by James Kaplan
“He projects the ex-cop”: Los Angeles Times, Nov. 8, 1968.
“As he has proved”: New York Times, Nov. 21, 1968.
“Frank Sinatra has had it”: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Nov. 7, 1968.
In early November: United Press, Nov. 6, 1968.
“The most surprising”: Joyce Haber, syndicated column, Nov. 24, 1968.
“The Nehru jacket seems”: Jack O’Brian, syndicated column, April 19, 1968.
“Nobody would explain”: El Paso Herald Post, Nov. 23, 1968.
“And don’t look now”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6-TlT1JJg.
Two days before Thanksgiving: Variety, Nov. 27, 1968.
After purchasing the Desert Inn: Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, p. 473.
“Vegas in the old days”: Polly Bergen, in discussion with the author, Jan. 2011.
“When Frank went”: Rob Fentress, in discussion with the author, June 2011.
“Frank Sinatra’s return”: Variety, Nov. 27, 1968.
“The electricity of the Sands”: Fentress, discussion.
“I was like eighteen”: Rolling Stone, June 25, 1998.
“The little Arab”: Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 335.
“Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin”: Anka, My Way, p. 2.
“and a couple of mob”: Paul Anka, interview by Neil McCormack, Daily Telegraph, Nov. 8, 2007.
“I thought it was”: Ibid.
“all him”: Newsweek, May 25, 1998.
“I’ve got something really”: Ibid.
“really had nothing”: Frank Sinatra, interview by Sid Mark, WWDB (Philadelphia), Dec. 31, 1979.
“I know it’s a very big hit”: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. xvii.
Still, his inner circle: Lee Herschberg, in discussion with the author, May 2006.
CHAPTER 26
“Just before Christmas”: Suzy Knickerbocker, syndicated column, Jan. 10, 1969.
“Sinatra is much much”: Ibid.
“Out in the garden”: Ibid.
Pleasantly surprised to see: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 225.
Anthony Martin Sinatra: Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 401.
“Sometimes I’d be lying awake”: Hamill, Why Sinatra Matters, p. 84.
Her grandfather’s funeral: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 225.
“pure bedlam”: Ibid.
“Frank was pissed”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, pp. 379–80.
Twenty-five limousines: Kelley, His Way, p. 389.
“Marty, Marty”: Taraborrelli, Sinatra, p. 380; Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 226.
Back at her grandmother’s: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 226.
“But when his father died”: Ibid.
“I don’t want to move”: Kelley, His Way, p. 391.
“He became a little”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 153.
“In his down periods”: Wilson, Sinatra, pp. 250–51.
“had charted quite respectably”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, pp. 430–31.
“Somebody didn’t like”: Lee Herschberg, in discussion with the author, May 2006.
“Paul told me”: Granata, Sessions with Sinatra, p. 190.
“Putnam will publish”: Jack O’Brian, syndicated column, Sept. 23, 1968.
Putnam refused: Puzo, Godfather Papers, p. 53; Variety, Sept. 25, 1968.
“The Godfather is a work”: Winona (Minn.) Daily News, April 27, 1969.
The public had also bought: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 438.
“Edgar Guest with”: “Notable New Yorkers: Bennett Cerf,” Columbia University Libraries Oral History Research Office, www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/nny/cerfb/transcripts/cerfb_1_21_1024.html.
“the most important guest”: Ibid.
“I had tried for years”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, pp. 437–38.
One source says: Marcucci, Where or When.
“Sinatra had watched”: Mo Ostin, in discussion with the author, Aug. 2012.
The 45 rpm single: Marcucci, Where or When.
The man who had once been: Cornyn, Exploding, pp. 128–29, 137.
“When he started chasing”: Ostin, discussion.
My Way, the album: Havers, Sinatra, p. 309.
The LP, released: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 261.
Both the single: Havers, Sinatra, p. 309.
“I met Barbara”: Betsy Hammes, in discussion with the author, June 2011.
“a $150-a-week”: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes, p. 37.
“she was stunningly”: Ed Walters, in discussion with the author, Dec. 2014.
“a well-tailored”: Barbara Sinatra, “Sinatra, My Jekyll and Hyde Husband: His Fourth Wife Lays Bare His Terrifying Mood Swings and Sadistic Manipulation,” Daily Mail, June 6, 2011, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394161/Frank-Sinatra-Jekyll-Hyde-husband-4th-wife-Barbara-sadistic-manipulation.html.
