It was a sad and tragic end to a life that had so deeply affected the evolution of the big band music era. His life was considered to be valued amongst the famous vocalists of the 1940’s, ranging from the great Bing Crosby to the first lady of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald. Frank Albert Sinatra, a passion driven and timeless soul, became the voice of a century thanks to his authentic, charismatic voice suited with such clarity and beloved dictation. He was a man who expanded a young nations love for the craft of jazz music, and by using such a craft he was able to show his “true colors” on and off the stage. He was 82 years old when he had passed away on May 14th, 1998 because of a second heart attack that derived from a combination of heart and kidney diseases along with his gravely growing dementia that had come with age.
Frank Sinatra was born on December 12th, 1915, in the city of Hoboken, New Jersey. Frank Sinatra was an only child of his mother Dolly and father Anthony. He lived in what appeared to be the small slums of the industrialized city of Hoboken as that is where most of the Italian immigrants resided at the time. Sadly he had grown up through the hardships that came with the great depression and wartime during his general childhood upbringing in the early 1900’s. Which introduced this idea of living in a
Secor 2 paycheck-to-paycheck kind of lifestyle and because he lived in the slums, gang wars were inevitable.
After dropping out of high school due to rowdy conduct, he had begun to work for a shipping company while singing a little on the side at small clubs not knowing the life that his voice would lead him to. His career would then be kick started thanks to his mothers persistence in 193...
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Sinatra rebooted his career In September 1951, for he made his Las Vegas debut at the Desert Inn, and became a prominent figure on the Las Vegas scene throughout the 1950s and 1960s. After his fame began to rise he was open to creating a second season of The Frank Sinatra Show that began on CBS Television. Sinatra did not find the success on television for which he had hoped. He presented himself in an unwelcoming manner to the TV audience, which was not easily welcoming into homes. He projected arrogance not compatible with the type of cozy congeniality that played well on the small screen. His last studio recording for Columbia was made in New York in September 1952, "Why Try To Change Me Now", with orchestra arranged and conducted by Percy Faith. The record labels Columbia and MCA dropped him later in 1952.
Bobby Brown is a singer, songwriter, dancer, and rapper. His net worth is $2 million.
His Beginnings: Growing up on Detroit's Lower side, Gordy's greatest loves were boxing and jazz. By the time he graduated from Northeastern high school in 1948, Gordy was able to place boxing 1st. however once winning fifteen Golden Gloves matches, his career as a boxer was inhibit once he was drafted to fight in the Korean War. After the war, Gordy was too old to continue in boxing, thus he turned to his alternative love, opening a record store specializing in jazz. Sadly, Gordy had failed to notice that blacks in Motown weren’t particularly fascinated by jazz. They wished to listen to rock 'n' roll. Gordy's 3-D Record outlet went bankrupt after only 2 years.
Howard Allan Stern was born January 12, 1954 in New York, New York to parents Ray and Ben Stern. For the first 15 years of his life, Stern lived in Roosevelt, Long Island, NY. Sterns love for radio was inherited from his father, who owned part of a recording studio. Stern displayed a love of performing from an early age. Encouraged by his mother, Stern would create puppet shows for his friends, and then perform them in his basement. The shows of course would have Sterns personal touch of being outrageous. Sterns social life growing up was not the best. Roosevelt having a large African American population made it hard for Stern to fit in and he the target of school fights. The Stern family moved to Rockville Centre, in 1969, when Stern was 15.
time. He was planning another concert when he died July 6, 1971. Louis’s death was
For much of the 20th century, African-American citizens had been disenfranchised throughout the South and the entire United States, they were regarded as inferior second-class citizens. Despite efforts to integrate society, the political and economic systems were meant to continue the cycle of oppression against African-Americans, throughout the south and indirectly yet ever present in the north. These laws of segregation, otherwise knows as Jim Crow laws, applied to almost every aspect of southern American society, including sports. During this time period, African-American athletes had to resort to second class organizational leagues to play in, this included the famous baseball player Jackie Robinson. Much of this institutionalized racism
Hank William’s Sr. decided the start to his musical career was more needed and desired than his education. So Hank simply dropped high school to start ...
