Editing Frank Sinatra (section)

=== 1960–1969: Reprise years ===
Sinatra grew discontented at Capitol and feuded with [[Alan Livingston]], which lasted over six months.{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=146}} His first attempt at owning his own label was with his pursuit of buying declining jazz label [[Verve Records]], which ended once an initial agreement with Verve founder [[Norman Granz]] "failed to materialize".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/reprise-records-history/|title=To Play and Play Again: How Frank Sinatra's Thirst for Creative Freedom Led to Some of Classic Rock's Greatest Records|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=February 13, 2016 |access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819193252/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/reprise-records-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

He decided to form his own label, [[Reprise Records]],{{Sfnm|1a1=Friedwald|1y=1995|1p=367|2a1=Rojek|2y=2004|2p=142}} and, in an effort to assert his new direction, temporarily parted with Riddle, May and Jenkins, working with other arrangers such as [[Neil Hefti]], [[Don Costa]], and [[Quincy Jones]].{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=153}} Sinatra built the appeal of Reprise Records as one in which artists were promised creative control, as well as a guarantee that they would eventually gain "complete ownership of their work, including publishing rights."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhino.com/article/label-retrospective-sinatra-forms-reprise-records-on-this-day-in-1960|title=Label Retrospective: Sinatra forms Reprise Records on this day in 1960 {{!}} Rhino|website=www.rhino.com|language=en|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065325/http://www.rhino.com/article/label-retrospective-sinatra-forms-reprise-records-on-this-day-in-1960|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Under Sinatra the company developed into a music industry "powerhouse", and he later sold it for an estimated $80{{nbsp}}million.{{sfn|Santopietro|2008|p=340}} His first album on the label, ''[[Ring-a-Ding-Ding!]]'' (1961), was a major success, peaking at No.4 on ''Billboard''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Cliff Richard a Four-Time Winner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jiAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|date=December 11, 1961|first=Espen|last=Eriksen|page=26|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429140520/https://books.google.com/books?id=jiAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was released in February 1961, the same month that Reprise Records released [[Ben Webster]]'s ''[[The Warm Moods]]'', [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]'s ''The Wham of Sam'', [[Mavis Chloe Rivers|Mavis River]]'s ''Mavis'' and [[Joe E. Lewis]]'s ''It is Now Post Time''.{{sfn|Friedwald|1995|p=377}} During the initial years of Reprise, Sinatra was still under contract to record for Capitol, completing his contractual commitment with the release of ''[[Point of No Return (Frank Sinatra album)|Point of No Return]]'', recorded on September 11 and 12, 1961.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=149}}

[[File:Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra in 1962.jpg|thumb|left|Sinatra with [[Dean Martin]] and [[Judy Garland]] in 1962]]
In 1962, Sinatra released ''[[Sinatra and Strings]]'', a set of standard ballads arranged by Don Costa, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of Sinatra's Reprise period. Frank Jr., who was present during the recording, noted the "huge orchestra", which Nancy Sinatra stated "opened a whole new era" in pop music, with orchestras getting bigger, embracing a "lush string sound".{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=162}} 

Sinatra and [[Count Basie]] collaborated for the album ''[[Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First|Sinatra-Basie]]'' the same year,{{sfn|Shaw|1982|p=25}} a popular and successful release which prompted them to rejoin two years later for the follow-up ''[[It Might as Well Be Swing]]'', arranged by Quincy Jones.{{sfnm|1a1=Sinatra|1y=1986|1p=372|2a1=Granata|2y=2003|2p=169}} The two became frequent performers together,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Sinatra Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT36|date=November 20, 1965|page=36|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425135258/https://books.google.com/books?id=MykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT36|url-status=live}}</ref> and appeared at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]] in 1965.{{sfn|Sinatra|1986|p=302}} Also in 1962, as the owner of his own record label, Sinatra was able to step on the podium as conductor again, releasing his third instrumental album ''[[Frank Sinatra Conducts Music from Pictures and Plays]]''.{{sfn|Gigliotti|2002|p=22}}

In 1963, Sinatra reunited with Nelson Riddle for ''[[The Concert Sinatra]]'', an ambitious album featuring a 73-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by Riddle. The concert was recorded on a motion picture scoring soundstage with the use of multiple synchronized recording machines that employed an optical signal onto 35{{nbsp}}mm film designed for movie soundtracks. Granata considers the album to have been "impeachable" [sic], "one of the very best of the Sinatra-Riddle ballad albums", in which Sinatra displayed his vocal range, particularly in "[[Ol' Man River]]", in which he darkened the hue.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=171–173}}

