Frank Sinatra marked music history with his unique interpretations and incredible charisma. No one receives the nickname "The Voice" by chance. If he were alive, the American star would have turned 100 in 2015, having passed away in 1998.
In his honor, the phenomenal and also very charismatic British singer Louis Hoover presents in August in Brazil Salute to Sinatra, a special tribute by a talented singer who knows his work like few others. He will be accompanied by The Hollywood Orchestra, an orchestra composed of extraordinary musicians who, with swing and musicality, transport us back to the good old days.
“It’s truly a tribute I’m making to Sinatra. But it’s not a representation or a cover; I’m not trying to imitate him. It’s a very strange coincidence that my voice is so similar to his!” says Louis Hoover, who has been dubbed “The Sinatra of the New Millennium” by critics due to his worldwide success!
Louis Hoover has been a fan of Frank Sinatra since his teenage years and quickly noticed the incredible similarity of his vocal timbre to that of The Old Blue Eyes. After attending three shows by the star at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London, he had an amazing vision of the future.
“It was strange. I’m a bit psychic, and I had a premonition. When I was 17, I saw Sinatra at the Royal Albert Hall. I was with my girlfriend, and she asked me if I was okay. I said: I don’t know how to tell you, but this is what I dream of doing one day, pointing to the stage. At that time, I was still working in an office, and it later became a reality!”
Hoover has received praise from many celebrities: from legendary singer Cliff Richard, actor Roger Moore (the eternal James Bond), and pop star Robbie Williams, whom he helped choose the repertoire for the CD Swing When You’re Winning (2001), in which the former member of Take That revisits classics by Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and other swing masters.
For Louis Hoover, the music recorded by Frank Sinatra became immortal thanks to his personal interpretations, as he never accepted being manipulated by producers and record labels.
“In the past, most singers went into the studio with the arrangers already having the list of songs chosen for recording and simply told them to sing. But Sinatra was involved in the arrangements from the beginning and did not accept impositions, so he developed a special sound.”
Hoover, who has been on the road since the 80s and has recorded several CDs, also recalls a comment from Bono, the U2 frontman, who recorded with Sinatra in the 90s on the famous album Duets: “Bono’s best remark was when he said that Sinatra was the first true rock 'n' roller, even before Elvis, because of his attitude. He was the first star from whom you heard the good and bad stories. Before him, the only stories I heard were the good ones. Frank had a rock 'n' roll attitude in life.”
Accompanied by his magnificent orchestra THE HOLLYWOOD, Hoover has performed in Europe, the USA, Asia, and the UK, always with full houses. In England, he achieved the feat of filling two of the most mythical venues, the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium.
In addition to the Salute to Sinatra show, Hoover also starred from 1999 in the musical The Rat Pack, a record-breaking show in Las Vegas, where he honored the partnership between Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in shows and films.
He never had the chance to meet Frank Sinatra personally, but he received a compliment from an old friend of The Voice that surely made him very happy:
“I performed at a charity gala where British actor Roger Moore was the host. He was a great friend of Frank Sinatra. After my performance, Roger told me: I’m sure if Frank had met you, he would have said you have an inexhaustible talent and a great, unique voice.”
