Were you into his music when he passed or did you get into later?
Since the '68 Comeback Special. I was only nine years old and watched it with my Mom and Dad, and I became a fan for life. And when I say fan, I mean the whole nine yards. Not just the music. I could never get enough to read about the guy,
Same applies to Sinatra, even though the were polar opposites and Frank was a prick, they were both UNDENIABLY the two most influential music figures of the 20th century.
And before someone goes nuts and mentions The Beatles, I'm talking about an
individual influence.