Frank Sinatra junior

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Frank Sinatra junior (2008)

Frank Sinatra Jr. (Born January 10, 1944 in Jersey City , New Jersey ; † March 16, 2016 in Daytona Beach , Florida ; actually Franklin Wayne Emmanuel Sinatra ) was an American pianist , songwriter , actor , singer and entertainer . He was the son of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato and the brother of Nancy and Tina Sinatra .

Life

Frank Sinatra Jr. received music lessons from the age of five, learned primarily violin and piano and also practiced composing at an early age, although it was important to start his career without the support of his prominent father. In December 1963, Sinatra Jr. in Stateline on Lake Tahoe kidnapped and released by his father only after payment of a ransom in the amount of 240,000 US dollars. The perpetrators were arrested and sentenced to long prison terms.

In the early 1960s, Sinatra Jr. started. his own solo career as a singer; From July 1963 he appeared with the orchestra of the late band leader Tommy Dorsey and went on several national and international concert tours, including with the current director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra Larry O'Brien. In 1965 his first record album Young Love for Sale with the orchestra of Sam Donahue was released on Reprise Records . From 1967 Sinatra Jr. published a number of other singles and albums at RCA and the Daybreak label; In 1969 he got his own television special. His album Spice (1971), which he recorded with Nelson Riddle and which also contains Sinatra's own song compositions, deserves special attention . In the 1970s he also appeared as an actor in a few films and television series; In 1977 he recorded an album of country music with arranger Billy Strange .

After he had already toured with his own big band for a few years, Sinatra jr. from 1988 for more than six years all concerts by his father , who was active until the beginning of 1995, as orchestra conductor , which took him to stages all over the world. In 1996, Capitol Records released his album As I Remember It , a sung and spoken homage to his father. He also appeared on some albums by other artists with guest appearances.

Sinatra Jr. went with his orchestra. toured the United States regularly; in guest roles he was seen in the popular television series The Sopranos as well as in the first and last episode of The Defenders . In autumn 2005 he recorded a new big band album with interpretations of older and newer songs under the orchestra direction of Terry Woodson , which was titled That Face! Was published in early June 2006. For the album, he took it in overdub process two songs ( Cry Me a River and Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise ) rehearsed to in June 1988 planned for a non-actualized album of his father instrumental tracks on.

In the late summer of 2005 Sinatra Jr. fell ill. of prostate cancer and had to undergo an operation in January 2006, which he said was successful. In 2015 he sang the American national anthem at the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees games on the occasion of his father's 100th birthday. The son Michael Francis Sinatra (* 1987) comes from his relationship with Pat Fisher. There are also rumors about another son, who is said to be Frank Sinatra III (1988-2012), but whose existence is Frank Sinatra Jr. denied. In the fall of 1998, Sinatra married Jr. the Texan attorney, Cynthia McMurrey; the couple separated in January 2000. Frank Sinatra Junior died of cardiac arrest in March 2016 at the age of 72 while on a concert tour in Daytona Beach, Florida .

Discography

Own albums

Guest appearances on other albums

  • The Sinatra Family Wishes You a Merry Christmas (Reprise, 1968)
  • Dora Hall - Once Upon a Tour (Cozy Records, 1971)
  • Gumby (Buena Vista, 1989)
  • Frank Sinatra - Duets II (Capitol, 1994)
  • Was (Not Was) - What's Up, Dog? (Alliance, 1996)
  • Louise Baranger Jazz Band - Trumpeter's Prayer (Summit, 1998)
  • Steve Tyrell - Songs of Sinatra ( Hollywood Records , 2005)

Singles

  • The Beach Girl and the Monster (Reprise, 1965)
  • Too Close for Comfort / You Were Meant for Me (Reprise, 1965)
  • Why Don't You Fall in Love With Me / Shadows On A Foggy Day (Reprise, 1965)
  • Building With a Steeple / I've Been Looking (RCA 1967)
  • Nothing Is More Important Than Love / I Want to Hear It From You (RCA 1968)
  • Spice / Black Night (RCA Daybreak, 1971)
  • Calendar Girl / Seagull (RCA Daybreak, 1973)
  • Cry a Little / Lovin 'You Gets Better All the Time (Churchill, 1977)
  • You'll Never Know / Colors of My Life (1982)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: A Man Called Adam
  • 1969: The Walking Major
  • 1971: Pepper and His Wacky Taxi
  • 1984: Code Name Zebra
  • 2000: The Sopranos (TV series, season 2, an episode)
  • 2003: Hollywood Cops
  • 2005: Family Guy (TV series, season 4, an episode)
  • 2008: Family Guy (TV series, season 7, an episode)
  • 2010–2011: The Defenders (TV series)
  • 2016: Family Guy (TV series, season 15, episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Sinatra Jr. this in Daytona Beach. In: wptz.com. March 16, 2016, accessed on March 17, 2016
  2. ^ Frank Sinatra III, findagrave.com
  3. ↑ Frank Sinatra Jr dies aged 72 on singing tour in: The Guardian , March 17, 2016, accessed March 17, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Sinatra, Frank junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sinatra, Franklin Wayne Emmanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pianist, actor, singer, and entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Jersey City , New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2016
Place of death Daytona Beach , Florida , United States