Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours

Tony Oppedisano, Frank Sinatra's closest confidant and manager, provides an intimate portrait of the singer in his last decade, featuring never-before-seen photos and new revelations about Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono. The book offers new information on almost every page, based on conversations between Sinatra and Oppedisano over two thousand nights.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 29 September 2022
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Frank Sinatra: An Intimate Portrait

Tony Oppedisano, Frank Sinatra's closest confidant and eventual member of his management team, has written an extraordinarily intimate look at the singing idol. The book, titled "Frank Sinatra: An Intimate Portrait," offers "new information on almost every page" (The Wall Street Journal). Oppedisano spent more than two thousand nights conversing with Sinatra, discussing music, family, friends, great loves, achievements, and successes, failures and disappointments, the lives they had led, and the lives they wished they had led. In these full-disclosure conversations, Sinatra spoke of his close yet complex relationship with his father, his conflicts with record companies, his carousing in Vegas, his love affairs with some of the most beautiful women of his era, his triumphs on some of the world's biggest stages, his complicated relationships with his talented children, and, most importantly, his dedication to his craft.

Toward the end, no one was closer to the singer than Oppedisano, who kept his own rooms at the Sinatra residences for many years, often brokered difficult conversations between family members, and was even present during Sinatra's final days. The book features never-before-seen photos and new revelations about some of the most famous people of the past fifty years, including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono. Jimmy Kimmel, a Frank Sinatra fan, has recommended the book, stating, "If you are a Frank fan, buy this book."

Weight: 286g
Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982151799