The life of the fictional Johnny Fontaine character shares many similarities with Frank Sinatra. What was so great about the movies was that Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola did such a great job of ...

One man who was not impressed was Frank Sinatra, who objected to the character of Johnny Fontaine, a lounge singer based on himself. There are stories from bars and clubs all over America about how ...

In an exclusive excerpt from Scott Huver's new book 'Beverly Hills Noir', we see the dark side of the toniest zip code in ...

John Lennon and Frank Sinatra agreed that this classic 1970s song was one of the greatest of the decade for its melody and ...

A classic Manhattan restaurant once frequented by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack is accused of a disturbing duet of hatred toward Albanians and over $1 million in stolen wages, a pair of lawsuits ...

Nancy Sinatra senior, the first of Frank Sinatra's four wives and mother of his three children, has died aged 101. Her daughter Nancy Junior said that she had "passed away peacefully".

Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. He rose to fame in the 1940s as a singer and had over 80 Top 20 singles from 1939 to 1947. He also gained recognition as an actor starring in films ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Frank Sinatra was a legend in his lifetime, and he remains one even long after his death. The beloved crooner’s music is still ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Frank Sinatra’s signature big band, throwback sound may not be as popular as it was decades ago–even a half-century back–but he ...

and later becoming a sort of mascot to the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra called him “the kid”). He experimented a bit with acting – appearing in the 1962 film The Longest Day – for which he ...

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The drinks, as you might suspect, were flowing, and in the wee small hours of the morning, Frank Sinatra was buying ... Related: Drunk Dean Martin Offers Johnny Carson Some Late-Night Hosting ...