OL' BLUE EYES DEAD AT 82

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 1949

SINATRA DIED 18 YEARS AGO TODAY

Los Angeles, California (JFK+50) Eighteen years ago today, May 14, 1998, singer-actor-Hollywood icon Francis Albert Sinatra* passed away at the age of 82 here in L.A.  The cause of death was due to a heart attack.

Frank Sinatra is described by Stephen Holden of the New York Times as...

 "the first modern pop superstar...(whose) most far-reaching acclaim was infusing popular song with intimate personal emotion."

Sinatra was a big supporter of Senator John F. Kennedy's candidacy for President of the United States in 1960. Ol' Blue Eyes recorded a campaign record based on his big hit "High Hopes."  The record was titled "High Hopes with Jack Kennedy."  Sinatra also starred in a performance for JFK's INAUGURAL GALA in Washington, D.C.

Another Kennedy connection came from the fact that Sinatra's "Rat Pack" included JFK's brother-in-law Peter Lawford.

*Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) was born in Hoboken, NJ.  He was expelled from high school as a freshman, and later joined the Hoboken Four.  In 1939 he released his 1st single, "From the Bottom of My Heart."

Sinatra joined the Tommy Dorsey Band and had more than 40 songs in one year.  By 1941, he was a star particularly among the "bobby soxers" or teenage girls of the 40s.

SOURCE

"Frank Sinatra:  A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still," by Stephen Holden, The New York Times, December 11, 2015, www.nytimes.com/

Frank Sinatra

at the Girl's Town Ball

NARA  Photo

Sinatra's Campaign Record for JFK**

  

SINATRA CENTENNIAL

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 1795

JFK+50 SPECIAL POSTING:  FRANK SINATRA BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY

Hoboken, New Jersey (JFK+50) One hundred years ago today, December 12, 1915, future singer-actor-Hollywood icon Francis Albert Sinatra* was born here in Hoboken.

Frank Sinatra is described by Stephen Holden of the New York Times as "the first modern pop superstar...(whose) most far-reaching acclaim was infusing popular song with intimate personal emotion."

Mr. Holden writes that "everything (Sinatra) recorded made sound intensely personal."

Sinatra was a big supporter of Senator John F. Kennedy's candidacy for President of the United States in 1960. 

Ol' Blue Eyes even recorded a campaign record based on his big hit "High Hopes."  The record was titled "High Hopes with Jack Kennedy."  Sinatra also starred in a performance for JFK's INAUGURAL GALA in Washington, D.C.

Another Kennedy connection came from the fact that Sinatra's "Rat Pack" included JFK's brother-in-law Peter Lawford.

Frank Sinatra

at the Girl's Town Ball

NARA  Photo

*Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) was born in Hoboken, NJ.  He was expelled from high school as a freshman, and later joined the Hoboken Four.  In 1939 he released his 1st single, "From the Bottom of My Heart."

Sinatra joined the Tommy Dorsey Band and had more than 40 songs in one year.  By 1941, he was a star particularly among the "bobby soxers" or teenage girls of the 40s.

SOURCE

"Frank Sinatra:  A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still," by Stephen Holden, The New York Times, December 11, 2015, www.nytimes.com/

Sinatra's Campaign Record for JFK**

  

FRANK SINATRA

FRANK SINATRA DIED 16 YEARS AGO TODAY

Los Angeles (JFK+50) Singer-actor-Hollywood icon Francis Albert Sinatra* died here in Los Angeles sixteen years ago today, May 14, 1998, at the age of 82.

Frank Sinatra, a superstar of popular music, died of a heart attack.

"Sinatra was the first modern popular superstar (who) transformed pop singing by infusing lyrics with an intimate point of view that conveyed a steady current of eroticism."

Stephen Holden

                          Frank Sinatra
                 at the Girl's Town Ball
                  Florida, May 12, 1960
                           NARA  Photo

Sinatra was a major supporter of Senator John F. Kennedy's presidential candidacy in 1960. 

Ol' Blue Eyes, as he was nicknamed, recorded a campaign record based on his big hit "High Hopes." 

The campaign record was titled "High Hopes with Jack Kennedy."

Sinatra's Campaign Record for JFK**

**I have a copy of this 45 rpm record of which only 2000 of were produced. 

Sinatra also starred in a performance for JFK's INAUGURAL GALA in Washington, D.C.

Another Kennedy connection came from the fact that Sinatra's "Rat Pack" included JFK's brother-in-law Peter Lawford.

Ironically, Sinatra supported Ronald Reagan's conservative Presidential candidacy in 1980 and hosted a performance for his inauguration as well.

  Reagan Presents the Medal of Freedom
          to Francis Albert Sinatra 

*Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) was born in Hoboken, NJ.  He was expelled from high school as a freshman, and later joined the Hoboken Four.  In 1939 he released his 1st single, "From the Bottom of My Heart."

Sinatra joined the Tommy Dorsey Band and had more than 40 songs in one year.  By 1941, he was a star particularly among the "bobby soxers" or teenage girls of the 40s.

                      You Tube Video

RAT PACK

On December 8, 1993, the North American Fair Trade Agreement was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. 


The "largest trade agreement in the world" was signed by representatives of Canada, Mexico & the United States.  


The agreement eliminated most trade and investment barriers between these three nations.

                   President Bill Clinton 
          Signs Fair Trade Agreement


30 years ago, December 8, 1980, John Lennon was killed in New York City.

On December 8, 1961, President Kennedy & assistant, David Powers, attended mass at Saint Edward Catholic Church in Palm Beach, Florida.

Actor/singer Sammy Davis, Jr. was born on December 8, 1925.  


Davis was a member of the "Rat Pack" which has often been associated with JFK (Sammy, Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra).

On December 8, 1863, President Lincoln issued his "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction." 

The proposal was called the "Ten Per Cent Plan" because only 10% of registered voters within a former Confederate state were required to take a "loyalty oath" to the USA in order for that state to be readmitted to the Union. 


The plan was seen as much too lenient by the radical members of the Republican Party.

On December 8, 1765, the inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney was born.