Let Me Be Frank

The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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As an American singer, conductor, composer, and actor, Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944–2016) had a long and successful music career and was recognized for his many contributions to American popular song. Yet, his own star has often been overshadowed by his world-famous father. The first book ever published about Frank Sinatra, Jr., Let Me Be Frank: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr. details how this complex and often misunderstood artist dealt with professional struggles, personal demons, and endless comparisons with his father to emerge as a thriving performer who finally made peace with the name "Sinatra."Let Me Be Frank chronicles Frank Sinatra, Jr’s life and music career including the lifetime loyalty of his friends and bandsmen, and his notorious womanizing. It also, of course, details the challenging relationship with his father, including an incident with his father that may have changed Frank, Jr., forever. He ran from comparisons to his father and lost work due to his refusal to sing his father’s songs. The book also details Frank, Jr.’s kidnapping in 1963 when he was nineteen.Included are over forty interviews with Frank, Jr.’s friends, family, and colleagues. It also features a compelling narrative from Andrea Kauffman, Frank, Jr.’s personal manager and close friend of thirty-one years, and an in-depth musical analysis of four decades of Frank, Jr.’s recordings and stage shows. Let Me Be Frank finally sets the record straight about a brilliant man and a brilliant performer who never truly got the credit he deserved.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-10-07
Mått235 x 31 x 162 mm
Vikt535 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAmerican Made Music Series
Antal sidor264
FörlagUniversity Press of Mississippi
ISBN9781496858658

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Bruce H. Klauber is biographer of jazz legends Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich in books and Warner Brothers films. As a music journalist, he has contributed to dozens of national and regional periodicals. He was honored by Combs College of Music and Drexel University for his contributions to music journalism and jazz performance.Andrea Kauffman is an entertainment industry manager, concert producer, and agent, responsible for bringing dozens of jazz legends—including Mel Tormé, Bobby Scott, Frank D’Rone, George Shearing, and Morgana King—to Atlantic City hotels and casinos. She was the personal manager of Frank Sinatra, Jr. from 1985 until his death in 2016.

ContentsPrefaceIntroduction by Bruce H. KlauberIntroduction by Andrea KauffmanMy Father by Michael Francis SinatraThe Early YearsHis Place in the SunThe Start at DisneylandTeen Idol in the MakingGetting Sentimental: The Dorsey YearsThe KidnappingThe AftermathThe Swinging 1960sMeet Me in Las VegasWild about HarryFilm and Television MiscellanyOn the Road AgainI’ll Never Smile AgainThe Start of Something BigThe Call to ConductOpening NightFather and Son Meet Mary HartThe Children’s HourThey’re Lookin’ for Me, but They’re Gonna Get YouStill Spreading the NewsAs I Remember ItGershwin’s AmericaThe Final CurtainAt the Nineteenth Hole with Barbara SinatraThe VampireThe SopranosThis Is a Musician SingingRadianceThat FaceHigh Hopes: The Kennedys RevisitedOn BroadwayThe Worst NightmareThe Last DanceThe VictimAll Things Must Change: A Question of RepertoireSinatra Sings SinatraCen Cel: The One Hundredth BirthdayBecause I’m Not Done YetPut Your Dreams AwayMissedThe Funeral That Wasn’tAcknowledgmentsSelected BibliographyIndex

"Let Me Be Frank is the first biography of the enigmatic Frank Sinatra, Jr., a singer who lived most of his life in the immense shadow of his legendary father. The authors, Bruce Klauber and Andrea Kauffman, created this work as a labor of love for a man they knew well. Their research is extensive, drawn from over forty in-depth interviews, including one with Michael Sinatra, the singer’s son. Kauffman was Frank Jr.’s manager for over thirty years, and she chronicles his evolution from someone who insisted on going his own way to someone who embraced his father’s legacy after his death in 1998." - Anthony DiFlorio, entertainment archivist and WRDV-FM host