Zeppo was also a gifted mechanic: Homer, Born in the USA, pp. 176–77.
Despite Zeppo’s ingenuity: Kelley, His Way, p. 434.
“She was like a racehorse”: Hammes, discussion.
“was an inveterate card player”: Kelley, His Way, pp. 433–34.
“were always sharing”: Hammes, discussion.
“nod a hello”: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes, p. 68.
“Then, one day”: Barbara Sinatra, “Sinatra, My Jekyll and Hyde Husband.”
“On Saturday evening”: Fremont (Calif.) Argus, Dec. 13, 1968.
“those who drank”: Barbara Sinatra, “Sinatra, My Jekyll and Hyde Husband.”
“who liked to turn”: Barbara Sinatra, Lady Blue Eyes, p. 69.
“I was on the opposing”: Ibid., pp. 3–4, 99.
“He hated her”: Summers and Swan, Sinatra, p. 358.
“Zeppo was in his sixties”: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 255.
once more at a Circus: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Nov. 11, 1968.
“no longer lean”: Variety, May 12, 1969.
“McKuen was a star”: Gay Talese, in discussion with the author, May 2007.
From June through: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, Aug. 12, 1969.
He watched the Apollo 11: Drew Pearson, syndicated column, July 21, 1969.
he took the Cerfs: Lowell (Mass.) Sun, July 25, 1969.
he sailed back: Fort Pierce (Fla.) News-Tribune, Aug. 12, 1969.
He had Mickey: Associated Press, Oct. 15, 1969.
Two days later: O’Brien and Sayers, Sinatra, p. 267.
“For the second time”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, pp. 153–54.
“He told Sinatra they”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 440.
The LP was a resounding: Warner, True Story of the Jersey Boys, pp. 29–30.
“And then”: Watertown liner notes.
“Jake and I discussed”: Ibid.
“In a series of soliloquies”: Ibid.
“I don’t think he was”: Ibid.
“The only album we ever did”: Herschberg, discussion.
“He didn’t know the songs”: Friedwald, Sinatra!, p. 441.
The LP was a worthy try: Ibid., p. 443.
“That was unheard-of”: Ostin, discussion.
“Mr. Sinatra left”: Associated Press, Oct. 15, 1969.
“He went yachting”: Associated Press, Oct. 16, 1969.
The commission rattled: United Press, Oct. 29, 1969.
“For many years every”: Associated Press, Oct. 24, 1969.
Actually it was only three: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 212.
On October 19: Ibid., pp. 212–13.
Around the same time: United Press, Oct. 14, 1969.
“But don’t get your”: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Nov. 8, 1969.
CHAPTER 27
Not long afterward: Film Bulletin, Vol. 38, 1969, p. 63.
Instead, a few days: Santopietro, Sinatra in Hollywood, p. 410.
“Frank took such good care”: Kelley, His Way, pp. 431–32.
Then, one night: “Part III: Hollywood Lives, The Sister
s Final Installment,” New York Social Diary, www.newyorksocialdiary.com/legacy/socialdiary/2005/08_17_05/socialdiary08_17_05.php.
In January 1970: United Press, Feb. 4, 1970.
“organized crime had”: New York Times, Feb. 4, 1970.
“shortly after he flew”: New York Times, Feb. 18, 1970.
Though the hearing: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 214.
“Under questioning”: New York Times, Feb. 19, 1970.
Though nothing of what Frank: New York Times, Feb. 18, 1970.
“Q: Do you know”: Kelley, His Way, pp. 393–94.
Nancy Sinatra wrote that: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 214.
“a high [commission]”: New York Times, Feb. 19, 1970.
“he had an engagement”: Oakland Tribune, Feb. 12, 1970.
“bipartisan, short on speeches”: Associated Press, Feb. 28, 1970.
“He appeared tired”: Arizona Republic, April 19, 1970.
“FRANK SINATRA, FOREIGN”: Kuntz and Kuntz, Sinatra Files, pp. 209–10.
“Sinatra’s affiliation over”: Ibid., pp. 210–11.
