Frank Stallone

{{Infobox person

| image = Frank Stallone (cropped).jpg

| caption = Stallone in May 2012

| birth_name = Frank Stallone Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|30|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Maryland, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|musician}}

| years_active = 1976–present

| parents = Frank Stallone Sr.
Jackie Stallone

| spouse =

| relatives = Sylvester Stallone (brother)
Sage Stallone (nephew)
Sistine Stallone (niece)

}}

Francesco Stallone Jr. (born July 30, 1950) is an American actor and musician. He is the younger brother of actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone{{Cite web |title=Sylvester Stallone’s 5 Siblings: All About the Actor's Brothers and Sisters |url=https://people.com/all-about-sylvester-stallone-siblings-7964450 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=People.com |language=en}} and has written music for Sylvester's movies.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Emma |date=2024-01-12 |title=Sylvester Stallone, 77, has buff half-brother who is 50 years younger than him |url=https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/sylvester-stallones-secret-siblings-including-283193 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=The Mirror US |language=en}} His song "Far from Over" appeared in the 1983 film Staying Alive{{Cite web |last=Nolasco |first=Stephanie |date=2021-01-15 |title=Frank Stallone recalls filming ‘Rocky’ with brother Sylvester, impressing Frank Sinatra in doc |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/frank-stallone-sylvester-stallone-rocky-documentary-frank-sinatra |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} and was included in the film's soundtrack album.{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Samuel |date=2023-06-17 |title=Why You’ll Never See the Stallone Brothers’ Road Trip Murder Comedy |url=https://collider.com/the-good-life-movie-sylvester-frank-stallone/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Collider |language=en}} The song reached number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite news |title=Frank Stallone - The Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/frank-stallone/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121023618/https://www.billboard.com/artist/frank-stallone/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |work=Billboard}}{{Cite news |title=Frank Stallone's Far From Over |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1211880-Frank-Stallone-Far-From-Over |work=Discogs}} and received a Golden Globe nomination for Stallone,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=The 25 most WTF nominations in Golden Globe Awards history |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_25_most_wtf_nominations_in_golden_globe_awards_history/s1__30777626#slide_11 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Yardbarker |language=en}} while the album itself, consisting of Stallone and various other artists, received a Grammy nomination.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-26 |title=Singer Frank Stallone talks about the healing power of music, says family has pulled together in wake of deaths of sister, nephew |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/singer-frank-stallone-talks-about-the-healing-power-of-music-says-family-has-pulled-together-in-wake-of-deaths-of-sister-nephew |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

Early life

Stallone was born in Maryland and grew up in Philadelphia.{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.frankstallone.com/biography |access-date=2021-08-21 |website=Frank Stallone (personal website) |language=en}} He is the younger son of Jackie Stallone{{Cite web |title=All About Sylvester Stallone's Late Father, Frank Stallone Sr. |url=https://people.com/all-about-sylvester-stallone-father-frank-stallone-sr-8384861 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=People.com |language=en}} (née Labofish; 1921–2020),{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2020-09-22 |title=Jackie Stallone, Sylvester Stallone’s Mother and Celebrity Astrologist, Dies at 98 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/obituaries-people-news/jackie-stallone-dead-sylvester-stallone-mom-1234778583/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} an astrologer,{{Cite news |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Jackie Stallone, Celebrity Astrologer and Sylvester’s Mother, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/style/jackie-stallone-dead.html |work=The NY Times}} former dancer, and promoter of women's professional wrestling, and Frank Stallone Sr. (1919–2011).{{Cite news |title=Frank Stallone, polo player and father of actor Sylvester Stallone, dies at 91 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/frank-stallone-polo-player-and-father-of-actor-sylvester-stallone-dies-at-91/2011/07/12/gIQAZ8wMBI_story.html |work=The Wall Street Journal}} His father was an Italian immigrant,{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Dan |date=2011-07-13 |title=Frank Stallone, Sr., father of Frank and Sylvester Stallone, dies at 91. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/Frank-Stallone-Sr-father-of-Frank-and-Sylvester-Stallone-dies-at-91.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.inquirer.com |language=en}} and his mother's family was French from Brittany.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-30 |title=Sylvester Stallone has Breton blood |url=https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/sylvester-stallone-has-breton-blood/620723 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.connexionfrance.com |language=en-GB}} In his teen years, he went to Lincoln High School in Northeast Philadelphia.{{cite tweet |title=Just found my high school ring. Lincoln High School Philadelphia. https://www.instagram.com/p/BD5IxymHOlzHU_q30k8ZOO2C9VqwpT4gbanCzM0/ |user=Stallone |author=Frank Stallone |number=717996306312990720 |date=April 7, 2016}}

Career

=1980s to 1990s=

Stallone has worked as a singer. He wrote and performed "Far from Over" for the 1983 film Staying Alive, which was written and directed by his older brother.{{Cite web |last=Cabbage |first=Jack |date=2008-11-03 |title=Frank Stallone: Far From Over (1983) |url=http://80smusicchannel.blogspot.com/2008/11/frank-stallone-far-from-over-1983.html |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=80s MUSIC CHANNEL}} The song peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his only major pop hit,{{Cite web |date=2021-03-19 |title=Frank Stallone Is Far from Over, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/stallone-frank-that-is |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=www.popmatters.com |language=en-US}} and it was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture.{{Cite web |title=Frank Stallone |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/frank-stallone/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special.{{Cite web |title=Frank Stallone {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/frank-stallone/16084 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=grammy.com}} Stallone also had a minor acting role in "Staying Alive".{{Cite news |title=Stallone: Frank, That Is |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/entertainment/at-the-movies-blog/stallone-frank-that-is/ |work=fox5sandiego}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title='Saturday Night Fever' Spawned a Wild, Weird Sequel… Directed By Sylvester Stallone |url=https://collider.com/saturday-night-fever-sequel-staying-alive-sylvester-stallone/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Collider |language=en}}

