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Frank Sinatra
In this frank and searching book, investigative journalist Tony Scaduto reveals the very essence of Frank Sinatra.
Of the "skinny band singer from Hoboken," who became America's first teen idol when hundreds of shrieking "bobbysoxers,' mobbed him at NY's Paramount Theater.
Who turned out smash after smash with the Tommy Dorsey band.
Starred with Gene Kelly in a succession of hit musicals in the '40's.
Reinvented himself as a serious actor when his career was stymied by personal problems with an Oscar winning performance in "From Here to Eternity.," And went on to triumphs in "Man With The Golden Arm" and "The Manchurian Candidate."
Who invented a style of singing that was copied but never equalled. And a style of "swinging" with his pals in the "Rat Pack" that became the definition of cool.
Sinatra's private life was Page One including tempestuous affairs with the world's most beautiful women and a marriage with Ava Gardner that was so jealous and passionate it almost ruined his career. Scaduto fairly and fearlessly investigates Sinatra's "mafia connections" that reached all the way into the White House.
Through it all Sinatra remained a true and dedicated artist. 'Whatever has been said about me personally is unimportant," he said." When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad-if you're indifferent, endsville."
Tony Scaduto was an investigative journalist for the New York Post for 20 years. His interest in the Mafia, which ruled the Brooklyn neighborhood where he was brought up - many of his childhood friends have joined the Mafia and are sources of information for him - and his love of pop music led to a fascination with the man who lived in both worlds---Frank Sinatra. Scaduto is the author of best-selling biographies of Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. His approach to writing about the lives of superstars is that of a police reporter. "Go out and interview everyone who will speak to you about your subject - even if your subject objects."
Of the "skinny band singer from Hoboken," who became America's first teen idol when hundreds of shrieking "bobbysoxers,' mobbed him at NY's Paramount Theater.
Who turned out smash after smash with the Tommy Dorsey band.
Starred with Gene Kelly in a succession of hit musicals in the '40's.
Reinvented himself as a serious actor when his career was stymied by personal problems with an Oscar winning performance in "From Here to Eternity.," And went on to triumphs in "Man With The Golden Arm" and "The Manchurian Candidate."
Who invented a style of singing that was copied but never equalled. And a style of "swinging" with his pals in the "Rat Pack" that became the definition of cool.
Sinatra's private life was Page One including tempestuous affairs with the world's most beautiful women and a marriage with Ava Gardner that was so jealous and passionate it almost ruined his career. Scaduto fairly and fearlessly investigates Sinatra's "mafia connections" that reached all the way into the White House.
Through it all Sinatra remained a true and dedicated artist. 'Whatever has been said about me personally is unimportant," he said." When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. You can be the most artistically perfect performer in the world, but an audience is like a broad-if you're indifferent, endsville."
Tony Scaduto was an investigative journalist for the New York Post for 20 years. His interest in the Mafia, which ruled the Brooklyn neighborhood where he was brought up - many of his childhood friends have joined the Mafia and are sources of information for him - and his love of pop music led to a fascination with the man who lived in both worlds---Frank Sinatra. Scaduto is the author of best-selling biographies of Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. His approach to writing about the lives of superstars is that of a police reporter. "Go out and interview everyone who will speak to you about your subject - even if your subject objects."
159 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1976
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Anthony Scaduto
16 books11 followersAnthony Scaduto was a journalist and biographer of rock musicians who also wrote under the name Tony Sciacca.
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