[464], Sinatra had three children, Nancy (born 1940), Frank Jr. (19442016) and Tina (born 1948), with his first wife, Nancy Sinatra (ne Barbato, 19172018), to whom he was married from 1939 to 1951. Frank Sinatras most successful recording of 1959 was High Hopes. In January 1960, at a news conference in the Senate Caucus Room, Lawfords brother-in-law, John F. Kennedy, announced his candidacy for president of the United States. [98] He initially had great success,[99] and performed on the radio on Your Hit Parade from February 1943 until December 1944,[100] and on stage. [370] Recording sessions would typically last three hours, though Sinatra would always prepare for them by spending at least an hour by the piano beforehand to vocalize, followed by a short rehearsal with the orchestra to ensure the balance of sound. [477] Gardner filed for divorce in June 1954, at a time when she was dating matador Luis Miguel Domingun,[478] but the divorce was not settled until 1957. [272] On November 2, 1970, Sinatra recorded the last songs for Reprise Records before his self-imposed retirement,[273] announced the following June at a concert in Hollywood to raise money for the Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund. [504] His deep blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He was deeply involved with politics starting in the mid-1940s and actively campaigned for presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. [248][w], Sinatra started 1967 with a series of recording sessions with Antnio Carlos Jobim. Esquire is planning a Rat Pack feature, and the ultrahip Caroline Records plans a Dean Martin collection on its Scamp label later this year. But I believe that to counter her steel will he'd developed his own. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known residency performers and part of the famous Rat Pack. [493] In his spare time, he enjoyed listening to classical music and attended concerts when he could. [240] One of the album's singles, "It Was a Very Good Year", won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male. [534], In 1960, Sinatra bought a share in the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino, a casino hotel that straddles the California-Nevada state line on the north shores of Lake Tahoe. [529] She also states that Sinatra and Hank Sanicola were financial partners with Mickey Cohen in the gossip magazine Hollywood Night Life. By May 1941, Sinatra topped the male singer polls in Billboard and DownBeat magazines. A military service for both men was scheduled for Saturday at the base. He became known as "Swoonatra" or "The Voice", and his fans "Sinatratics". [70] Sinatra later said that "The only two people I've ever been afraid of are my mother and Tommy Dorsey". [575] Gregory Peck, Tony Bennett, and Sinatra's son, Frank Jr., addressed the mourners, who included many notable people from film and entertainment. [586] A bronze plaque, place two years before Sinatra's death in 1998, marks the site of the house where he was born. [614][615] Creed singer Scott Stapp will portray Sinatra in Reagan, a biopic of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. [44][45] He got his first break in 1935 when his mother persuaded a local singing group called the 3 Flashes to let him join. [254] 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. The two men toured extensively together and appeared in many of the same films, includingOceans 11andRobin and the 7 Hoods. [164] His first session for Capitol took place at KHJ studios at Studio C, 5515 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, with Axel Stordahl conducting. They were buds pallies, Sinatras daughter Tina toldPeople. The book continued, "Joey was supposed to appear in 'Robin and the 7 Hoods' with the guys. An investigation into the cause of the crash, carried out by a six-member team of Air Force and Air National Guard officers, is expected to be completed within one to three months. [324] He was forced to drop the case on September 19, 1984, with several leading newspapers expressing concerns about his views on censorship. An aging Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. got together for a reunion tour slated for 1988. [201] In 1958 Sinatra released the concept album Come Fly with Me with Billy May, designed as a musical world tour. [159] His last studio recording for Columbia, "Why Try To Change Me Now", was recorded in New York on September 17, 1952, with orchestra arranged and conducted by Percy Faith. [39] To please his mother, he enrolled at Drake Business School, but departed after 11 months. Sinatra's first vocal hit was the song "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" in late April 1940. [97] Columbia Records re-released Harry James and Sinatra's August 1939 version of "All or Nothing at All",[66] which reached number 2 on June 2, and was on the best-selling list for 18 weeks. [202] It reached the top spot on the Billboard album chart in its second week, remaining at the top for five weeks,[203] and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the inaugural Grammy Awards. [461] In the late 1970s, John Denver appeared as a guest in the Sinatra and Friends ABC-TV Special, singing "September Song" as a duet. [154] Sinatra's relationship with Columbia Records was also disintegrating, with A&R executive Mitch Miller claiming he "couldn't give away" the singer's records. Perhaps nostalgia for those days is an escape, no matter how fleeting or illusory, from safe sex and sobriety. Dean Martin