A shirt from the personal wardrobe of film actor and singer Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra is an American singer (kruner), actor, film director, producer and showman. He won the Grammy Award eleven times. He was famous for his romantic style of song performance and the "velvety" timbre of his voice.

In the 20th century, Sinatra became a legend not only of the musical world, but of every aspect of American culture. When he died, some journalists wrote: "To hell with the calendar. The day of Frank Sinatra's death is the end of the XX century." Sinatra's singing career started back in the 1930s, and by the end of his life he was considered the standard of musical style and taste. The songs performed by him became classics of pop and swing style, became the most striking examples of the pop-jazz style of singing "kruning", several generations of Americans were brought up on them. In his younger years, he had the nickname Frankie and the Voice. The Voice), in later years — Mr. Blue Eyes (eng. Ol' Blue Eyes), and then — Chairman (eng. Chairman). Over 60 years of active creative activity, he has recorded about 100 consistently popular CD singles, performed all the most famous songs by major US composers - George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.

In addition to his musical triumph, Sinatra was also a successful film actor, the high point of his career was the 1954 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His "piggy bank" contains many film awards: from the Golden Globes to the Screen Actors Guild Awards. During his life, Sinatra starred in more than 60 films, the most famous of which were "Dismissal to the City", "From Now on and Forever", "The Man with the Golden Hand", "High Society", "Pride and Passion", "Ocean's Eleven Friends" and "The Manchurian Candidate".

Frank Sinatra was awarded the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild of the United States and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and a year before his death he was awarded the highest award in the United States — the Congressional Gold Medal.