This is a brand new set, featuring material from Frank’s early years, covering both before and after being signed to Columbia. It features tracks performed with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra and The Pied Pipers.
Sinatra is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He was honoured at the Kennedy Center Honours in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. One of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century, Sinatra had a popularity that was later matched only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles,and Michael Jackson. American music critic Robert Christgau called him “the greatest singer of the 20th century”.