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Remembering Sinatra 10 Years Later

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In his moving introduction to this book, Tony Bennet remembers being in the studio when his friend Frank Sinatra recorded "Summer Wind" : "He did it in one take. One take, and Sinatra gets into this gorgeous Italian sports car; rolls down his window and says to me, 'Was that all right, kid?' and - zing - he drives away. Perfect Sinatra!"

Perfect Sinatra: Ten years after the great singer's death, that phrase continues to mean many things to many people, as this updated and greatly expanded edition of LIFE's classic illustrated biography makes clear. From Hoboken, NJ., to Hollywood, Frank Sinatra was always a larger-than-life package of talent, charisma and controversy. Singers had been big begore, but there had never been a sensation he like the young Sinatra. He drove the women wild, then drove his career right into the ground, then mounted a ferocious comeback. He lived a life of monumental drama and intrigue. Was there truth to the mob rumors? (Some.) Were the suicide attempts over Ava Gardner real? (One of them was.) Did je really split with Jack Kennedy over something as small as a snub? (Sure he did). The narrative in Remembering Sinatra by LIFE editor Robert Sullivan, who collaborated in 2007 on the acclaimed illustrated memoir Tony Bennet in the Studio : A Life of Art & Music, answers all these questions.

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781.650 SIN

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New York : Time Life Books B.V.., 2008

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146 p.: ill.; 29 cm

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English

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978-1-60320-012-7

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781.650

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2008

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biography

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