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Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours

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This intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatraā€”from the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his lifeā€”features never-before-seen photos and new revelations about some of the most famous people of the past fifty years, including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono. ā€œIf you are a Frank fan, buy this bookā€ (Jimmy Kimmel).

More than a hundred books have been written about legendary crooner and actor Frank Sinatra. Every detail of his life seems to captivate: his career, his romantic relationships, his personality, his businesses, his style. But a hard-to-pin-down quality has always clung to himā€”a certain elusiveness that emerges again and again in retrospective depictions. Until now.

From Sinatraā€™s closest confidant and an eventual member of his management team, Tony Oppedisano, comes an extraordinarily intimate look at the singing idol that offers ā€œnew information on almost every pageā€ (The Wall Street Journal). Deep into the night, for more than two thousand nights, Frank and Tony would converseā€”about music, family, friends, great loves, achievements and successes, failures and disappointments, the lives theyā€™d led, the lives they wished theyā€™d led. In these full-disclosure conversations, Sinatra spoke of his close yet complex relationship with his father, his conflicts with record companies, his carousing in Vegas, his love affairs with some of the most beautiful women of his era, his triumphs on some of the worldā€™s biggest stages, his complicated relationships with his talented children, and, most important, his dedication to his craft.

Toward the end, no one was closer to the singer than Oppedisano, who kept his own rooms at the Sinatra residences for many years, often brokered difficult conversations between family members, and held the superstar entertainerā€™s hand when he drew his last breath.

ā€œFrank Sinatra fans, pull up a chair and let longtime confidante and road manager Tony Oppedisano regale you with tales from the entertainerā€™s inner circleā€ (Parade magazine)ā€”Sinatra and Me pulls back the curtain on a man whom history has, in many ways, gotten wrong.


Verteller: Pete Simonelli
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