All The Way: Frank Sinatra

by Michael Freeland

An entirely new assessment of the most important figure in the 20th century. Michael Freedland has interviewed over 100 people, including those closest to Sinatra, many of whom reveal details about his life that have never been published before. The story of Sinatra's life is brought right up to date, with the details of the mental and physical problems that have dogged him in the 1990's, and tales from the recording studio as he recorded " Duets ', probably his last album, and the performers who sang with him and their reaction to Old Blue Eyes. All the Way discusses Sinatra the performer, the singer and the actor and the life which has made him the most enduring and successful of Holywood Artistes over more than half a century.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music, Biography, Memoir

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Eve Kay]

Finally!
How boring was the writing, too much detail for someone who only wanted to know about Sinatra, not every dog walker's milkman's ex-lover's niece's experience of a situation where they once met him *facepalm*
AND!
How DARE you SIR end this 500 page yawn without giving the date when Sinatra died!

I read it because I wanted to know about his ties with the mafia, his womanizing ways and his horrible persona as a co-worker. The latter is one which I got the most contradictory information on, that's where all those aforementioned "specialists" came to shine with their "information"
*eyeroll*
I finished it only because it was given to me as a gift.
Next I'm gonna watch the short docu on Netflix on him.

[Antoni Savander]

Satavuotissynttäreiden (15.12.2015) kunniaksi päätin lukea tämän kirjan nyt. Hyvä kirja, Freedlandilla on ollut aikaa kerätä materiaalia kirjaansa varten. Hieman ehkä oli sirpaleisuutta kerronnassa, mutta loppujen lopuksi hyvin mentiin alusta aina siihen otsikossa luvattuun loppuun asti. Suomentaja käytti hauskaa tyyliä, mutta kuten arvata saattaa, pieniä asiavirheitä oli päässyt livahtamaan tekstin joukkoon. Pahin moka on kuitenkin takatekstissä, jonka kopioin vielä tähän, kun tein suomenkielisen editionin tänne Goodreadsiin. Sinatra ei suinkaan hengannut KKK:n kanssa vaan hänen tunnettua kaveriryhmäänsä kutsuttiin Rat Packin eli Rottalauman lisäksi myös Klaaniksi.

Sinatra oli aikansa suurimpia tähtiä Amerikassa ja muuallakin maailmassa. Kirjassa sivutaan ohuesti muita megatähtiä, koska Sinatra ei sietänyt rockmusiikkia, joten Elvis ja Beatles jäävät sen enempää käsittelemättä. Ja ymmärrettävää toki, olihan Sinatrasta sen verran kerrottavaa, että turha täyttää sivuja muiden tarinoita kertoakseen. Heille on kuitenkin varattu omat kirjansa.

Oma Sinatra-tietämykseni oli varsin vajavainen, joten tämä nide tuli tarpeeseen. Nyt tiedän jo paljon enemmän.

[Pinja]

1,5. You would think that if there is a man like Sinatra, a book about him must be interesting. Turned outto be one of the worst biographies I have ever read. Almost 500 pages of constant name dropping and shatteredness. I wanted to know more about Sinatra’s life and persona, not the name of every movie he has even been in and every song he has ever sang.

[Laura Eckert]

I've always been a Sinatra fan and I enjoyed learning more about his life in this book. I didn't realize how generous he was with his money and all the charities he gave millions to over the years. Interesting read.