The Tragic Truth About Frank Sinatra

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024

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  • @GrungeHQ
    @GrungeHQ  4 года назад +264

    What's your favorite Frank Sinatra song?

  • @mikeg4972
    @mikeg4972 3 года назад +1213

    He had a rough life, but at least he got to be Frank Sinatra.
    Many people have a rough life and get to be nobody.

    • @dapig3126
      @dapig3126 3 года назад +18

      Well said my friend

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 3 года назад +40

      lol...Sinatra did NOT have a rough life....he had more than anyone in his neighborhood...the best clothes...money in his pocket and the latest hi fi equipment which was actually the real reason he was part of a singing group...he supplied the music....

    • @folsominc2
      @folsominc2 3 года назад +28

      What exactly was his rough life? The fact that he treated women like crap and on film too? The fact that he had mobster friends that could Grease the wheels for him? The fact that despite his singing voice leaving after the Columbia years he still was popular when he had no voice left? The fact that he helped the gangsters out in Las Vegas by putting on a free show for them every night for 6 weeks during the making of ocean's 11?

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 3 года назад +1

      True

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 3 года назад +2

      As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !

  • @tinman8972
    @tinman8972 4 года назад +740

    At a roast one evening, Don Rickles recognized Sinatra at a table and said "Make yourself at home, Frank, hit someone."

    • @mjlejer3241
      @mjlejer3241 4 года назад +93

      If you were a friend of Rickles, you got the worst digs! He only dissed people he really liked. Frank laughed at that remark, he was Don's friend!

    • @fitwit6270
      @fitwit6270 4 года назад +36

      It was Rickles tongue that hit upon everyone and Frank enjoyed the humor.

    • @gmont5082
      @gmont5082 4 года назад +20

      Rickles, in his later years, said "Im grateful Frank never turned on me"!! 😂🏌

    • @mjlejer3241
      @mjlejer3241 4 года назад +16

      @@gmont5082 That was part of Rickles' humor; he and FS were friends! Put-downs were Rickles' act, everyone expected them in those roasts, it's part of what made them so funny, because everyone KNEW they were exaggerated put-downs!

    • @gmont5082
      @gmont5082 4 года назад +1

      @@mjlejer3241 I know what u mean but im talking about 10 years ago when Frank was dead and Rickles was barely hanging on...

  • @peterflorino9016
    @peterflorino9016 4 года назад +392

    Thank God his grandma revived him at birth. Could not imagine not being able to listen to his singing. Incredible!!

    • @muide7
      @muide7 4 года назад +4

      I've just posted "unfortunately" for your "thank god".

    • @Caroline.A.joseph
      @Caroline.A.joseph 3 года назад +6

      Way to go grandma Sinatra!!

    • @benztan7378
      @benztan7378 2 года назад +6

      Imagine all the singers that didn't make it

    • @joestrum8056
      @joestrum8056 2 года назад +1

      You believe that?? Stop it. "Wait, ill run you under cold water and smack you, LIVE I SAY!" THE INTERNET NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.

    • @00imz
      @00imz 2 года назад +2

      @@joestrum8056 chill😭regardless of whether they believe it, it’s not that serious

  • @aidanbreslin7769
    @aidanbreslin7769 3 года назад +554

    He had a tragic life? How? Because he had a short fuse and was buddies with a few mobsters? Seems like he had a pretty normal life for a star.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 3 года назад +48

      I agree. His life had its ups & downs (as all lives do) but I too wouldn't call it "tragic". He became of the most iconic entertainers of all time. And yes, he had to endure his fair share of pain & suffering. But most of us do. A difficult life at times....but by no means "tragic".

    • @juliebergacker5680
      @juliebergacker5680 3 года назад +4

      Yep agree with what you said!👍😱

    • @ivetofta6084
      @ivetofta6084 3 года назад +29

      The only tragic part about his life was when he divorced Nancy for Ava and ended up falling in a deep, dark depression and a loveless marriage. He was broke and on the brink of suicide. The one thing that saved him was a side roll in “From Here to Eternity.” Of course, this wasn’t really mentioned in the video though🙄

    • @HamiltonRb
      @HamiltonRb 3 года назад +9

      I was reading about Frank playing Carnegie Hall and was supposed to meet John Gotti for dinner after and instead went with his bodyguard Jilly Rizzo to a different restaurant saying he wasn't feeling well enough to meet him. Gotti's hitman Joe Watts came up to their table and told him that the next time John sends for you and you make up an excuse, I will be the last face you ever see.

    • @wick_04
      @wick_04 3 года назад +2

      It may not appear tragic at first glance, but it was most likely. Someone could have all of the recognition and success to fulfill them, but that doesn’t solve all the other issues in their lives. I don’t think Frank was drinking alcohol like water, had a short fuse, and was “friends” with mob guys because his personal life was extraordinary. There’s no doubt his professional life was incredible, he is legendary, incredible influence on artists and music even after his death.

