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Re: Sinatra/Martin
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08/25/18 09:59 PM
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Tony Bennett's better than all of them. Supposedly Spilotro confronted him over a mutual woman they were seeing.
In all seriousness, Frank from the Capitol Records days on forward was great. All purpose music. Card game, party, or just sipping on a whiskey double and reminiscing. Not a big fan of Frank's early crooning days in the 40s. Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway, et al made much better music at that time, imo.
Dino had a lot of great songs but I didn't like when he went for that Elvis sound. Kick In The Head is just a pure classic that will hold up forever.
Sammy Davis Jr. was great in the 50s. The version of Eee O Eleven that plays at the end of Oceans when they're walking down the strip is pure magic.
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Re: Sinatra/Martin
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Hard to argue, Binnie. But you can't deny Sinatra built a legacy that kept traditional pop relevant through all of these years. Through rock and roll, punk, new wave, hip hop, grunge, rave music, Sinatra still matters. Most legacy builders are frauds. They write their own history, and leave out the flaws. You don't have to do much digging with Sinatra to find his flaws. Several authors have exposed him through the years. But he still just matters. He's still a symbol of class and the good life.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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