sings at the Variety Club luncheon in his honor at the Hilton Hotel in London. Martin stayed home. Later, Sinatra helped Rich form his own band with a $25,000 loan and provided financial help to Rich during times of the drummer's serious illness. Lahr comments that the new Sinatra was "not the gentle boy balladeer of the forties. [399] The Los Angeles Examiner wrote that Sinatra is "simply superb, comical, pitiful, childishly brave, pathetically defiant", commenting that his death scene is "one of the best ever photographed". Dean Martin (* 7. [394][ab] During production, Montgomery Clift became a close friend,[396] and Sinatra later professed that he "learned more about acting from him than anybody I ever knew before". On December 11, 1943, he was officially classified 4-F ("Registrant not acceptable for military service") by his draft board because of a perforated eardrum. [71] Though Kelley says that Sinatra and drummer Buddy Rich were bitter rivals,[m] other authors state that they were friends and even roommates when the band was on the road, but professional jealousy surfaced as both men wanted to be considered the star of Dorsey's band. [192], 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. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured within the United States and internationally until shortly before his death in 1998. Up until his death in November 1956, Dorsey occasionally made biting comments about Sinatra to the press such as "he's the most fascinating man in the world, but don't put your hand in the cage".[86]. [379] He had a cameo role along with Duke Ellington and Count Basie in Charles Barton's Reveille with Beverly (1943), making a brief appearance singing "Night and Day". The two men never spoke again. Kennedy showed up at ringside. Sinatra had a traumatic welcome into the world. Santopietro said that as a troubled New York City homicide cop, Sinatra gave an "extraordinarily rich", heavily layered characterization, one which "made for one terrific farewell" to his film career. Look at Me Now", "Dolores", "Everything Happens to Me", and "This Love of Mine" in 1941; "Just as Though You Were There", "Take Me", and "There Are Such Things" in 1942; and "It Started All Over Again", "In the Blue of Evening", and "It's Always You" in 1943. [6], Francis Albert Sinatra[a] was born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey,[8][9][b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [587] There is also a marker in front of Hoboken Historical Museum, which has artifacts from his life and conducts Sinatra walking tours through the city. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, often with journalists he felt had crossed him or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. [93][94][95] Such was the bobby-soxer devotion to Sinatra that they were known to write Sinatra's song titles on their clothing, bribe hotel maids for an opportunity to touch his bed, and accost his person in the form of stealing clothing he was wearing, most commonly his bow-tie. [80] A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942. 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Kennedy and Frank Sinatra", How Bobby Kennedy Started the War on Gangs, "Sinatra, snow storms, and a smashed-up helipad: the story behind John F Kennedy's star-studded inauguration", "New York Magazine Is Reagan Gala a Kennedy Snub? [217] He decided to form his own label, Reprise Records[218] 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. Kennedy. After that, the FBI began monitoring the Rat Packs movements: at Skinny DAmatos joint in Atlantic City, at Sam Giancanas joint outside Chicago. (1961), was a major success, peaking at No.4 on Billboard. [180] Sinatra's second album with Riddle, Swing Easy!, which reflected his "love for the jazz idiom" according to Granata,[181] was released on August 2 of that year and included "Just One of Those Things", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Get Happy", and "All of Me". In 1995, Martin died of acute respiratory failure. That's all. [264] According to NPR, My Way has become one the most requested songs at funerals. [582] George Roberts, a trombonist in Sinatra's band, remarked that Sinatra had a "charisma, or whatever it is about him, that no one else had". [316], Santopietro stated that by the early 1980s, Sinatra's voice had "coarsened, losing much of its power and flexibility, but audiences didn't care". [299] During the Labor Day weekend held in 1976, Sinatra was responsible for reuniting old friends and comedy partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis for the first time in nearly twenty years, when they performed at the "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon". ", Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. [600] During his speech, Sinatra stated that his education had come from "the school of hard knocks" and was suitably touched by the award. [350] Sinatra was an aficionado of classical music,[351] and would often request classical strains in his music, inspired by composers such as Puccini and Impressionist masters. [114], Despite being heavily involved in political activity in 1945 and 1946, in those two years Sinatra sang on 160 radio shows, recorded 36 times, and shot four films. He was 82 years old and had, at last, faced his final curtain. solidified "Sinatra's image as a 'swinger', from both a musical and visual standpoint". Over the years he recorded 87 of Cahn's songs, of which 24 were composed by Jule Styne, and 43 by