Why Sinatra Matters
By Pete Hamill
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Why Sinatra Matters is a 1998 book by journalist Pete Hamill, a longtime New York newspaper columnist who knew Frank Sinatra personally. It was published the year Sinatra died. Hamill argues that Sinatra, a son of Italian immigrants from Hoboken, gave voice to the urban working class and transformed American popular singing. He traces Sinatra's music, his loneliness, and his public persona, focusing on the artist and his songs rather than the gossip and scandal.
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