Frank Sinatra Research Paper

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Frank Sinatra paved his career as one of the most loved and most popular entertainer of the 19th century, paving his way as an award winning singer and actor. (Frank Sinatra biography). Francis Albert Sinatra was born was born on December 12, 1915 at 415 Monroe Street, Hoboken, New Jersey(Frank Sinatra biography). Frank Sinatra became famous by singing big band numbers in bars and clubs. Frank Sinatra decided to pursue his career as a singer. Frank Sinatra wanted to become a singer after attending a Bing Crosby concert in 1933. Frank Sinatra would try to sing whenever and wherever he could. Frank Sinatras early life was being an only child of Italian illegal immigrants Martin and Natalie Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Notable Biography). Frank Sinatras dad was a Firefighter for his home city of Hoboken, and his mom was a …show more content…
New York New York is the theme song for Martin Scorsese Film “New York, New York”. The style of music of “New York, New York” is Swing/Jazz. The song is written from the perspective of a singer who leaves a small town and tried to make it in the city. The theme of “New York, New York” is a singer is going outside his comfort zone to try something the new. He faces difficulties if he should leave or stay in the small city but decides to embrace his fears and go to the big city, which is New York City. “I wanna wake up in the city that never sleeps” this figurative language is personification because the city is getting human abilities by saying “the city does not sleep”. Alliteration is “New York, New York” because it's a repetition of the same initial. “Im king of the hill, top of the heap” is an idiom, because it's a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning. The tone of the song is light mood and progressively gets happier, which ties to the mood which is also happy and excited to move to the big city of New
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