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Tips On Popular Singing - a techniques book written with John Quinlan in 1941.
Frankenstein - a comic book, from 1945 (Courtesy of Ric Ross).
The Voice: The Story of An American Phenomenon
E J Kahn, Jr's book from 1946, the first on Sinatra.
See his follow-up article What Will Sinatra Do Next?, from 1947.
Frank Sinatra - Story In Pictures - a fanzine, from 1945.
Note the cover price!
Some magazine covers from the 40s
Modern Screen, September, 1944 — Modern Screen, October, 1945 — Screen Album, Oct/Nov, 1946 — Modern Screen, January, 1947
Read the Sinatra Life Story from the 1st magazine here!
Sinatra appeared on the cover of many “lyric” books in the 40s & 50s. Here are two:
Hits On Parade, c. 1943 — Popular Songs, Fall, 1950
Time magazine, Aug 24, 1955 - Sinatra on the cover.
Some TV Guide covers...
May 14, 1954 (1st cover)
May 7, 1960 (w/ Elvis Presley - Welcome Back Elvis)
November 23, 1968 (Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing)
April 16, 1977 (Hershfeld cover - Sinatra & Friends)
February, 1987 (w/ Tom Selleck on Magnum, PI)
May 30, 1998 (Tribute issue)
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Peter Goddard's Frank Sinatra: The Man, the Myth and the Music, written in 1973
Tony Sciacca's Sinatra, written in 1976
Don Dwiggin's Frankie: The Life and Loves of Frank Sinatra, written in 1961
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Unauthorized duplication prohibited
Updated March 7, 2001
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