In 1964, the song "[[My Kind of Town]]" was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 | title=The 37th Academy Awards | date=October 5, 2014 | publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | access-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-date=October 31, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031093059/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 | url-status=live }}</ref> Sinatra released ''[[Softly, as I Leave You (album)|Softly, as I Leave You]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/softly-as-i-leave-you-mw0000653242|title=Softly, as I Leave You|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=October 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012080304/http://www.allmusic.com/album/softly-as-i-leave-you-mw0000653242|url-status=live}}</ref> and collaborated with Bing Crosby and [[Fred Waring]] on ''[[America, I Hear You Singing]]'', a collection of patriotic songs recorded as a tribute to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy.{{Sfn|Avant-Mier|2010|p=15}}<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Album Reviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT1|date=May 9, 1964|page=1|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429125407/https://books.google.com/books?id=iEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT1|url-status=live}}</ref> Sinatra increasingly became involved in charitable pursuits in this period. In 1961 and 1962, he went to Mexico to put on performances for Mexican charities. {{efn|Nancy Sinatra notes that her father had a falling out with a bureaucrat in the country, who refused to admit Sinatra into his house. She says that though he was not formally banned from the country, the bureaucrat "made it seem so" and stated that the situation caused much humiliation to the family.{{Sfn|Sinatra|1986|p=212}}}} and in July 1964, he was present at the dedication of the Frank Sinatra International Youth Center for Arab and Jewish children in [[Nazareth]].{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=144}}

Sinatra's phenomenal success in 1965, coinciding with his 50th birthday, prompted ''Billboard'' to proclaim that he may have reached the "peak of his eminence".<ref name="Billboard 0598" /> In June 1965, Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and [[Dean Martin]] played live in [[St. Louis]] to benefit Dismas House, a prisoner rehabilitation and training center with nationwide programs that, in particular, helped serve black Americans. 

The Rat Pack concert, called The Frank Sinatra Spectacular, was broadcast live via satellite to numerous movie theaters across America.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/rat-pack-perf-found-1117433048/ | title=Rat pack perf found | work=Variety | date=January 26, 1997 | access-date=October 4, 2015 | author=Richmond, Ray | archive-date=October 5, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005124153/http://variety.com/1997/film/news/rat-pack-perf-found-1117433048/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/649439|title=Frank Sinatra and the Hoodlum Priest|first=Stephen|last=Werner|date=April 5, 2016|journal=American Catholic Studies|volume=127|issue=4|pages=101–108|via=Project MUSE|doi=10.1353/acs.2016.0074|s2cid=185983040|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=August 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215503/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/649439|url-status=live|issn=2161-8534}}</ref> The album ''[[September of My Years]]'' was released September 1965, and went on to win the Grammy Award for best album of the year.{{sfnm|1a1=Sinatra|1y=1986|1p=306|2a1=Jackson|2y=2015|2p=178}} Granata considers the album to have been one of the finest of his Reprise years, "a reflective throwback to the concept records of the 1950s, and more than any of those collections, distills everything that Frank Sinatra had ever learned or experienced as a vocalist".{{Sfn|Granata|2003|p=175}} One of the album's singles, "[[It Was a Very Good Year]]", won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/awards/8th-annual-grammy-awards|title=8th Annual Grammy Awards|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=October 6, 2015|archive-date=October 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007154853/http://www.grammy.com/awards/8th-annual-grammy-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> A career anthology, ''[[A Man and His Music]]'', followed in November, winning Album of the Year at the Grammys the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/awards/9th-annual-grammy-awards|title=9th Annual Grammy Awards|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044822/http://www.grammy.com/awards/9th-annual-grammy-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1966, Sinatra released ''[[That's Life (Frank Sinatra album)|That's Life]]'', with both the single of "[[That's Life (song)|That's Life]]" and album becoming Top Ten hits on ''Billboard''{{'}}s pop charts.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1966-12-31 | title=The Hot 100 – December 31, 1966 | magazine=Billboard | date=December 31, 1966 | access-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-date=September 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909051550/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1966-12-31 | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Strangers in the Night]]'' went on to top the ''Billboard'' and UK pop singles charts,<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/ | title=All The Number 1 Singles | publisher=Official Charts Company | date=January 30, 2015 | access-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004120737/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1966-07-02 | title=The Hot 100 – July 2, 1966 | magazine=Billboard | date=July 2, 1966 | access-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-date=February 11, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211191248/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1966-07-02 | url-status=live }}</ref> winning the award for Record of the Year at the Grammys.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1966&genre=All | title=1966 Winners | publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | access-date=October 4, 2015 | archive-date=May 11, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511195922/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1966&genre=All | url-status=live }}</ref> Sinatra's first live album, ''[[Sinatra at the Sands]]'', was recorded during January and February 1966 at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Sinatra was backed by the Count Basie Orchestra, with Quincy Jones conducting.{{sfn|Lonstein|Marino|1970|p=324}} Sinatra pulled out from the Sands the following year when he was driven out by its new owner [[Howard Hughes]] after a fight.{{sfn|Jones|1995|p=25}}{{efn|Hughes still resented Sinatra for marrying Ava Gardner, the subject of his own affections.{{sfn|Jones|1995|p=25}} After Hughes saw to it that the hotel imposed restrictions on what he could gamble in the casino,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881690/san_antonio_express/|title=Jimmy Despises Casino Gambling|author=Snyder, Jimmy "the Greek"|date=July 3, 1975|work=San Antonio Express|page=8|access-date=July 29, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001194934/http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2881690/san_antonio_express/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Sinatra began what ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' describes as a "weekend-long tirade" against the "hotel's management, employees and security forces",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-30-me-1117-story.html|title=Ex-Casino Executive Carl Cohen; Noted for Punching Frank Sinatra|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 30, 1986|access-date=July 25, 2015|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002055655/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-30/local/me-1117_1_carl-cohen|url-status=live}}</ref> culminating in a punch from executive [[Carl Cohen (businessman)|Carl Cohen]] that knocked the caps off Sinatra's front teeth.{{sfn|Anka|Dalton|2013|pp=168–171}} He began performing at [[Caesars Palace]].{{sfn|Sheridan|2011|p=54}}}}

