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Every time I sing a song, I'm actually making love on stage. Call me 'The Boudoir Singer,' or so claimed Frank Sinatra. The crooner's career spanned more than half a century, earning him millions of fans. His boudoir conquests involved some of the most stunning women of the 20th century. But exactly who was this mercurial, enigmatic man? Darwin Porter, America's leading chronicler of Golden Age Hollywood, turns over more than a few boulders in Sinatra's secret garden, especially for those who thought they'd heard it all. For the compilation of this compendium of show-biz scandal, Darwin Porter, former bureau chief and entertainment columnist for The Miami Herald, drew upon a treaure trove of celebrity contacts he accumulated over the decades.
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FRANK AND NANCY BARBATO His Cheating Heart
YOUNG FRANK MEETS COLE PORTER “Just One of Those Things”
FRANK AND THE BIG BAND SOUNDS OF HARRY JAMES With Burt Lancaster
FRANK AND THE LADY WHO SANG THE BLUES Billie Holiday
JULIE SINATRA Frank’s Mysterious Daughter
FRANK AND NANCY Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
BARBARA STANWYCK Nancy’s Friend, Frank’s Rival
THE BIG BAND SOUND OF Frank vs. Tommy Dorsey
YOUNG FRANK—SEDUCING THE SONGBIRDS OF THE BIG BAND ERA Connie Haines, Jo Stafford, and Peggy Lee
PETER LAWFORD The Forgotten Rat Packer
FRANK SINATRA’S MOBSTER MAMBO Hot Tropical Nights with the Mafia
FRANK SINATRA AND DEAN MARTIN Sloppy Seconds
FRANK, AVA GARDNER, AND LENA HORNE Stormy Weather for the Barefoot Contessa
FRANK SINATRA AND JUDY GARLAND Over the Rainbow
SHOOT ‘EM UP, FRANK AND AVA The Sinatras Get Trigger-Happy
FRANK & AVA Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
FRANK, AVA, THEIR MARRIAGE and the Kids Who Never Were
HER SERENE HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS OF MONACO Frank Gets Down and Dirty with Grace Kelly
HOWARD HUGHES, BILLIONAIRE and How He Ordered the Murder of Frank Sinatra
FRANK’S SEX TRIANGLE WITH AVA AND LANA, What Really Happened That Night in Palm Springs
FRANK’S SUICIDE ATTEMPTS and His Rocky Comeback Trail
CHILD MOLESTINGWITH FRANK AND NATALIE WOOD A Hollywood Story
FRANK WAS TOO BIG FOR HIS PANTS Was It True?
HOW FRANK RAPED THE GABORS and Envied Rubirosa’s Penis
MARILYN MONROE AND FRANK SINATRA Love on the Rebound
BLACK, ONE-EYED, AND JEWISH Sammy Davis Jr.
SINATRA “PLOTS” TO KILL ONE PRESIDENT And to “Save” Another
FRANK AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR Their Aborted Love Child
SINATRA AND HIS FELLOW RATS High-Octane American Machismo
HOW FRANK STRUCK OUTWITH Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio
EVA BARTOK “My Love Child with Frank”
FRANK AND “BOGIE’S BABY” Lauren Bacall: Jilted at the Altar
FRANK, LANA TURNER, ADULTERY, AND MURDER Who Killed Johnny Stompanato?
HOW FRANK PIMPED S& M PINUP QUEEN BETTIE PAGE to Then-Senator from Massachussetts, John F. Kennedy
HOW FRANK PIMPED HIS GUN MOLL To the President of the United States
JULIET PROWSE, FRANK’S ENGAGEMENT TO “The Sexiest Dancer I’ve Ever Seen”
THE RAT PACK BECOMES The Jack (JFK) Pack
FRANK, ELVIS PRESLEY, AND JULIET PROWSE Size Does Matter
FRANK AND MIA FARROW The Swinger and the Teeny-Bopper
“DEEP THROAT” GETS PERSONAL Porn Star Linda Lovelace Meets the Rat Pack
FRANK AND “THE SHOWGIRL FROM HELL” Barbara Marx
FRANK AND JACKIE Romancing the First Lady
FRANK AND THE G.O.P Very Strange Bedfellows
FRANK SINATRA AND THE REAGANS A Love Triangle
DEATH AND ETERNITY Facing the Final Curtain
Frank Sinatra, The Boudoir Singer
：All the Gossip Unfit to Print from the Glory Days of Ol' Blue Eyes
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