Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life - Softcover

Spencer Leigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857160869 ISBN 13: 9780857160867

Publisher: McNidder and Grace, 2015

Synopsis

FRANK SINATRA: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE is a definitive account of Frank Sinatra s life and career. With unique material and exclusive interviews with fellow musicians, promoters and friends, the acclaimed author Spencer Leigh has written a compelling biography of one of the world s biggest stars. With remarkable stories about Sinatra on every page, and an exceptional cast of characters, readers will wonder how Sinatra ever found time to make records. If this book were a work of fiction, most people would think it far-fetched.

About this title

Product Description:

With exclusive interviews with fellow musicians, promoters, and those who knew him, "Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life "is the definitive account of Sinatra and his career. Published to mark the one hundredth anniversary of his birth.

Review:

'In Spencer Leigh's mammoth and wonderful tome on Frank Sinatra, he has superbly given us Americana through the long life and career of his subject which began way before his did. Sinatra s agents, lovers, dodgy associates, show biz friends and enemies, passions, hatreds, bravery and recklessness, finesse and crudity, worldly wisdom and naiveté, are all part of the complex whole and Leigh captures them all. Whether there has been a better telling of the Frank Sinatra story than Spencer Leigh s version only someone who has read all the myriad other attempts can say. I can say for sure that after reading FRANK SINATRA: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE you may want to read more about him, but you won't need to.' --Sir Tim Rice

'There will be no better book on Sinatra's career than this. The detail is superb. I think it was wise to embrace it all - the music, the films, the politics, the hoodlum exploits, the cheating and chancing, and the seemingly endless sex and booze. I remarked earlier on his extraordinary energy, a quality he held in common with some rock stars of our generation. Even as the curtain was closing, his appetites were not greatly diminished.' --David Charters, Liverpool Echo

'Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life, is a new biography by Spencer Leigh. It is a real in-depth look at a singer who I have always loved.' --Suzi Quatro, Daily Mail, 16 April 2016

About this edition

• Publisher: McNidder and Grace
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857160869
• ISBN 13: 9780857160867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368