Sinatra

  “The persona of a private”: Santopietro, Sinatra in Hollywood, p. 388.

  Having just been forced: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 52.

  “He had not come”: Ibid., p. 106.

  “make Las Vegas as”: Ibid., p. 108.

  The Clark County Gaming: Associated Press, April 2, 1967.

  “It was really enjoyable”: Gena Rowlands, in discussion with the author, Jan. 2013.

  “The air was volatile”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.

  “Everybody wants to see”: Dan Lewis, syndicated column, Aug. 9, 1967.

  “Frank had so many”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.

  The two were closely: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 361.

  “I have some hot”: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, April 16, 1967.

  and at least one: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, May 20, 1967.

  Frank had become close: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 3.

  “Frank Sinatra has given”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, March 10, 1967.

  She turned around: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 361.

  On April 15: Bronson, Billboard Book of Number One Hits, p. 222.

  As Reagan strolled: Shecky Greene, in discussion with the author, Nov. 2012.

  “had one hell”: Tiffany Bolling, in discussion with the author, Oct. 2012.

  “Shecky, stick with me”: Kelley, His Way, p. 368.

  “Fischetti, that fuckin’ moron”: Greene, discussion.

  “I said, ‘I’m gonna’ ”: Ibid.

  “I flew to New York”: Bolling, discussion.

  “Francis called me and said”: Ibid.

  “I said to him”: Greene, discussion.

  In early May, the American-Italian: United Press, May 4, 1967.

  “The Frank Sinatra–Italian”: Jack O’Brian, syndicated column, May 9, 1967.

  “hardly matches the image”: New York Times, May 12, 1967.

  “It is this kind of”: Ibid.

  “It was obvious”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 202.

  “There would be no point”: Kelley, His Way, p. 369.

  “I don’t think a man”: Jack Bradford, syndicated column, March 13, 1967.

  “I’ve got to do things”: Kelley, His Way, p. 369.

  “There’s talk that Mia”: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, May 19, 1967.

  Two days later: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, May 21, 1967.

  “I don’t want any trouble”: Kelley, His Way, p. 370.

  “Frank Sinatra may have”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, June 4, 1967.

  She writes of how stressful: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 117–18.

  “We needed to protect”: Ed Walters, in discussion with the author, Sept. 2013.

  “I’m not sure when I got”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, pp. 144–45.

  “groundbreaking, earthshaking”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.

  “She is just run down”: Reuters, June 17, 1967.

  “She was bruised”: Kelley, His Way, p. 370.

  “the references [in Kelley’s His Way]”: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 26, 1986.

  “a creative genius”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 245.

  She passionately wanted: Ibid., p. 244.

  “Maybe it bothered him”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.

  “Dad wearing a Nehru”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 143.

  “Mia Farrow was dancing”: Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 317.

  That was the summer: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 7.

  He began making: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 433.

  But Kaempfert, Bowen: Hyatt, Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits, p. 58.

  “as written”: Jonathan Schwartz, in discussion with the author, March 2015.

  the tour would be: Marcucci, Where or When.

  also on the bill: Variety, July 12, 1967; Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.

  “I remember how he played”: Marcucci, Where or When.

  “the timing…was”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 118.

  She and Frank discussed: Ibid.

  As the talks proceeded: Kelley, His Way, pp. 371–72.

  In the wake of the Giancana: Variety, Sept. 3, 1967.

  Then, on July 22: United Press, July 26, 1967; Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 473.

  “We are buying”: United Press, July 23, 1967.

  But The Detective had: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, July 20, 1967.

  The timetable dovetailed: Daniel O’Brien, Frank Sinatra Film Guide, p. 188.

  For all her ambivalence: Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram, Aug. 16, 1967.

  “Frank Sinatra, still”: Variety, Sept. 1, 1967.

  “You’re wondering why”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 125.

  “The Sands’ owners got”: Ed Walters, The Pit Boss posting, Dec. 19, 1997.

  “I’m here to buy”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Sept. 8, 1967.

