinatra copied the Bing Crosby style at sixteen years old Sinatra was kicked out of school for poor performance and poor behavior, but the guy was not too upset. By that time, he had already organized with his friends the quartet “The Hoboken Four”, which in the year became the laureate of the competition of young talents of the popular radio show “Amateur Hour of Major Bowz”.

This allowed the young musician to go on their first small tour - the guys moved from city to city, where they performed in bars and taverns. Their voices sounded on the radio, but deep down, Frank dreamed of a solo career, so soon separated from the team. The Hoboken Four Creative Way all the most popular stage sites were concentrated on Manhattan, and they were controlled by Laki Luchano, a countryman of Sinatra, who became the godfather of the American mafia.

Mother helped Frank go out of the surroundings of Lucky, the young man organized listening. Mafiosi willingly used young talents as shares that can grow in price. Therefore, they have a benevolent of the young Sinatra and took up its promotion. Frank Sinatra in his youth, all the details of this transaction were preserved in a deep secret, and from Frank they took the floor that he would never reveal the names of his powerful patrons in his life.

The young man wanted to get everything from life, so he agreed to any conditions. Therefore, when, after many years, director Francis Ford Coppola in the film “Godfather Father” very frankly hinted at the Sinatra’s connection with the mafia, Johnny Fontaine, was clearly written off from Frank, the singer intended to sue the studio and threatened to beat Mario Puzu, the author of the novel, which formed the basis of the script.

But at that moment, the career of Sinatra began to develop rapidly. The famous musician and producer Harry James took him to his orchestra, with whom the young man went on the first major tour of the country. Then he worked for some time in Jazz Bandy Tommy Dorsy as a soloist and very soon acquired the status of a national star.The name of our hero flaunted on the posters of prestigious clubs and concert halls, and crowds of distraught fans, who fell under the spell of his boundless charm, were on duty at the exit.

Sinatra in the Tommy Dorsi orchestra, the artist added performances with the orchestra Benny Gudman even more popularly, and in the year Sinatra had already given solo concerts at Time Square. After the enchanting Christmas performance in the New York Cinema Paramount, Frank became an idol of millions, the “golden voice” of the American stage. Benny Gudman and Frank Sinatra Sinatra became interested in Hollywood, and by the end of the war his track record was replenished with a dozen films.

In the year, the first album of The Voice of Frank Sinatra was released, and two years later, another - Christmas Songs by Sinatra, with famous Christmas songs that were included in the Golden Fund of World Music. Frank Sinatra in the film “Buyerley's Wake -up” at the peak of a career of Sinatra, a creative crisis occurred, which was the reason for which was confusing personal relations with the Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner.

Frank began to drink a lot, tear off contracts and eventually found himself in a protracted depression, which almost brought him to suicide. Frank Sinatra in his youth filed for divorce, besides, Frank lost his voice and could no longer go on stage. They began to forget him, and Frank realized that life was rolling in inclined. He again turned for help to influential patrons, who also had such an inglorious collapse of his successful career.

Thanks to his intercession, Sinatra received a role in the picture “From now on and Ever the Centuries of Centuries”, which returned fame and popularity to him. Frank tried very hard, realizing that this was his only chance, and coped with his task brilliantly. For the role of ordinary Angello Majio, he received an Oscar as the best second -plan actor. Frank Sinatra will receive Oscar problems with the voice also turned out to be temporary, and he continued the concert activity.

One by one, his new albums began to be released, which traditionally occupied the upper lines in American charts. The career of television and radio hosts also successfully developed- the entertainment show synatras gathered an impressive audience and enjoyed great success from the public. It is not surprising that Frank was drawn into John Kennedy’s election company, whom he considered a friend.

The mafia was also interested in the victory of this candidate, not even expecting what it would turn out later. Frank Sinatra at the sound recording studio, the beginning of X Sinatra innocently believed that Kennedy could change America and put the end of racial discrimination against which he always spoke out. And he really wanted to become the US Ambassador to Italy and in this capacity to triumphantly return to his homeland.

But everything turned out completely differently from Frank and his patrons. Frank Sinatra and John Kennedy was appointed Robert Kennedy, the younger brother of the president, who declared an irreconcilable war of crime and began to gather a dossier to the Sinatra himself to convict him in relations with the mafia. After the inauguration, John Kennedy ignored Frank's invitation and did not come to visit him, and Sinatra finally realized that he was simply deceived and used.

