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          This is a biography of Frank Sinatra from birth to the night he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for From Here To Eternity..

          Read This: The Beautiful, Glamorous, Brutal, Legendary Life of Frank Sinatra

          Sinatra: The Chairman

          By James Kaplan

          Doubleday     992 pp.

          In a biography based on years of research and hundreds of interviews, he explores the singerâ€s torrid relationships, his Mafia connections and his friendship.

        1. Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections.
        2. This is a biography of Frank Sinatra from birth to the night he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for From Here To Eternity.
        3. The largest paying audience ever assembled for a solo performer - , people - gathered at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Jeneiro to hear.
        4. How many of these titles with Frank Sinatra have you seen?

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          By Adam Cohen

          In 1960, Frank Sinatra had an unexpected guest on his ABC television special: Elvis Presley. Sinatra, the consummate old-school crooner, had called rock-and-roll a “rancid smelling aphrodisiac” that was “sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons.”  But by 1960, it was clear that rock was the future, and Sinatra was shrewd enough to forge an alliance with one of the hottest goons.

          The joint appearance was a rousing success, and the Chairman of the Board and the King even joined in an unlikely cross-genre duet, with Sinatra singing a jazz version of “Love Me Tender,” while Elvis answered with a rockabilly version of the Sinatra classic “Witchcraft.”

          That prime-time TV testament to Sinatra's entertainment skills, talent for self