[520] In another instance, after an argument with manager Bobby Burns, rather than apologize, Sinatra bought him a brand new Cadillac. [606][607], Sinatra has also been portrayed on numerous occasions in film and television. [194] Riddle said that Sinatra took "particular delight" in singing "The Lady is a Tramp", commenting that he "always sang that song with a certain amount of salaciousness", making "cue tricks" with the lyrics. The father was born on 4 May 1894 from Francesco and Saglimini Rosa, in Lercara Friddi, a hamlet in the municipality of Palermo; Francesco Sinatra emigrated in 1900, followed in 1902 by the eldest sons, Isidoro and Salvatore, then in 1903 by wife Rosa (46 years old) with children Angela (7), Dorothy (4) and Antonio (9 years old), Frank's father. He quoted reporter James Bacon in saying that Sinatra was the "swinging image on which the town is built", adding that no other entertainer quite "embodied the glamour" associated with Las Vegas as him. [408] Kramer vowed at the time to never hire Sinatra again, and later regretted casting him as a Spanish guerrilla leader in The Pride and the Passion (1957). [274] He gave a "rousing" performance of "That's Life", and finished the concert with a Matt Dennis and Earl Brent song, "Angel Eyes" which he had recorded on the Only The Lonely album in 1958. In the words of Kelley: "In the end, MCA, an agency representing Dorsey and courting Sinatra, made Dorsey a $60,000 offer that he accepted. "Why the Bobby Soxers?". Years ago, his voice was more even, and now it is divided into at least three interesting ranges: low, middle, and high. [118] He was soon selling 10million records a year. [546] In the 1948 presidential election, Sinatra actively campaigned for President Harry S. [383][384] A major success,[385] it garnered several Academy Award wins and nominations, and the song "I Fall in Love Too Easily", sung by Sinatra in the film, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [290] In October 1974 he appeared at New York City's Madison Square Garden in a televised concert that was later released as an album under the title The Main Event Live. [168] After recording the first song, "I've Got the World on a String", Sinatra offered Riddle a rare expression of praise, "Beautiful! [592] Frank Sinatra Drive runs parallel to the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. [388] He teamed up with Kelly for a third time in On the Town (also 1949), playing a sailor on leave in New York City. [97] Columbia Records re-released Harry James and Sinatra's August 1939 version of "All or Nothing at All",[66] which reached number 2 on June 2, and was on the best-selling list for 18 weeks. [17] Sinatra was raised in the Catholic Church. [212] Nice 'n' Easy, a collection of ballads, topped the Billboard chart in October 1960 and remained in the charts for 86 weeks, [213] winning critical plaudits. Lahr comments that the new Sinatra was "not the gentle boy balladeer of the forties. [591] In the Frank Sinatra Park, a 6-foot (1.8m) tall bronze statue of Sinatra was dedicated in 2021 on December 12, the date of Sinatra's birthday in 1915. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. The winner of the auction was Vie Carlson, mother of Bun E. Carlos of the rock group Cheap Trick. [147][r], Sinatra's decline in popularity was evident at his concert appearances. Sinatra copied Dorsey's mannerisms and traits, becoming a demanding perfectionist like him, even adopting his hobby of toy trains. [144] On October 4, 1953, Sinatra made his first performance at the Sands Hotel and Casino, after an invitation by the manager Jack Entratter,[145] who had previously worked at the Copa in New York. [106] Briefly, there were rumors reported by columnist Walter Winchell that Sinatra paid $40,000 to avoid the service, but the FBI found this to be without merit. [54] In March 1939, saxophone player Frank Mane, who knew Sinatra from Jersey City radio station WAAT where both performed on live broadcasts, arranged for him to audition and record "Our Love", his first solo studio recording. [61] Thanks to his vocal training, Sinatra could now sing two tones higher, and developed a repertoire which included songs such as "My Buddy", "Willow Weep for Me", "It's Funny to Everyone but Me", "Here Comes the Night", "On a Little Street in Singapore", "Ciribiribin", and "Every Day of My Life". [127] By the end of 1948, Sinatra had slipped to fourth on DownBeat's annual poll of most popular singers (behind Billy Eckstine, Frankie Laine, and Bing Crosby). He went on to describe that "this is the first educational degree I have ever held in