A documentary that aired yesterday on the Australian ABC television network purports to offer new details on Frank Sinatra’s visit to Havana and his ties to the mob, including an interview with a waiter who worked at the club at the time and claims to have been witness to much of the proceedings.
I don’t know […]
Yesterday’s Boston Herald reviewed the new Rat Pack mystery novel, Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (Rat Pack Mysteries) Pardon the pun, but this seems a novel way of writing about the Rat Pack.
Today is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. He would have been 91 years old. Turner Classic Movies is running a few of his movies today in celebration.
Happy birthday, Ol’ Blue Eyes.
An article in the LA Times discusses changing times and how it has affected one of Sinatra’s former Los Angeles hangouts: Matteo’s. Changes or not, the place has had one heck of a long run - almost unheard of in the restaurant business.
A contract document signed by Frank Sinatra for the film Anchors Aweigh has turned up on Ebay. The seller seems legit and the document certainly looks authentic, but you never know. This one has an opening bid of $3,250.
A blog article worth reading: “Cigar Culture: The Rat Pack”. It has everything to do with the Rat Pack and very little do with cigars. Actually, I found it to be a short, sweet overview of Rat Pack history.
Just kidding.
But with the abuse of technology that goes on in the music industry today you have to admit that there remains the possibility that such a thing could occur, no matter how tasteless it might seem. I say this because the ongoing phenomenon of creating ‘duets’ between a popular living star and a once […]
Frank Sinatra Jr will be appearing at the following venues in the coming months:
Mohegan Sun Casino, CT - December 6-10th
Northern Quest Casino, WA - December 31st - January 1st
Harrah’s Casino, Lake Tahoe, NV - January 19th - 20th
St. George’s Theater, Staten Island, NY - February 10th
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis’ radio program is not nearly as well known as their movies and this is probably a shame because they can be just as hysterical in either medium. While I was aware of their radio programs, I was not aware that Frank Sinatra had appeared on one of them.
Well, here it […]
Today CNN has an article that talks about the UK’s 50-year limitation on copyright. The record companies are apparently up-in-arms over the fact that some of their cash-cow artists, such as the Beatles and Rolling Stones and Elvis are about to begin having their recordings enter the public domain as the 50-year limitation runs out.
Sinatra […]
