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  • May 16, 1998

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    Sinatra & Sextet: Live In Paris

    Testosterone, alas, has seen better days. Male rock stars appear in magazines wearing dresses, advertise themselves as losers. Shoegazers trip over mope rockers in their effort to flee reality's bite. Inarticulate fury substitutes for focused masculine force. Grrrls get to riot; boys – apart, o...

    1994 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Biography

Baritone Frank Sinatra was indisputably the 20th century's greatest singer of popular song. Though influenced by Bing Crosby's crooning, and by learning from trombonist Tommy Dorsey?s breath control and blues singer Billie Holiday's rhythmic swing, Frank Sinatra mainstreamed the concept of singing colloquially, treating lyrics as personal statements and handling melodies with the ease of a jazz im...

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