Frank Sinatra (Space Race Didn't End)

Frank Sinatra
Sinatra in 1947, at the Liederkrantz Hall in New York.
Background information
Birth name	Francis Albert Sinatra
Also known as	Ol' Blue Eyes The Chairman of the Board The Voice
Born	(1915-12-12)December 12, 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	May 14, 1998(1998-05-14) (aged 82) West Hollywood, California, U.S.
Genres	Traditional pop, jazz, swing, big band, vocal
Occupations	Singer, actor, producer, director, conductor
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1935–1971, 1973–1995
Labels	Columbia, Capitol, Reprise, Apple Records
Associated acts	Rat Pack, Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Judy Garland, Quincy Jones, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Dean Martin, Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra, , (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and film actor. Beginning his musical career in the with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra found  success as a solo artist from the early to mid-1940s after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. He released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.

Though Sinatra was a life-long democrat in the 1970 he endorsed Ronald Reagan, a republican, for Governor of California. In the early seventies he became involved in president Nixon effort to increase educational opportunities for minorities students and to encourage greater participation in the sciences.

In 1972 Sinatra endorsed Nixon's re-election campaign and officially became a republican.