Happy Birthday Frank

If Frank were still alive today he would turn 90 years old Monday. He was the greatest singer to have ever lived. His music was so powerful and emotional and it still holds true today. I first noticed Sinatra while watching E's! True Hollywood Story: Frank Sinatra in 2001. Before seeing the program I knew who Frank Sinatra was, but never really cared. After watching the two hour program I was hooked on him and his music.

Seven years after his death, I crave to know more about the man. His music and acting bring him to life for me through the countless books I read, his many CD's and movies. Sinatra may be gone, but he will always live on in through his fans.

Frank' s signature song is "My Way." Sinatra didn't rate the song too highly, but this is my favorite song. "My Way" is about a man facing death and is looking back at his life and deciding that he's satisfied with the way he lived it. I hope when it is my time, I will be satisfied with how I lived my life.

My Way

And now, the end is here

And so I face the final curtain

My friend, I'll say it clear

I'll state my case, of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full

I traveled each and ev'ry highway

And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few

But then again, too few to mention

I did what I had to do

and saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course,

each careful step along the byway

And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew

When I bit off more than I could chew

But through it all, when there was doubt

I ate it up and spit it out

I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried

I've had my fill, my share of losing

And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that

And may I say, not in a shy way,

"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way

"For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has naught

To say the things he truly feels

and not the words of one who kneels

the record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

Yes, it was my way

Francis Albert Sinatra

December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998