Frank Sinatra in his time on this earth was in essence almost for a century the alpha figure of American pop culture. Not only with his music, but he won Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1954 for From Here to Eternity and was nominated for Best Actor in 1956 for the film The Man With the Golden Arm.
Imagine if you will that Sinatra was to entertainment what Michael, Kobe, and LeBron combined have been to basketball just for half a century.
His impact on music has been eternal even after his death in 1998. Guys like me never stopped listening to his music, instead we go to concerts with Tony Bennett and Michael Buble singing his songs.
Do we consider Elvis or Michael Jackson or the Beatles timeless?
I would say the Beatles yes for certain, but I’m not sure I can go all the way there with Elvis and Michael Jackson.
First thing tomorrow when its -10 degrees again…I’m going to post a ten minute capsule of the movie. I know it’s Oklahoma, but if you can waste your time watching the Tiger King…surely you can watch the Frank Sinatra docu film.
Frank Sinatra certainly wasn’t perfect. Like all of us … he did some things he probably wished he shouldn’/t have done. You could almost define part of his legacy as tragic. But the music lives on in all of us in multiple American generations.