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Frank Sinatra, 1947.
Frank Sinatra was discovered by Harry James in 1939 while Sinatra was working as a singer and waiter at the Rustic Cabin in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. At the time, James had recently departed the Benny Goodman Orchestra to establish his own band and subsequently hired Sinatra to perform with the group.1