1. Frank Sinatra, The Rat Pack
& Crooning
By Nick Goultas, Paul Duchene & Joe Lavigne

2. Frank Sinatra, The Rat Pack
& Crooning
By Nick Goultas, Paul Duchene & Joe Lavigne

3. Frank Sinatra
"Theme from 'New York New York'" performance from
the "Sinatra: The Man and His Music "

4. Frank Sinatra
"Theme from 'New York New York'" performance from
the "Sinatra: The Man and His Music "

5. a.k.a Ol’ Blue Eyes
Childhood & Early Life
Born and raised in New Jersey.
Left high school without graduating, he only attended 47 days
before being expelled.
Sinatra had several manual jobs but music was his main passion
and carefully studied Big Band Jazz.
By the age of 8, he began singing for tips in local bars and
nightclubs.

6. Work with James & Dorsey
In June 1939, Harry James hired Sinatra on a one year
contract for $75 a week. Sinatra released ten commercial
tracks , including “All or Nothing At All.
Later in the year, Tommy Dorsey asked Siantra to lead
his band. By signing with Dorseys band, one of the
hottest at the time, he increased his visitbility with the
American public.
James recognised the opportunity Dorsey offered and
released Sinatra from his contract.
Sinatra’s relationship with Dorsey was trouble, because of
their contract, which awarded Dorsey a third of Sinatra’s
lifetime earnings.
A story appeared that mobster Sam Giancana pressured Dorsey in to letting Sinatra out of his
contract for a few thousand dollars. This was fictionalised in the moive The Godfather

7. Sinatramania
Sinatra made a “legendary opening” at the Paramount Theatre in New York, in1942
“I thought the goddamned building was going to cave in. I never
heard such a commotion”
Jack Benny
When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944, 3500 fans caused a
near riot outside the venue because they were not allowed in.
Sinatra appealed to Bobby Soxers
Bobby Soxer is a coinage denoting fans of swing
music and its creators, usually teenage girls.

8. Decline of Career
"I think Frank Sinatra was the most hated man of
World War II, much more than Hitler"
William Manchester
Sinatra had a few declines in his illustrious career. His career and appeal to new teen
audiences declined as he moved into his mid-30s. Also when Sinatra did not serve in
World War 2 due to a perforated eardrum but later it was revealed that doctors also
written that he was a “neurotic” and “not acceptable material from a psychiatric
standpoint”
“Sinatra paid $40,000 to avoid service in World War II”
(but the FBI found no evidence of this)
Accusation from Walter Winchell

9. Rebirth of Career
The rebirth of Sinatra’s career began with From Here to Eternity (1953), for which he won
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Later in 1953, Sinatra signed with Capitol Records, where he worked with many of the
finest musical arrangers of the era
Sinatra reinvented himself, with a series of albums featuring darker emotional material.
In the Well Small Hours (1955), Where Are You? (1957) and
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958)

10. I Get a Kick out of You
Preformed on The Jack Benny show in 1970

11. I Get a Kick out of You
Preformed on The Jack Benny show in 1970

12. Controversies
Mafia Connection
Sinatra gathered considerable attention due to his alleged personal and professional link
with organised crime.
The FBI kept records amounting to 2,430 pages, with his alleged Mafia ties, his ardent
New Deal politics and his friendship with John F. Kennedy.
They also kept Sinatra under surveillance for almost five decades, starting in the 1940s.
Other celebrities were mentioned in the files such as Dean Martin & Marilyn Monroe.