  • @ClearYourMindTravel
    @ClearYourMindTravel 3 года назад +127

    "You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough."
    Frank Sinatra

  • @Kc24piv
    @Kc24piv 3 года назад +143

    no ones going to talk about 13.5 pound baby? That’s like.... i’m speechless.

    • @ken45y
      @ken45y 3 года назад +9

      Especially childbirth in 1915.

    • @hijodelaisla275
      @hijodelaisla275 2 года назад

      If you're speechless then I guess it won't be you.

    • @darklightangles
      @darklightangles 2 года назад +1

      His poor mama i don't want to imagine

    • @lobaby8908
      @lobaby8908 2 года назад +6

      And that is probably why he was an only child 😳

  • @jaytrace1006
    @jaytrace1006 4 года назад +622

    I think the part about Sinatra that makes me the saddest is how he was a star for 60 years, he was filthy rich, and got to sleep with every beautiful woman in Hollywood. I need a tissue...

  • @josephpetrizzojr5340
    @josephpetrizzojr5340 2 года назад +13

    I met frank SINATRA in New York city to me he was as nice a man that I've ever met, he was going into patsy's Restaurant he always ate there & as he was entering I said hello Mr SINATRA I'm a big fan he put his hand on my face & said thank you kid, I was in awe wow what a night November 1989 & that's my Recollection of FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA, R.I.P. MR SINATRA YOU WERE THE BEST OF ALL TIME.

  • @bobstevens111111
    @bobstevens111111 3 года назад +114

    you are talking about the low points for sinatra yet dont mention the relative decline of his signing and acting career for a while and the most serious his depression over ava gardner

  • @ImaSpeck2011
    @ImaSpeck2011 2 года назад +48

    My grandmother saw him in concert sometime in the early 40s. She said he was the most “magnificent looking/sounding man she had ever experienced.” She said all the girls were absolutely going nuts, screaming & fainting especially if he looked in their general direction. She was right in there with them! She got close enough to the stage that he reached out & shook her hand. She promptly fainted & security (or someone she couldn’t be sure) dragged or carried her to the lobby & dumped with all the other ditzy girls. She then promptly went home wrapped hand in bandages & refused to wash it for 3-4 weeks until her mother finally had enough. After she died we found out just how crazy about him she was.she had 3 steamer trunks full of related Sinatra stuff dating back to the 30s. She had every album he ever put out, many personal item reported to be his and enough printed material to wallpaper an entire house! It turned out to be our real inheritance & now has pride of place outside those trunks for all to enjoy… but still it’s kind of a weird story (or should I say obsession) that she collected all that crap!

    • @atomicmelodies
      @atomicmelodies 9 месяцев назад

      Not too different from Stan culture today huh, guess every generation has their heart stealing stars. thanks for sharing!

  • @joeldiaz3245
    @joeldiaz3245 4 года назад +71

    "He had a dislike of stand up comedians, probably because of his insecurities of being publicly humiliated"
    One of his best buddies was the king of insult comedy don rickles

    • @ladylyrichere9373
      @ladylyrichere9373 3 года назад +2

      and all the roasts

    • @josephberrie9550
      @josephberrie9550 3 года назад +1

      and Sammy Davis Junior

    • @roxy5588
      @roxy5588 2 года назад +1

      Sinatra was the one that ultimately discovered Don Rickles because he loved his style of comedy!

    • @AngryFknDog
      @AngryFknDog 20 часов назад

      He had comedians beaten up. Try reading a book.

  • @finewinedas8675
    @finewinedas8675 4 года назад +149

    His grandma is a true hero for reviving him. Without her we wouldn’t listen to one of the greatest singers ever

    • @muide7
      @muide7 4 года назад +5

      If only she hadn't held him under the tap in that kitchen sink.

    • @Illusivem8ne
      @Illusivem8ne 6 месяцев назад

      The world would’ve survived.

  • @benjamendavis4932
    @benjamendavis4932 4 года назад +27

    His movie; “The Man with the Golden Arm” was on TCM the other week, and it was very interesting what Sinatra play an addict!

  • @nologic1174
    @nologic1174 3 года назад +52

    Honestly with the life he had I kinda wanna see a movie about him seen very different from other bio movies like bohemian rapsody or rocket man

  • @sallyharmon6639
    @sallyharmon6639 3 года назад +22

    Interesting that his very unfortunate love for Ava wasn't even touched.

    • @jmangiaf
      @jmangiaf 2 года назад

      Walter 666

    • @jmangiaf
      @jmangiaf 2 года назад

      Mangiafico typ

  • @aceofcheems7685
    @aceofcheems7685 3 года назад +24

    You forgot to mention that at some point he lost his temper and hit some with the phone and literally almost killed them

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Год назад

      The man he sucker-punched with a telephone was the multi-millionaire head of Hunt's Foods. Always surrounded by male friends and bodyguards, Frank was very courageous.