  And he was furious: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.

  secure in his new five-year: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, July 27, 1967.

  and rolling in the nearly: United Press, July 23, 1967.

  and still Mob-run: Walters, discussion.

  One of his conditions: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 234.

  He stomped around: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 126.

  “Like somebody deranged”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 234.

  Entratter’s assistant, Eleanor: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.

  “He just shook his head”: Walters, discussion.

  When the show was over: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 203.

  Mia Farrow’s account: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 110–11.

  “The cocktail waitresses”: Walters, discussion.

  “For two successive nights”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, pp. 125–26.

  “A spokesman for the Sands”: United Press, Sept. 11, 1967.

  her new beau: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 120; Bowen, Rough Mix, p. 109.

  They all chatted: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 120–21.

  The next morning: Ibid., p. 121.

  “He threatened to kill”: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 126

  “I built this hotel”: Kelley, His Way, p. 372.

  “When Carl is mad”: Levy, Rat Pack Confidential, p. 295.

  “You didn’t fight”: Walters, discussion.

  “You son of a bitch”: Ibid.; Levy, Rat Pack Confidential, pp. 295–96; Kelley, His Way, pp. 372–73; Summers and Swan, Sinatra, pp. 331–32.

  Frank’s people tried: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.

  “We can’t deny any”: United Press, Sept. 13, 1967.

  as Frank’s friend Kirk Douglas: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 147.

  “Kirk, I learned one thing”: Ibid.

  “Never fight a Jew”: Anka, My Way, p. 214.

  “Cohen was…treated”: Kelley, His Way, p. 374.

  “Carl was not a hero”: Ed Walters, The Pit Boss posting, Dec. 19, 1997.

  “Sinatra’s fight”: Leonard Lyons, syndicated column, Oct. 2, 1967.

  “I regret the termination”: Levy, Rat Pack Confidential; Variety, Aug. 7, 1970.

  “Out of friendship”: Variety, Sept. 13, 1967.

  “Frank stopped by”: Kelley, His Way, p. 377.

  But he badly missed: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 237.

  “I think I hurt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwRhMn6D2U.

  “a quality that makes”: Gardner, Ava, p. 139.

  For this reason: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 119.

  “SINATRA APPROVES MIA”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Oct. 11, 1967.

  “returned to the void”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 129–30.

  “unmoored in some nightmare”: Ibid., p. 131.

  Frank was puzzled: Ibid., pp. 122–23.

  “While she’s working”: Kelley, His Way, p. 378.

  “a gay, fast-paced romp”: Associated Press, Nov. 14, 1967.

  then production shut down: United Press, Nov. 30, 1967.

 
Made out in her name: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 123.

  “sobbing her heart out”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.

  “I had nothing”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 367.

  “Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow”: United Press, Nov. 24, 1967.

  “no one, nothing”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 247.

  Soon after the Warner-Reprise merger: Cornyn, Exploding, p. 56.

  Though Frank had lost: Teachout, Duke, p. 337.

  “that his music was no longer”: Ibid., p. 323.

  Much to Duke’s annoyance: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 303.

  “Jesus, the rehearsal”: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. 189.

  “they [had] never touched the charts”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 306.

  “He was very quiet”: Herschberg, discussion.

  And understandably: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. 189.

  The great alto: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 308.

  He wasn’t in the mood: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Dec. 12, 1967.

  “He wasn’t really thrilled”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 306.

  “Somebody, Jilly”: Herschberg, discussion.

  In a perfectly poignant moment: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 124.

  “I begged him”: Photoplay, Feb. 1968.

  “I would have taken”: Kelley, His Way, p. 379.

  Frank had invited: Ibid.

  twenty-seven people: Harrison Carroll, syndicated column, Dec. 29, 1967.

  “It was a fun crowd”: Photoplay, Feb. 1968.

  “withdrawn and stern”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 124–25.

  “Your are a stupid, rude”: Ibid., p. 125.

  She had gone to considerable trouble: Ibid., p. 126.

  The guests had gone silent: Ibid., pp. 126–27.

  He hated it: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 244.

  “dressed to the nines”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 127.

