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Moretti was the godfather of then-unknown singer Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's first wife, Nancy Barbato, was a paternal cousin of John Barbato, a Moretti associate. Moretti helped Sinatra get bookings in New Jersey clubs in return for kickbacks. Finally, in 1939, Sinatra signed a recording contract with band leader Tommy Dorsey. However, by the ...
Duets/Duets II: 90th Birthday Limited Celebration Edition is a two-disc compilation album set by Frank Sinatra. This was released to celebrate his 90th birthday. The album includes a duet with Willie Nelson on "My Way" (disc 2, track 15).
Rumors began spreading in newspapers that Sinatra's mobster godfather, Willie Moretti, coerced Dorsey at gunpoint to let Sinatra out of his contract for a few thousand dollars. [87] [p] Sinatra persuaded Stordahl to come with him and become his personal arranger, offering him $650 a month, five times his salary from Dorsey.
Come Dance with Me! is the sixteenth studio album by American vocalist Frank Sinatra, released on January 5, 1959. [4] Come Dance with Me! was Sinatra's most successful album, spending two and a half years on the Billboard charts. Stereo Review wrote in 1959 that "Sinatra swaggers his way with effortless verve through an appealing collection of ...
Watertown (subtitled A Love Story) is a studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in March 1970 through Reprise Records.It is a concept album centered on a man from Watertown, New York.
Beverly Hills locals Frank Sinatra, left, and Dean Martin enjoy their distinctive brand of boozy hijinks â but a barroom brawl and an errant telephone upended the good times in 1966.
Softly, as I Leave You is a 1964 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Arranged by Ernie Freeman, several tracks such as "Softly, as I Leave You", "Then Suddenly Love" and "Available" departed from Sinatra's signature vocal jazz style by flirting with a more contemporary pop sound. The rest of the album is pieced together with ...
The World We Knew, also known as Frank Sinatra, is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. [1] The album's title track reached No. 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967. Its second track, "Somethin' Stupid"—a duet between Sinatra and his daughter Nancy—reached No. 1 on both charts.