[[File:Frank Sinatra Jill St. John Tony Rome.jpg|thumb|upright|Sinatra with [[Jill St. John]] in ''[[Tony Rome]]'' (1967)]]
Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]]. He recorded one of his collaborations with Jobim, the Grammy-nominated album ''[[Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim]]'', which was one of the best-selling albums of the year, behind the Beatles's ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jazz Education Journal, Volume 37, Issues 4–6 – Talking with Paolo Jobim about Antônio Carlos Jobim and the continuation of his legacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=snIJAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=International Association for Jazz Education|pages=7–8|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429091631/https://books.google.com/books?id=snIJAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> 

According to Santopietro the album "consists of an extraordinarily effective blend of bossa nova and slightly swinging jazz vocals, and succeeds in creating an unbroken mood of romance and regret."{{Sfn|Santopietro|2008|p=387}} Writer [[Stan Cornyn]] wrote that Sinatra sang so softly on the album that it was comparable to the time that he suffered from a vocal hemorrhage in 1950.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=183}}

Sinatra released the album ''[[The World We Knew]]'', which features a chart-topping duet of "[[Somethin' Stupid]]" with daughter Nancy.<ref name="UKCharts" /><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6531810/rewinding-the-charts-in-1967-frank-nancy-sinatra-shared-a-no-1 | title=Rewinding the Charts: In 1967, Frank & Nancy Sinatra Shared a No. 1 | magazine=Billboard | date=April 15, 2015 | access-date=October 4, 2015 | author=Caulfield, Keith | archive-date=September 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929064656/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6531810/rewinding-the-charts-in-1967-frank-nancy-sinatra-shared-a-no-1 | url-status=live }}</ref> In December, Sinatra collaborated with [[Duke Ellington]] on the album ''[[Francis A. & Edward K.]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Album Reviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA78|date=February 3, 1968|page=78|issn=0006-2510|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429084201/https://books.google.com/books?id=rAcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA78|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Granata, the recording of "[[Indian Summer (Victor Herbert song)|Indian Summer]]" on the album was a favorite of Riddle's, noting the "contemplative mood [which] is heightened by a [[Johnny Hodges]] alto sax solo that will bring a tear to your eye".{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=189}} 

With Sinatra in mind, singer-songwriter [[Paul Anka]] wrote the song "[[My Way]]", using the melody of the French "Comme d'habitude" ("As Usual"), composed by [[Claude François]] and [[Jacques Revaux]].{{sfn|Ingham|2005|p=270}} Sinatra recorded it in one take, just after Christmas 1968.{{Sfn|Friedwald|1995|p=446}} "My Way", Sinatra's best-known song on the Reprise label, was not an instant success, charting at No. 27 in the US and No. 5 in the UK.{{sfn|Kutner|2010|p=296}} However, it remained in the UK charts for 122 weeks, including 75 non-consecutive weeks in the [[American Top 40|Top 40]], between April 1969 and September 1971, which was still a record in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Sinatra |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15791/frank-sinatra/|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001051256/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15791/frank-sinatra/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sheeran hit first to remain a year in UK chart|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0624/710330-sheeran-hit-first-to-remain-a-year-in-uk-chart/|access-date=October 8, 2015|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] Ten |date=June 24, 2015|archive-date=August 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802123126/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0624/710330-sheeran-hit-first-to-remain-a-year-in-uk-chart/|url-status=dead }}</ref> Sinatra told songwriter [[Ervin Drake]] in the 1970s that he "detested" singing the song because he believed audiences would think it was a "self-aggrandizing tribute".{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=xvii}} According to [[NPR]], "My Way" has become one of the most requested songs at funerals.<ref>{{Cite news |title=A Toast To 'My Way', America's Anthem Of Self-Determination |language=en |publisher=NPR |work=All Things Considered |first=Sonari |last=Glinton |date=November 19, 2019 |series=American Anthem |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/19/774805536/frank-sinatra-my-way-self-determination-american-anthem |access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>

In an effort to maintain his commercial viability in the late 1960s, Sinatra would record works by [[Paul Simon]] ("[[Mrs. Robinson]]"), [[the Beatles]] ("[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]"), and [[Joni Mitchell]] ("[[Both Sides, Now]]") in 1969.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/sinatra2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005141811/http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/sinatra2.html|archive-date=October 5, 2007|title=Frank Sinatra&nbsp;– The Time 100 Profile|magazine=Time| url-status=dead|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>