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The Frank Sinatra Reader

Title : The Frank Sinatra Reader
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Rating : 4.72 (804 Votes)
Asin : 0195113896
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 336 Pages
Publish Date : 2014-04-17
Language : English

The Chairman of the Board has inspired a great many emotions--from hero-worship to withering contempt--and you'll find most of them documented in this intelligent compendium. But the essays, reviews, and memoirs cover every segment of Sinatra's career, including the end-game triumph (or travesty) of the best-selling "Duets." . The editors have dredged up some wonderful relics, like Bruce Bliven's 1944 rumination on what makes the Voice so magical in the first place ("Undoubtedly, just plain sex has a great deal to do with the whole matter")

Great Inside View of the #1 Megastar of them all!! Hans Castorp From Bobby Sox fave to Sultan of Swoon to the Fall and Great Comeback, it is just about all here, except for the very last years from the mid-1990's to the end. This volume is a collection of essays surveying the vast realm of an incredible career. The clear links between his peerless Capitol recordings,and his own lif. "A must for anyone who loves Ole Blue Eyes" according to A Customer. This book is like an almanac of information on Frankie. I had the pleasure of reading it at a friends house, and it was just great. I highly recommend it. Another good one, is "Why Sinatra Matters." Both give a glimpse into a man that we all love.

We see Sinatra as a teen phenomenon and follow his rise and fall as a solo performer, his comeback as a mature recording artist with Capitol Records, and his reign as a powerful and influential personality in the '60s. The editors provide introductions to each section, a selected discography, a complete filmography, as well as a biographical chronology of the author's life and a selected bibliography. Lastly, the book contemplates Sinatra's ability to endure and triumph in a changing musical world. A unique anthology of reviews, photographs, and memoirs, many of them back in print for

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