  She was transported: Ibid.

  CHAPTER 25

  “Evening, Mrs. S.”: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 128–29.

  She writes that in her fog: Ibid., p. 127.

  Then Frank himself arrived: Ibid., p. 128.

  “Frank called me”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 369.

  “The New Year’s reconciliation”: Florabel Muir, syndicated column, Jan. 12, 1968.

  a former crime reporter: Weller, Dancing at Ciro’s, p. 227.

  “I want to be a better”: Associated Press, Jan. 25, 1968.

  He was booked: Variety, Dec. 18, 1967.

  Welch, so intimidated: Daniel O’Brien, Frank Sinatra Film Guide, p. 193.

  “forced to bow out”: Variety, Feb. 19, 1967.

  which he’d originally set: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 1, 1968.

  Not only had his wife: Variety, Feb. 14, 1968; Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 14, 1968.

  “causing talk in Miami Beach”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 9, 1968.

  “It wasn’t true at all”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 14, 1968.

  “Sinatra wasn’t ill”: Variety, Feb. 14, 1968.

  At Sammy, for unspecified reasons: Ibid.

  She flew to Miami: Kelley, His Way, p. 381.

  “She was taken”: Server, Ava Gardner, pp. 451–52.

  “She walked right into”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, pp. 371–72.

  “I was very worried”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 249.

  “Frank Sinatra remains”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 28, 1968.

  “The Jet Set rush”: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, March 1, 1968.

  “for a fast weekend trip”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 239.

  “Frank Sinatra refused”: Variety, March 4, 1968.

  “Frank didn’t like”: Wilson, Sinatra, p. 237.

  “Did he like the way”: Ibid., p. 240.

  “SINATRA COMES ON”: Ibid., p. 241.

  Up till now: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.

  The group had turned to: Washington Post, Sept. 16, 1967.

  “Whenever I meditate”: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 137.

  “They seemed beautiful and fearless”: Ibid., p. 138.

  Then, one day: Ibid., p. 141.

  From Miami: Ibid., pp. 145–46.

  “If you kill yourself”: Ibid., p. 146.

  “Near the end, when”: Hal Bates, syndicated column, April 7, 1968.

  According to the Associated: Associated Press, March 11, 1968.

  “He was sad”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.

  He was determined: Earl Wilson, syndicated column, Feb. 20, 1968.

  “He was real upset”: Kelley, His Way, p. 380.

  “refusing to do more than”: Ibid.

  “Gadge said”: Raquel Welch, in discussion with the author, March 2010.

  After the broadcast, Nancy: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.

  The less sober: Roy Newquist, Park Forest Star, April 4, 1968.

  “Sinatra played fast”: Variety, April 10, 1968.

  “Margulies said”: Ibid.

  “We’re having a wonderful”: Ibid.; Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 342.

  “The Miami Herald reported”: Associated Press, April 10, 1968.

  But the Miami–Dade County: Variety, April 24, 1968.

  “We are of the opinion”: Ibid.

  Pearson failed to mention: Drew Pearson, syndicated column, May 1, 1968; Betty Beale, syndicated column, May 5, 1968.

  President Johnson, hearing: Pilat, Drew Pearson, p. 282.

  “To meet Frank Sinatra”: Ibid.

  “I don’t think Bobby”: Maxine Cheshire, syndicated column, May 3, 1968.

  “I’m really going to”: Ibid.

  Allen Dorfman, officially: Jeffrey Goldberg, “Hoffa Lives!” New York magazine, July 31, 1995.

  Frank had flown: Kelley, His Way, p. 384.

  “While Sinatra and several”: Cheshire, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 106.

  “was tight-lipped”: Maxine Cheshire, syndicated column, May 3, 1968.

  “Sinatra, wearing the gold”: Betty Beale, syndicated column, May 12, 1968.

  “It was the first really”: Ibid.

  At the same dinner: Cheshire, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 107.

  “bring Drew around”: Pilat, Drew Pearson, p. 283.

  A splinter group of stars: Kelley, His Way, p. 385.

