Jr.: Why Frank Sinatra Sings

     This is a true story about how 2 men, Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, completely different from each other from and inceperable bond. The 2 men are seperated by about everything that you can think of: they come from 2 different parys of the country, one is white, one is black, 1 liked to talk, the other was shy. Pretty much the only thing they had in common was that they both were competing for the same job.

Most people think of Bing Crosby as a 50s Singer who was overtaken by the hip Frank Sinatra and eventually thrust aside by the raw power of rock. Almost nobody knows that the young Crosby was a businessman or pioneer who traded innovations with good friend Louis Armstrong and may very well have been the single most influential American musician of the 20th century. Besides his dozens of No. 1 hits and gold records. He was also an intelligent businessman the man behind the creation of the American tape recorder industry, owner of a factory that built wings for B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, orange juice distributor, horseman, cattleman, property owner to only name a view. Bing Crosby was more than a Singer he was also an innovator, businessman,

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave, Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie, Jackie’s mother, was a maid. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant.

Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to couples, Gabriele and Teresina Capone. two typical Italian immigrants who traveled to America to seek a better life. His family stayed in a poor tenement as Alphonse

Maya Angelou was a civil rights activist, author, and poet. She wrote many books and poems that conveyed the vivid experiences in her life. Maya Angelou’s works are well known and she is an eminent writer. One poem in particular that is well known is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” written in 1969. In this work she described racial inequality, and the lack of freedom African Americans experienced in the 1930’s and 40’s. Maya Angelou uses many Rhetorical strategies and literary devices to describe the lack of racial freedom in the world at this time.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8th, 1867. He was the son of William Carey Wright, a local orator and minister, and Anna Lloyd Jones, a school teacher. Wright's parents were both resolute individuals with eccentric interests that they inherently passed on to him. When Wright was about three years old, his family moved to Weymouth, Massachusetts; William was given the opportunity to be the minister of a small congregation. However, the Wright family struggled in Weymouth and they returned to Wisconsin. Eventually they settled in Madison, Wisconsin where the Wright family participated as active members of the local Unitarian congregation. When Wright turned 14, his parents divorced; their money problems likely led to the demise of the marriage. William Wright

Sadley but true, B.B. King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 pm. on May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas, NV. He died because of Vascular Dementia.All his friends and family are very thankful for all the prayers and thoughts about BB King. A lot of people loved his music (especially us three) and we all know he will be missed.

As Frank Sinatra grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was a classic representation of an average Italian American. He was the child of two Italian American immigrants, was Roman Catholic, but unlike others, he was particularly interested in singing, and he was good at it. Sinatra started off performing at family get togethers with his ukulele and before everyone knew it he was a great American singer, actor, and producer.

George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York on 26 September 1898, was born the second of four children of Morris and Rose Gershovitz, Russians who immigrated to New York in 1891. George and his family lived on Manhattan's lower east side in a poor Jewish community. After settling down in New York, his father changed the family name to Gershvin. It was George who later altered his last name to Gershwin when he entered the professional world of music. Most of his family was not musically talented, but his brother Ira became a wonderful well-known musician.

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The only child of Sicilian immigrants, a teenaged Sinatra decided to become a singer after watching Bing Crosby perform in the mid-1930s. He'd already been a member of the glee club in his high school and began to sing at local nightclubs. Radio exposure brought him to the attention of bandleader Harry James, with whom Sinatra made his first recordings, including "All or Nothing at All." In 1940, Tommy Dorsey invited Sinatra to join his band. After two years of chart-topping success with Dorsey, Sinatra decided to strike out on his own.

Marty Sinatra was a local fireman and a professional boxer. He was part of Frank’s life, however, having a reserved personality, he lacked the influence that his wife had on their son. Frank was her first and only son, though Dolly had wanted a girl and dressed Frank in pink clothes as a baby (Kaplan 9). Due to her busy agenda, Dolly was not around all of the time for him; when she was, she was very passive-aggressive. Passively, she smothered Frank with toys and nice clothes. On the other hand, her discipline during his childhood was as aggressive and ruthless as she was; such as pushing young Frank down a flight of stairs which knocked him out. She also frequented hitting him with a small, nightstick-like bat (Kaplan 9). Despite it all, he was a happy child, though a confused

Throughout her life, Marguerite experiences many different situations and people that all contribute to the way she grows up and the person she becomes. Despite some of her tragic circumstances, she learns a lot growing up, mainly because of the African-American women in her life who teach her all different life lessons. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Marguerite gets to absorb teachings from her mother (Vivian), Mrs. Bertha Flowers, and her grandmother (Momma). These women allow Marguerite to learn and grow as an African-American female, all while paving her own way.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, and was a child of Anna Lloyd Jones and William Carey Wright, a preacher and musician. His family lived in Wisconsin, and Frank was inspired by building blocks, a gift from his mother, and music played by his father, in addition to the landscape of the prairie in Wisconsin. Later,

Ray Charles has an exceptional singing voice. It is smooth and he can project it when he needs to emphasize certain parts of the verse. The instruments in the song, trumpets and drums, compliment Ray Charles singing very well. The lyrics in the song talk about a woman that he loves and how she takes care of him so they are pretty straight forward. The hook, “I got a woman” which is also the title of this song is catchy. This song has been sampled and covered many times by many different artists one being Kanye West. I think the reason for this was because of how great this song was.

I’m A Fool To Want You, is a Jazz standard that was composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf and Joel Herron, in 1951. The song has been recorded by many of Sinatra’s jazz contemporary’s, such as Billie Holiday and Chet Baker. Frank Sinatra was born on 12 December 1915 , and hails from New Jersey, America, and is seen as one of the biggest Jazz artists of the 20th century, having gone on to sell more than 150 million records all over the world. He gained prominence in the swing era, and gained success when he was signed to Columbia Records in 1943. His first Album ‘ The Voice Of Frank Sinatra’ was released in 1946, and he has released many records including : ‘In the Wee Small Hours’ (1955), ‘Songs for Swingin'