my hand. [614] A 1998 episode of the BBC documentary series Arena, The Voice of the Century, focused on Sinatra. The Cahn-Styne partnership lasted from 1942 until 1954, when Van Heusen succeeded him as Sinatra's main composer. A residence hall at Montclair State University in New Jersey was named in his honor. [332] Sinatra maintained an active touring schedule in the early 1990s, performing 65 concerts in 1990, 73 in 1991 and 84 in 1992 in seventeen different countries. [206] In September, Sinatra released Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, a stark collection of introspective[u] saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on Billboards album chart and peaking at No. But I believe that to counter her steel will he'd developed his own. [289] In the end, Sinatra's lawyer, Mickey Rudin, arranged for Sinatra to issue a written conciliatory note and a final concert that was televised to the nation. [512], Sinatra's mood swings often developed into violence, directed at people he felt had crossed him, particularly journalists who gave him scathing reviews, publicists, and photographers. On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai . Rojek notes that the Rat Pack "provided an outlet for gregarious banter and wisecracks", but argues that it was Sinatra's vehicle, possessing an "unassailable command over the other performers". [152] At a concert at Chez Paree in Chicago, only 150 people in a 1,200-seat capacity venue turned up to see him. [92] When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944 only 250 persons left the first show, and 35,000 fans left outside caused a near riot, known as the Columbus Day Riot, outside the venue because they were not allowed in. He adored the company of women and knew how to treat them. [538] That year, his son Frank Jr. was kidnapped but was eventually released unharmed. He died as a practicing Catholic and had a Catholic burial. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that Sinatra "took the material very seriously, singing the love lyrics with utter seriousness", and that his "singing and the classically influenced settings gave the songs unusual depth of meaning". [80] A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942. "[585], Gus Levene commented that Sinatra's strength was that when it came to lyrics, telling a story musically, Sinatra displayed a "genius" ability and feeling, which with the "rare combination of voice and showmanship" made him the "original singer" which others who followed most tried to emulate. [204] The title song, "Come Fly With Me", written especially for him, would become one of his best known standards. Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, the father of Frank Sinatra, was born on May 4, 1894, in Lercara Friddi in Sicily. 5 in the UK,[261] but it remained in the UK charts for 122 weeks, including 75 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 40, between April 1969 and September 1971, which was still a record in 2015. [362] After a period of performing, Sinatra tired of singing a certain set of songs and was always looking for talented new songwriters and composers to work with. [487][488] In a 2015 CBS Sunday Morning interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the claim as "nonsense". By the end of 1943 he was more popular in a DownBeat poll than Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Bob Eberly, and Dick Haymes. 35 Interesting Facts About Frank Sinatra | OhFact! After Della Penta attempted to tear off Barbato's dress, Sinatra ordered Barbato away and told Della Pinta that he would marry Barbato, several years his junior, because she was pregnant. [62], Sinatra became increasingly frustrated with the status of the Harry James band, feeling that he was not achieving the major success and acclaim he was looking for. Over the years he recorded 87 of Cahn's songs, of which 24 were composed by Jule Styne, and 43 by Jimmy Van Heusen. [464], Sinatra had three children, Nancy (born 1940), Frank Jr. (19442016) and Tina (born 1948), with his first wife, Nancy Sinatra (ne Barbato, 19172018), to whom he was married from 1939 to 1951. [319] He put on a performance at the White House for the Italian prime minister, and performed at the Radio City Music Hall with Luciano Pavarotti and George Shearing. [33], In 1938, Sinatra found employment as a singing waiter at a roadhouse called "The Rustic Cabin" in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, for which he was paid $15 a week. Going forward I'll be looking to keep in touch with each of you on Instagram ( @nancysinatra) and Twitter . [563] Sinatra played