Jimmy Van Heusen. Sinatra never completed the project, but take number 18 of "My Foolish Heart" may be heard in The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995). [364] Barbara Sinatra notes that Sinatra would almost always credit the songwriter at the end of each number, and would often make comments to the audience, such as "Isn't that a pretty ballad" or "Don't you think that's the most marvelous love song", delivered with "childlike delight". Advertisement. His personal favorite was Ralph Vaughan Williams. I'm not going to mess with him, are you? [611] Alex Gibney directed a four-part biographical series on Sinatra, All or Nothing at All, for HBO in 2015. By the end of 1943 he was more popular in a DownBeat poll than Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Bob Eberly, and Dick Haymes. Dolly said of it, "My son is like me. Guard units, meanwhile, spent their eighth day scouring the crash site, 'going one step at a time and documenting everything they find' across a 100- by 200-foot area, a military official said. The proudest achievement of my life was to bring Alex into this world.''. The grave currently reads "Sleep Warm Poppa". After Della Penta attempted to tear off Barbato's dress, Sinatra ordered Barbato away and told Della Pinta that he would marry Barbato, several years his junior, because she was pregnant. [393] Sinatra had long been desperate to find a film role which would bring him back into the spotlight, and Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn had been inundated by appeals from people across Hollywood to give Sinatra a chance to star as "Maggio" in the film. [198] Granata considers "Close to You" to have been thematically his closest concept album to perfection during the "golden" era, and Nelson Riddle's finest work, which was "extremely progressive" by the standards of the day. Now, after decades as anathema and embarrassment, the Rat Pack has begun a resurgence. In 1942, Sinatra hired arranger Axel Stordahl away from Tommy Dorsey before he began his first radio program that year, keeping Stordahl with him for all of his radio work. [530], The FBI kept records amounting to 2,403 pages on Sinatra, who was a natural target with his alleged Mafia ties, his ardent New Deal politics, and his friendship with John F. [360], Arrangers such as Nelson Riddle and Anthony Fanzo found Sinatra to be a perfectionist who constantly drove himself and others around him, stating that his collaborators approached him with a sense of uneasiness because of his unpredictable and often volatile temperament. Be happy because that's what (your father) would have wanted.'. [219] Sinatra built the appeal of Reprise Records as one in which artists were promised creative control over their music, as well as a guarantee that they would eventually gain "complete ownership of their work, including publishing rights. He would be home for dinner every night, she said. November 4, 2019 at 7:00 PM. [617] Francis Ford Coppola, director of the film adaptation, said in the audio commentary that "Obviously Johnny Fontane was inspired by a kind of Frank Sinatra character". [21] Dolly became influential in Hoboken and in local Democratic Party circles. [513] According to Rojek he was "capable of deeply offensive behavior that smacked of a persecution complex". "[426] He appeared with the Rat Pack in the western Sergeants 3 (also 1962),[424] and again in the 1964 gangster-oriented musical Robin and the 7 Hoods. [52] The roadhouse was connected to the WNEW radio station in New York City, and he began performing with a group live during the Dance Parade show. Nice, France, August 11 (A.P.). "[581], Gus Levene commented that Sinatra's strength was that when it came to lyrics, telling a story musically, Sinatra displayed a "genius" ability and feeling, which with the "rare combination of voice and showmanship" made him the "original singer" which others who followed most tried to emulate. His wife of 22 years, Jeannie, concluded that he was a man beyond knowing. The following night on television, Jay Leno - bland and earnest - asked Harrison Ford if he had overindulged on the holiday. Backing him was bandleader Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd, who accompanied Sinatra on a European tour later that month. [151][s] Though several notable recordings were made during this time period, such as "If I Could Write a Book" in January 1952, which Granata sees as a "turning point", forecasting his later work with its sensitivity,[157] Columbia and MCA dropped him later that year. [487][488] In a 2015 CBS Sunday Morning interview, Nancy Sinatra dismissed the claim as "nonsense". Martin, 35, a member of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Tactical Fighter Group based at March Air Force Base, was killed March 21 when the F-4C Phantom jet fighter he was piloting. It is structured like a three-act play, each commencing with the songs "With Every Breath I Take", "Blame It on My Youth" and "It Could Happen to You". & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. The winner of the auction was Vie Carlson, mother of Bun E. Carlos of the rock group Cheap Trick. [206] In September, Sinatra released Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, a stark collection of introspective[u] saloon songs and blues-tinged ballads which proved a huge commercial success, spending 120 weeks on Billboards album chart and peaking at No. The friendship between Sinatra and Martin was particularly close. 