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Sinatra as Singer:
After beginning his career as a singer with the big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra embarked on a career as a solo act in 1943. He signed with Capitol Records in 1953, which teamed him with gifted arrangers such as Nelson Riddle and Billy May.
With his new kind of natural phrasing, rich baritone, jazzy inflections, intimacy, and depth of feeling, Sinatra created his own style of singing. Not one to improvise, his singing nonetheless was influenced by -- and in turn was much admired by -- jazz musicians.
By the 1950s, Sinatra had become the quintessential American pop singer through his gift for conveying lyrics and his ability to take a 32-bar song and transform it into a virtual three-act play.
One of the most accomplished and influential singers, Frank Sinatra's works can be considered America's finest body of recorded songs. |