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  INDEX

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

  Abbey Road (album)

  Abbott, William “Bud,”

  ABC, 1.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 12.1, 19.1

  ABC-Paramount Records

  Academy Awards, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  of 1963, Sinatra’s hosting of

  of 1971, Sinatra’s Humanitarian Award at

  Academy Award Winners (album)

  Accardo, Tony “Joe Batters,” 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 14.1

  Ace, Goodman

  Acerra, Rosemary Riddle, 1.1, 5.1, 8.1

  Acton, Lord

  Ada (film)

  Adair, Tom

  Adamowski, T. H.

  Adams, Lee

  Adams, Val

  Adamson, Harold

  “Adelaide” (song)

  “Adeste Fidelis” (carol)

  Adler, Buddy

  “Ad-Lib Blues” (song)

  Adonis, Joe

  Advise and Consent (film), 16.1, 16.2

  Africa

  Ager, Milton

  Agnew, Judy, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, bm1.1

  Agnew, Spiro, 27.1, 28.1, bm1.1, bm1.2

  resignation of

  Sinatra’s relationship with, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1

  Agoratus, Harry

  “Águas de Março” (“Waters of March”; song)

  Ahmanson Theatre, 28.1, 28.2

  “Ain’t She Sweet” (song)

  “Air for English Horn” (Wilder)

  Aladdin, 23.1, 24.1

  Alamo, The (film)

  Alba, Duchess of

  Alberghetti, Anna Maria

  Albert, Marsha

  Albert, Marvin

  Albright, Max

  Alda, Robert

  Alderisio, Felix “Milwaukee Phil,”

  Aldrich, Robert

  Aldrin, Buzz

  Alexander, Jeff

  Alexander, Monty, 16.1, 21.1

  Alfred, Roy

  Algiro, Al

  Algonquin Hotel

  Algren, Nelson

  Ali, Muhammad

  All Alone (album), 17.1, 26.1

  “All Alone” (song)

  Allegretti, Jimmy “The Monk,”

  Allen, Gracie

  Allen, Lewis

  Allen, Steve, 13.1, 22.1, 27.1

  Allen, Woody

  Allenberg, Bert, 8.1, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1

  All Fall Down (film), 16.1, 17.1

  “All I Need Is the Girl” (song)

  “All My Tomorrows” (song)

  “All or Nothing at All” (song), 23.1, 28.1

  All Quiet on the Western Front (film)

  All the Way (album)

  “All the Way” (song), 6.1, 17.1, 19.1

  Allyson, June, 4.1, 23.1

  Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,”

  Alpert, Don

  Alsop, Joseph

  “Always” (song)

  Ambassador East

  America, I Hear You Singing (album)

  Americana Hotel (New York, N.Y.), 20.1, 20.2

  American Bandstand (TV show)

  American Federation of Musicians

  American in Paris, An (film)

  American-Italian Anti-Defamation League, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Amos ’n’ Andy Show, 11.1, 19.1

  Sinatra and, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, 20.1, 21.1, 28.1

  Amsler, James

  Amsler, Joe, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  Analyze This (film)

  Anastasia (film)

  Anastasia, Albert

  Anastasio, Anthony “Tough Tony,”

  Anatomy of a Murder (film)

  Anchors Aweigh (film)

  Anderson, Clinton

  Anderson, Maxwell, 19.1, 22.1

  Anderson, Richard

  Anderson, Toni

  Andreotti, Giulio

  Andress, Ursula

  Andrews, Julie, 1.1, 25.1

  Andrews Sisters

  Andros, George

  “Angel Eyes” (song), 9.1, 11.1, 27.1, 28.1

  Anhalt, Edward, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Anka, Paul, 25.1, bm1.1, bm1.2

  Antheil, George

  Anthony, Carl Sferrazza

  Anthony, Ray

  antiwar movement, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 27.1, 27.2

  Apache (film)

  Apalachin Meeting, 15.1, 17.1

  Apartment, The (film)

  Apollo 11 moon mission

  Apollo 14 moon mission, 28.1, 28.2

  Apollo astronauts

  “April in Paris” (song), 8.1, 17.1, 19.1, 27.1

  Apt, Richard, 12.1, 24.1

  Arcadia

  Archerd, Army

  “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (song)

  Arizona Republic

  Arkansas

  Arlen, Harold, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1, 17.1, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1

  Armstrong, Louis, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 8.1, 12.1, 21.1

  Armstrong, Neil

  Arnaz, Desi

  Sinatra’s altercation with

  Arnaz, Desi, Jr.