5 in the UK,[261] but it remained in the UK charts for 122 weeks, including 75 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 40, between April 1969 and September 1971, which was still a record in 2015. Stordahl recalled: "He just couldn't believe his ears. 'He took life very seriously but he wouldn't let you know it.'. Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him another Golden Globe. [104] Sinatra released "You'll Never Know", "Close to You", "Sunday, Monday, or Always" and "People Will Say We're in Love" as singles. Burbank, California, 1965 to 1974. [525] He was reported to be a good friend of mobster Sam Giancana,[526] and the two men were seen playing golf together. "[220] Under Sinatra the company developed into a music industry "powerhouse", and he later sold it for an estimated $80million. [610] A 1998 episode of the BBC documentary series Arena, The Voice of the Century, focused on Sinatra. Sinatra's lawyer, Henry Jaffe, met with Dorsey's lawyer N. Joseph Ross in Los Angeles in August 1943. [383][384] A major success,[385] it garnered several Academy Award wins and nominations, and the song "I Fall in Love Too Easily", sung by Sinatra in the film, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [388] He teamed up with Kelly for a third time in On the Town (also 1949), playing a sailor on leave in New York City. [559][560] In 1985, Reagan presented Sinatra with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, remarking, "His love of country, his generosity for those less fortunate make him one of our most remarkable and distinguished Americans. [363], Unlike many of his contemporaries, Sinatra insisted upon direct input regarding arrangements and tempos for his recordings. I never heard such a commotion All this for a fellow I never heard of. Martin had also suffered ongoing kidney problems in the years before his passing, per the Los Angeles Times, and had stopped touring a few years before his death due to his health issues. [ag] Santopietro writes that Sinatra "simply never appeared fully at ease on his own television series, his edgy, impatient personality conveying a pent up energy on the verge of exploding". Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. [116] Sinatra's last two albums with Columbia, Dedicated to You and Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra, were released in 1950. Dorsey eventually relented, and on January 19, 1942, Sinatra recorded "Night and Day", "The Night We Called It a Day", "The Song is You", and "Lamplighter's Serenade" at a Bluebird recording session, with Axel Stordahl as arranger and conductor. [547] After taking office, Kennedy distanced himself from Sinatra, due in part to the singer's ties with the Mafia. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. [311] He owned a Jewish skullcap, known as a kippah or yarmulkah, which was sold as part of his wife's estate many years after his death. Related: Frank Sinatra's Net Worth: The Life of a Music Legend . [564] At the Sands in 1955, Sinatra went against policy by inviting Nat King Cole into the dining room,[565] and in 1961, after an incident where an African-American couple entered the lobby of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Davis forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. A television miniseries based on Sinatra's life, titled Sinatra, was aired by CBS in 1992. [236], Robert Christgau referred to Sinatra as "the greatest singer of the 20th century". American singer Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack on May 14, 1998. [542] According to Jo Carroll Silvers, in his younger years Sinatra had "ardent liberal" sympathies, and was "so concerned about poor people that he was always quoting Henry Wallace". Frank passed away in 1998 while Joey died in 2007. Martin Mills/Getty Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. [43] As a singer, early on he was primarily influenced by Bing Crosby,[36] but later believed that Tony Bennett was "the best singer in the business". [549] His brother Robert, who was serving as Attorney General and was known for urging FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to conduct more crackdowns on the Mafia,[550] was distrustful of Sinatra. [189] It features a recording of "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Cole Porter,[190] something which Sinatra paid meticulous care to, taking a reported 22 takes to perfect. Vitals. [221] His first album on the label, Ring-a-Ding-Ding! The Rat Pack concert, called The Frank Sinatra Spectacular, was broadcast live via satellite to numerous movie theaters across America. With Davis, Lawford and Martin gone, and Sinatra mostly silent, the Rat Pack is only a memory in these smoke-free, politically correct times. [330], On June 6, 1988, Sinatra made his last recordings with Reprise for an album which was not released. With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford. [285] He began what Barbara Sinatra describes as a "massive comeback tour of the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australia". [110] During one trip to Rome he met the Pope, who asked him if he was an operatic tenor. [372] At Capitol he used a Neumann U47, an "ultra-sensitive" microphone which better captured the timbre and tone of his voice. [78], After the 1942 recordings, Sinatra believed he needed to go solo,[79] with an insatiable desire to compete with Bing Crosby,[n] but he was hampered by his contract which gave Dorsey 43% of Sinatra's lifetime earnings in the entertainment industry. To say Frank Sinatra's