From an unconventional military career to a successful transition as a professional entertainer as "Frank Sings Frank", Frank Cubillo has experienced what can only be described as a "Cinderella Career."

Ask any individual and they would most likely be able to recall the song they danced to during the first dance at their wedding, or first artist they ever heard live in convert. Music can connect people and transport individuals to a specific memory in which they heard a particular tune. People will always have a special connection to music and Frank Cubillo is no different.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - Iconic tunes such as "New York, New York," "Fly Me to the Moon," and, of course, "My Way" are close to another Frank, not just Frank Sinatra. Former U.S. Marine, Lt. Col Frank Cubillo of Virginia Beach, has been doing it his way for 12 years.

"Frank Sinatra recorded 1,100 songs; I know 400 by heart," said Cubillo, who is well-known on the music scene in Hampton Roads.

VIRGINIA BEACH - Drink orders started flowing before most of the concert-goers got to their seats. "Bud Light and a chardonnay," said server Francine Francois to Juleah Best, the wellness director and - for the next 30 minutes - bartender at First Colonial Inn senior community. Best popped open wine and beer bottles behind a portable bar parked on the facility's patio. She had iced buckets of beer, wine and non-alcoholic versions of vino, water and soda for people who didn't drink or couldn't because alcohol meddles with their meds.

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If you closed your eyes, you'd swear you were listening to Frank Sinatra. On this sunny February day, the members of the Norfolk area Military Officers Association of America/Surviving Spouses were thrilled to hear his famous songs once again. They took to the dance floor or sang along at their table as that voice brought back so many memories, all thanks to one talented Leatherneck!

It might be one of the most unusual military retiree success stories out there. How does someone who's spent 37-year career in the intelligence arena for the U.S. Marine Corps find himself one of the most sought-after entertainers in Virginia's Hampton Roads? According to that popular performer, Col. (ret.) Frank Cubillo, it all started while he was growing up in Long Island, New York.

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Here's a short 6 minute video interview taken of Frank as the subject of a college class project by Ben Bass (who is also a Sinatra singer/fan). This interview gives you a window into how Frank got started and why he's so passionate about being a singer/entertainer of Sinatra's music in the Hampton Roads Area

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Frank is an entertainer and sings Sinatra Style! Frank sings over 250 songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Michael Buble and much more!

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - After nearly four decades in the Marine Corps, Frank Cubillo decided he would spend retired life in the spotlight. He now performs in venues big and small including an upcoming review at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach.

Sunday with Sinatra and Friends

Sunday, April 22 at 2:30 pm at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va - Local Sinatra tribute singer Frank Cubillo (franksingsfrank.com) stops by Coast Live to seranade us with a song from the Chairman of the Board.

You can catch him as part of a special Tribute concert April 22nd at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach (ynottix.com).

Watch his TV performance

Frank's calendar is full. It hangs inside the pantry at his Virginia Beach home, the days marked with pen and highlighter. He's got gigs at Virginia Beach's Town Center and performances on the Spirit of Norfolk. Holiday parties, retirement homes, private events. But Frank Cubillo has one more date marked down for December. It is, perhaps, the most important one. On Dec. 31, highlighted in yellow: "Frank's retirement date."

Head out on a weekend in Hampton Roads, and chances are you've seen Cubillo. He's the guy with the microphone and fedora, gliding down the sidewalk for Beach Street USA at the Oceanfront. He's been performing as a Frank Sinatra tribute singer since 2009, when he retired as a colonel in the Marines after more than 37 years.

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