Table of Contents

The Musical Skills of Frank Sinatra - David Finck
Frank Sinatra's Artistry and the Question of Phrasing - Kathryn Crosby
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 and Roll GenerationGeneration - 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 - Ronald C. 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

Reviews

The breadth of topics, discussed with concision, makes this book surprisingly brisk reading for those wanting to revisit quickly a number of aspects of Sinatra's career.
*RONSLATE.COM, March 11, 2008*

A long-awaited collection of essays gathered from a famed 1998 conference at Hofstra University . . . probes various aspects of Sinatra's influence in his long career. . . . David Finck and Samuel L. Chell dissect Sinatra's vocal artistry in two succinct and exceptionally precise pieces in this collection.
*ATLANTIC MONTHLY, June/July 2007*

It is doubtful that there will be another book dedicated so heavily to the nuts and bolts of what went into being Frank Sinatra.!
*SING OUT! March 2008*

A kaleidoscopic view of a multi-faceted man, this compendium benefits greatly from its various viewpoints and offers fresh insight into the Sinatra legend. --
*Michael Feinstein*

From musical phrasing to comic strips, this compact but wide-ranging book marks a new stage in an emerging field that must now be called 'Sinatra Studies.' The variety of perspectives and topics has something to offer everyone who listens to, watches, and thinks about American popular culture. --
*Jeffrey Magee, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign*