Frank

The Voice

By: James Kaplan

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Bestselling author James Kaplan redefines Frank Sinatra in a triumphant new biography that includes many rarely seen photographs.

Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twenti­eth century—infinitely charismatic, lionized and notori­ous in equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an enigma. As Bob Spitz did with the Beatles, Tina Brown for Diana, and Peter Guralnick for Elvis, James Kaplan goes behind the legend and hype to bring alive a force that changed popular culture in fundamental ways.

Sinatra endowed the songs he sang with the explosive conflict of his own personality. He also made the very act of listening to pop music a more personal experience than it had ever been. In Frank: The Voice, Kaplan reveals how he did it, bringing deeper insight than ever before to the complex psyche and tur­bulent life behind that incomparable vocal instrument. We relive the years 1915 to 1954 in glistening detail, experiencing as if for the first time Sinatra’s journey from the streets of Hoboken, his fall from the apex of celebrity, and his Oscar-winning return in From Here to Eternity. Here at last is the biographer who makes the reader feel what it was really like to be Frank Sinatra—as man, as musician, as tortured genius.

Master storytelling! And a great story!

All fabulous! This is a 20 season television series just waiting to happen. Onto the sequel.

See ya Frank

What a fabulous book. i loved every word. Frank is really quite a guy and his love affair with Ava Gardner was a real eye opener. i would recommend this book to everyone. i will read more about frank in the future. i want to know everything. A+++++++

Great book even if you’re not a huge Sinatra fan

This was an excellent piece of writing about a fascinating man in entertainment history (a GIANT of a man in fact). It was very well narrated by Rob Shapiro who really made this story come to life. I’m not a Sinatra fanatic, but I have always been fascinated by his life and this book provided some fascinating insight into the man, his women and his art.

outstanding 👍👌👏

Better than anything else I've read about Frank. In depth and riveting. Too many great stories to remember. highly recommended.

Just Wow

This book beautifully unpacks the warm yet complexly layered man that Frank Sinatra was as best as 40 chapters could. A MUST READ for any Sinatra fan.