“As a cabaret blockbuster”: Variety, April 23, 1970.
“Frank Sinatra at Caesars”: Las Vegas Sun, April 24, 1970.
It was all true: Variety, May 6, 1970.
“They applauded”: New York Times, May 9, 1970.
It should be rerecorded: www.watertownology.com/forum.html.
“I have a funny feeling”: Marcucci, Where or When.
“There are few occasions”: Ibid.
“It is my duty”: Associated Press, July 9, 1970.
“He made it clear”: Oakland Tribune, July 9, 1970.
But for Frank to join: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 238.
“The divine Francis”: Joyce Haber, syndicated column, July 14, 1970.
Two weeks earlier: Associated Press, June 29, 1970.
“It looks like I held”: Joyce Haber, syndicated column, July 14, 1970.
At the end of July: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, July 23, 1970.
“Dad’s convalescence”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, p. 154.
“the topper on Saturday”: Variety, Aug. 10, 1970.
“Miss Sinatra is an uneven”: Ibid.
“Dear Frank”: Steve Allen, But Seriously…, p. 378.
“Only a few thousand”: Ibid., p. 379.
“Wherever Frank is”: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Dec. 2, 1970.
“When he arrived”: George Schlatter, in discussion with the author, May 2006.
“GUESS WHO”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 209.
In the summer of 1970: Variety, Oct. 1, 1969.
Jerome Zarowitz: Ed Walters, in discussion with the author, Dec. 2014.
When Zarowitz left the job: New York Times, Sept. 28, 1980.
In case the name: United Press, April 25, 1956.
“a major guy in New York”: Ed Walters, in discussion with the author, Dec. 2014.
“That’s when we knew”: Kelley, His Way, p. 398.
“We were concerned”: Ibid.
They said Sinatra was losing: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1970.
In 1970, the U.S. median: web.stanford.edu/class/polisci120a/immigration/Median%20Household%20Income.pdf.
“What’s the matter”: Kelley, His Way, p. 398.
her father reacted coolly: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 215.
“If Sinatra comes back”: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1970.
“He was coming right”: Ibid.
Sinatra had witnesses: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 11, 1970.
“As for the remarks”: Vernon Scott, syndicated column, Sept. 21, 1970.
“I wasn’t in the baccarat game”: Ibid.
According to Joyce Haber: Los Angeles Times, Sept. 17, 1970.
Never was a long time: Marcucci, Where or When.
“I just believed he was”: Puzo, The Godfather Papers, p. 53.
“However, the movie”: Ibid., pp. 53–54.
“a famous millionaire”: Ibid., pp. 54–56.
“Francis, I’d play”: Ibid., p. 57.
“The audience at”: Associated Press, Oct. 5, 1970.
“he won’t stand still”: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Oct. 24, 1970.
But he developed cold feet: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, July 27, 1970.
“I still want to make”: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Nov. 20, 1970.
a story in which: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Feb. 25, 1969.
a Sinatra and Goldie: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Aug. 5, 1969.
even a picture: Sheilah Graham, syndicated column, Feb. 24, 1969.
For one reason: Marcucci, Where or When.
“one of the best love songs”: Concert for the Americas (Shout Factory, 2010), DVD.
This was nice of him: Schneider, Long and Winding Road, p. 122.
“ ‘Dirty Dingus Magee’ is as shabby”: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 23, 1970, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dirty-dingus-magee-1970.
referring to The Stranger Returns: Lang Thompson, “The Stranger Returns,” www.tcm.com/this-month/article/91156%7C0/The-Stranger-Returns.html.
“youth wig”: New York Times, Nov. 19, 1970.
“He needed this silliness”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 214.
“Frank Sinatra also admired”: Malatesta, Party Politics, p. 15.
“pusillanimous pussyfooters”: Safire, Before the Fall, p. 323.
“These two gentlemen”: Malatesta, Party Politics, p. 16.
“He said he would like”: Ibid., pp. 17–18.
“Although long ago”: Ibid., p. 18.
“DIRTY DINGUS MAY”: Norma Lee Browning, column, Dec. 2, 1970 (first published in late November elsewhere).
“Schwartz is now”: Ibid.
“He may become more”: Ibid.
“since Daddy likes”: Associated Press, Dec. 14, 1970.
