  frank p. stallone, jr. (born july 30, 1950) is an american actor, singer/guitarist and songwriter. he is the younger brother of sylvester stallone. ==early life== stallone was born in new york city. he is the younger brother of sylvester stallone and the son of jacqueline "jackie" stallone (nÃ©e labofish), an astrologer, former dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling, and frank stallone, sr., a hairdresser. in his teen years he went to lincoln high school in northeast philadelphia. frank started his career around the time of high school singing on street corners and making money with his guitar. ==career== ===1980s to 1990s=== stallone has worked as a singer in the tradition of american big band jazz and popular music, in a vocal style reminiscent of his idol frank sinatra. he tours with his own orchestra under conductor paul vesco, and has also worked with conductors sammy nestico and billy may. stallone has released a number of albums, including day in day out with sammy nestico (1991; a1 records: fstcd1) and "close your eyes" with billy may (1996; coolnote). stallone wrote and performed "far from over" for the 1983 film staying alive.80s music channel: far from over the song was released mid april 1983. the song peaked at #10 on the billboard hot 100, becoming his only major pop hit. the song was nominated for a golden globe award for best original song from a motion picture and a grammy award for best album of original score written for a motion picture or television special. a self-titled album soon followed from rso, in the style of 1980s pop. the album featured a slightly remixed (and abridged) version of "far from over" as well as the song, "darlin'", which peaked at #81 on the billboard hot 100 in may 1984. in the mid-1990s, stallone became the subject of a running gag on saturday night live, during its "weekend update" segment 
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