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Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor born on the 12th of December 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and died on the 14th of May 1998. Nicknamed the Chairman of the Board and Ol' Blue Eyes, he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century, and the critic Robert Christgau called him the greatest singer of the 20th century.
Frank Sinatra is among the world's best-selling music artists, with an estimated 150 million record sales globally. At his commercial peak in the 1940s he was selling roughly 10 million records a year.
Frank Sinatra won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Maggio in From Here to Eternity in 1953. The win helped him regain his position as the top recording artist in the world after years of decline.
Frank Sinatra told songwriter Ervin Drake in the 1970s that he detested singing My Way because he believed audiences would think it was a self-aggrandizing tribute. He had recorded it in one take just after Christmas 1968, and it became his best-known song on the Reprise label.
Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records in 1960 after growing discontented at Capitol Records. The label promised artists creative control and eventual ownership of their work, became a music industry powerhouse, and Sinatra later sold it for an estimated 80 million dollars.
Nelson Riddle was Frank Sinatra's main arranger at Capitol Records, working on landmark albums including In the Wee Small Hours in 1955 and Songs for Swingin' Lovers! in 1956. Sinatra called Riddle the greatest arranger in the world.