George regained his sense of purpose after a local comedy manger helped him out. George Lopez is now climbing to the top of the totem pole and he is improving tremendously. In 1999 Lopez became the first Latino to host a major English-Language radio show for a Clear Channel Communications in the city of Los Angeles and it just happened to be at the top of the radio market. This was a very big step for Lopez because most radio host were black or white and not Latino. He was top ten on the charts for the best radio talk show host within the city. In the meantime while doing all the other great work he released his second live stand-up comedy album in the year of 2001 and it was called Right Now Right Now. This album received a Grammy Award nomination for the best comedy album. Also in the year of 2001 he stared his standup comedy called,
After enjoying a tremendous popularity as a teenage idol, Sinatra’s career as a singer was continually declining as his fans, consisting of most of the teenage girls, begin to abandon him by the early 1950s. Many issues were surrounding Sinatra that has destructed Sinatra’s reputation, such as his affair with Ava Gardner that has led him divorcing with his first wife Nancy Barbato, and his connection with the mafia. Many people might have thought that his career as a singer is over. However, his singing career took a new turn over with the release of the album, which shows the persona entirely
He was raised on High Holborn Street in Central Kingston, remaining there until 1955 when he moved to the Waterhouse district. (1) His career took off very slowly, as it did not have a title, never mind an available position, at that time. He began working as a radio technician, or repairman, and by the late 1950’s, had already started experimenting with sound system amplifiers, manipulating the available sounds to ones that sounded native of outer space.
Jackie Robinson once said that “"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." (Brainy Quotes). Jackie Robinson faced more abuse than any other baseball player. Jackie Robinson had his mind set on breaking the color barrier for African Americans. Jackie Robinson had the muscle strength and talent to inspire and change the color barrier in Major League baseball. Jackie Robinson was one of the most significant baseball players that America has ever known for Jackie Robinson’s bravery to stop the color barrier for, his inspiration he gave to people all around the world and for his accomplishments during baseball and outside of baseball this made him one of the most valuable players in the National League.
" Ellington played his last three shows in 1973 before he passed away at the age of seventy-five, a month after his birthday on May 24, 1974 from lung cancer and pneumonia. In conclusion, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was of the most talented jazz composers and pianists of the 20th century and did amazing work and composed some of the most famous compositions of jazz. He has gave so many jazz composers motivation to do what they love and think outside the box, he was a genius. His compositions will live through the decades inspiring musicians and composers, his talent will live forever.
Ray Charles one of the greatest African-American artists of all time. He left a legacy of hits and Grammy awards, but the musicians he influenced were very diverse in genre as the music he wrote, arranged, performed, and recorded. Ray Charles died at the age of 73 on June 10, 2004 from acute liver disease. Months after his death on October 29, 2004 the movie Ray was released to the U.S on a budget of forty million dollars. The film went on to become a box-office hit, earning over $100 million dollars with an additional $75 million internationally. It ended up with a worldwide gross of over $175 million.
Starting off with high hopes, I quickly came to realize that job opportunities were hard to find. I came to have a lot of respect for anyone who felt that college was not right for them and went on to pursue manual jobs or any job out of the white-collar spectrum. His biggest examples are his mother the waitress, known as Rosie and his uncle the mechanic, known as Joe. Rosie and Joe found success and happiness in their jobs that most people look down upon.
Gershwin died at the young age of 38, and his career tragically cut short at peak success, wealth and fortune by a brain tumor; Gershwin was experiencing symptoms of headaches, weight loss, and blurry vision for only about seven months before seeing a doctor. George Gershwin died during surgery to remove the tumor.
I grew up in a very musical family. My uncles had their own band, my brother tried to start his own band, and my cousin Spencer had his own band. I started playing the flute and piano when I was nine years old, attempted to play bass guitar when I was thirteen, then got into playing the drums when I was fourteen. I’ve always used music as my release from stress too, it’s just always been able to make me relax and get my mind off of everything.