∇

troperville

∇

tools

∇

toys

• Growing the Beard: In The Forties, Frank Sinatra was a Teen Idol pop star with a fanbase of mostly teenage girls. That's right, during World War II Frank Sinatra was Justin Bieber. But then, he Took a Level in Badass... (see the main page)
• He Really Can Act: An essential part of Growing the Beard above. In The Forties he co-starred in a couple of musicals with Gene Kelly as a pleasant juvenile lead. Then he won that well-deserved Oscar in From Here to Eternity and demonstrated several more times that it was no fluke.
• Newer Than They Think: "My Way" and "New York, New York", the two songs most associated with him, were not recorded until well after his peak of popularity (from the late 1940s to the early 1960s). The latter is especially notable, as it was only recorded in 1980, but became iconic almost immediately.