Artist artifact
Frank Sinatra
Interpreter of the Great American Songbook whose phrasing, microphone intimacy, and concept-album instincts defined mid-century popular singing.
Biography
Interpreter of the Great American Songbook whose phrasing, microphone intimacy, and concept-album instincts defined mid-century popular singing.
Influence
Turned popular song into adult narrative art; influenced everyone from Tony Bennett to contemporary crooners and hip-hop sample culture that still mines Capitol-era charts.
Historical context
Interpreter of the Great American Songbook whose phrasing, microphone intimacy, and concept-album instincts defined mid-century popular singing. Turned popular song into adult narrative art; influenced everyone from Tony Bennett to contemporary crooners and hip-hop sample culture that still mines Capitol-era charts. His 1950s Capitol albums with arrangers like Nelson Riddle helped invent the 'concept' long-player for popular singers before rock claimed the form.
Associated instruments
- Vocals
Specimen note
His 1950s Capitol albums with arrangers like Nelson Riddle helped invent the 'concept' long-player for popular singers before rock claimed the form.