15-01-2008, 14:14
I really like Sinatra. How much of that is the songs themselves and how much is Sinatra is hard to say, though.
I reckon he was quite a good actor as well.
Most people know that Sinatra was involved with the Mafia. What you may not know is that - at one point - a contract was put out on him. The Mob had wanted Sinatra to get JFK to stay at Sinatra's home when the President visited that particular state. But at the last moment, JFK stayed with Bing Crosby.
Only the intervention of mobster Sam Giacana - a personal friend of 'Ol Blue Eyes - saved his skin.
Incidentally, Giacana was later found in the basement of his restaurant with four bullets in the head.
I've read that there are two veiled references to Sinatra in The Godfather: the "made him an offer he couldn't refuse" and the horses head bits.
I reckon he was quite a good actor as well.
Most people know that Sinatra was involved with the Mafia. What you may not know is that - at one point - a contract was put out on him. The Mob had wanted Sinatra to get JFK to stay at Sinatra's home when the President visited that particular state. But at the last moment, JFK stayed with Bing Crosby.
Only the intervention of mobster Sam Giacana - a personal friend of 'Ol Blue Eyes - saved his skin.
Incidentally, Giacana was later found in the basement of his restaurant with four bullets in the head.
I've read that there are two veiled references to Sinatra in The Godfather: the "made him an offer he couldn't refuse" and the horses head bits.