Frank Sinatra and Doris Day “This is a young heart”, in some incomprehensible way, Sinatra managed to avoid the reprisal of the mafia and persecution by the law. He still continued to record songs and act in cinema, and from the year he took up the directorial and production activities, shot the film “Only Brave” and produced 7 films, including a very successful “Robin and 7 gangsters”.

But gradually the time came the Beatles and Rolling Stones, against which Sinatra and other artists of his generation looked outdated. The audience demanded new idols, and, realizing this, in the year Frank announced his departure from the stage. In Sinatra, he completed a musical career after this Sinatra released several more solo albums, and in the year he performed the famous song “New York, New York” in the new arrangement, which from that moment became the Christmas anthem of New York and sounds at the Time Square on every New Year's Eve.

The Sinatra went to the scene for the last time on February 25 of the year, not being able to refuse the guests of the prestigious golf tournament in Palm Springs. Frank Sinatra In the last years of life, Frank Sinatra’s personal life, despite the low growth, scars on their face and thin physique, Frank from early youth really liked it and paid them the same coin. His velvet voice made the girl’s hearts tremble, and the passionate Italian temperament did not leave a single chance to the beauties.

At the age of fifteen, Frankie already performed in taverns and bars, drove his own car donated by a loving mother, and had a personal account in the fashion store. It is not surprising that the young man had no end to fans - he almost got into prison for contact with a married woman at that time under American laws, this was considered a criminal offense.Frank Sinatra was arrested for relations with a married woman, his mother did not suit this state of affairs, and she found her son a bride - a modest decent girl from a decent family, who became the first wife of Sinatra.

In February, Frank married Nancy Barbato, and a year later he became the happy father of his daughter Nancy, named after his mother. Frank Sinatra and his wife Nancy in the light of the baby Frank, in the future, who in the years led the orchestra of his father. In the year, the wife gave Sinatra another daughter, Christina or abbreviated Tina, who became a noticeable figure in the American film industry.

Frank Sinatra with his wife and children, but the hope of Dolly Sinatra did not materialize - her son never became an exemplary family man and continued to twist the novels on the side. With the growth of his popularity, the number of women who dream of visiting his arms increased. Nancy had no choice but to silently turn a blind eye to the betrayal of her husband for the happiness of their children.

Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. but in the end and her angelic patience came to an end-Frank fell in love with actress Ava Gardner, one of the most seductive beauties of Hollywood, and completely lost his head. Their romance resembled the raging ocean of passions: the lovers quarreled violently, put up and, without hesitation, demonstrated their close relations in public. Numerous joint photos of the star couple began to appear in the press, and Nancy, unable to withstand public humiliation, filed for divorce.

But a strong happy family did not work out again - the couple quarreled, jealous of each other, and spiritual suffering tried to drown out alcohol. In addition, Frank suddenly disappeared that he threatened his whole career. Sinatra washed even more, plunged into deep depression and was one step from the suicide of Ava, as she could, supported her husband in this difficult period, but when Frank returned to the stage again, their relationship again came to a dead end.

Sinatra took up the old one and began to twist the affairs on the side, Garner in revenge also started his lover, and as a result, after six years of marriage, their marriage broke up. Frank Sinatra with fans despite the break, they were able to forgive each other and remained friends until the end of their life. When Ava was seriously ill, Frank immediately rushed to her and paid for all the costs of treatment.

Sinatra has repeatedly admitted that, despite a difficult relationship, Garner was the main love of his whole life. The third wife of Sinatra was actress Mia Farrow, who was thirty years younger than her wife. Their marriage lasted only a year and a half and broke up due to constant cheating on their spouse. He still could not resist the spell of seductive beauties who flown to the sounds of his magical voice, like a moth.

Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow for the last time Sinatra married in the year - his chosen one was the former dancer and fashion model Barbra Marx. It was in this marriage that he gained calm and harmony - his wife easily demolished all his tenons, finished perfectly with friends, relatives, children and former wives and, it seemed, was absolutely pleased with life. Evil tongues said that Barbra suffered all this for the sake of the inheritance, but be that as it may, she lived with a Sinatra 22 years old, until his death.

Barbara Marx, Frank Sinatra's last wife in recent years and death a year before his death, on May 14, the singer was awarded the Golden Medal of Congress - one of the most prestigious awards of the United States, awarded for an outstanding contribution to the history and culture of the country. And in the year he received from the hands of Ronald Reagan the presidential star of freedom - the highest award for civilians for an invaluable contribution to the country's national interests and maintaining its authority in the world community.