Bowtie, worn by Frank Sinatra
date: label: Date made
content: 1942
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bowtie with grey, brown, black, and off-white pattern worn by Frank Sinatra, c. 1942. Frank Sinatra - vocalist, actor and lyricist of Italian ancestry - rose to international stardom in the 1940s and remained a stellar performer into the mature years of his career. Sinatra's first success came in 1937 as the lead vocalist of the Hoboken Four, winners on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio program. Harry James hired Sinatra in 1939, launching Sinatra's career as a band singer. With Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra in early 1940, Sinatra's popularity with bobby-soxers reached phenomenal proportions. Before long, the radio and phonograph listening world were made aware of his impressive talent. Leaving Dorsey late in 1942, he worked as a single in theaters and clubs and had his own radio show in 1943, becoming the featured vocalist on radio's "Your Hit Parade" in 1944 and 1947-1949.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Costume
label: general subject association
content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frank Sinatra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0512.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0512
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0512.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tie
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm