[78-L] Frank Sinatra # 42799

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 8/1/2012 9:13 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 8/1/2012 8:22 AM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>> Was in a tourist trap in Nevada over the weekend and saw a poster of Frank Sinatra’s mug shots with a large sign asking “Do You Know Who This Is?” -  which prompts me to ask: was he already working with Harry James at the time (November 27, 1938) or does this bit o’ Sinatra history belong to the pre-big band days altogether?   I have one paperback FS bio – “Sinatra” by Earl Wilson 1976, and unless I missed it, he makes no mention of the incident.  I'd have thought it would have been a badge of honor for the ultimate swinger in 1976.
>>     The story can be found here, if anybody's interested:
>> http://guymanningham.com/2012/01/frank-sinatras-mugshot/
>>
> His first confirmed recording date was in February of that year.
> http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sinatra/jamesyears.php
>
You may surmise that they did a very careful job of keeping his image 
clean. Little as he was, they were trying to give him a manly image, but 
they sure didn't want people knowing that he was breaking out his 
equipment in the wrong location. I am sure certain palms were greased.

-- 
Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.

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