Frank Sinatra News

Sinatra back on album chart, 11 years after death

May 14, 2009 5:00 pm PDT

Frank Sinatra extends his album-charting span to exactly 54 years this week, as "Live at the Meadowlands," recorded in 1986, debuts at No. 88 on the Billboard 200. 'Ol Blue Eyes first appeared on the (discontinued) ...

Martin Scorsese to direct biopic of Frank Sinatra

May 13, 2009 5:00 pm PDT

Martin Scorsese will be telling Frank Sinatra's life story on film. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker will direct "Sinatra," the first feature film about Ol' Blue Eyes' life, Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures said Wednesday. ...

Nancy Sinatra joins the fight for radio royalty

Jun 8, 2008 3:00 pm PDT

Continuing her father's legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a royalty for songs aired on traditional radio. In 1988, Frank Sinatra pushed for legislati...

House belatedly supports `Frank Sinatra Day'

May 20, 2008 11:00 am PDT

House members have declared "Frank Sinatra Day," but did it their way. Lawmakers didn't get around to voting until Tuesday on a resolution supporting May 13, 2008 — last Tuesday — as the day honoring the late singer and Academy-...

Postage stamp puts Sinatra back in the spotlight

May 14, 2008 12:00 pm PDT

Doobie-postage-due. What were the chances ... we'd be seeing Frank Sinatra on a U.S. postage stamp? Well, he competed against 50,000 others — and won. That's how many annual proposals are made for new stamps. On Tuesday, the late c...