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My Take
I'll be honest, nobody phrased a song quite like Frank Sinatra did. Ol' Blue Eyes could take a lyric and bend the timing just so, letting a line breathe until it felt like he was confiding in you alone. He came up out of Hoboken in the swing era, survived a career dip, and clawed his way back into the Chairman of the Board, which is the kind of arc I find genuinely cool. What gets me is the swagger, that whole Rat Pack, tuxedo, drink-in-hand mythology, sure, but underneath it there's real ache in records like the lonely late-night ballads. The man also acted seriously enough to earn an Oscar, and racked up Grammys and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. He died in 1998, but put on one of those albums after midnight and he's right there beside you, still impossibly smooth.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Frank Sinatra
- Name (Japanese)
- フランク・シナトラ
- Reading
- ふらんく・しなとら
- Born
- December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
- Height
- 172 cm
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / singer / voice actor
2. Background
- High school
- Hoboken High School
Awards & achievements
- Emmy Award
- Golden Globe Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- 1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Peabody Awards
- 1965 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1979 Grammy Trustees Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Frank Sinatra born?
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998.
Where is Frank Sinatra from?
Frank Sinatra is from Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.
What does Frank Sinatra do?
Frank Sinatra works as television actor, film actor, actor, singer, voice actor.
How tall is Frank Sinatra?
Frank Sinatra is 172 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.