The area’s Mexican-American: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, pp. 216–17.
When Frank learned: Ibid.
“What they saw”: Joyce Haber, syndicated column, Dec. 27, 1970.
But Wagner: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, Feb. 11, 1972.
“There were four”: Joyce Haber, syndicated column, Dec. 27, 1970.
“where agents arrested”: Associated Press, Dec. 13, 1970.
Upon opening: United Press, Feb. 23, 1971; New York Times, Sept. 28, 1980.
Peter Malatesta knew: Malatesta, Party Politics, pp. 21–22.
“a private world”: Ibid., p. 32.
Ava had been sighted: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Dec. 15, 1970.
“Says Suzy”: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Dec. 11, 1970.
“strolling into”: Marilyn Beck, syndicated column, Dec. 19, 1970.
And though Frank: Bailey, Cheever, p. 435.
CHAPTER 28
“a Leviathan”: Oakland Tribune, Jan. 5, 1971.
That night, Frank dined: Oakland Tribune, Jan. 4, 1971.
After Jimmy Stewart: Marcucci, Where or When.
a woman he had once: Jacobs and Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 238.
She beamed: Gloria Vanderbilt, in discussion with the author, April 2011.
“He’s here”: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Jan. 22, 1971.
“Frank is married”: Dorothy Manners, syndicated column, Feb. 3, 1971.
“As you will recall”: Kuntz and Kuntz, Sinatra Files, pp. 212–13.
Nancy wrote that she felt: Nancy Sinatra, My Father, p. 228; Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 217.
On Monday evenings: Nollen, Jilly!, p. 81.
In mid-February: Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, Feb. 11, 1971.
“Everything we have done”: Life, March 19, 1971.
Jim Mahoney had massaged: Jim Bishop, syndicated column, April 5, 1971.
“It didn’t surprise me”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 219.
“His record history”: Mo Ostin, in discussion with the aut
hor, Aug. 2012.
“You read it here first”: Associated Press, March 24, 1971; Norma Lee Browning, syndicated column, March 31, 1971.
“I look forward to enjoying”: Associated Press, March 24, 1971.
“His fade-out”: Browning, syndicated column, March 31, 1971.
Starlets wore hot pants: Associated Press, April 18, 1971.
“Sinatra, Frank”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dGbyb7p0o.
Coretta Scott King: Associated Press, April 18, 1971.
Some said he was quitting: Jim Bishop, syndicated column, April 5, 1971.
others, that he was secretly: Life, June 25, 1971.
“There are people”: Paul Corcoran, syndicated column, April 7, 1971.
“He was nervous”: Life, June 25, 1971.
“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant”: Newsweek, March 12, 1990.
“We warmed ’em up”: Ibid.
“when the vibrato”: Ibid.
“Somebody help”: Ibid.
“So I figure”: Associated Press, June 14, 1971.
“Jump on it”: Ibid.
“I’m tired”: Life, June 25, 1971.
CODA
“Barbara had a fetching”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, pp. 146, 151–52.
“relentless strategist”: Ibid., p. 150.
“I don’t want no”: Ibid., p. 152.
“From Jilly came a story”: Ibid., pp. 152–53.
“appeared to be”: Kuntz and Kuntz, Sinatra Files, p. 213.
“It is apparent”: Ibid., p. 216.
“Bravo”: Ibid., p. 220.
“by invitation, not demand”: Kelley, His Way, p. 409.
“My hair was on fire”: Tina Sinatra, My Father’s Daughter, pp. 141–42.
“You know Miss Cheshire”: Kelley, His Way, pp. 412–13; Cheshire, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, pp. 123–25.
At the end of the night: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 219.
“Mr. President,” Sinatra replied: Ibid.
“hinted that he might”: Malatesta, Party Politics, p. 88.
Three days after: Los Angeles Herald Examiner, April 20, 1973.
Reprise’s art director: Los Angeles Times, Aug. 21, 2006.
“I said, ‘You’re kidding’ ”: Nancy Sinatra, American Legend, p. 230.
Along with Watergate: Ibid., p. 322.
“record an album every”: Havers, Sinatra, p. 323.
Along with “Come Fly with Me”: Marcucci, Where or When.
“Congress should give”: Kelley, His Way, p. 423.