Frank Sinatra Enterprises (LLC) is a speciality record label founded in 1965 by

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and the Sinatra family to manage the license likeness rights to

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

, as well as the singer's recordings at

Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...

during the 1960s. In 2013, it was announced that a deal was struck with

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to combine those recordings with his work at

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

from the 1950s under UMG imprint called Signature Sinatra. A series of events to celebrate Sinatra's centenary in 2015 was organized and entitled "Sinatra 100".

History

Frank Sinatra Enterprises was founded in 2007 as the company which administers the rights for the usage of

's recordings from his time spent on the

label, as well as a number of other recordings, films and images. It also issues licences for the usage of Sinatra's name and likeness. It was formed by

alongside the Sinatra family; specifically his children,

Frank Sinatra, Jr. Francis Wayne Sinatra Group note. (; January 10, 1944 – March 16, 2016), professionally known as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American singer, songwriter, and conductor. He was the son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy ...

, Nancy Sinatra and

Tina Sinatra Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American businesswoman, film producer, Hollywood agent, and memoirist. Early life Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948, in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of American singer and ac ...

. Prior to the founding of the new label, Tina and attorney Robert A. Finkelstein were managing the Sinatra rights, but found that the work required a larger team to work on it. Under Frank Sinatra Enterprises, the duo hold the Sinatra family's two votes on the five person board, the others being represented at launch by the

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of Warner Music Group, Edgar Bronfman, Jr., president of

Rhino Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978. It is currently the catalog division for Warner Music Group. Its current CEO is Mark Pinkus. History Founded in 1978, Rhino was original ...

, Scott Pascucci, and a tie-breaking vote in the hands of former

president Hale Milgrim. Under this agreement, Sinatra's Reprise Records recordings were released on

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within the United States, and internationally distributed from 2009 onwards by

. In 2013, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and UMG agreed to jointly licence Sinatra's recordings on Reprise alongside those from his Capitol Records period; the former represents his recordings from the 1960s, while the latter are generally from the 1950s. The new releases were made under a new imprint entitled Signature Sinatra, which UMG managed and marketed. This replaced the Rhino releases within the United States of Sinatra's work. The first release under this new agreement was a re-release of the 1993 album ''

Duets A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers. Duets or The Duets may also refer to: Films and television * ''Duets'' (film), a 2000 film, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti and Huey Lewis * "Duets" (''Glee''), a 2010 episod ...

'', expanded with further five further tracks.

Sinatra 100

To commemorate the Sinatra centenary on December 12, 2015, the Sinatra family alongside Frank Sinatra Enterprises planned a series of events throughout the year entitled "Sinatra 100". This included an exhibition running from March to September at the

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 millio ...

called "Sinatra: An American Icon", alongside

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. After September 4, a national tour began. An exhibition of previously unseen photographs of Sinatra, called "The Sinatra Experience" was held at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City during March.

References

External links

Sinatra.com
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