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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Biography
- Era
- 1970s
- Signed
- No
- Special Attributes
- Signed
- Country
- USA
- Age Level
- Adults, Young Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Topic
- Frank Sinatra
- Modified Item
- No
- Title/Series
- It
- Subject
- Frank Sinatra
- ISBN
- 9780316470087
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0316470082
ISBN-13
9780316470087
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236777681
Product Key Features
Book Title
Way It Was : My Life with Frank Sinatra
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
History & Criticism, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-946386
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A revealing look at the man behind the legend that chronicles everything from dates with Jackie Kennedy to fights with Donald Trump."-- Billboard
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
782.42164092
Synopsis
A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman. By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest heights of fame and plumbed the depths of failure, all the while surviving with the trademark swagger that women pined for and men wanted to emulate. Passionate and generous on his best days, sullen and unpredictable on his worst, Sinatra invited Weisman into his inner circle, an honor that the budding celebrity manager never took for granted. Even when he was caught up in a legal net designed to snare Sinatra, Weisman went to prison rather than being coerced into telling prosecutors what they wanted to hear. With Weisman's help, Sinatra orchestrated in his final decades some of the most memorable moments of his career. There was the Duets album, which was Sinatra's top seller, the massive tours, such as Together Again, which featured a short-lived reunion of the Rat Pack--until Dean Martin, having little interest in reliving the glory days, couldn't handle it anymore--and the Ultimate Event Tour, which brought Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis Jr. on board and refreshed the much-needed lining of both their pocketbooks. Weisman also worked with many other acts, including Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and an ungrateful Don Rickles, whom Weisman helped get out from under the mob's thumb. Over their years together, Weisman became a confidant to the man who trusted few, and he came to know Sinatra's world intimately: his wife, Barbara, who socialized with princesses and presidents and tried to close Sinatra off from his rough and tough friends such as Jilly Rizzo; Nancy Jr., who was closest to her dad; Tina, who aggressively battled for her and her siblings' rights to the Sinatra legacy and was most like her father; and Frank Jr., the child with the most fraught relationship with the legendary entertainer. Ultimately Weisman, who had become the executor of Sinatra's estate, was left alone to navigate the infighting and hatred between those born to the name and the wife who acquired it, when a mystery woman showed up and threatened to throw the family's future into jeopardy. Laden with surprising, moving, and revealing stories, The Way It Was also shows a side of Sinatra few knew. As a lion in winter, he was struggling with the challenges that come with old age, as well as memory loss, depression, and antidepressents. Weisman was by his side through it all, witness to a man who had towering confidence, staggering fearlessness, and a rarely seen vulnerability that became more apparent as his final days approached., In the bestselling tradition of Henry Bushkin's Johnny Carson comes THE WAY IT WAS: MY LIFE WITH FRANK SINATRA , a candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life, told by his long-time manager and friend, Eliot Weisman. Eliot Weisman worked with Frank Sinatra from 1975 up until Sinatra's death in 1998, and became one of the singer's most trusted confidantes and advisers. In this book, Weisman tells the story of the final years of the iconic entertainer from within his exclusive inner circle--featuring original photos and filled with scintillating revelations that fans of all Sinatra stages--from the crooner to the Duets --will love.
LC Classification Number
ML420.S565
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- 24 Aug, 2021
Tina gives an honest insider view of the Sinatra Family
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- 22 Nov, 2018
Intimate look at the inside world of Frank Sinatra. This is a must read for Sinatra fans.
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- 18 Feb, 2021
Insightful Read
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