  • @Prozrenie
    @Prozrenie 4 года назад +116

    *NOTHING* about this video indicates Sinatra had a tragic life!! N O T H I N G!!!

    • @fitwit6270
      @fitwit6270 4 года назад +2

      The caption was designed by the gossip monger creator for us to click & waatch.

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад

      You need to learn to read between the lines, Sparky.

    • @peterflorino9016
      @peterflorino9016 4 года назад

      I totally agree.

    • @net1go369
      @net1go369 3 года назад

      TragicWord ? Knows it well and uses it to suck viewers in to watching the B.S

    • @splattt8088
      @splattt8088 3 года назад +4

      Well he grew up poor, was bullied and beaten a lot, and tried committing suicide multiple times. I haven’t watched the video and probably won’t but that’s the gist of it from a big fan of his

  • @nickpaine
    @nickpaine 4 года назад +47

    I grew up admiring Sinatra and still do to some extent. But it gets more difficult the more I learn about the man. He had talent both as a singer and actor and was generous to many. But, like most of us, he had character flaws. It's not surprising but it is disappointing. Hero worship can do that. I used to admire DiMaggio too. But, for his talent. Not much else.

    • @Phukugoooglification
      @Phukugoooglification 2 года назад +2

      Never meet your Hero's, will only be disappointed.

    • @darrellbrown633
      @darrellbrown633 2 года назад

      So what if frank helped the mafia carry money ? that’s as far as it went you would all have done the same

    • @boxscorebroadcast6791
      @boxscorebroadcast6791 2 года назад +1

      OK.. but you admire him of his talents, everyone has flaws.. trust me he was in the heyday of the mob when he came out so even if he didn't want to be with the mob he would've been strong armed either way.. better to be on good terms and praised.. people glorify informants who are murderers and just testified because jail time was too much. Now, they have lucrative podcasts off the strength of the "LIFE" they left.. no, they miss it and wish they could be back in it so they found a way to lol

    • @nickpaine
      @nickpaine 2 года назад

      @@boxscorebroadcast6791 You make a good point; it would have been hard for Sinatra to ignore mobsters who owned or controlled venues in which he was hired to perform. But he could have been more careful about appearing to chum-up to organized crime bosses.

    • @brendanjobe6895
      @brendanjobe6895 10 месяцев назад

      I admired Joe D both as a person and a baseball player. I do not hold them to the same moral standards as I do, for instance, great preachers like N. B. Hardeman. Religiously, both Frank and Joe D. were pretty much nothing - and should be held to the low moral standards of the group with which they associated.

  • @stilesodum2569
    @stilesodum2569 4 года назад +18

    In 1960 Sinatra did not have a jet in 1960, but a piston powered Martin 404 former airpliner, fixed up witha piano bar and OF COURSE a bedroom. And his singing was at it s best during Dorsey days.

  • @laurielewis6746
    @laurielewis6746 4 года назад +29

    Love his music. But, oh, what a jerk.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 4 года назад +14

      you are an idiot...Sinatra was generous to a fault...first to break the racist stuff in vegas...raised more money for charity then any other entertainer who has ever lived....payed milions out of his pocket to musicians on charity tours....built houses and paid all medical bills for scores of broke celebrities...and slept with more beautiful women than any man known....some jerk...lol..you fungus

    • @oldmungral
      @oldmungral 4 года назад +3

      you can blame eva gardner for this fake singer to keep singing

    • @net1go369
      @net1go369 3 года назад

      Oh what a jerk in the morning, Oh what a jerk all day long(modified from OK.song)

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 3 года назад +2

      @@oldmungral " fake singer " 😂😂😂😂 Are you always this stupid, or just trying to be clever ?

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 3 года назад +1

      @@net1go369 Are you singing to yourself ?

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 4 года назад +22

    Ads are extremely annoying, as is the misleading and false “tragic” headline.

    • @degsbabe
      @degsbabe 4 года назад

      Yeah. I managed to catch some of the video between the ads.

    • @muide7
      @muide7 4 года назад

      I catch an ad every now and again. I just click it out like you swat a fly. What's your problem?

    • @lizhastings5247
      @lizhastings5247 3 года назад

      Durins Banks 🏦
      Bac stock price today

  • @dashdv5
    @dashdv5 3 года назад +11

    Imagine if he would’ve been Martin Sinatra

  • @flavigne5120
    @flavigne5120 3 года назад +11

    My way and New York, New York, I want My Way played at my Funeral, it brings tears to my eyes every time.

  • @madelineemanuel8801
    @madelineemanuel8801 3 года назад +60

    I'll always remember Frank Sinatra, and his music. He was a good friend to Sammy Davis, and he wasn't a racist.

