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br1dgek 's review for:
Frank: The Voice
by James Kaplan
I found "Frank: The Voice" to be a really interesting, detailed, well-written biography of Frank Sinatra. I learned a whole lot, and checked out some Sinatra songs that I hadn't heard before while I was reading it. Having read Lauren Bacall's autobiography, "By Myself," it was interesting to see the intersections between her and Sinatra from another point of view. The story of Sinatra's rise to fame also provides a good vantage point into U.S. life in the 1950s, including Hollywood. However, you may wish to discount my praise of this book slightly, given that while I write this, I am listening to NPR's this review, I'm listening to "Hot Jazz Saturday Night." In other words, it appears that I'm considerably more interested in 1930s-50s music and movies than the average person who didn't grow up then.