Sinatra: An Intimate Portrait of a Very Good Year

by Richard B. Stolley

Book Overview

Featuring 150 of the most revealing photos of Frank Sinatra, taken for a Life magazine shoot but never published, this collection creates a deeply personal portrait of the man behind the icon. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584792469
• ISBN13: 9781584792468
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Little Known Facts About Mr. Sinatra ... Very Interesting!

Photographer, John Dominis and former editor of Life Magazine, Richard B. Stolley, collaborated and came out with this interesting book about the world's most famous and charismatic singer, the legendary Frank Sinatra. In 1965, it was a very good year for the "Golden Boy" when he turned 50 and gave Dominis full access to his professional as well as his personal life for Life Magazine's cover story. Thirty-seven years later, Dominis and Stolley came out with this 144-page hardcover, which consists of numerous black and white photos of Sinatra with other movie and music celebrities. These photos were taken from Life magazine's archives and never-before published. It also includes some notable articles and anecdotes about his famous and celebrated life. There are a lot of little known facts about him revealed in this fabulous book. Sinatra as described by friends and co-artists was perfectionist, fearless, kinetic, generous, attentive to details and had an acutely sensitive ears. According to his friend and musical partner for more than four decades, pianist Bill Miller, "he would pick the tunes himself and position them on the albums." This is a perfect example of his being attentive to details. Another fact is a reference to his famous song "Fly Me To The Moon" (also sung on the movie "Wall Street") with Count Basie & His Orchestra that made history when it was beamed to the U.S. astronauts as they landed on the moon for the first time in 1969. According to Stolley, despite Sinatra's flamboyant lifestyle, he used bathroom potions and powders right off the drugstore shelf. And he was one of the biggest tippers in the world. He was always loyal to friends and usually courteous to strangers. He was a 'party animal' and slept only five hours a night. He turned on music, read a while and finally falls asleep. He listened to music, mostly classical and never his own records. These are just some of the many interesting and little known facts about Sinatra indicated in this book. Dominis is a very good photographer and his black and white images are all stunning and eye-catching. Stolley did a great job on the captions and articles and made them reader-friendly. For Sinatra buffs, it goes without saying that if you are interested in his music, you'd also be interested to know more about his life. And this book will give you more insights about him that you'll find to be noteworthy. Likewise, please check out "The Sinatra Treasures" and "Sinatra: An Intimate Collection" for more interesting must-reads.

Sinatra - King of Entertainment

Francis Albert Sinatra....what more needs to be said. His music will live on as long as their is men loving women and women loving men. This book is fabulous. I read it all in 1 day and reread it again. You will love this book if your a Sinatra fan like me.

SINATRA FANS THIS IS A MUST!

I LOVE this book. It's a collectors item no doubt. Pics of Frank that you've never seen before. Classics with Frank and Jackie Gleason and Sammy Davis jr. Frank at his house, on the massage table, in private places never seen. You can tell he wasn't posing for these pics. All naturally which is why it is so unique. And the texts keeps you wanting to roll thru the book without putting it down. What a life he had! What a book this is!!Michael Brandmeier