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Frank Sinatra reached number one on the UK album chart with his tenth studio album “Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!”. In the US the album reached number two.
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- Frank Sinatra's album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely reached number one on the US album chart.
- Frank Sinatra performed in Las Vegas for the first time, appearing at the Desert Inn hotel and casino. By 1959, he had become one of the city's major attractions with the Rat Pack.
- Frank Sinatra sold two-thirds of his record company Reprise to Warner Brothers, which subsequently took over its operation.
- Frank Sinatra returns to New York’s Paramount Theatre, where he is greeted by a huge crowd of fans. The predominantly female audience refuses to leave, and police intervention is required. The incident becomes known as the “Columbus Day Riot.”
- „In the Blue of Evening“ by Frank Sinatra reached No. 1 on the U.S. chart.
- Frank Sinatra began his solo singing career.
- Frank Sinatra recorded "All or Nothing at All" with the Harry James Orchestra, one of his first major hits.
- During Jerry Lewis's annual telethon supporting muscular dystrophy research, Frank Sinatra surprised the audience by bringing Dean Martin into the studio. Martin had been Jerry Lewis's former comedy partner, and the two had not spoken for two decades following the breakup of their duo in 1956.