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Frank Sinatra : an American legend
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Accompanying CD has recordings of milestone events in Frank Sinatra's career, from his first radio appearance on the Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour in 1935 to his introduction by Bono of U2 at t...
Accompanying CD has recordings of milestone events in Frank Sinatra's career, from his first radio appearance on the Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour in 1935 to his introduction by Bono of U2 at the 1994 Grammy Awards ceremony before presenting him with the Grammy Legend Award.
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- Creator
- by Nancy Sinatra
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Santa Monica, CA : General Pub. Group, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 1881649687, 9781881649687, 1881649695, 9781881649694
- OCLC
- ocm32859721
- Includes index.
- Filmography: pages [328]-359.
- Songs on accompanying disc in back of book: Major Bowes original amateur hour: Frank Sinatra's first radio appearance 9/8/35 -- The Fred Allen radio show 5/2/37 -- Frank Sinatra's farewell radio appearance with Tommy Dorsey (introduction of Dick Haymes as his replacement) 9/3/42 -- The Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic 8/14/43 -- Your hit parade radio show 1944 -- Frank Sinatra/Bob Hope/Bing Crosby 1945 -- Frank Sinatra in speech from The house I live in 1945 -- Academy Awards acceptance speech (The house I live in) 3/7/46 -- Lucky Strike Light up time radio show 9/5/49 -- Scene from From here to eternity 1953 -- Academy Awards acceptance speech (From here to eternity) presented by Mercedes McCambridge 3/25/54 -- Tommy Dorsey tribute dinner 2/3/55 -- Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis at The Sands in Las Vegas early 60s -- Noël Coward introducing Frank Sinatra 6/14/58 -- John F. Kennedy inaugural gala 1/19/61 -- Frank and Nancy Sinatra from television special A man and his music part II 12/7/66 -- President Richard M. Nixon on Sinatra at state dinner honoring the Prime Minister of Italy 4/17/73 -- Sammy Davis/Frank Sinatra on stage 1988 -- Bono of U2 introduces Frank Sinatra at Grammy Awards before presentating him with the Grammy Legend Award 3/1/94. Comments throughout are excerpted from Frank Sinatra: a man and his music (Warner-Reprise 1965)