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Title: Why Sinatra Matters

Subtitle: Anniversary Edition

Author: Pete Hamill

Narrator: Joe Knezevich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-20-15

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author.

In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra - examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them.

With a new introduction by Hamill, this is a rich and touching portrait that lingers like a beautiful song.

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Critic Reviews:

"Hamill's illuminations are considerable without ever stooping to facile psychologizing.... He does a better job of placing Sinatra's saga in a social and political context than any of his biographers have.... Why Sinatra Matters is most valuable in its explication of how Sinatra came to formulate a musical style that was a sound track to urban American life." (Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer)

"A graceful reminiscence of Sinatra after hours serves as the frame for shrewd reflections on the singer's art, his personality, his audience, and - most interesting - his ethnicity, a subject about which Hamill, against all odds, contrives to say fresh and persuasive things." (Terry Teachout, New York Times Book Review)

"As succinct and laconically classy as its title." (Adam Woog, Seattle Times)

Members Reviews:

Yes, Sinatra matters

Sinatra matters for a lot of reasons that don't have anything to do with his singing. We know the short definition about Sinatra: Italian, tough-guy, singer, womanizer, etc. This book shows that Sinatra was much more than those tropes.

Pete Hamill is maybe the only writer we have who knows and loves the setting and times of Sinatra's career. Even so, he's not a gushing cheerleader. He is that most wonderful type of author we have - a true storyteller of true life.

Frank is/was the Man!

I love reading anything & everything about the Chairman. This book adds a number of personal stories about the man himself dealing with others on a more intimate level.

Good book to read

Excellent book by author who talked to Sinatra when Sinatra was older and talked among other things about growing up as things in the country were changing.

still relevant today

a very enjoyable summary of franks life including all of the long hard days while learning to sing. and of course a bit of mafia trivia . story of how poor immigrants used to make it..still relevant today

Five Stars

Great book by a terrific New York City based author.