1- “Frank’s father was a boxer who fought as Marty O’Brien. ”
2- “Frank Sinatra First appeared on the cover of the iconic Time magazine in 1955”
3- “Frank Sinatra had several nicknames including ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’, ‘Frankie’ and ‘The Voice’.”
4- “Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums.”
5- “Frank was the first major artiste to issue a box set, the first to issue an LP and the first to make a concept album. ”
6- “His Favourite colour was orange”
7- “He loved dogs. His mother would never let him have one as a child, but he made up for that later in life by having many”
8- “His cocktail of choice was a mix of four ice cubs, two fingers of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and a splash of water.”
9- “One of the most prestigious awards Sinatra received was the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Motion Picture Society of America.”
10- “He Received the Thomas Jefferson Award for his work in Fighting Against Intolerance in 1947”
11- “He was manic-depressive who attempted suicide four times. Frank described himself as an “”18-carat manic depressive.”””
12- ” Sinatra was raised Roman Catholic”
13- “Sinatra Broke the Guinness World Record for the largest live audience for a single artist when he performed to a crowd of 175,000 people at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1980.”
14- “His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname “Ol’ Blue Eyes”.
15- “He starred in 56 movies and television specials from 1944 to 1984 including several well-received movies”
16- “To improve his speech, he began taking elocution lessons for a dollar each from vocal coach John Quinlan, who was one of the first people to notice his impressive vocal range”
17- “Sinatra’s maternal uncle, Domenico, gave him a ukulele for his 15th birthday, and he began performing at family gatherings.”
18- “Frank Sinatra Awarded 31 gold, 9 platinum, 3 double platinum and 1 triple platinum album by the Recording Industry Association of America.”
19- “On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s.”
20- “Frank hated rock ’n’ roll but his recording of The Hucklebuck has been described as the first rock ’n’ roll record”
21- “Sinatra left high school without graduating, having attended only 47 days before being expelled because of his rowdy conduct.”
22- “His cocktail of choice was a mix of four ice cubes, two fingers of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, and a splash of water.”
23- “He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), and toward the end of his career he became associated with playing detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967).”
24- “He was able to record 1,414 songs in the studio in the span of his career”
25- “His parents were Italian immigrants.”
26- “He was of Sicilian and Italian descent”
27- “After his death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him “the greatest singer of the 20th century”, and he continues to be seen as an iconic figure.”
28- “When Frank met Pope Pius XII with comedian Phil Silvers he was furious when Silvers asked him to bless something for Bing Crosby”
29- “Frank Sinatra Passed away from a heart attack on 14th May 1998. He was 82 years old.”
30- “Sinatra began singing professionally as a teenager in the 1930s, although he learned music by ear and never learned how to read music.”
31- “He turned down the title role of Dirty Harry that went to Clint Eastwood.”
32- “Frank recorded a song as a gift for Ringo Starr’s first wife.”
33- “Frank said the Doors’ Light My Fire was the worst record he had ever heard. ”
34- “He was married three more times, to actresses Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, and finally to Barbara Marx.”
35- “Born Francis Albert Sinatra on December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey”
36- “Frank’s mother was known as Hatpin Dolly because she performed illegal abortions. ”
37- “He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946”
38- “Sinatra has an asteroid named after him. The rock, called 7934 Sinatra, was discovered on September 26, 1989, by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.”
39- “In 1938, Sinatra was arrested in New Jersey for seduction. He was later charged with adultery when it was determined that the woman was actually married. The case was eventually dismissed”
40- “He got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group, the 3 Flashes, to let him join. They later became known as the Hoboken Four.”
41- “He died as a practicing Catholic and had a Catholic burial.”
42- “Frank Invited to the White House for the first time in 1943 by Franklin D. Roosevelt”
43- “Frank’s father told him, “Go out and get a job but no singing.” ”
44- “He was a close friend of President John F. Kennedy.”
45- “The words “”The Best Is Yet to Come””, plus “”Beloved Husband & Father”” are imprinted on Sinatra’s grave marker.”
46- “Michael Jackson attended Sinatra’s recording sessions of the 1984 Quincy Jones produced album L.A. Is My Lady.”
47- “Sinatra Married his first wife Nancy Barbato on February 4, 1939”
48- “He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. ”
49- “He Made his first TV appearance on The Bob Hope Show in 1950, and launched his own The Frank Sinatra Show shortly after on CBS”
50- “He Worked as a delivery boy at the Jersey Observer newspaper and later as a riveter at the Tiejent & Lang shipyard”
51- “He Played a historic benefit show for Dr. Martin Luther King at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1961.”
52- “Sinatra has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his work in film and music on the east and west sides of the 1600 block of Vine Street respectively, and his work in television on the south side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.”
53- “He Named as Jazz All-Star Poll Male Vocalist of the Year at the Playboy Awards in 1957”
54- “Sinatra refused to play in Las Vegas, Nevada, hotels and casinos where African-Americans couldn’t entertain nor patronize.”
55- “His Favourite drink was Jack Daniel’s.”
56- “Sinatra was close friends with Jilly Rizzo, songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, golfer Ken Venturi, comedian Pat Henry and baseball manager Leo Durocher.”
57- “He Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1972.”
58- ” Frank Sinatra owned a truck company where Elvis Presley worked as a young man.”
59- “Had his first musical break with local music group The Hoboken Four in 1935, winning the popular Major Bowes and His Original Amateur Hour radio contest”
60- “Sinatra’s bad boy image began with his infamous 1938 mug shot. The charge? At a nightclub, one of his girlfriends attacked his wife-to-be Nancy and later had Frank arrested twice – once for seduction and again for adultery.”
61- “Frank’s star fell hard in the early 1950s. He was so low that he even attempted suicide”
62- “He swam daily in the Pacific Ocean, finding it to be therapeutic and giving him much-needed solitude. ”
63- “He Won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for From Here To Eternity in 1954”