He and his wife Sara live in Elstree, Herts and in Bournemouth. Michael Freedland is married, with three grown-up children and two granddaughters. He broadcasts frequently on the BBC including a seven-part series on American comedy for Radio Two and a four-part series for Channel Four. He writes for newspapers and magazines in Britain and America and his work appears regularly in the Sunday Telegraph, the Express on Sunday, the Observer and the Guardian. His first book, a biography of Al Jolson, became a hit West End musical show and a TV special on both sides of the Atlantic. Michael Freedland is the author of 3 1 books, mostly biographies of leading personalities and figures in the world of music - among them studies of Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, Danny Kaye and Sean Connery. “The Sinatra family have given the producers full access to their home movie archive.Table of contents : FRONT COVER MICHAEL FREEDLAND ALSO BY MICHAEL FREEDLAND FULL TITLE PAGE ISBN: 0-75281-662-4 CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROLOGUE 1 YESTERDAY 2 NANCY ( WITH THE LAUGHING FACE ) 3 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT 4 I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING 5 MELODY OF LOVE 6 MY HAPPINESS 7 HIGH HOPES 8 SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE 9 MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE 10 THE MUSIC STOPPED 11 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 12 DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME 13 MAKIN' WHOOPEE 14 THE GAL THAT GOT AWAY 15 WHY SHOULD I CRY OVER YOU? 16 THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME 17 TIME AFTER TIME 18 COME RAIN OR SHINE 19 CAN I STEAL A LITTLE LOVE? 20 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU 21 DON'T BLAME ME 22 HEY, JEALOUS LOVER 23 SAME OLD SATURDAY NIGHT 24 ILL WIND 25 THE GIRL NEXT DOOR 26 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME 27 SOMETHING STUPID 28 LITTLE WHITE LIES 29 NICE 'N' EASY 30 NOTHING IN COMMON 31 AROUND THE WORLD 32 YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG 33 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 34 ALL THE WAY POSTSCRIPT INDEX Citation preview “The show was originally developed at Radio City music hall in New York. Next week’s show has Sinatra (not impersonated), singing and talking about himself, backed by a company of dancers and singers.Įmpire publicist Jenny Morgan says: “It is guaranteed to be an experience unlike anything else you have seen in a theatre. It’s definitely the most authentic ‘appearance’ by big Frank since he appeared at the Empire in the flesh during the 1950s, and had to be prized back into the theatre having taken time out at Ma Egerton’s pub opposite the stage door. The cutaway technique has allowed for superfluous background to be edited out, so that live on a floating screen – and backed by a big band – is the man himself. The singer’s family have allowed use of archive footage of the performer – much of it taken on 35mm film – when he was in his 40s. Next week’s tribute to the man the producers insists was the world’s most popular entertainer contains never-before-seen footage of Ol’ Blue Eyes. A show ‘starring’ Frank Sinatra at Liverpool Empire. IT’S unique, not to say a technical miracle.
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