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Frank Sinatra Born
Francis Albert Sinatra[a] was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. -
His Big Break
He got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group, the 3 Flashes, to let him join. -
First Commercial Record
It was with the James band that Sinatra released his first commercial record "From the Bottom of My Heart" in July. No more than 8,000 copies of the record were sold,[59] and further records released with James through 1939, such as "All or Nothing At All", also had weak sales on their initial release -
First Big Hit
Sinatra's first vocal hit was the song "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" in late April 1940. -
Death
Sinatra died with his wife at his side at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, aged 82, after a heart attack.