What Role Did Frank Sinatra Play In The Entertainment Industry

Today, the entertainment industry is at its peak. Musicians have quite the amount of opportunity to make themselves famous, whether that be via open microphone nights at a local café, exposure on YouTube, and etc. With that said, with the amount of opportunity there, it’s hard sometimes for an artist to make the right decisions for their careers. A century ago, none of these easy opportunities existed. For the most part, musicians relied on word of mouth between frequent concert attendees and the select bunch that could have their music recorded. One star who made it through those same trials and tribulations back in the day is Frank Sinatra. Although more recently known for his acting and other appearances, Sinatra was a much more talented
Not only did Dorsey tell Frank that he would never make it by himself, he also planned to hold up the details of the contract he signed originally with Dorsey. The terms of the contract read that Dorsey would be obligated to one-third of all Sinatra’s earnings for the rest of his career. Fortunately for Sinatra, the contract was eventually bought out by his publicists and he was in turn saved from yet another potential nightmare. Shortly after, nearly two years after joining up, Sinatra played one last show with Dorsey’s band. After leaving the big-time band, Frank had only two regular gigs with CBS radio, leaving him to start having doubts about his own career. Maybe Dorsey was right? Would Frank Sinatra’s solo career fail after leaving such a prestigious band? Luckily for Sinatra, Dorsey turned out extremely wrong. Frank caught a bit of a break a few months later when he was added in to sing at Paramount Theatre in New York City. On December 30th, 1942, Frank Sinatra’s career once again was lit up, but this time there was no stopping it. Upon entering the stage, he was welcomed by thousands of people in the audience cheering him on. A fellow performer that night, Benny Goodman, could not believe what he was seeing. “What the hell was that?”, Goodman said, as thousands cheered on the still relatively unknown Frank
He ended up acting once again and picking up yet another Academy Award for his impressive work. As a vocalist, Sinatra also had similar success as he did as an actor. He took a chance and signed with a new record label, Capitol Records, which ultimately became one of the most prestigious record labels in the world. In 9 years between 1953 and 1962, Sinatra recorded another 300 songs under Capitol Records and was arguably some of the greatest work of his career. He had albums such as In the Wee Small Hours, Only the Lonely, and Come Dance with Me! come out during those amazing nine years of