During WWII, “Stars and Stripes” did a poll of the soldiers.
The question was who they liked better as a singer, Roy Acuff or Frank Sinatra. Acuff won easily.
Sinatra was a good singer and actually a pretty good actor but I always thought he was over hyped.
Yes....obviously, like everything else, musical choices can be pretty subjective. But despite hearing him sing hundreds/thousands of times, there's not one Sinatra recording I really like. None of his stuff grabs me. Now Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Patsy Cline...a big yes to all of those singers.
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.