  Arney, Dan

  Around the World in Eighty Days (film)

  Artanis Productions, 20.1, 22.1, 23.1

  Artists and Models (film)

  Arvey, Jake

  Asher, Bill

  Asphalt Jungle, The (film)

  Assault on a Queen (film), 22.1, 23.1, 24.1

  Associated Press, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 22.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1

  Astaire, Fred, 11.1, 11.2, 19.1, 21.1

  Athens

  Atlantic City, N.J., 12.1, 12.2, 18.1

  “At Long Last Love” (song)

  “At Sundown” (song)

  Attack (film)

  Attenborough, Richard

  Austin, Richard B.

  Australia, 4.1, 4.2

  On the Beach filming in, 11.1, 11.2

  Sinatra’s concerts in, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2

  “Autumn in New York” (song)

  “Available” (song)

  Avery, Sid, 13.1, 13.2

  Axelrod, George, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1

  Aznavour, Charles

  Azuma, Ryotaro

  Babcock, Edward Chester, see Van Heusen, Jimmy

  Bacall, Lauren “Betty,” 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 23.1, 24.1

  birthday party of, 6.1, 6.2

  Bogart’s marriage to, 4
.1, 8.1

  Sinatra’s affair with, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2

  Sinatra’s breakup with, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1

  Sinatra’s marriage proposal to

  Bacharach, Burt, 18.1, 27.1

  Bacon, James, 12.1, 15.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3

  “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” (song)

  Bad and the Beautiful, The (film)

  Bad Day at Black Rock (film), 4.1, 5.1, 16.1

  Bailey, Mildred

  Bailey, Pearl, 14.1, 28.1

  Bain, Bob, 5.1, 15.1

  Bakalyan, Dick, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5

  Baldrige, Letitia

  Ball, Lucille, 4.1, 6.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Ballad of Dingus Magee, The (Markson)

  Balletti, Arthur J.

  Balliett, Whitney

  Band Wagon, The (film)

  Bank of Nevada

  “Barbara” (song)

  Barclay Disques, 10.1, 21.1

  Barefoot Contessa, The (film), 1.1, 9.1

  Barefoot in the Park (Simon)

  Barnet, Charlie

  Barquette, Nelly

  Barrett, Rona, 20.1, 25.1, bm1.1

  Barry, Philip, 5.1, 5.2

  Barrymore, Ethel, 2.1, 8.1

  Bart, Peter, 22.1, 24.1

  Barton (music-publishing company)

  Barton, Ben

  Barzie, Tino, 6.1, 20.1, 21.1

  Basie, William James “Count,” 14.1, 15.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 27.1

  Basilio, Carmen

  Basinger, Jeanine

  Bass, Saul

  Bates, Hal

  Batista, Fulgencio, 10.1, 15.1

  Batman (TV show), theme from

  “Baubles, Bangles, and Beads,” 24.1, 25.1

  Bautzer, Greg

  Bayes, Cindy, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Bay of Pigs debacle, 16.1, 18.1

  Beach Boys, 18.1, 18.2

  Beale, Betty

  Beatles, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1

  breakup of

  Mahesh Yogi and

  Shea Stadium concert of

  Beatty, David, Lord

  Beatty, Lady Adelle, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1

  Sinatra’s relationship with

  Beatty, Warren, 16.1, 17.1, 25.1

  Bechet, Sidney

  Beck, Marilyn, 24.1, 27.1, 27.2

  Becker, Ed

  Becket (Annouilh)

  Becket, Welton

  “Bein’ Green” (song)

  Belafonte, Harry, 9.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4

  bel canto style

  Ben-Gurion, David

  Ben-Hur (film)