At a glance
- Age
- 82
- Born
- December 12, 1915
- From
- Hoboken
- Lives in
- Hoboken
- Nationality
- United States
Biography
The voice most people recognise before they know whose it is belongs to a singer from Hoboken, New Jersey, born in December 1915. Frank Sinatra — Francis Albert Sinatra on the birth record — worked as both a singer and an actor, and the quotes that circulate from him tend to come from a man who spent decades in front of audiences and cameras rather than from any single performance.
He picked up two nicknames that stuck: "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes". Both suggest something about how he was seen — an authority figure in his field, and a public face familiar enough to be described by a single feature. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the twentieth century, a reputation built across music and screen work rather than confined to one or the other.
Sinatra died in May 1998, at the age of 82. His catalogue and estate remain in circulation, and material about him is collected at sinatra.com.
He picked up two nicknames that stuck: "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes". Both suggest something about how he was seen — an authority figure in his field, and a public face familiar enough to be described by a single feature. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the twentieth century, a reputation built across music and screen work rather than confined to one or the other.
Sinatra died in May 1998, at the age of 82. His catalogue and estate remain in circulation, and material about him is collected at sinatra.com.
