THE
MUSIC STOPPED
FRANK
SINATRA
SONGWRITERS: HAROLD ADAMSON & JIMMY MCHUGH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE MUSIC STOPPED
LABEL: V-DISC
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1944
Francis Albert Sinatra(/sɪˈnɑːtrə/;
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor who is
generally perceived as one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th century.
He is one of the best-selling
music artists of all time, having sold an estimated
150 million records worldwide. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New
Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the
intimate easy listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with
bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra
found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers".
Sinatra released his debut album, The Voice of
Frank Sinatra, in 1946. However, by the early
1950s, his professional career had stalled and he turned to Las Vegas, where
he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack.
His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of the film From Here to
Eternity, with his performance subsequently earning
him an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra then released several critically
lauded albums, some of which are retrospectively noted as being among the first
"concept albums",
including In the Wee
Small Hours(1955), Songs for
Swingin' Lovers!(1956), Come Fly with Me(1958), Only the Lonely(1958), No One Cares(1959),
and Nice 'n' Easy(1960).
Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to
start his own record label, Reprise Records,
and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the
retrospective álbum September of
My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television
special Frank
Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After
releasing Sinatra at
the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel
and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early
1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with
Tom Jobim, the
album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim.
It was followed by 1968's Francis A.
& Edward K. with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first
time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. He
recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and
released "New York, New
York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a
home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until
shortly before his death in 1998.
The music stopped
But we were still dancing
Which goes to show
That music has charm
The lights were low
So we kept on dancing
I felt the glow
Of you in my arms
The band had left the
stand
And we were in heaven
Dancing on a cloud
Way off in the blue
The music stopped
And people were glancing
But we went on dancing
For we didn't know
Because the lights were low
And we were in love
The band had left the
stand
And we were in heaven
Dancing on a cloud
Way off in the blue
The music stopped
And people were glancing
But we went on dancing
For we didn't know
Because the lights were low
And we were in love.
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