“Before Michael Jackson, before Bob Dylan, before Elvis Presley, there was Sinatra, the first modern pop superstar.” Holden, Stephen. "Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still." The New York Times. The New York Times, 11 Dec. 2015. Web. 26 Apr. 2018. Frank Sinatra was known as one of the most popular singers and entertainer of his century, forming a career as an award-winning singer, film actor, and performer. His fame started in the early forties and lasted from then on. Not only was Sinatra a beautiful singer, releasing 60 albums, but he was also very talented in more than one way. Past his music career he did acting, winning a supporting actor Oscar for “From Here to Eternity”. As well as him being an entertainer, it is safe to say that Sinatra had a very successful life. Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, in 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey to two Sicilian immigrants, Martin and Natale. “Sinatra’s father, Martin, was a tavern owner and part-time prizefighter, and his mother, Natale, known to all as “Dolly”, was a domineering influence both in local politics and in her son’s life and career.” Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Frank Sinatra.”Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 Jan. 2018, …show more content…
They had three children together, Nancy who was born in 1940, Francis Sinatra Jr. born 1944 and the youngest child of the three, Tina born 1948. Sadly though Nancy and Franks marriage unraveled in the late 1940s. Not long after Nancy, In 1951, Sinatra married actress Ava Gardner; after they split, Sinatra remarried once again for the third time, to Mia Farrow, in 1966. That union, too,(of course) ended in divorce in 1968, and Sinatra married for a fourth and last time in 1976 to Barbara Marx, who just so happened to be the ex-wife of comedian Zeppo Marx. The two remained together until Sinatra's death more than 20 years