Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra started his musical career in the swing period with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.
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Why did Frank Sinatra lose his voice?
Frank Sinatra lost the use of his voice for a period of time in 1950 due to vocal-chord hemorrhaging after years of singing as many as 100 songs a day.
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He was immensely inspired by Bing Crosby’s warm, approachable vocal style. After signing with Columbia Records in 1943, he became a solo hit and the “bobby soxers'” hero. The Voice of Frank Sinatra, Sinatra’s debut album, was published in 1946. Sinatra headed to Las Vegas after his film career hit a wall in the early 1950s. There, he joined the infamous Rat Pack and rose to fame as one of the city’s most well-known residency artists.
