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Mr. S
Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra | William Stadiem, George Jacobs
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"Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra, by former valet-aide George Jacobs with an oh-so-able assist by William Stadiem, has at least five quotable and shocking remarks about the famous on every page. The fifteen years Jacobs toiled for Frank produces a classic of its genre -- a gold-star gossip-lover's dream.... "The rest is showbiz history as it was, and only Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, and Betty Bacall are spared. Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Juliet Prowse, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Mia Farrow, Elvis Presley, Swifty Lazar, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Jimmy van Heusen, Edie Goetz, Peter Lawford, and all of the Kennedys come in for heaping portions of 'deep dish,' served hot. Sordid, trashy, funny, and so rat-a-tat with its smart inside info and hip instant analysis that some of it seems too good to be true....
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Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra | William Stadiem, George Jacobs
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Reading with my ipad & phone so I can look up all the places. Just learned that I work across the street from the cemetery where many huge celebs are buried; that Matteo‘s restaurant near my home was Sinatra hangout. Spaces hold the DNA of what came before and I feel the past‘s presence strongly.
This book is wonderful trip through a city and time. Lots of good gossip too! Book # 1

Litsi And a new thought. The Rat Pack was an ad campaign for the joys of drinking alcohol which of course was controlled by Sam Giancana. “My Kind of Town” takes on a whole new meaning as a pledge of loyalty to the Chicago mob. 5y
Litsi Sinatra didn‘t “get” Elvis. He would listen obsessively to All Shook Up and Teddy Bear to understand why they were popular. He refused to call it art. Interesting discussion about the transition in music from Sinatra to Elvis and eventually Rock n Roll. 5y
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