Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915 in New Jersey, and died of a myocardial infarction on May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles. He was born into a family of Italian immigrants and grew up in the midst of the activities of a midwife (his mother), and that of a boxer, fireman and tavern owner (his father).

His musical beginnings, full of stumbles and abandonments, were initiated by a strong admiration for the personality of Bing Crosby, and by the occasional song he played in his father's tavern. It was after attending a Carlos Gardel event, when his wife, after the show, approached Gardel and told him about Sinatra. She said he was a good singer, but he was hanging out with the wrong crowd. Gardel talked to young Frank and told him to give up the life he was leading to devote himself to music by participating in the "Major Bowes Amateur Hour'" contest.

Sinatra not only listened to Gardel, but participated in the contest with the trio "Three Flashes", winning first prize and going on tour in a series of concerts sponsored by the contest. This meant for Frank Sinatra an important leap in his musical career. First he sang with Harry Arden, then he got on the radar of Harry James, Benny Goodman's trumpet player, until he ended up as a vocalist for Tommy Dorsey himself. 

From this moment on, Sinatra's success did not stop: Billboard magazine awarded him the first place in 1940 with the song "I'll never smile again", accompanied by Dorsey. Some time later, he became a social phenomenon and idol of the American youth, singing at the Paramount Theater, where the guest star was Benny Goodman. Sinatra had a brilliant musical career and on the best stages, but he also struggled for three things that accompanied that career: film acting, support for the Democratic Party and a convulsive and quite criticized personal life, where Frank Sinatra is related to the Mafia.