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