relationship with actress Ava Gardner had its ups and downs is an understatement of truly colossal properties. Jerry Lewis hates surprisesand on September 5, 1976, the biggest one of his then . [494] He often played golf with Venturi at the course in Palm Springs, where he lived,[495] and liked painting, reading, and building model railways. Go home and take a bath. Sinatra was included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. [459], According his musical collaboration with Jobim and Ella Fitzgerald in 1967, Sinatra appeared in the TV special, A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim, which was broadcast on CBS on November 13. [585] In 2003 the city's main post office was rededicated in his honor. [392], Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953) deals with the tribulations of three soldiers, played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. [260] "My Way", Sinatra's best-known song on the Reprise label, was not an instant success, charting at No. To watch them on stage together was brilliant because you could see the love in their eyes, the respect for each other, Martins daughter Deana told theDesert Sun. 19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. [463] Ten years later, he made a guest appearance opposite Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I., playing a retired policeman who teams up with Selleck to find his granddaughter's murderer. [412] He starred opposite Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in George Sidney's Pal Joey (1957), Sinatra, for which he won for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. [539] Sinatra's gambling license was restored in February 1981, following support from Ronald Reagan. [224], 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 entire Reprise period. [547][an], Sinatra worked with Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968,[556] and remained a supporter of the Democratic Party until the early 1970s. [331], In 1990, Sinatra was awarded the second "Ella Award" by the Los Angeles-based Society of Singers, and performed for a final time with Ella Fitzgerald at the award ceremony. [378] Sinatra made his film debut performing in an uncredited sequence in Las Vegas Nights (1941), singing "I'll Never Smile Again" with Tommy Dorsey's Pied Pipers. After a fight between Della Penta and Dolly, Della Penta was later arrested herself. BBC radio did a six-part Rat Pack documentary in late 1993. There are stars on east and west sides of the 1600 block of Vine Street respectively, and one on the south side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard for his work in television. [242], In 1966 Sinatra released That's Life, with both the single of "That's Life" and album becoming Top Ten hits in the US on Billboard's pop charts. Della Penta went to the police, and Sinatra was arrested on a morals charge for seduction. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. [323] According to Kelley, the family detested her and the book, which took its toll on Sinatra's health. [am] Crosby's affiliations with the mafia were less publicly known. Dean Martin and his pallies would have had a good laugh at that one. [599], Sinatra received three Honorary Degrees during his lifetime. [438][439] The following year, Sinatra received a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award[399] and had intended to play Detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971), but had to turn down the role due to developing Dupuytren's contracture in his hand. A host of celebrities, including Sinatra and his wife, Barbara, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Desi Arnaz Jr., Danny Thomas, Red Buttons, Lucille Ball, Henri Mancini, and some 200 hundred members of Martin's unit, several in full military dress, attended the afternoon memorial service. [569][570] Sinatra was in ill health during the last few years of his life, and was frequently hospitalized for heart and breathing problems, high blood pressure, pneumonia and bladder cancer. His voice is built on infinite taste, with an overall inflection of sex. [111] Sinatra worked frequently with the popular Andrews Sisters in radio in the 1940s,[112] and many USO shows were broadcast to troops via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). In his new book, Bottoms Up: The Cocktail, Shaken and Stirred, Joseph Lanza writes: The Rat Pack era is renowned not only for bolstering Kennedys election but for binding American politics to the entertainment industry. [369] Author Granata considered Sinatra a "master of the art of recording", noting that his work in the studio "set him apart from other gifted vocalists". If it was a "rhythm" number, he would think of Billy May, or perhaps Neil Hefti or some other favored arranger. [567] When he changed his political affiliations in 1970, Sinatra became less outspoken on racial issues. Sinatra earned $125 a week, appearing at the Palmer House in Chicago,[64] and James released Sinatra from his contract. [119] Such was Sinatra's command at Columbia that his love of conducting was indulged with the release of the set Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder, an offering unlikely to appeal to Sinatra's core fanbase at the time, which consisted of teenage girls. [502][503] He was also obsessed with cleanlinesswhile with the Tommy Dorsey band he developed the nickname "Lady Macbeth", because of frequent showering and switching his outfits.
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