Sinatra HAD a great voice, especially before his throat problems (at which point he started to sound gravelly). Young Frank Sinatra recordings are pretty amazing.
Frank could do stuff with phrasing and timing that no one else could. He was a real artist when he was serious about his work.
Dino had a great voice, but he was in many ways Bing Crosby with a slur. He was in fact, afraid of meeting Bing in person because he knew it. But his stuff is far easier to get into than Frank’s IMHO. It’s more pleasing to the ears.
But as far as a complete package? Dino was better than the rest of the Rat Pack by a mile. No one can make me laugh like Dino.
All of them were better than anything commercial music has to offer today sadly. And they could all act, sing and dance. And they were Republicans. LOL.
I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin. My uncle (who lived with us) had a little record player and he would play Songs For Swinging Lovers, Come Fly with Me, he had all Franks records. I remember waking up Saturday mornings to “The Isle Of Capri”. I liked Nelson Riddle as his orchestra. Dean just had that deep rich voice and that smile.
Good analysis. If you want to hear a guy who sings like young Frank — check out Steve Lippia. He is in his 40s and sounds like Frank in his big band prime era.
From what I have read, which is not a lot, Sinatra was not a very nice person while Dean was. Poor Dean was just destroyed when Dino died flying for the Air Force national guard. He was never the same.
Dean had some career. Movies, TV, nightclubs, singing and he was always well liked while Sinatra was not well liked by a lot of people. Jerry Lewis was also not that well lliked by many.