List of Frank Sinatra awards

This page contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to Frank Sinatra.

Awards, citations and honors

*Inductee into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1980)
*Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award (1983)
*Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by President Ronald Reagan (1985)
*Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology (1985)
*Lifetime Achievement Award from the NAACP (1987)
*Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award (1990)
*Congressional Gold Medal (1997)
*Named as the "Greatest Voice of the Twentieth Century" by BBC Radio 2 (2001) [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1281522.stm Greatest] ]
*Each year on Sinatra's birthday, (December 12), the Empire State Building lights up with blue lights in reference to Sinatra's nickname, "Ol' Blue Eyes".
*Honorary membership of Alpha Phi Delta
*Was ranked among Quigley's Top Ten Money-Makers Poll five times -- 1956(10), 1957(5), 1958(10), 1959(7) and 1960(8)
*Sinatra has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
**For his contribution to Motion pictures at 1600 Vine Street
**For his contribution to Recording at 1637 Vine Street
**For his contribution to Television at 6538 Hollywood Blvd.
*Frank Sinatra is inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. (2007)

Film industry awards

Academy Awards

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Song
*"I Fall in Love too Easily" from the motion picture "Anchors Aweigh"

*Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jule Styne (sung by Frank Sinatra) (1945)

Academy Award for Best Original Song
*"Three Coins in the Fountain" from the motion picture "Three Coins in the Fountain"

*Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen (sung by Frank Sinatra) (1954)

Academy Award for Best Original Song
*"All the Way" from the motion picture "The Joker is Wild

*Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen (sung by Frank Sinatra) (1957)

Academy Award for Best Original Song
*"High Hopes" from the motion picture "A Hole in the Head"

*Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen (sung by Frank Sinatra) (1959)

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Song
*"My Kind of Town" from the motion picture "Robin and the 7 Hoods"

*Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen (sung by Frank Sinatra) (1964)

Television industry awards

Downbeat Polls

*Readers' poll Male Singer of the Year sixteen times between 1941 and 1966
*Readers' poll Personality of the Year six times between 1954 and 1959
*Critics' poll Male Singer of the Year twice, in 1955 and 1957.

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards began in 1958, after two peaks of Sinatra's recording career had already happened, but Sinatra still won eleven Grammy Awards - his work was nominated over 30 times - in his career and has been presented with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award along with the Academy's highest honours, their Lifetime, and Legend Awards.

Grammy Award for Best Album Cover:
*Frank Sinatra for "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely" (1959)

Grammy Award for Album of the Year:
*Frank Sinatra for "Come Dance with Me!" (1960)
*Frank Sinatra for "September of My Years" (1966)
*Frank Sinatra for "A Man and His Music" (1967)

Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
*Frank Sinatra for "Come Dance With Me" (from "Come Dance with Me!") (1960)
*Frank Sinatra for "It Was a Very Good Year" (from "September of My Years") (1966)
*Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night" (from "Strangers in the Night") (1967)

Grammy Award for Record of the Year:
*Frank Sinatra for "Strangers in the Night" (1967)

Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
*Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey for "The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions Vol. 1, 2 & 3" (1982)

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance:
*Frank Sinatra for "Duets II" (1995)

The Bing Crosby Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award (1965)

Grammy Trustees Award (1979)

Grammy Legend Award (1994)

Playboy Awards

*Jazz All-Star Poll Male Vocalist of the Year seven times between 1957 and 1963. [ [http://www.avalon.net/~bstuder/theman.htm Seven] ]

References