No mention in this book of In the Wee Small Hours, arguably one of the first “concept” albums, and a record that makes it on bucket lists of albums one must listen to before one dies. The Velvet Underground – I think Lou Reed killed a guy The Partridge Family (how the hell did this get on my IPod!) – responsible for unleashing Danny Bonaduce on the world. Hector Berlioz – Opium addict and stalkerĮric Clapton – slept with best friend’s wife Sure, the man was guilty of misogyny, cruelty, arrogance, bullying, hanging out with mobsters, etc, but just about 99% of the musicians on my IPod are guilty of some offense. There is barely any discussion or scholarship about what Sinatra will ultimately be remembered for – his music. The ironic thing is that Kelley’s flat, toneless style barely makes any of this even remotely compelling. It’s one unpleasant story after another about Sinatra acting horribly. There’s very little here that reflects on Sinatra in a positive light. It seems that Kitty Kelley had an axe to grind when she wrote this book. Yeah, this is another celebrity behaving (very) badly biography. There is barely any discussion or scholarship about what Sinatra will ultimately I read it so you don’t have to. Fully documented, highly detailed and filled with revealing anecdotes, here is the penetrating story of the explosively controversial and undeniably multi-talented legend who ruled the entertainment industry for more than fifty years.more Celebrated journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps and secret testimony) and interviewing more than 800 people in Sinatra's life (family, colleagues, law-enforcement officers, personal friends). Celebrated journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps and secret testimony) and interviewing more than 800 people in Sinatra's life (family, colleagues, law-enforcement offi This is the book Frank Sinatra failed to stop, the unauthorized biography of one of the most elusive public figures of our time. This is the book Frank Sinatra failed to stop, the unauthorized biography of one of the most elusive public figures of our time.
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