President Lucas Mangope awarded Sinatra with the highest honor, the Order of the Leopard, and made him an honorary tribal chief. 27 in the US and No. [36] For his 15th birthday, his maternal uncle, Domenico, gave him a ukulele, and with the instrument, he performed at family gatherings. [465][466], Sinatra had met Barbato in Long Branch, New Jersey in the summer of 1934,[467] while working as a lifeguard. [355] Bennett also praised Sinatra himself, claiming that as a performer, he had "perfected the art of intimacy. He recorded "My Foolish Heart", "Cry Me a River", and other songs. [539] Sinatra's gambling license was restored in February 1981, following support from Ronald Reagan. Getty The two men never spoke again. Union actions cancelled concerts and grounded Sinatra's plane, essentially trapping him in Australia. [547] In 1952 and 1956, he also campaigned for Adlai Stevenson. Woods said Martin helped him overcome a fear of flying by taking him out in a private plane last year. [286] In July, while on a second tour of Australia,[287] he caused an uproar by describing journalists there who were aggressively pursuing his every move and pushing for a press conference as "bums, parasites, fags, and buck-and-a-half hookers". Sinatra conducted the orchestra for Martins new album, Sleep Warm, and joined him onstage for the first time at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Dean Martin, who died two weeks ago at the age of 78, was a man no one really knew. [201] In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. [460] When Sinatra came out of retirement in 1973, he released both an album and appeared in a TV special named Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. Burbank, California, 1965 to 1974. [438][439] The following year, Sinatra received a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award[399] and had intended to play Detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971), but had to turn down the role due to developing Dupuytren's contracture in his hand. Lewis hosted an annual telethon on Labor Day to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. [80] A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942. While Sinatra never learned how to read music, he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. [29] Sinatra spent much time at his parents' tavern in Hoboken,[e] working on his homework and occasionally singing a song on top of the player piano for spare change. During his career he made over 1000 recordings. That may be due to the ten years he's put on, and the things he's been through.
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