To: laweeks
Frank Sinatra was indeed an egomaniac who avoided the WWII draft, colluded with the Mafia, treated women like dirt and most of the other things people say about him.
But the only thing about him that will be remembered for time to come is his music - which was pretty incredible.
21 posted on
12/12/2006 8:39:08 AM PST by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: wideawake
What he did do during the war was set the stage for the youth movement of the 50s and 60s. He was the first mass-media teen idol.
22 posted on
12/12/2006 8:40:41 AM PST by
Borges
To: wideawake
"You don't scare me. I've got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
23 posted on
12/12/2006 8:41:27 AM PST by
dfwgator
To: wideawake
I ruined one of my CDs of his music and went to replace it...and while at it...pick up a Dean Martin CD.
Frank Sinatra REPRISE $18.99
Dean Martin GREATEST HITS $4.99
Volare, On an Evening in Roma, That's Amore...true greats.
But, can't compare to the big band sound of Frank Sinatra, IMO.
34 posted on
12/12/2006 8:59:13 AM PST by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: wideawake
Have to agree---and I'm a rocker from the heavy metal days. But I like Old Blue Eyes as a singer. (Always wondered how much the mob had to do with his success, though).
49 posted on
12/12/2006 9:44:15 AM PST by
LS
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