Stallone also played himself in a recurring role on the short-lived sitcom Movie Stars, alongside fellow celebrity siblings Don Swayze and Joey Travolta.{{Citation |last=The WB |title=Movie Stars (1999-2000) |date=1999 |url=https://archive.org/details/movie-stars-1999 |access-date=2024-10-30}}

Stallone was the subject of repeated non-sequitur punchlines delivered by comedian Norm Macdonald during the Weekend Update segment of the television show Saturday Night Live. On Instagram, Stallone said he enjoyed the jokes and expressed regret that they were never able to work together before Macdonald's death from leukemia.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-14 |title=Norm Macdonald Got Sweet Tribute From, You Guessed It, Frank Stallone |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/norm-macdonald-frank-stallone-tribute/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}

=2000s and 2010s=

Stallone appeared as a boxing consultant on the NBC reality television series The Contender in 2005. He appeared on the Howard Stern radio show on several occasions. During one 1992 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Stallone had a boxing match with television reporter Geraldo Rivera; Stallone won the bout. He was a contestant on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, a reality competition series on CMT that followed ten celebrity contestants as they trained to be professional wrestlers. He also appeared on an episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.

On August 17, 2010, the Australian comedy duo Hamish & Andy flew Stallone, then aged 60, to Australia for a one-night-only gig called "Hamish & Andy present: Frank Stallone “Let me be Frank with you” The Fully Franked Tour'". Following a parade in Melbourne, Stallone performed "Far from Over" to an audience of over 2,000 people. Hamish & Andy were big fans of the song, claiming it always pumped them up, and they dubbed the phenomenon "The Frank Effect". Stallone said of the night, "This is seriously one of the best, best times I've ever had."{{Citation|title=Becoming Concert Promoters: For One Night Stallonly (2010)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgGfozF7wiA|language=en|access-date=2022-01-30}}

A documentary directed and produced by Derek Wayne Johnson entitled Stallone: Frank, That Is about the life, career, and survival of Frank Stallone was released in 2021. The documentary features interviews with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Zane, Geraldo Rivera, Joe Mantegna and many others.Gonzalez, Bobby. [https://ktla.com/2018/02/19/spoken-dreams-derek-wayne-johnson-filmmaker/ "Spoken Dreams: Derek Wayne Johnson, Filmmaker"], KTLA, Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2018. Retrieved on August 21, 2018.

Discography

=Studio albums=

Frank Stallone (1984)
Day in Day Out with The Billy May Orchestra (1991)
Close Your Eyes with The Sammy Nestico Big Band (1993)
Soft and Low (1999)
Full Circle (2000)
Frankie and Billy (2002)
Songs from the Saddle (2005)
Heart and Souls (2007)

=Compilation albums=

Stallone on Stallone – By Request (2002) (re-recorded versions)
In Love in Vain with The Sammy Nestico Orchestra (2003)

=Singles=

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scope="row"\| "Case of You" \|1980 \| 67 \| — \|Heart and Souls
scope="row"\| "Far from Over" \|rowspan="3"\|1983 \|10 \|61 \|Frank Stallone / Staying Alive soundtrack
scope="row"\| "Moody Girl" \| — \| — \|rowspan="2"\|Staying Alive soundtrack
scope="row"\| "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up" with Cynthia Rhodes \| — \| —
scope="row"\| "Darlin'" \|1984 \| 81 \| — \|rowspan="2"\|Frank Stallone
scope="row"\| "If We Ever Get Back" \|1985 \| — \| —

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:0.5em;"| Release

! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;"| US

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scope="row"| "Case of You"

|1980

| 67

| —

|Heart and Souls

scope="row"| "Far from Over"

|rowspan="3"|1983

|10

|61

|Frank Stallone / Staying Alive soundtrack

scope="row"| "Moody Girl"

| —

|rowspan="2"|Staying Alive soundtrack

scope="row"| "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up" with Cynthia Rhodes

| —

scope="row"| "Darlin'"

|1984

| 81

| —

|rowspan="2"|Frank Stallone

scope="row"| "If We Ever Get Back"

|1985

| —

=Soundtrack appearances=

"Take You Back" (from Rocky) (1976)
"Angel Voice / Please Be Someone To Me" (from Paradise Alley) (1978)
"Na Na Ninni / Two Kinds of Love" (from Rocky II) (1979)
"Pushin'" (from Rocky III) (1982)
"Far from Over", "Moody Girl", "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up" with Cynthia Rhodes, I Hope We Never Change, Finding Out the Hard Way, Waking Up (from Staying Alive) (1983)
"Peace in Our Life" (from Rambo: First Blood Part II) (1985)
"Bad Nite" (from Over the Top) (1987)
"You Don't Want to Fight with Me" (from The Expendables 2) (2012)