  • @inmydarkesthour2278
    @inmydarkesthour2278 4 года назад +25

    Too soggy pasta sound like a good reason to get angry for me!! Lol

    • @veezee91
      @veezee91 4 года назад +1

      Very True 😂

    • @spamfried-rice3179
      @spamfried-rice3179 3 года назад +3

      When you're cooking pasta for Sinatra you'd think you'd be on your game.

  • @benjaminqilafku5714
    @benjaminqilafku5714 3 года назад +86

    I want my life be as tragic as his was.

    • @Daniel-dl3tf
      @Daniel-dl3tf 2 года назад +2

      sounds like u never had any life experience at all

  • @Brandon-so9fp
    @Brandon-so9fp 3 года назад +4

    JFK screwed over Sammy Davis Jr and Frank

  • @babylonhasfallen5338
    @babylonhasfallen5338 3 года назад +6

    Realistically tho, it must be hard to outlive 80% of your friends and watch them die off one by one over the course of 40 years

  • @tc2958
    @tc2958 4 года назад +12

    Loved "Strangers In The Night"!

    • @fitwit6270
      @fitwit6270 4 года назад

      How about friends in the daytime?

  • @サンチアホラメいる
    @サンチアホラメいる 3 года назад +14

    Frank : Atleast ' I did it my way.'

  • @LTCJWE
    @LTCJWE 4 года назад +6

    How could this video not mention Frank's marriages/affairs (to many to name) especially to Ava Gardner and how she rocked his world in more ways then one. And what about his career tanking in the early 50s, loss of record contract, went broke, association with .....Mitch Miller (ugh). What about the epic movie From Here to Eternity which Frank got the Maggio role (w help from Ava), got an Academy Award which revived his career? No mention of any of this. Oh, he could down a 5th of Liquor easily by himself. And so many other things....they left alot out.

  • @firstname__lastname
    @firstname__lastname 4 года назад +59

    One son??? So we're just going to ignore how much more Ronan Farrow looks like Frank Sinatra than Woody Allen lol 😆

    • @Mthomas116-t1m
      @Mthomas116-t1m 4 года назад +2

      Sinatra had a vasectomy years before so......

    • @Mthomas116-t1m
      @Mthomas116-t1m 4 года назад

      @Wise and Free ....so....regardless of the fact...he was already married and confirmed not to be sexually active by both his daughters... the man had kindney and intestine surgery. you're grasping straws. BTW, the tool Ronan wears blue contacts to stir the pot. And BTW, he's a spitting image of his maternal father.

    • @Mthomas116-t1m
      @Mthomas116-t1m 4 года назад

      @Wise and Free Apparently, you don't see many photos in your life....Mia has adopted many children.. but this one is indeed hers.. he resembles her and her father.

    • @Mthomas116-t1m
      @Mthomas116-t1m 4 года назад

      @Wise and Free It's not a matter of disagreement. It's a matter of fact. There's no case to make. I should consider the source conversing with a troll hiding behind a stupid username.

    • @Mthomas116-t1m
      @Mthomas116-t1m 4 года назад

      @Wise and Free I am not insulting. You need a hug?! Damn. This trophy generation needs to grow one.

  • @davidingram8734
    @davidingram8734 3 года назад +24

    I don’t think Frank would say he’d had a rough life. He was very fortunate and even said at a very old age if he’d had to do it all again “he wouldn’t have changed anything-with or without show business”.

  • @reedgrele6673
    @reedgrele6673 4 года назад +7

    All Frank owed us was a good performance. His personal life? Let those who are without sin cast the first stone.

  • @jfhow
    @jfhow 4 года назад +94

    More like the ugly truth about Frank Sinatra.

    • @anneroselli161
      @anneroselli161 4 года назад +13

      In my opinion frank Sinatra was a great talent but a very evil and jealous man anne roselli

    • @net1go369
      @net1go369 3 года назад +1

      A FOOL LIKE YOU AND HIS IGNORANT OPINIONS ARE SOON TOGETHER@@anneroselli161

    • @CrissCrash
      @CrissCrash 3 года назад +2

      and u are a loser

    • @normaclarke2505
      @normaclarke2505 3 года назад +1

      net1 Go ‘

  • @omarterrones7698
    @omarterrones7698 2 года назад +2

    Mark Ruffalo would play Frank Sinatra in his biopic movie

  • @architectwmf
    @architectwmf 4 года назад +5

    Could never stand the guy. I thought he was grossly overrated. Yes, I know..... he was a good singer. Never mad about the company he kept apart from the Kennedys

    • @paulmyers7078
      @paulmyers7078 4 года назад +3

      I never could understand why so many people thought so highly of Sinatra's singing. Personally, I disliked everything about him and his "career." I remember back in ca. 1966 when Carl Cohen, an assistant casino manager in Vegas, knocked out Sinatra's front teeth after Sinatra's tantrum over his line of credit at the casino.