a major role in the desegregation of Nevada hotels and casinos in the 1950s and 1960s. [68] Dorsey recalled: "You could almost feel the excitement coming up out of the crowds when the kid stood up to sing. On one occasion, he gave Sinatra Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) to read, with the idea of making a film, but Sinatra thought it had no potential and did not understand a word. [399] The Los Angeles Examiner wrote that Sinatra is "simply superb, comical, pitiful, childishly brave, pathetically defiant", commenting that his death scene is "one of the best ever photographed". [39] To please his mother, he enrolled at Drake Business School, but departed after 11 months. "Hollywood's Irish Lass". Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack Hideaway and Other Historic Homes You Can Visit Frank Sinatra | Biography, Songs, Films, & Facts - Encyclopedia Britannica Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of Frank Sinatra, defended family friend and her father's fellow Rat Pack member Dean Martin from accusations he was an alcoholic. [577] Sinatra's gravestone was changed under mysterious circumstances according to the magazine Palm Springs Life. [77] Sinatra first heard the recordings at the Hollywood Palladium and Hollywood Plaza and was astounded at how good he sounded. He left high school without graduating,:38 having attended only 47 days before being expelled because of his rowdy conduct. Anthony Martin Sinatra - father of Frank | Italy On This Day Lambert and Amanda Erlinger make it a birthday blowout at Sinatra's 77th birthday at the legendary Chasen's restaurant in Los Angeles in 1992. If someone told him he'd been great, he'd reply, 'It was a nice crowd, but my reed was off' or 'I wasn't so good on the third number'. Fragility had gone from his voice, to be replaced by a virile adult's sense of happiness and hurt". [74] His fourth chart appearance was "I'll Never Smile Again", topping the charts for twelve weeks beginning in mid-July. Frank Sinatra Jr: 'I was living in his shadow' - the Guardian SinatraFamily.com website will be shutting down and going offline on August 1, 2021. He remains a cultural icon to both young and old. Print Family Tree. [237][238] The album September of My Years was released September 1965, and went on to win the Grammy Award for best album of the year. [363], Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sinatra insisted upon direct input regarding arrangements and tempos for his recordings. [411] The public rushed to the cinemas to see Sinatra and Crosby together on-screen, and it ended up earning over $13million at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing pictures of its year. [164] His first session for Capitol took place at KHJ studios at Studio C, 5515 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, with Axel Stordahl conducting. I, FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA, also known as FRANK SINATRA, declare this to be my Will and revoke all former Wills and Codicils. When Sinatra learned that Kennedy's killer, Sinatra The Chairman James Kaplan pages 845-46. What Happened to Frank Sinatra's Children? His Legacy Continues Behind the scenes, Sinatra was busy with a bustling family life on top of his career. [24][d] She also had a gift for languages and served as a local interpreter. "Hoboken to unveil tribute to hometown legend Frank Sinatra Sunday", City of Hoboken to unveil new Sinatra statue on Frank Sinatra's birthday, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. [208] Cuts from this LP, such as "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", would remain staples of the "saloon song" segments of Sinatra's concerts. [124] On days when he felt that his voice was not right, he would know after only a few notes and would postpone the recording session until the following day, yet still pay his musicians. Join Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and their families for this joyful holiday special filmed in 1967. [479] Sinatra continued to feel very strongly for her,[479] and they remained friends for life. [330], On June 6, 1988, Sinatra made his last recordings with Reprise for an album which was not released. Granddaughters A.J. [351] He swam daily in the Pacific Ocean, finding it to be therapeutic and giving him much-needed solitude. ", Barbara Sinatra on Sinatra's voice and musical understanding. He began to console himself in songs with a "brooding melancholy", such as "I'm a Fool to Want You", "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "My One and Only Love" and "There Will Never Be Another You",[368] which