VOA标准英语2011--Actor Robert Davi Sings Sinatra

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Actor Robert Davi Sings Sinatra

After spending more than half of his lifetime making movies, Robert Davi has released Davi Sings Sinatra - On The Road To Romance.

“Coming from an Italian-American home you know there are two figures that you look up to - The Pope and Frank Sinatra, and not necessarily in that order,” he says.

According to Davi, Sinatra’s star power on both the stage and screen made a lasting¹ impression.

“Sinatra was a great actor so he was able to incorporate [acting²] and he was able to embody³ the lyric⁴ and the songs," Davi says. "The diary of his life was in his songs and you need to live to hear these songs, to experience these songs; the classical quality of his voice, which transcends⁵ the moment, you know that amazing tone.

“I just love language and I was encouraged as an early kid (‘You should put him in the arts, he’s talented.’) And then in the 8th grade my voice came out and once that happened I started to become obsessive⁶ about the voice and acting at the same time, and sports," recalls Davi. "I was playing sports. I was playing football. I was first place in New York State School of Music Association’s solo competition in singing, and first place in New York State for dramatic interpretation⁷. So it was a concurrent⁸ thing. And then, in 1977, I wound up doing my first film with Frank Sinatra.”

Davi made his acting debut⁹ alongside Sinatra in the 1977 television movie Contract On Cherry Street. Since then, he’s appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows, including Die Hard, License¹⁰ To Kill and Criminal Minds.

For his first outing as a recording¹¹ artist, he turned to the Great American Songbook and some of the most romantic melodies of our time.

“For me music is a way to bring us together, to say, ‘Hey, this is a great country.’ And that’s the other thing, the love of country, the romance with America," he explains. "It’s not just the romance between two people, but it’s a romance with us as Americans and love for our country.”

Davi recently completed a screenplay titled The Voice, about a singer driven to succeed by his fascination¹² with Frank Sinatra. He describes it as “a musical journey through a man’s obsession¹³ with song.” Davi will appear in the starring role.