  • @darryl286
    @darryl286 3 года назад +6

    Me: Big fan of Biggie Smalls
    Also me: Big fan of Frank Sinatra

  • @folsominc2
    @folsominc2 3 года назад +25

    I have two problems with Frank Sinatra and always have had: his ego and his infidelity

    • @rr8960
      @rr8960 3 года назад +12

      He did it his way, consequences and all.

    • @n.b.a1529
      @n.b.a1529 2 года назад +1

      No ego ur just a typical jealous female

  • @BadlandsVideos
    @BadlandsVideos 4 года назад +2

    Any comment from Bono needs to be flushed down the toilet...
    Sinatra was not much of a human being......even now the Sinatra estate tries to keep his image clean.....any performer who wrecks another performers career because they see them as a threat is disgraceful....
    Any person that throws their weight around and acts like a thug because he has the backing of a crime syndicate behind him is pathetic....

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад

      And any fool who believes everything they hear and read is having a less than pathetic life.

  • @Jozeemoss
    @Jozeemoss 4 года назад +11

    Hmm no talk of how he also endorsed Ronald Reagan. Of course not.....

    • @kathyh4804
      @kathyh4804 4 года назад

      If course not

    • @MrCtsSteve
      @MrCtsSteve 3 года назад

      Why would they? Inconsequential.

  • @essexboy5520
    @essexboy5520 3 года назад +6

    He could definitely act. I still love Jokers Wild and Von Ryan's Express. R I P Frank.

  • @lukepeita4568
    @lukepeita4568 4 года назад +7

    Frank was a millionaire nothing tragic about that

  • @attacktheblog4925
    @attacktheblog4925 4 года назад +9

    "Not anymore, it use to be." Saying this as he is deciding if he should ram that Zippo somewhere up in that interviewer.

  • @72chickensoup
    @72chickensoup 4 года назад +5

    Sinatra was a gangster

  • @charlieking3115
    @charlieking3115 3 года назад +6

    Mr Blue Eyes - Mr Frank Sinatra - if you can make it here you can make it any where it's up to you new york new york .R.I.P.

  • @Armafly
    @Armafly 4 года назад +26

    Well...if this was a tragic life, I would sign now to live Sinatra’s life.

    • @fitwit6270
      @fitwit6270 4 года назад

      The Best Is Yet To Come (headstone epitath inscribed on Sinatra's gravestone)

  • @bellasmom2013
    @bellasmom2013 2 года назад +2

    Who doesn’t get their mob friends to beat up their enemies?

  • @rodbutler8069
    @rodbutler8069 3 года назад +8

    Sinatra tried to blackball Al Martina for playing a singer similar to him in "The Godfather".

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean5113 4 года назад +6

    Those eyes tho... full of life ! It's time for Scorsese to do that f@@@ing biopic ! It's time !

  • @chainamarie03
    @chainamarie03 4 года назад +65

    I'm waiting to hear the "tragic truth". Seemed he had a really good life with no tragedies mentioned.

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад +2

      So you think, his talent notwithstanding, that the pressure of being beholden the mob for most of your life wasn't tragic?

    • @chainamarie03
      @chainamarie03 4 года назад +2

      @@yankee2666 It didn't seem that he felt that way. It sounds tragic to you and me maybe but wasn't he in that lifestyle for almost all his life. Are you saying there was no way he could have gotten out of it if he really wanted to. He received many privileges from his 'mob affiliations'.

    • @BiG-JuPO1O1
      @BiG-JuPO1O1 4 года назад +2

      Theres more tbh, he had anger problems and cheated on his 4 wives and often abused them.

    • @chainamarie03
      @chainamarie03 4 года назад

      @@BiG-JuPO1O1 I def believe that!!

    • @michaelrankine1825
      @michaelrankine1825 3 года назад

      A one big head.and of cause pig headed

  • @eamestv
    @eamestv 4 года назад +9

    The Uris Theater in New York City. It was opening night in 1975. I saw three legends perform. 'Sinatra, Basie, and Ella. Oh, what a night!

    • @barbarapotter8698
      @barbarapotter8698 4 года назад

      saw them all at the stadium in Sydney.. not all at once...Fantastic!!!!

    • @valerieg9494
      @valerieg9494 11 месяцев назад +1

      I saw them too. It was fantastic!

    • @eamestv
      @eamestv 11 месяцев назад

      Good stuff!

  • @peterflorino9016
    @peterflorino9016 4 года назад +23

    “It had to be you”. His phrasing and voice is extraordinarily magnificent. My wife and I made it our song.

    • @muide7
      @muide7 4 года назад

      Listen to Betty Hutton's rendition. It'll change your life (hopefully not your marriage).