Riddle believed was the direct influence of Ava Gardner. Regarded by many as the greatest popular singer of the 20th Century, he was nicknamed The Voice, Ol' Blue Eyes and Chairman of the Board. [133] Sinatra would later feature a number of the Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra album's songs, including "Lover", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "It All Depends on You", on his 1961 Capitol release, Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!. I am married to BARBARA SINATRA, who in this Will is referred to as "my Wife . Sinatra family portrait, 1949, with Frank Jr. at far right. His real name was Francis Wayne Sinatra -- his father's full name was Francis Albert Sinatra -- but he went professionally by Frank Sinatra Jr. -- Francis Wayne Sinatra Junior, was the middle child of Frank Albert Sinatra and Nancy Barbara Sinatra, who was the . 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. "We had so much fun growing . [5] His parents had originally been vineyard cultivators. [552] Sinatra had spared no expense upgrading the facilities at his home in anticipation of the President's visit, fitting it with a heliport, which he smashed with a sledgehammer after the rejection. ABC agreed to allow Sinatra's Hobart Productions to keep 60% of the residuals, and bought stock in Sinatra's film production unit, Kent Productions, guaranteeing him $7million. View Site Genealogy and Ol' Blue Eyes at 100: The Sinatra Legacy Biography [ edit] On December 21, 1903, he emigrated to New York City from Palermo, Sicily, on the SS Citt di Milano with his mother Rosa Saglimbeni Sinatra, his sisters Angela and Dorotea, and his brother. [201][568], Sinatra died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, with his wife at his side after suffering two heart attacks. [436], Sinatra starred opposite George Kennedy in the western Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), an "abysmal" affair according to Santopietro,[437] which was panned by the critics. ",[169] and after listening to the playbacks, he could not hide his enthusiasm, exclaiming, "I'm back, baby, I'm back! [617] Sinatra was also portrayed by Rico Simonini in the 2018 feature film Frank & Ava, which is based on a play by Willard Manus. [272] The Frank Sinatra Student Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was dedicated in his name in 1978. [ai] Sinatra had numerous extramarital affairs,[472] and gossip magazines published details of affairs with women including Marilyn Maxwell, Lana Turner, and Joi Lansing. Rojek states that Sinatra verbally assaulted Cheshire at a party in 1973, remarking, "Get away from me, you scum. Up until his death in November 1956, Dorsey occasionally made biting comments about Sinatra to the press such as "he's the most fascinating man in the world, but don't put your hand in the cage".[86]. Dad always. She was a very bold person, who held criminal records. In one incident witnessed by Stafford backstage at the. [598][599], The United States Postal Service issued a 42-cent postage stamp in honor of Sinatra in May 2008, commemorating the tenth anniversary of his death. [33][173] That same month, Sinatra released the single "Young at Heart", which reached No. [93][94][95] Such was the bobby-soxer devotion to Sinatra that they were known to write Sinatra's song titles on their clothing, bribe hotel maids for an opportunity to touch his bed, and accost his person in the form of stealing clothing he was wearing, most commonly his bow-tie. [140] Rejected by Hollywood, he turned to Las Vegas and made his debut at the Desert Inn in September 1951,[141] and also began singing at the Riverside Hotel in Reno, Nevada. [337] His final public concerts were held in Fukuoka Dome in Japan on December 1920, 1994. [42] In New York, Sinatra found jobs singing for his supper or for cigarettes. [372] At Capitol he used a Neumann U47, an "ultra-sensitive" microphone which better captured the timbre and tone of his voice. Sinatra was investigated by the FBI for his alleged relationship with the mafia. [111] Sinatra worked frequently with the popular Andrews Sisters in radio in the 1940s,[112] and many USO shows were broadcast to troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). He also suffered from dementia-like symptoms due to his usage of antidepressants. He said that if it had not been for his interest in music, he would have likely ended up in a life of crime. Sinatra was included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. He was responsible for awakening a fan phenomenon made up of hysterical teenage girls called "Bobby