Frank Sinatra Events

1915 Dec 12 Frank Sinatra is born
Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Italian/Sicilian immigrants Natalie Della (née Garaventa) and Antonio Martino Sinatra. He left high school without graduating, h...
1935 Frank Sinatra joins his first group The Hoboken Four
Sinatra's first cousin, Ray Sinatra, had an orchestra and his own network radio program ("Cycling the Kilocycles") in the mid-1930s, but Ray and Frank did not work together.[14] Instead,...
1938 Frank Sinatra is arrested
In 1938, a 23-year-old Frank Sinatra was arrested in Bergen County, N.J. on charges of seduction and adultery. According to the FBI reports, "On the second and ninth days of November 1938...
1939 Mar 18 Frank Sinatra first recording, Our Love with Frank Mane
On March 18, 1939, Sinatra made a demo recording of a song called "Our Love", with the Frank Mane band. In June, Harry James hired Sinatra on a one year contract of $75 a week. It was wit...
1940 Jan 26 Frank Sinatra makes first appearance with Tommy Dorsey
In November 1939, in a meeting at the Palmer House in Chicago, IL, Sinatra was asked by bandleader Tommy Dorsey to join his band as a replacement for Jack Leonard who had recently left to...
1942 Jan Frank Sinatra records first solo tracks
On January 26, 1940, Sinatra made his first public appearance with the Dorsey band at the Coronado Theater in Rockford, IL.[20] In his first year with Dorsey, Sinatra released more than f...
1943 Jun 1 Frank Sinatra signs with Columbia Records
In 1943, he signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist with initially great success, particularly during the musicians' recording strikes. Sinatra signed with Columbia on June 1, 1943,...
1945 Frank Sinatra co-stars with Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh
When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944, 35,000 fans caused a near riot outside the venue because they were not allowed in. In 1945, Sinatra co-starred with Gene Kelly in ...
1946 Mar 4 Frank Sinatra releases first studio album The Voice of Frank Sinatra
The Voice of Frank Sinatra is the first studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1946. It was released on Columbia Records, Set C-112, March 4, 1946. It was first issued...
1949 Apr Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly star in Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 Technicolor musical film starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. The title and nominal theme is taken from the unofficial anthem of American baseball...
1949 Dec 8 "On The Town" Is Released
On the Town is a 1949 movie musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of a Broadway stage musical p...
1953 Frank Sinatra signs with Capitol Records
In 1953, Sinatra signed with Capitol Records, where he worked with many of the finest musical arrangers of the era, most notably Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, and Billy May. Sinatra rein...
1953 Aug 5 "From Here To Eternity" Is Released
From Here to Eternity is a 1953 drama film based on the novel of the same name by James Jones. It deals with the troubles of soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Si...
1953 Oct 6
to 1954 Mar 30
 American radio drama Rocky Fortune stars Frank Sinatra
Also in 1953, Sinatra starred in the NBC radio program Rocky Fortune. His character, Rocko Fortunato (aka Rocky Fortune) was a private eye who was placed in a variety of odd jobs by the G...
1954 Mar 25 26th Academy Awards
The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953. The second national telecast of the Awards show draws an estimated 43,000,000 viewers. Shirley Booth, appearing in a play in ...
1955 In the Wee Small Hours is released
In the Wee Small Hours (original issue: Capitol W-581) is an album by Frank Sinatra with arrangements by Nelson Riddle, released in 1955. It is with this album that Sinatra perfected the ...
1955 Dec 14 "The Man With The Golden Arm" Is Released
The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a morphine addict who gets clean while in prison, but stru...
1960 Frank Sinatra begins his own label Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records. Reprise (pronounced rih-...
1962 Oct 24 "The Manchurian Candidate" Is Released
The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 Cold War political thriller film starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury, and featuring Janet Leigh, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Les...
1963 Apr 8 35th Academy Awards
The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Frank Sinatra.
1971 Jun 12 Frank Sinatra announces his retirement
On June 12, 1971 — at a concert in Hollywood to raise money for the Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund — at the age of 55, Sinatra announced that he was retiring, bringing to an end his 36...
1973 Apr 30 Frank Sinatra comes out of retirement to record Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
In 1973, Sinatra came out of retirement with a television special and album, both entitled Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. The album, arranged by Gordon Jenkins and Don Costa, was a great success,...
1975 Apr 8 47th Academy Awards
The 47th Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and ...
1994 Mar 1 Frank Sinatra receives Legend Award at Grammy Awards
Sinatra was awarded the Legend Award at the 1994 Grammy Awards. He was introduced by Bono, who said of Sinatra "Frank's the chairman of the bad attitude... rock 'n roll plays at being tou...
1998 May 14 Frank Sinatra dies
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- "Ol' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra, is being mourned Friday around the world by millions of fans after his death from a heart attack. The Sinatra family plans to hold a p...