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle 2 года назад

      @@muide7 Not that there's competition in song interpretation... there shouldn't be... but I'm with you on Betty Hutton's version. To me, it's the most heart-felt, and I think that's what you mean.

  • @Chains493
    @Chains493 Месяц назад +2

    Dont forget the millions he raised for charity.

  • @dennisliamardell8906
    @dennisliamardell8906 Год назад +4

    He dodged the draft. A lot of guys who died fighting in World War Two, or who served and lived through that war knew what a difficult life- was - as well as real hardship and loneliness. All glory to those brave men.
    My favorite song was “ IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.”

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Год назад +2

      John Wayne dodged it, too, but wore a uniform so often in films that he confused the public... not a very difficult thing to do.

    • @brendanjobe6895
      @brendanjobe6895 10 месяцев назад

      @@akrenwinkle Joe Wayne didn't dodge anything. He was 34 years old when WWII broke out, and the armed forces never got to the point that they were drafting 34-yr-olds. By the time D-Day came, he was 37. The reason I know is that my grandfather (born 1910) came close to being drafted. Joe D was not even considered for the armed services due to the fact that he was a national treasure in 1942, and his loss would have been a terrible blow to American morale.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle 10 месяцев назад

      @@brendanjobe6895 You can go back and edit all you want, but you wrote "Joe Wayne." Twice, in fact. That is how little you know about Wayne, or, for that matter, World War Two. Draft age was 18 to 45. "Joe" was considered. That is why "Joe" went through multiple deferment processes, basically on the grounds that he had a wife and children to support. Oh, I see, service was only for unmarried men or men with no children? You, junior, are the result of 2 things. A broken-down public education system, but more importantly, your own lack of curiosity. You're determined not to know anything about anything, and, well... you're doing pretty good.

  • @joanieaddesa5434
    @joanieaddesa5434 3 года назад +5

    Stories through the grapevine have to be taken with a grain of salt. Parts can be truthful and parts can be so far from the truth. A shame when you pass that someone would claim anything about you that did not know you personally.

  • @douglasfort7646
    @douglasfort7646 3 года назад +6

    I choose to believe that some of this is exaggerated

  • @Dechieftian
    @Dechieftian 3 года назад +2

    As a lifelong Sinatra fan .. I'm not sure why I looked in on this thrash piece that overlooks - totally overlooks - the many attributes of a very generous Frank Sinatra. The thrash comments about association with the Mafia fails to consider a very fundamental fact. To be part of the Italian diaspora in NJ and working in the entertainment industry of the time and not to have rubbed shoulders with persons who would be part of the mafia.

    • @poocrayon4588
      @poocrayon4588 2 года назад

      Exactly, who do they think owned or took a cut from all the clubs singers performed in?

  • @rty1955
    @rty1955 4 года назад +7

    I worked with Mr. Sinatra on his very first Jerry Lewis Telethon appearance. I found him extremely professional and respected the crew and band members. After the studio went dark, and cameras capped, he was cracking jokes with everyone. He asked Jerry Lewis "How much you making out there (Vegas)" Jerry said "A million, six". Mr. Sinatra said "Oh, i got that on me!"
    After his final appearence for that Telethon, I handed him a 3/4" copy of his performances in stereo. He was so appreciative b slapped me on the side if my face and said "Thanks kid"
    To me he was a very nice guy

    • @lanaii
      @lanaii 2 года назад +3

      You have truly lived your life to the fullest if you’ve met Frank Sinatra

    • @lanaii
      @lanaii 2 года назад

      You have truly lived your life to the fullest if you’ve met Frank Sinatra

    • @rty1955
      @rty1955 2 года назад +3

      @@lanaii I never got star struck with anyone I met. To me, your just a co-worker. When i worked with Mr. Sinatra, I found him to be pleasant, ultra professional, and a perfectionist which are all things I admire in a person. When the studio went dark, he thanked everybody in the studio. Not many "stars" do that.

    • @lanaii
      @lanaii 2 года назад +2

      @@rty1955 unfortunately a lot of stars now don’t do what he did, even around his time whenever singers were done with their shows they leave right after, not saying that they have to stick around but they should do at least the bare minimum of thanking the studio crew and a handshake.

  • @tedtimothy9074
    @tedtimothy9074 Год назад +1

    In my mind, the two best American singers are Frank Sinatra and Elvis

  • @williamhunter3260
    @williamhunter3260 4 года назад +5

    Billy Smith-you and me -
    Made in 1979 and I only discovered it 3 years ago!
    -

  • @mickwheeler2697
    @mickwheeler2697 4 года назад +10

    Know body’s perfect are they, what a great singer and sometimes actor.

    • @net1go369
      @net1go369 3 года назад

      INCORRECT! This video maker and his B.S. caption is a "PERFECT IDIOT"

  • @williamhumble1175
    @williamhumble1175 3 года назад +19

    You have forgotten to add that Frank Sinatra was coached by Bing Crosby to become a credible singer.

