James Anthony's Salute To Sinatra

A natural sounding 'Frank Sinatra' voice with the warm deep tones and phrasing to bring the emotional aspect of the song to be not only heard, but felt as well.

James Anthony is a true jazz torch singer that sings from his heart. A former RCA Records artist, James is a powerful alpha singer that is Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Las Vegas and an award winning swing jazz vocalist. James is a singer that delivers a song so you can picture it in you mind and touch your soul.

1973: James entered high school and was swooped up by the choir teacher, Mr. Clark Black, as a baritone/bass singer within the varsity & male choirs throughout his four years at Chaparral High School in Las Vegas. This gave James the education of harmony and the love of singing, and he was hooked. In the mid ‘70s, James' family did well with their business in Las Vegas and James was surrounded with constant big band sounds of Sinatra, Elvis, Dino, Tom Jones, Bobby Darin, Doris Day and so on, thus exposing James to some of the best music ever written, and all of this right at his front door. This cat's got it in his blood and man does he deliver!

1978: James joined the US Navy where he proudly and honorably served our country for 4 1/2 years and 2 years reserves with A-7 Squadron VA-122 based in Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, CA., VA-122 Det. Fallon, NV and throughout the U.S. He was Honorably discharged in (phone number hidden)4: James returned to Las Vegas where he auditioned and was accepted as the last drummer for the established band called Roadhouse to which they opened concerts and performed to support their albums. Roadhouse principals retired in 1984 and was later inducted into the LV Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in (phone number hidden)9: James relocated to Los Angeles to begin a tough music career and although there were many ups and downs at first, James begin a successful music career as a session drummer/percussionist and backup singer. James also continued to perform in various show rooms in Las Vegas throughout his career and his credits include working with various record labels including RCA Records, booking agencies including the national GMA Agency as a national touring artist and voice over talent.
1991: James finally hung up his sticks and purchased a Florida based corporation where he raised his young family. 13 years later in 2004, a tragic accident presented James with some physical rehab and speech therapy due to electrocution from a near lightning strike. After a year of hospital poking and prodding, James regained 100% mobility and speech with a new outlook.
2005, James sold his corporation, became a traveling business consultant/trainer and it seemed that music had come back into his life. James was given a collection of big band music from the 20s-70 and he was in love.
2011: James returned to music but, with a business man's perspective. James researched the industry for a year for educational purposes so as to understand the industry's changes after a 20 year break. Time had taken its toll on James' chops for the drums but he still had his voice and man what a voice. James didn't know it but later would discover that when he sang, the world around him noticed;
2012, With encouragement from his friends, James entered a Sinatra Idol contest in Frank Sinatra's hometown of Hoboken NJ and not only did he win, he received the only perfect score from all 5 judges. That presented James with prizes, performances, returning to the studio and bringing James back to the stage.
2014: After performing as a vocalist for nearly 3 years throughout our nation, James felt the need to further develop his voice and took off for nearly 2 years to professionally train his voice. He finally found the right vocal trainer which was a professional Opera singer/coach/trainer. James wasted no time and rigorously practiced the techniques in which he quickly developed his vocal strength, breath control and expanded his vocal range to the delight of his trainer.
2015: James was approached and agreed to perform for our U.S. Congress and by request, asked to return to perform for our U.S. Senate in (phone number hidden)7-Present: James continues his vocal training using Operatic voice and breathing techniques to further develop his voice and continues to perform throughout the United States and Canada.
2019: James has a music video with a highlighted song from his CD called Drinking Again and has been nominated for awards at the Toronto Film Festive and The Golden Movie awards in London, England.
The video is set back to the year 1940 and is about a man who loses the love of his life and takes to the bottle to sulk his sorrows and dilute his pain. Watch it on my media page here.

2021: We now ready to begin performing again with new material and an exciting new show.

Each performance is staged around the event. If special theatrics/staging is required, we will make it happen.