  “The King of the World”: Oakland Tribune, May 24, 1968.

  “We were in the back”: Nollen, Jilly!, pp. 70–71.

  “no sense of satisfaction”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 249.

  Her father was quiet: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 206.

  “Ava Gardner, who is”: Walter Winchell, syndicated column, Aug. 2, 1968.

  “An examination at the Chelsea”: Server, Ava Gardner, p. 448.

  “I was lying in bed”: Evans and Gardner, Ava Gardner, p. 41.

  To crown the indignity: Server, Ava Gardner, pp. 450–51.

  “Critics praised the movie”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 205.

  “a film that haphazardly”: New York Times, May 29, 1968.

  She took no pleasure: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 148–49.

  “Peter Sellers is in town”: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, July 27, 1968.

  “even want to dial up”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 10.

  Frank junior, touring: Janesville (Wis.) Daily Gazette, Aug. 2, 1968.

  “in a coma”: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 270.

  Not many nightspots: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 11.

  “I was just hanging out”: Ibid., p. 13.

  The floor itself seemed: Farrow, What Falls Away, pp. 149–50.

  “Dressed in slacks”: Vernon Scott, dispatch, Aug. 17, 1968.

  “lean and sleepless”: Associated Press, Aug. 17, 1968.

  Nancy Sinatra recalled going: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 208.

  “Let’s go with the dress”: Ibid.

  “It was as if someone”: Ibid.

  The wire services reported: A
ssociated Press, Aug. 17, 1968; Vernon Scott, dispatch, Aug. 17, 1968.

  When she arrived: Farrow, What Falls Away, p. 150.

  She refused any financial: Kelley, His Way, p. 381.

  “Frank Sinatra is rather”: Wall Street Journal, Aug. 19, 1968.

  “These reports are rumors”: Ibid.

  “Before Mr. Sinatra sold”: Ibid.

  Gage had managed: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 207.

  “My father had known”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 73.

  “There is a good chance”: Madison Capital Times, Aug. 21, 1968.

  When Humphrey’s special counsel: Kelley, His Way, p. 387.

  Soon Humphrey stopped: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 376.

  “The maid came to me”: Kelley, His Way, p. 382.

  “Everyone around the old man”: Ibid., pp. 382–83.

  “After fourteen years together”: Ibid., p. 382.

  “Oh, man, I had”: George Jacobs, in discussion with the author, May 2009.

  “pressing recording”: Wire-service report, Aug. 26, 1968.

  In truth, he had nothing: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Aug. 28, 1968.

  “Frank Sinatra, who receives”: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, Sept. 27, 1968.

  Sinatra’s excuse for quitting: Florabel Muir, syndicated column, Nov. 6, 1968.

  One would think: Associated Press, Oct. 10, 1968.

  He was dating again: Muir, syndicated column, Nov. 6, 1968.

  “Frank Sinatra’s name”: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 27, 1968.

  On the day Diane McCue: Giordmaina, Sinatra and the Moll, p. 68.

  Like a number of other women: Ibid.; Associated Press, Aug. 31, 1971.

  There is also evidence: http://www.intelius.com/Find-Phone-Address/Las+Vegas-NV/Diane-Giordmaina.html.

  He was also a romantic: Tonight Show appearance with Johnny Carson and Don Rickles, Nov. 12, 1976.

  “On October 15, 1968”: Giordmaina, Sinatra and the Moll, p. 85.

  “[Schwartz] and his wife”: Robin Orr, Oakland Tribune, Oct. 18, 1968.

  Diane McCue did not ride: Baytown (Tex.) Sun, Oct. 31, 1968.

  “hated with a deep”: MacLaine, My Lucky Stars, p. 86.

  The following week: Marcucci, Where or When.

  “My Way of Life” and: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 267; figures are from the Cash Box singles chart; “Cycles” hit number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

  “Toward the end”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 267.

  The two songs recorded: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 136.

  “How do you do it”: Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Gleaner, Dec. 6, 1968.

  “such a perfect blending”: New York Times, Nov. 21, 1968.