This is the book every other Sinatra biographer wanted to write! Nick Sevano was a life-long friend of Sinatra's as well as his manager for - 23 years. He was in a unique position to know everything that went on in Frank's life and reveals much never-before-told information in this stunning book. Nick was initially hired by his mother's close friend, Dolly Sinatra, to act as Frank's driver and Dolly's payoff man when she still had to bribe club owners to let Frank sing. Nick was present as Sinatra truly learned his art, as he raced through every beautiful woman who was willingly bedded, and as he handled the tough guys Frank liked to challenge but was too weak to fight. He promoted Flank's records, rigged music popularity polls in Frank's favour at "Down Beat Magazine", worked on Frank's behalf with the club owners, and became intimate with the Mob bosses who were the real powers behind the leading night clubs and performance locations. All the major best-selling biographers have interviewed Nick, but he felt it was prudent (for his health) to say little about Sinatra that was not publicly known - until now. Nick can now tell what really happened because most of the dangerous characters he dealt with over the years are either dead, in prison or near dead! And now that the threats are gone, many others are telling their stories to Nick's co-author, Ted Schwarz, and everything can be properly documented. The true story of Sinatra's life is at last becoming available. The authors reveal: The truth behind Sinatra's remarkable movie career, from the films where he sang songs that had nothing to do with the plot, to his great success in "From Here to Eternity", to the myth of the Johnny Fontane role in "The Godfather". Frank did it 'his way' only when he stayed within the Mob's rules. When he got out of line in Las Vegas, Frank was the subject of a sit-down with Mafia Dons and Nick was present when Sinatra was told by mob enforcers to 'shape-up or die'. How Joe Kennedy, in the 1960 JFK Presidential campaign, used Sinatra, Sammy Davis, and other Sinatra contacts, and then suddenly refused to allow them to get near JFK fearing their Mob affiliations could disparage his son. This book tells the private stories of the businesses that Nick owned with Frank and that he witnessed as an insider: from a music publishing company, to restaurants, to the Cal-Neva Lodge where Marilyn Monroe failed in her first attempt at suicide. It also contains the many never-before-told insider stories of: the scandals, the endless supply of women and the amazing triumphs.
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Ted Schwartz is author or "ghost" of 100-plus books. His Hillside Strangler was made into an 8-hour BBC docu-drama; his bio DeLorean was a New York Times best-seller; and his latest is Joseph Kennedy: The Mogul, The Mob, The Statesman. Nick Sevano was Sinatra's friend for most of their lives. He was also his advance man, promoter, and then Frank's manager for over twenty years. Nick had the muscle to back Sinatra's mouth - an attribute he needed on more than one occasion.
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