Frank Sinatra : the man, the music, the legend / edited by Jeanne Fuchs and Ruth Prigozy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuchs, Jeanne.

Prigozy, Ruth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998--Congresses.

Sinatra, Frank.

Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press ; [Hempstead, NY] : Hofstra University, 2007.

Summary:

Illuminating essays on Frank Sinatra's staying power and impact on the world of entertainment.

Contents:

The musical skills of Frank Sinatra / David Finck

Frank Sinatra's artistry and the question of phrasing / Samuel L. Chell

Hanging on a string of dreams : delirium and discontent in Sinatra's love songs / Joseph Fioravanti

Jazzin' Sinatra : three "understated" arrangers

George Siravo, Johnny Mandel, and Quincy Jones / Arnold Jay Smith

They can't take that away from me : Frank Sinatra and his curious but close relationship with the rock 'n' roll generation / David Wild

Dick Haymes : Sinatra stand-in or the real thing? / Ruth Prigozy

Singing in the moment : Sinatra and the culture of the fifties / Roger Gilbert

Frank Sinatra meets the beats / Blaine Allan

Sinatra in (lyrical) drag / Philip Furia

Sinatra meets television : a search for identity in fifties America / Ron Simon

Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley : the taming of teen idols and The Timex show / James F. Smith

Frank Sinatra : dancer / Jeanne Fuchs

Dancing to Sinatra : the partnership of music and movement in Twyla Tharp's Sinatra suite / Lisa Jo Sagolla

From Sam Spade to Tony Rome : Bogart's influence on Sinatra's film career / Walter Raubicheck

Sinatra satire : fifty years of punch lines / Patric M. Verrone.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at a conference at Hofstra University.

Includes discography (page [147]), bibliographical references (pages [149]-153), and index.

ISBN:

9781580462518

1580462510

OCLC:

76871482