Very over-hyped. There were far better pop vocalists, but he came along at the right time and appealed to the right demographic (bobby soxers). Very early in his career he attracted 15 year-olds the way Bieber does today. I’m not saying he wasn’t good, and I think he was not bad as an actor, but the article is ridiculous over-praise. I was force-fed a lot of Sinatra this weekend by Sirius while driving long distance. It should suffice to say he was good, and certainly better than the tripe the author liked as a kid.
Very true. But Sinatra was rather unique in that he had a talent when it came to picking which songs to record, and which songs to pass on.
A Sinatra song is almost by definition a good song.