Francis Albert Sinatra....Old Blue Eyes!

Charlie

The greatest!

Charlie

Toss up???? 2-guyz as kool as can be!!!!

Never understood how he got to be big time ???

Right place at the right time. There are a lot of stars from yester-year that would never make it today. That include musicians, actors, actresses and the like.

He did it "his way.

Yeah he did it his way,

Had his Mafiosa buddies beat up those he didn't agree with.

Later.....Erik

Stars from yesteryear...LMAO, I guess the rap and hip hoppers of today are "stars" in some of you guys minds....not mine!

Charlie

I read one of his biographys last year - I love his music.

Dude got more tang than anyone this side of Wilt Chamberlain.

How did he get to be such a star? No one was cooler, and no one had a better voice. Incredible vocalist with impeccable timing. He was fortunate to have lived at a time where people listened to the kind of music he excelled at making, but he certainly had more than enough talent and charisma to justify his success.

Now Charlie, you know I can't speak ill of 'The Voice'. I will remind you that Steve's nickname in the Great Escape was "The Cooler King" so I guess that's that then.

One of the greatest performers of all time!

tuckersdad, after a comment like that about Sinatra....

Stick with the "Jesus loves me" posts dude.

Not only could Frank outsing 99.99% of the "stars" of today, he won an academy award for acting. This guy had talent coming out of his fingertips. Could he make it today, YES!

"He was fortunate to have lived at a time where people listened to the kind of music he excelled at making, but he certainly had more than enough talent and charisma to justify his success."

That same statement could be said about a lot of the so-called stars of today, whether it be rap, r & b, rock, or country.

McQueen went through his geeky-looking, chubby, confused with long hair phase in the seventies but Sinatra was ALWAYS cool in a non- pc sort of way.

Just wish, he had ditched that porkpie hat sooner.

he should listened to Jeff Beck

mraven, we finally agree on something! Huyah!

Tuckersdad, what do you like Hip Hop? I like all kinds of music, but Sinatra was the greatest and will always be the greatest. Look at the young performers today who idolize him, Michael Buble, Peter Cincotti, Harry Connick Jr and Josh Groban! If you do not know who they are, then I suggest you start listening to real music!

Yes, I like Rolling Stones, Clapton, Beatles, Talking Heads, REO Speedwagon, etc.....but Sinatra was the King! The greatest Saloon Singer of all time, and one hell of a performer!

Damn, I love Steve McQueen movies! He was in fact the Cooler King in the Great Escape!

He also played in Never So Few with Frank Sinatra!

Charlie

Charlie & Mraven - No disrespect to Sinatra meant. I don't like hip hop, and do enjoy Sinatra's genre of music. I'm just saying I never found sinatra's voice especially great, or distinctive. I liked Dean Martin and many others, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, etc. I did think Sinatra was a good actor, and in his movies he definitely had a "cool" factor. I also don't doubt he must have been a talented singer, millions of people can't be wrong, just wasn't one of my favorites. Mel Torme and several others also didn't do it for me. Didn't mean to give the impression that he stunk. Usually a singer that makes it to his level has to have a more distinctive voice, or style. To me he seemed to have made it without it.

I was born in '73, so I don't remember when he was in his prime. Still, I've never heard anyone from that era with a finer voice. Dean Martin and Nat King Cole were nice, but neither had a voice that could compare to Sinatra's.