Joel Tunnah
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It's been a while since the last Sinatra thread, and I caught the last five minutes of Tony Rome on AMC this morning. Great hats!
deanglen said:Frank didn't go for hats as much early in his singing career, did he?
dean
Same here,Jay said:I'm more a Dean Martin fan, myself...
Jay said:I'm more a Dean Martin fan, myself...
Rafter said:Frank started to thin out on top after he broke off with his steamy relationship with Ava Gardner!!
Aggravation of "that kind' is known to do that to some gents!!lol
That's about the time he took to wearin, his trademark fedoras.
Initially it was more "cover-up" than a "style" for him.
His thinning hair is very evident in these photos;
It's also the same time he recorded his greatest music on Capitol Records.
One of his best albums, "In The Wee Small Hours" is a homage to Ava.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/...2-5249967-0285701?ie=UTF8&refTagSuffix=dp_img
The lyrics to the title tune, says it all!!
In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world is fast asleep
You lie awake and think about the girl
And never ever think of counting sheep
When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of all
That's not Lana Turner, that's Ava Gardner!!!cookie said:Stress like that I could take...bring it on!
Anyway who is dat Lana Turner bwroad?????
Me too. Dean was COOL; Frank was a punk, a bully and a prima donna.Jay said:I'm more a Dean Martin fan, myself...
And they were both in their 70's. Some people never grow up[huh]Tomasso said:I read somewhere that Dean dropped out of their 1988 reunion tour as a result of one of Frank's hissyfits. Seems that Frank stopped by Dean's hotel suite after a show to ask him out for dinner and found him eating a pasta dinner all by himself. Dean declined the invitation, saying he wanted to turn in early. Frank threw a fit and proceeded to dump the plate of pasta on Dean's head. Dean calmly got up and walked to the bathroom to clean up saying, "Don't be here when I get back". He left the tour and flew home to California that night.