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Spencer Leigh

Frank Sinatra

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Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Lifeis a definitive account of Frank Sinatra’s life and career. With unique material and exclusive interviews with fellow musicians, promoters and friends, the acclaimed author Spencer Leigh has written a compelling biography of one of the world’s biggest stars. With remarkable stories about Sinatra on every page, and an exceptional cast of characters, readers will wonder how Sinatra ever found time to make records. If this book were a work of fiction, most people would think it far-fetched
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846 printed pages
Original publication
2015
Publication year
2015

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  • Nastassia Voroshkevichhas quoted5 years ago
    The saxophonist Frank Mane wanted to cut a couple of tracks with some musicians to see if he could further his career as a dance band leader and he asked Sinatra to sing on one of them. The song he chose, ‘Our Love’, worked perfectly as a wedding present. It was a romantic ballad adapted from a theme in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet
  • Nastassia Voroshkevichhas quoted5 years ago
    Frank was no lover of David Bowie and when it was mooted that Bowie was going to play him in a film, he stated that he was not going to be played by ‘that faggot’. Bowie didn’t have the voice but at times he did have the look with his trilby hat and cashmere overcoat. On the other hand, Bing Crosby recorded a schmaltzy duet with him. Seymour Stein, the owner of Sire Records, says, ‘I do regard Bing Crosby as more important than Frank as he totally changed popular music – and he also did that nice little duet of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ with David Bowie just before he passed away. But when it comes to the actual quality of the voice, I would pick Nat ‘King’ Cole’s over both of them. I just loved his voice.’
  • Nastassia Voroshkevichhas quoted5 years ago
    In 1932 Franklin D Roosevelt became the Democratic President with the promise of a New Deal, although this was far easier to say than deliver

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