  • @michaellaughlin8457
    @michaellaughlin8457 4 года назад +7

    one of the first hollyweirds gamsters !

  • @sailorman8668
    @sailorman8668 4 года назад +6

    Yep, not the nicest of men at all.

  • @mikelheron20
    @mikelheron20 3 года назад +1

    Sorry what was the sad part again?

  • @pattic.6418
    @pattic.6418 3 года назад +5

    Some actors will never be replaced

  • @savagetabby4931
    @savagetabby4931 2 года назад +1

    ...So let's forget his daughters, specifically Nancy. She contributed to music, fashion and acting.

  • @mjlejer3241
    @mjlejer3241 4 года назад +23

    In today's medical world, doctors would induce labor before the pregnancy got too far, probably perform a Cesarean Section. But Frank didn't have that privilege, so he had to weather scars from the forceps on the left side of his face and ear. But inside, he had an incredible talent, which made him truly "The Voice" of the 20th Century. Good things have been said about him and lies have been told, that is usual with a famous person, there is awe and jealousy as well, and we HUMANS err, make mistakes and sometimes show our anger or other emotions and when you are in the public a lot, others will see that. But smart people will understand and forgive mis-behavior and let it go. Others make money talking about bad things that should have been let go years ago! Thus is life. If we remember, "be nice or be silent" we won't carry on stories and rumors that can often be unfounded and hurt others!

  • @carolshedlin8459
    @carolshedlin8459 4 года назад +6

    Sinatra was very and often anonymously charitable

    • @BuckyBrown-lt4ry
      @BuckyBrown-lt4ry 4 года назад

      So was Hermann Goring - that's a fact. So what???

  • @Jersey.D3vil201
    @Jersey.D3vil201 4 года назад +7

    So interesting to hear them about the same neighborhoods I grew up in

  • @alansimpson8962
    @alansimpson8962 4 года назад +4

    You got it wrong buddy Frank had a Incredible great great life believe me

  • @FrankieJamesNews
    @FrankieJamesNews 4 года назад +77

    Why is the fact that Ronan Farrow is CLEARLY his son, not mentioned?

    • @Valentina-Steinway
      @Valentina-Steinway 4 года назад +5

      Is he really?

    • @FrankieJamesNews
      @FrankieJamesNews 4 года назад +10

      @@Valentina-Steinway Google search both names together for comparison photos. It is uncanny.

    • @jimtimmins1119
      @jimtimmins1119 4 года назад +1

      Moma?

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 4 года назад +6

      Frankie Says Absolutely! Looks just like him ! Same way he talks and passionate and of course those blue eyes ! 👀⭐️🔔

    • @chrisarseneault5617
      @chrisarseneault5617 4 года назад +1

      Did they ever do a blood test?

  • @darreljohnson3644
    @darreljohnson3644 3 года назад +4

    He was taken to the hospital (before dying) by ambulance the same night as the last episode of Seinfeld was telecast.Traffic was light on the way to the hospital because many people were home watching TV.

  • @paulhiggins8524
    @paulhiggins8524 4 года назад +3

    Silly to say tragic. Everyone has problems but no one has the unparalleled success or enjoyment he got from 82 years of life

  • @eldavis3084
    @eldavis3084 4 года назад +7

    Mafia!

  • @zdskillz849
    @zdskillz849 4 года назад +5

    Myyyyyyyy wayyyyyyyyyyyy

    • @tammyb1544
      @tammyb1544 4 года назад

      He did it his way for sure

    • @zdskillz849
      @zdskillz849 4 года назад

      Tammy B definitely bro

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 3 года назад +1

    Jimmy Rose... Who?

  • @StuartJW92
    @StuartJW92 4 года назад +53

    Sinatra's children were not at his bedside when he died. There was a lot of conflict between his children and his wife Barbara and according to Nancy they were only called to the hospital after it was too late.

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 4 года назад +9

      @Stuart W Interesting! Nancy Jr. put a good face on it by saying she’d watched the last episode of “Seinfeld,” adding, “and I could have taped it!” Maybe she didn’t know her father’s death was imminent because Barbara didn’t tell her? Entirely possible. Anything is... I found out about my father’s death on Facebook.

    • @larryrosol3135
      @larryrosol3135 4 года назад +1

      He was a great father always had time for his kids

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 4 года назад

      @Larry Rosol When he was around. He was away a LOT. Nancy Jr. got the most of him, and arguably the most normal childhood. Frank Jr. was simply a sad case. (He should have studied accounting or something.) Tina paired up with a stalker before wriggling free. Their mother was a very stable influence.

