Frank Sinatra: He Did It His Way

De: in60Learning

Narrado por: Nick Berman

Frank Sinatra, one of America's most iconic singers, entered the world a child of Italian immigrants living in New Jersey. After his expulsion from high school, Frank taught himself to sing and got his start performing in nightclubs. Sinatra's humble, rough-and-tumble childhood didn't stop him from becoming one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century, however; he sold over 150 million albums in his lifetime.

He conquered the world of music and film both, but he struggled with mental health throughout his life. This biography examines the life of the man who, at the end of his lifelong career, looked back and said, "I did it my way."

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Frank Sinatra in 60 Minutes

This brief audiobook does a great job recounting the life of this American legend, starting with his growing up in the blue collar town of Hoboken, New Jersey. The book shares many details on Sinatra's career as a singer and actor. The book also describes Sinatra the person, including his trials and tribulations, including his affairs and failed marriages, health issues and bouts of depression, I was especially impressed with Sinatra's views on civil rights and racial equality-he was certainly well ahead of his time in that regard-and courageous about it, too. This audiobook gives information on Sinatra's children's lives as well.

The narration of this audiobook was just OK-not great, but not awful, either.

I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.

Frank's life

You get a great overview of Frank Sinatra's life and career over the course of nearly a century. The narrator is clear and well paced, and makes the chapter headers sound *just* ever so slightly different that you can tell when the "chapter" changes.

As far as I can tell, all the facts are accurate, and it does acknowledge the mistakes Sinatra made over the course of his life, but especially highlights the liberalness of his attitudes towards minority musicians, especially African American singers.

With apologies to the man himself, 'come fly with us, and let's learn some facts' (okay maybe I'm not as good of a songwriter)

**At my request, I was provided with a promotional copy, and have voluntarily left a fair and honest review**

Great quick read

Frank Sinatra: He Did It His Way by in60Learning was another quick read by the author. This was a great book that talked about the way Frank Sinatra became as famous as he was.

All About Ol' Blue Eyes

An interesting narrative that contains details about not only Sinatra's life and career but a brief synopsis of the live and entertainment credits of his three children.well written and comprehensive.

Interesting career but book has a bit of filler

in60 Learning is a great way to quickly learn something about a topic which you know very little. 60 minutes is not enough to give you an in depth look, but it's a cheap and quick way to get an overview and determine if you want to pick up that larger tome about the subject. They are well researched, and densely packed for such a small book. And for that alone, in60 learning books will likely always get my tick.

This book goes through Sinatra's career and life, including his children. About half is just naming albums and songs, particularly the key songs through his career. Some of these I know of, but some I don't and thus the naming of them didnt mean that much to me. It then goes into personality and gives details on who he was and what drove him, rather than just what he produced.

Despite him having a full career and life the book actually fills out its length by also doing quick biographies of his three kids. While interesting, it seems like a stranger filler that could have been used to tell us more about the man himself.

The narration by Nick Berman is good. It is well paced, clear and easy to follow. It is a little hissy/tinny in the background, but nothing too significant.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.