Frank Sinatra won ten Grammy awards in life, but the Recording Academy, responsible for such awards, do not forget “the Voice” on the centenary of his birth and devotes a star-studded concert and exhibition with dozens of personal items.
The Juanes, Seth MacFarlane and Trisha Yearwood Colombia are the last names that have joined the lineup of so-called “Sinatra 100 – An All-Star Grammy Concert”, a tribute where artists as Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Celine Dion, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood and Usher, among others, versionarán his most famous subjects.
The concert, recorded in Las Vegas (Nevada), the city that had a decisive influence on the resurrection of Sinatra’s career in the 50s and 60s as part of the “Rat Pack “-a formation which included, among others, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., airs tomorrow on CBS.
“In paying tribute to the music of Sinatra and treat his legacy with the utmost respect, most of the artists sing the pieces originally created for him by giants like Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins Quincy Jones and Nelson Riddle. It will be amazing, “said Don Was, director of the event.
Among the Grammy managed Sinatra, responsible for millions of people fall in love with her ballads, including three for best album of the year for “Come Dance With Me” (1959), “September Of My Years “(1965) and” A Man And His Music “(1966).
also received the honorary award from the Recording Academy and Grammy Legend.
The artist also has 13 songs in the Hall of Fame of the institution.
To make matters worse, the Grammy Museum, located a few kilometers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, where Sinatra died in May 1998, hosts a multimedia exhibition on the figure includes unreleased material from their concerts and interviews, photographs, awards, records, posters, album covers, letters and personal items.
“Not only celebrated recordings of Sinatra and his legacy at the Grammys, but give visitors the opportunity to decipher the personality of the man behind that great voice,” said Bob Sandelli, executive director of the museum.
especially striking tuxedo and hat he wore the archetypal artist as well as a sample of his original paintings in the recreation of his own artistic corner in Rancho Mirage (California) and even a recording studio where they try to imitate Sinatra singing “That’s Life”.
There are also portraits of his first wife, Nancy, hanging from his house; who played a ukulele as a child and used to enchant his future wife; white shoes that were with Gene Kelly in the musical “Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) and a leather case to carry scripts in which Nancy commanded to write:” Your place is in my heart (12/12 / 46) “.
” My father always said he wanted to disclose what he knew and what he did, “he said in a statement Nancy Sinatra, daughter of singer.
“With this exhibition, the Sinatra family is proud to share this intimate and professional look at life and the era of Frank,” he said.
The viewer can and walk the streets of Hoboken, New Jersey town where he was born, and check the path of this son of Italian immigrants to become a superstar of song and recycled after Hollywood star.
Along the way, countless wild partying and watered in Jack Daniels nights -there several bottles adorning the exposure-that led him to romances with stars like Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor.
The exhibition, which eludes its relations with politicians and even gangsters of the era, is full of snapshots with other artists, often accompanied by statements like a Bing Crosby stunned “Sinatra is a singer who once in a lifetime Why had to do in my time.?”.
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