    • @larryrosol3135
      @larryrosol3135 4 года назад +1

      @@lesliegmn3927 so wheres the problem the greatest entertainer possibly of all time ,and the kids stilled came out pretty good,with a stable mother

    • @lesliegmn3927
      @lesliegmn3927 4 года назад +5

      @Larry Rosol For how the kids turned out, I’d give much more credit to Nancy Sr. than to her one-time husband. She also hung around cooking her famous clam sauce (the recipe appeared in her obituary) until the age of 103.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 4 года назад +3

    Probably should have mentioned that his mother Dolly was killed in a plane crash in 1977. Sinatra was probably never the same again.

  • @treasurehunteruk9718
    @treasurehunteruk9718 4 года назад +3

    Why are all these life histories always called 'troubling or tragic truth'? These are normal folks who have things good and bad happen throughout their lives, like the rest of us. They are simply documentaries outlining their lives, not tragic!

  • @imagrandpa
    @imagrandpa 4 года назад +1

    He was complicated. Basically an asshole who could sing incredibly good.

  • @jokesonyou5511
    @jokesonyou5511 3 года назад +4

    I love how you left out that frank walked out of the filming of R&H carousel very lesser known fact but it still happened would love to see a video like this on gordon macrae

  • @fitwit6270
    @fitwit6270 4 года назад +15

    This clip is just an attention grabbing caption for uninformed gossips and foolishness. He was unanimously recognized as the finest vocalist of the 20th century. He was also one helluva good actor in a wide variety of films. Topping it off to a long lasting career was his charitable philantrophic endeavors carried out without fanfare and with deep humility for those in need.

    • @ladylyrichere9373
      @ladylyrichere9373 3 года назад

      Sinatra was 3rd as best vocalist of the 20th century....beaten out by Elvis and Freddy Mercury

    • @djangorheinhardt
      @djangorheinhardt 3 года назад +2

      @@ladylyrichere9373 Rubbish !

  • @johnnybernie3061
    @johnnybernie3061 4 года назад +4

    I guess Don Rickles gets a pass for joking about Frank.

  • @bornagain1589
    @bornagain1589 4 года назад +1

    Not a very nice guy!

  • @Wardup04
    @Wardup04 4 года назад +12

    Forgot to mention he was a Democrat until JFK screwed him over. and he came to his senses. That's REAL embarrassing.

  • @claytondunn5630
    @claytondunn5630 Год назад +1

    This is why we need a bio pic on him someday something like Elvis but on frank

  • @dragi2163
    @dragi2163 4 года назад +6

    I didn't consider him good actor. I liked some his songs. I prefered Din Martin's...
    My apologies for those words.

    • @mjlejer3241
      @mjlejer3241 4 года назад +1

      Never feel you have to apologize for an honest opinion! If everyone in the world thought alike and had the same preferences, it would indeed be a boring world!

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад

      He was an excellent actor. Trust me; I taught many a Hollywood actor the craft.

  • @danielmonteiro18
    @danielmonteiro18 4 года назад +1

    He was very arrogant modello italiano

  • @billyrossi4661
    @billyrossi4661 4 года назад +6

    Chairman of the board...🌞

    • @hectormata449
      @hectormata449 4 года назад +1

      Sonostra was chairman of the “board,” but his Lackluster acting made me a member of the bored.

  • @whateverthisis389
    @whateverthisis389 9 месяцев назад +1

    really puts into perspective his song, "My way".

  • @albertmiller9943
    @albertmiller9943 4 года назад +4

    Most lives are tragic...they end in death, after a lifetime of hard work and low pay and low appreciation for our efforts. Life on Earth is, after all, a payment of debt to the supreme power. We of course, have no clue as to what our crimes were, or where they happened.

    • @net1go369
      @net1go369 3 года назад

      The clues are all over the place. But few want to look for them and see reality!

  • @eamonngaynor5762
    @eamonngaynor5762 3 года назад +17

    People criticised him for having a volcanic temper but if they didnt rub him up the wrong way he wouldn't lose his temper so much a bit of respect and curiously can go a long way frank sinatra was basically a good man with good morales he was the man with the golden voice with a golden heart to match he helped a lot of people

  • @lsmith9249
    @lsmith9249 4 года назад +3

    How was it a tragic life and lots of people have a temper

  • @johannarocho3040
    @johannarocho3040 2 года назад +1

    His three kids were not at his bedside! Barbara did not call till after!

  • @turnernelson3814
    @turnernelson3814 4 года назад +3

    It's not cool to speak this way about someone who isn't alive to retort

    • @fozziepringleton2883
      @fozziepringleton2883 4 года назад +1

      His wife, Mia Farrow and his 2 living children can defend him

  • @albertomagdua34
    @albertomagdua34 3 года назад +1

    Here in the Philippines,you can be killed if you are not going to sing "My.Way" properly..Me myself is a composer and I made a Tagalog Version,"Sa Paraan Ko.."

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 4 года назад +3

    What a penguin powder fanatic. The man with the golden nose.