Soxers", who were portrayed as very enthusiastic to the point of hysteria. [192], In 1963, Sinatra reunited with Nelson Riddle for The Concert Sinatra, an ambitious album featuring a 73-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by Riddle. [180][182] Swing Easy! By 1962, he reportedly held a 50-percent share in the hotel. Frank. [236] In June 1965, Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin played live in St. Louis to benefit Dismas House, a prisoner rehabilitation and training center with nationwide programs that in particular helped serve African Americans. I used to stand there so amazed I'd almost forget to take my own solos". [314] The following year, Sinatra built on the success of Trilogy with She Shot Me Down, an album that was praised for embodying the dark tone of his Capitol years. [452] In 1953, Sinatra starred in the NBC radio program Rocky Fortune, portraying Rocco Fortunato (a.k.a. Born in Butte . Refusing to make "two pictures for the price of one", he left the production and did not return. "'Scuse me while I disappear." [193] According to Granata his recordings of "Night and Day", "Oh! Go home and take a bath. [496], Though Sinatra was critical of the Church on numerous occasions[497] and had a pantheistic, Einstein-like view of God in his earlier life,[498] he was inducted into the Catholic Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1976,[499] and he turned to Catholicism for healing after his mother died in a plane crash in 1977. [343] A star-studded birthday tribute, Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, featuring performers such as Ray Charles, Little Richard, Natalie Cole and Salt-N-Pepa singing his songs. During his tours in the early 1990s, his memory failed him at times during concerts, and he fainted onstage in Richmond, Virginia, in March 1994. [569] For Santopietro, Sinatra was the "greatest male pop singer in the history of America",[583] who amassed "unprecedented power onscreen and off", and "seemed to exemplify the common man, an ethnic twentieth-century American male who reached the 'top of the heap', yet never forgot his roots". Frank Sinatra's Family Shares Exclusive Photos in Honor of His 100th [180] Sinatra's second album with Riddle, Swing Easy!, which reflected his "love for the jazz idiom" according to Granata,[181] was released on August 2 of that year and included "Just One of Those Things", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Get Happy", and "All of Me". [316], Santopietro stated that by the early 1980s, Sinatra's voice had "coarsened, losing much of its power and flexibility, but audiences didn't care". [425] Vincent Canby, writing for the magazine Variety, found the portrayal of Sinatra's character to be "a wide-awake pro creating a straight, quietly humorous character of some sensitivity. [65][l] On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois,[67] opening the show with "Stardust". Clemens, Samuel. [455] In return, Sinatra later made numerous appearances on The Dean Martin Show and Martin's TV specials. [477] Gardner filed for divorce in June 1954, at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Domingun,[478] but the divorce was not settled until 1957. Turner later said the statements were not true in her 1992 autobiography, saying, "The closest things to dates Frank and I enjoyed were a few box lunches at MGM". [293], Sinatra continued to perform at Caesars Palace in the late 1970s, and was performing there in January 1977 when his mother Dolly died in a plane crash on the way to see him. [205] On May 29 he recorded seven songs in a single session, more than double the usual yield of a recording session, and an eighth, "Lush Life", was abandoned as Sinatra found it too technically demanding. [358] Tommy Dorsey observed that Sinatra would "take a musical phrase and play it all the way through seemingly without breathing for eight, ten, maybe sixteen bars". [265], In an effort to maintain his commercial viability in the late 1960s, Sinatra would record works by Paul Simon ("Mrs. Robinson"), the Beatles ("Yesterday"), and Joni Mitchell ("Both Sides, Now") in 1969. [201] In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. His friend, Jimmy Van Heusen, convinced him that the song would be a success. He donated a lot of his earnings to charity. Nancy Sinatra defends father Frank Sinatra's friend and collaborator [564] At the Sands in 1955, Sinatra went against policy by inviting Nat King Cole into the dining room,[565] and in 1961, after an incident where an African-American couple entered the lobby of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Davis forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. Frank Jr., who was present during the recording, noted the "huge orchestra", which Nancy Sinatra stated "opened a whole new era" in pop music, with orchestras getting bigger, embracing a "lush string sound". To obtain Frank as a client, the agency paid Dorsey $35,000 while Sinatra paid $25,000, which he borrowed from Manie Sacks as an advance against his royalties from Columbia Records. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della (Garaventa) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic. Of the nine songs recorded during these sessions, seven charted on the best-selling list. [360], Arrangers such as Nelson Riddle and Anthony Fanzo found Sinatra to be a perfectionist who constantly drove himself and others around him, stating that his collaborators approached him with a sense of uneasiness because of his unpredictable and often volatile temperament. [216], Sinatra grew discontented at Capitol, and fell into a feud with Alan Livingston, which lasted over six months. [241] A career anthology, A Man and His Music, followed in November, winning Album of the Year at the Grammys the following year. Frank Sinatra's parents: Frank Sinatra's father was Marty Sinatra Frank Sinatra's mother was Dolly Sinatra Frank Sinatra's children: Frank Sinatra's daughter is Nancy Sinatra Frank Sinatra's son was Frank Sinatra Jr Frank Sinatra's daughter is Tina Sinatra Frank Sinatra's daughter is Deana Jones Frank Sinatra's step-son is Bobby Marx [36] For his 15th birthday, his maternal uncle, Domenico, gave him a ukulele, and with the instrument, he performed at family gatherings. In May 1945, he officially corrected the name on his birth certificate to "Francis A. Sinatra". He led a colorful personal life and was involved in turbulent relationships, including his second marriage to Ava Gardner. [344] At the end of the program Sinatra performed on stage for the last time to sing the final notes of the "Theme from New York, New York" with an ensemble. [153] By April 1952 he was performing at the Kauai County Fair in Hawaii. [73], In his first year with Dorsey, Sinatra recorded over forty songs. Anthony Martin Sinatra - Wikipedia The series aired on NBC radio Tuesday nights from October 1953 to March 1954. To prove her wrong when she belittled his choice of career Their friction first had shaped him; that, I think, had remained to the end and a litmus test of the grit in his bones. She says that though he was not formally banned from the country, the bureaucrat "made it seem so" and stated that the situation caused much humiliation to the family. Sinatra was backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, with Quincy Jones conducting. Zeitlinger, Ron (December 9, 2021). He once told Sammy Cahn, who wrote songs for Anchors Aweigh, "if you're not there Monday, I'm not there Monday". [195] His penchant for conducting was displayed again in 1956's Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color, an instrumental album that has been interpreted to be a catharsis to his failed relationship with Gardner. [219] Sinatra built the appeal of Reprise Records as one in which artists were promised creative control over their music, as well as a guarantee that they would eventually gain "complete ownership of their work, including publishing rights. MCA agreed that until 1948 it would split its commissions on Sinatra with GAC, the agency that Frank had signed with when he left the Dorsey band. Mitch Miller played English horn and oboe on the Sinatra-led recordings. Nancy Sinatra notes that her father had a falling out with a bureaucrat in the country, who refused to admit Sinatra into his house. [502][503] He was also obsessed with cleanlinesswhile with the Tommy Dorsey band he developed the nickname "Lady Macbeth", because of frequent showering and switching his outfits. The grave currently reads "Sleep Warm Poppa". Dolly Sinatra was the mother of Frank Sinatra. Barbara would be the grieving widow alone at her husband's side. While films appealed to him,[376] being exceptionally self-confident,[377] he was rarely enthusiastic about his own acting, once remarking that "pictures stink". [105], Sinatra did not serve in the military during World War II. Deceased 14 May 1998 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA,aged 82 years old. The jealousy exhibited by the group members often led to brawls in which they would beat up the small, skinny young Sinatra. SinatraFamily.com is Shutting Down & Going Offline Aug 1 569 Frank Sinatra Family Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images 1.