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Frank Sintatra is Born
Frank Sinatra is born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, NJ. -
Sinatra Drops Out of School
In 1931, Sinatra was sick of school, so he dropped out his senior year, but his parents told him he had to get a real job, no music business. -
Sinatra meets Nancy Barbato
In the summer of 1934, Frank was at his aunt's house for vacation in Long Branch NJ, he saw Nancy Barbato giving herself a manicure on her front porch. He went over and serenaded her with his ukelele. One thing led to another and they started to date. -
SInatra Realizes He Wants to do Music
In the summer of 1935, Frank took Nancy to see his idol, Bing Crosby. It was a night that changed his life forever, it was the night he realized he wanted to pursue a career in music. -
Hoboken Four
Frank joined a local singing group, Hoboken Four, and won a talent competition on the popular radio progtam Major Bowes' Amature Hour. -
Sinatra Gets his First Gig (Late 1936)
Frank's cousin, Ray Sinatra, who played in the NBC house orchestra, got Frank an audition for a 15-minute daily radio show broadcast. He got the gig for 70-cents a week, along with another singer named Dina Shore, -
Sinatra Gets Married
Frank married Nancy Barbato. As a wedding present, he gave her the record of a song dedicated to her that he recorded privately the day before called "Our Love". -
Sinatra Cut his First Record
Sinatra cut his first record with trumpeter Harry James called, "From the Bottom of My Heart." The song never made the charts. -
Sinatra Makes his First Big Hit
For Columbia, Frank recorded a song that was destined to become one of his first big hits: "All or Nothing at All" -
Sinatra Makes his Debut
Debuting at New York's Paramount Theatre, Sinatra sang to his largest crowds yet with the Dorsey band. -
Sinatra's Daughter is Born
Frank was in Hollywood with the band when his daughter, Nancy Barbato was born at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City. -
Sinatra Makes it on Billboard
Billboard names Sinatra top male vocalist of the year -
Sinatra Co-Writes his First Song
In his first venture as a songwriter, Sinatra co-authored the lyrics for "This Love of Mine," with music by Sol Parker and friend Hank Sanicola for RCA. He recorded the song with the Dorsey band. -
Sinatra Leaves the Dorsey Band
Frank leaves the Dorsey band and introduced his successor: crooner Dick Haymes. -
Sinatra Signs with MCA
With MCA as his new agency, Frank signed a $1.5 Million long-term contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. -
Sinatra's Son is Born
Frank Sinatra Jr. is Born -
Sinatra Begins Shooting a Show
Frank began shooting Anchors Aweigh with musical-comedy superstar Gene Kelly. -
Sinatra Goes to the Whitehouse
Frank Sinatra attends tea at the White House. President Roosevelt was not popular among Italian-Americans and the invitation secured him the support of Sinatra. -
First Album Released
FS released his first album "The Voice of Frank Sinatra", which reached No.1 on the Billboard chart. -
The House I Live In
Frank made a ten minute short which showed Frank teaching racial and religious tolerance to a bunch of street urchins. Frank recieved the first scroll ever presented by the Bureau of Intercultural Education which was handed to him by Eleanor Roosevelt herself.