[224], In 1962, Sinatra released Sinatra and Strings, a set of standard ballads arranged by Don Costa, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of Sinatra's entire Reprise period. [188] Another collaboration with Riddle resulted in the development of Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, sometimes seen as one of his best albums, which was released in March 1956. [221] His first album on the label, Ring-a-Ding-Ding! On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai . [68] Dorsey recalled: "You could almost feel the excitement coming up out of the crowds when the kid stood up to sing. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on CBS in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. [37] Dolly found her son work as a delivery boy at the Jersey Observer newspaper, where his godfather Frank Garrick worked,[f] and after that, worked as a riveter at the Tietjen and Lang shipyard. [276] He told LIFE journalist Thomas Thompson that "I've got things to do, like the first thing is not to do anything at all for eight months maybe a year",[277] while Barbara Sinatra later said that Sinatra had grown "tired of entertaining people, especially when all they really wanted were the same old tunes he had long ago become bored by". [445] Sinatra had two stints as a regular member of cast of Your Hit Parade;[af] his first was from 1943 to 1945,[447] and second was from 1946 to May 28, 1949,[448] during which he was paired with the then-new girl singer, Doris Day. "[573] The night after Sinatra's death, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City were turned blue, the lights at the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor, and the casinos stopped spinning for one minute. [424] He had a leading role opposite Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), which he considered to be the role he was most excited about and the high point of his film career. [47] With Sinatra, the group became known as the Hoboken Four, and passed an audition from Edward Bowes to appear on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour show. [591] There is also a marker in front of Hoboken Historical Museum, which has artifacts from his life and conducts Sinatra walking tours through the city. In May 1976, he was invited to speak at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) graduation commencement held at Sam Boyd Stadium.
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