Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin

Frank Sinatra ( b. December 12, 1915 ) was one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century. In a professional career that lasted 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite often countervailing trends.

He came to the fore during the swing era of the 1930s and '40s, helped to define the "sing era" of the '40s and '50s, and continued to attract listeners during the rock era that began in the mid-'50s.

He dropped out of high school and he got his first big break on a radio talent show in 1935. He began to sing at small night clubs and in 1939 he began working with bandleader Harry James. After seven months with Harry James, Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, causing his career to skyrocket.

Frank Sinatra cut a staggering total of 29 singles with Tommy Dorsey during 1941, which led to his being named Male Vocalist of the Year by Billboard Magazine. Dorsey's orchestra was one of the most popular in the land, and it remained so with Sinatra singing with it from 1940 through 1942.

During that time, Sinatra performed with the band in his first two movies— Las Vegas Nights (1941) and Ship Ahoy (1942). As an actor, he appeared in fifty-eight films and won an Academy Award for his role in From Here to Eternity.

He began his solo career at the end of 1942 and continued his speedy rise. His widespread appeal was further fueled by America's explosive mass media growth in newspapers, magazines, films, record players, and radio stations. Sinatra was the first singer to attract the kind of near hysteria that would later accompany live appearances by Elvis Presley and the Beatles.

Sinatra did not just record singles. He recorded albums around a central theme with a large collection of songs or ballads. From 1957 through 1966 he had twenty-seven Top Ten albums without producing one Top Ten single.

Sinatra’s career suffered many ups and downs, but he always succeeded in making a comeback, and performed on the world’s stages right up until the last few years of his life.

From his first released single in 1940, to the release in 1980 of “Theme from New York, New York”, Frank Sinatra had an amazing total of 209 hits on Billboards pop singles charts.

Failing health kept him out of the public eye after his 80th birthday, and he suffered a heart attack and stroke in 1996, and a further heart attack in 1997. After suffering his 3rd and final heart attack, Frank Sinatra died on May 14th 1998.

"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and is included in Songs for Swingin' Lovers!album, his eighth studio album arranged by Nelson Riddle and released in March 1956.

In 2000 the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and ranked number 306 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

The album was the first ever number one album in the UK. It was knocked off the top after two weeks by Carousel (the 1956 movie's soundtrack).