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Son of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., has been successful as a vocalist and songwriter even while occupying his father's shadow. Born in New Jersey to Frank and his first wife, Nancy Barbato, Sinatra, Jr., was undoubtedly influenced by his father, although the elder Sinatra discouraged him from going into the music profession because of the trials and tribulations that went along with it, as well as the instability inherent in the profession. But singing along with his father's records, Sinatra, Jr., defied him and began a musical career anyway. Gifted with a singing voice similar to his father's, he began performing with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1963. In December of that year, he was kidnapped and ransomed two days later (the kidnappers were soon caught and convicted for the crime). Sinatra, Jr., later became his father's music director, gaining the advantage of learning his father's style, tone, expressions, delivery, and mannerisms over many nights in concer...