20 let bez velkého hlasu 20. století. Připomeňte si život a nejslavnější písně Franka Sinatry

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14. 5. 2018 14:42
Zářivě modré oči, vždy perfektně upravený oblek a medový baryton byly poznávacím znamením zpěváka Franka Sinatry, od jehož úmrtí dnes uplynulo 20 let. Dovedl nastolit romantickou i osamělou atmosféru, zpíval o snech i nenaplněných ambicích, uváděl balady i taneční šlágry. Připomínáme některé kapitoly z života muže, jenž patřil k nejvýraznějším pěvcům 20. století a prvním dívčím idolům dávno před Elvisem Presleym či Beatles.

May 14, 1998 - American singer and actor Frank Sinatra died in Los Angeles aged 82, after suffering a heart attack. Beginning his musical career in the swing era as a singer with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra found success as a solo artist from the early to mid-1940s after being signed by Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His career stalled by the early 1950s but was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity. He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums.Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records in 1961 (finding success with several albums), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". With his music sales dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. He came out of retirement in 1973 and recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both domestically and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998. After winning Best Supporting Actor in 1953, he also garnered a Best Actor nomination for The Man with the Golden Arm, and critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra has sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra received eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Sinatra v číslech

V polovině 50. let se už honoráře Franka Sinatry pohybovaly v šestimístných cifrách. Například za tříletou smlouvu za show v televizi ABC dostal roku 1957 tehdy neuvěřitelné tři miliony dolarů.

Na slušné peníze si Sinatra přišel v roce 1963 prodejem hudebního vydavatelství Reprise Records.

Začátkem 80. let mu lasvegaské kasino Golden Nugget za tříletý kontrakt zaplatilo už 16 milionů.

Filmy, v nichž Sinatra účinkoval, celosvětově utržily přes 356 milionů dolarů.

Od července 1939 do října 1993 natočil Frank Sinatra 1187 písní.

 

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