Pete Hamill Interview on Frank Sinatra (Charlie Rose 1998)

[@blondeyed.4998]

Masterful interview and riveting to watch! Pete Hamill shines!!

[@mtp4430]

Francis Albert, Frank Sinatra, Swoonatra the Idol of Bobby Soxers everywhere. The Voice, Old Blue Eyes, The Chairman of The Board. Call him what you'd like. This man was quite simply the best interpreter of song over the last century.

[@VicMartino]

Pete Hamill is correct about "Why Sinatra Matters" Good interview.

[@robinwilliams5794]

Pete Hamel was a brilliant story teller. There is so much that could be said about him, but I will pass on that for now, as I couldn't do justice in describing his remarkable genius.

[@225marklin3]

Hamill was a treasure. And a damn nice man, to boot.

[@StellaAdler_]

A fantastic interview!

[@pennyflowers1960]

Wonderful! I have said this about Gardner and his movie career. I’m a Fool to Want You (the 2nd one) is the single greatest thing I have ever heard from anyone. Every single note of it. Love this!❤

[@Furlongermusic]

Such a fascinating interview, thanks for sharing this

[@advids5572]

Yes. Pete Hamill was so eloquent. Thanks for watching.

[@saintcruzin]

In 1960 Sinatra’s “Only the Lonely” was put into a Time Capsule. It captured the Isolation the new Urban life thrusted upon the population. Sinatra was/is an icon…

[@saintcruzin]

@Greg B Part his creation part Lady Day..

[@saintcruzin]

@Greg B Interesting…I’ll check that out..

[@elevenb1933]

Pete Hamill is great. A nice job of trying to break down Sinatra. Sinatra was a complicated man. He called himself an 18k manic depressant. It’s simple. Sinatra was the best. He will live forever in our hearts!! There will not be another one like him ever!!

[@melindawakley7859]

The ingenious aspect of Sinatra specifically was he was authentic. His image was who he was in real life. He was a tough guy from a tough urban environment. And stayed that way. He was unable to maintain a False happily married father image for long. He lost that early in his career , as soon as he was seen with Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. He was unapologetically the real deal. Some people really liked that about him. Some didn’t.

[@johnwhite2576]

Not sure how this informed his singing butnutbporoably did. Nonetheless, nobody outside coastal urban areas gave a rats ass about franks ‘authenticity’ aka crudeness….-they loved his singing . Sinatra singing will last his persona style dress attitude etc will be forgotten. Who knows today what carusos ‘persona’ was ??! Jody will remember Sinatra boozing, infidelity or Charlie birds and Tony Bennett Bennett’s drug addiction, nobody will forget their music though. In using, Sinatra has impeccable taste originality, stayed within his admittedly broad lane, and of course nobody could match his ability to swing AND sing ballads, not even Ella. Streisand had the best voice male or female of the past 150 years BUT she could not swing! Tony bennet is Sinatras only peer, and he can’t match franks versatility, volume of Great recordings, musicianship. , evocation and Range of emotion

[@syourke3]

Boy, Hamill is so naive about Sinatra and the Mob! Watch “Dark Star”, documentary on Sinatra and the Mob. Sinatra owed the Mov big-time.

[@StevenCarinci]

For all his faults I sure do miss Rose.