Coach Fox
English III - 6
1 March 2015
Frank Sinatra
Back in the late 1940's the music genre swing was very popular and was widely dominated by Frank Sinatra even in the next 8 decades he was widely known in America and around the world, that is why Frank Sinatra deserves a commemorative stamp for being an artist that defined an era both on the big screen and through the radio waves.
In 1939 Frank Sinatra worked at clubs around NYC, later that year he was approached by a trumpeter named Harry James who was looking for a singer asked if he would join him, he later left the band after seven months to join Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. When he joined Dorsey’s band his success flourished, in 1941 the bands single titled “i’ll never smile …show more content…
In the late 50’s many people assumed that he had lots of ties that lead straight to the mafia.
In the 1960’s Sinatra, along with Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis joined to form the “Rat Pack” the group was known for making music and movies, the group was also well known around the Las Vegas strip for playing at night clubs, in 1965 Frank Sinatra would earn a Grammy Award for his album “September of my years” but in just 6 years he would retire.
He soon would leave retirement by creating his own TV show and releasing a new album “Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back”, in 1973 later in the 1980’s he was criticized for performing in Sun city, South Africa, he later received many awards including the Philadelphia freedom medal and the Presidential medal of Freedom, he later reunited with Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis for one last tour in 1988 that was called “Together Again” but the tour only lasted one week and by 1996 Ol’ blue eyes was the last remaining member of the Rat Pack, he later died on May 14, 1998 but left a legend so that many generations could appreciate his work and