American singer and actor Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, and passed away on May 14, 1998. One of the most well-liked performers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s was Sinatra, also known by the moniker “Chairman of the Board” and later “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” With an estimated 150 million album sales, he ranks among the top music artists in the world.
In August 1953, the film From Here to Eternity was released, kicking off a remarkable career revival. In what authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe as “a new and brilliant phase,” Sinatra began to bury himself in his work, with a “unparalleled frenetic schedule of recordings, movies, and concerts,” according to Tom Santopietro. Sinatra met with Capitol Records vice president Alan Livingston on March 13, 1953, and signed a seven-year recording contract. His first Capitol session took place at the KHJ studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, with Axel Stordahl conducting.
The session yielded four recordings, including “I’m Walking Behind You,” Sinatra’s first Capitol single. After spending two weeks on location in Hawaii filming From Here to Eternity, Sinatra returned to KHJ on April 30 for his first recording session with Nelson Riddle, an established arranger and conductor at Capitol who was Nat King Cole’s musical director. After finishing the first song, “I’ve Got the World on a String,” Sinatra exclaimed, “Beautiful!” After hearing the playbacks, he couldn’t contain his excitement, exclaiming, “I’m back, baby, I’m back!”
What was Frank Sinatra’s favorite Italian dish?
Frank’s favorite pasta dish was fusilli with garlic and anchovies, as long as Patsy’s talented chefs kept the garlic to a minimum. Sinatra preferred his veal Milanese pounded paper thin and fried extra crisp.
