Bruce H. Klauber and Andrea Kauffman Let Me Be Frank review, recensie en informatie boek en biografie over het buitengewone leven en de muziek van Frank Sinatra Jr. Op 15 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij University Press of Mississippi de biografie van de Amerikaanse zanger Frank Sinatra Jr. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Bruce H. Klauber and Andrea Kauffman Let Me Be Frank review en recensie

• “Let Me Be Frank is the first biography of the enigmatic Frank Sinatra, Jr., a singer who lived most of his life in the immense shadow of his legendary father. The authors, Bruce Klauber and Andrea Kauffman, created this work as a labor of love for a man they knew well. Their research is extensive, drawn from over forty in-depth interviews, including one with Michael Sinatra, the singer’s son. Kauffman was Frank Jr.’s manager for over thirty years, and she chronicles his evolution from someone who insisted on going his own way to someone who embraced his father’s legacy after his death in 1998.” (Anthony DiFlorio, entertainment archivist and WRDV-FM host)

Let Me Be Frank

The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

• Auteurs: Bruce H. Klauber, Andrea Kauffman (Verenigde Staten)
• Soort boek: biografie van zanger Frank Sinatra Jr.
• Taal: Engels
• Uitgever: University Press of Mississippi
• Reeks: American Made Music Series
• Verschijnt: 15 oktober 2025
• Omvang: 277 pagina’s
• Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
• Prijs: $ 30,00
• Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Libris

Flaptekst van de biografie van zanger Frank Sinatra Jr.

How the son of one of the most famous performers in history fought for his own star as a musician.

As an American singer, conductor, composer, and actor, Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944–2016), had a long and successful music career and was recognized for his many contributions to American popular song. Yet, his own star has often been overshadowed by his world-famous father. The first book ever published about Frank Sinatra, Jr., Let Me Be Frank: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr., details how this complex and often misunderstood artist dealt with professional struggles, personal demons, and endless comparisons with his father to emerge as a thriving performer who finally made peace with the name “Sinatra.”

Let Me Be Frank chronicles Frank Sinatra, Jr.’s life and music career, including the lifetime loyalty of his friends and bandsmen, and his notorious womanizing. It also, of course, details the challenging relationship with his father, including an incident with his father that may have changed Frank Jr. forever. He ran from comparisons to his father and lost work due to his refusal to sing his father’s songs. The book also details Frank Jr.’s kidnapping in 1963 when he was nineteen.

Included are over forty interviews with Frank Jr.’s friends, family, and colleagues. It also features a compelling narrative from Andrea Kauffman, Frank Jr.’s personal manager and close friend of thirty-one years, and an in-depth musical analysis of four decades of Frank Jr.’s recordings and stage shows. Let Me Be Frank finally sets the record straight about a brilliant man and a brilliant performer who never truly got the credit he deserved.

Frank Sinatra Jr. was born on January 10, 1944, in Jersey City, the son of famous singer Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbota. He was active as a singer, conductor, and actor. In 1963, he was kidnapped by a gang led by Barry Keenan and held captive in a hotel in Stateline, Nevada. After his father paid the kidnappers a $240,000 ransom, he was released two days later. On March 16, 2016, Frank Sinatra Jr. died in a Daytona Beach hospital from a heart attack he had suffered earlier. He was 72 years old.

Frank Sinatra Jr. is geboren op 10 januari 1944 in Jersey City als de zoon van de beroemde zanger Frank Sinatra en Nancy Barbota. Hij was actief als zanger, dirigent en acteur. Hij werd in 1963 ontvoerd door een bende van figuur Barry Keenan en werd gevangen gehouden in een hotel in Stateline, Nevada. Nadat zijn vader 240.000 dollar aan de ontvoerders losgeld had betaald werd hij twee dagen later vrij gelaten. Op 16 maart 2016 overleed Frank Sinatra Jr. in een ziekenhuis Daytona Beach aan de gevolgen van een hartaanval die hij eerder had gekregen. Hij werd 72 jaar oud.

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