Sinatra at the opera,

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Frank Sinatra performed at the Blackpool Opera House on a 1953 tour of the UK. In 1953 Sinatra had just signed with Capitol Records, fresh off a supporting role in From Here To Eternity. This career upswing followed a disastrous three-year period for the singer in which Sinatra suffered on-and-off vocal trouble, got dropped from two record labels, and married and separated from Ava Gardner

The metanarrative around The Blueprint 3 release has often invoked a parallel between Sinatra’s and Hova’s respective comebacks. The idea seems to have cemented itself in the public consciousness after Kanye West’s infamous May 20, 2009 blog post on the music industry A-list in which Ye wrote “JAY IS SINATRA.”

And of course, Jay-Z straight up says “I am the new Sinatra” in “Empire State of Mind”

So there you go

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