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INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
Abbey Road (album)
Abbott, William “Bud,”
ABC, 1.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 12.1, 19.1
ABC-Paramount Records
Academy Awards, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
of 1963, Sinatra’s hosting of
of 1971, Sinatra’s Humanitarian Award at
Academy Award Winners (album)
Accardo, Tony “Joe Batters,” 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 14.1
Ace, Goodman
Acerra, Rosemary Riddle, 1.1, 5.1, 8.1
Acton, Lord
Ada (film)
Adair, Tom
Adamowski, T. H.
Adams, Lee
Adams, Val
Adamson, Harold
“Adelaide” (song)
“Adeste Fidelis” (carol)
Adler, Buddy
“Ad-Lib Blues” (song)
Adonis, Joe
Advise and Consent (film), 16.1, 16.2
Africa
Ager, Milton
Agnew, Judy, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, bm1.1
Agnew, Spiro, 27.1, 28.1, bm1.1, bm1.2
resignation of
Sinatra’s relationship with, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1
Agoratus, Harry
“Águas de Março” (“Waters of March”; song)
Ahmanson Theatre, 28.1, 28.2
“Ain’t She Sweet” (song)
“Air for English Horn” (Wilder)
Aladdin, 23.1, 24.1
Alamo, The (film)
Alba, Duchess of
Alberghetti, Anna Maria
Albert, Marsha
Albert, Marvin
Albright, Max
Alda, Robert
Alderisio, Felix “Milwaukee Phil,”
Aldrich, Robert
Aldrin, Buzz
Alexander, Jeff
Alexander, Monty, 16.1, 21.1
Alfred, Roy
Algiro, Al
Algonquin Hotel
Algren, Nelson
Ali, Muhammad
All Alone (album), 17.1, 26.1
“All Alone” (song)
Allegretti, Jimmy “The Monk,”
Allen, Gracie
Allen, Lewis
Allen, Steve, 13.1, 22.1, 27.1
Allen, Woody
Allenberg, Bert, 8.1, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1
All Fall Down (film), 16.1, 17.1
“All I Need Is the Girl” (song)
“All My Tomorrows” (song)
“All or Nothing at All” (song), 23.1, 28.1
All Quiet on the Western Front (film)
All the Way (album)
“All the Way” (song), 6.1, 17.1, 19.1
Allyson, June, 4.1, 23.1
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,”
Alpert, Don
Alsop, Joseph
“Always” (song)
Ambassador East
America, I Hear You Singing (album)
Americana Hotel (New York, N.Y.), 20.1, 20.2
American Bandstand (TV show)
American Federation of Musicians
American in Paris, An (film)
American-Italian Anti-Defamation League, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2
Amos ’n’ Andy Show, 11.1, 19.1
Sinatra and, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, 20.1, 21.1, 28.1
Amsler, James
Amsler, Joe, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
Analyze This (film)
Anastasia (film)
Anastasia, Albert
Anastasio, Anthony “Tough Tony,”
Anatomy of a Murder (film)
Anchors Aweigh (film)
Anderson, Clinton
Anderson, Maxwell, 19.1, 22.1
Anderson, Richard
Anderson, Toni
Andreotti, Giulio
Andress, Ursula
Andrews, Julie, 1.1, 25.1
Andrews Sisters
Andros, George
“Angel Eyes” (song), 9.1, 11.1, 27.1, 28.1
Anhalt, Edward, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Anka, Paul, 25.1, bm1.1, bm1.2
Antheil, George
Anthony, Carl Sferrazza
Anthony, Ray
antiwar movement, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 27.1, 27.2
Apache (film)
Apalachin Meeting, 15.1, 17.1
Apartment, The (film)
Apollo 11 moon mission
Apollo 14 moon mission, 28.1, 28.2
Apollo astronauts
“April in Paris” (song), 8.1, 17.1, 19.1, 27.1
Apt, Richard, 12.1, 24.1
Arcadia
Archerd, Army
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (song)
Arizona Republic
Arkansas
Arlen, Harold, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1, 17.1, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1
Armstrong, Louis, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 8.1, 12.1, 21.1
Armstrong, Neil
Arnaz, Desi
Sinatra’s altercation with
Arnaz, Desi, Jr.
Arney, Dan
Around the World in Eighty Days (film)
Artanis Productions, 20.1, 22.1, 23.1
Artists and Models (film)
Arvey, Jake
Asher, Bill
Asphalt Jungle, The (film)
Assault on a Queen (film), 22.1, 23.1, 24.1
Associated Press, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 22.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1
Astaire, Fred, 11.1, 11.2, 19.1, 21.1
Athens
Atlantic City, N.J., 12.1, 12.2, 18.1
“At Long Last Love” (song)
“At Sundown” (song)
Attack (film)
Attenborough, Richard
Austin, Richard B.
Australia, 4.1, 4.2
On the Beach filming in, 11.1, 11.2
Sinatra’s concerts in, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2
“Autumn in New York” (song)
“Available” (song)
Avery, Sid, 13.1, 13.2
Axelrod, George, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1
Aznavour, Charles
Azuma, Ryotaro
Babcock, Edward Chester, see Van Heusen, Jimmy
Bacall, Lauren “Betty,” 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 23.1, 24.1
birthday party of, 6.1, 6.2
Bogart’s marriage to, 4
.1, 8.1
Sinatra’s affair with, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2
Sinatra’s breakup with, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
Sinatra’s marriage proposal to
Bacharach, Burt, 18.1, 27.1
Bacon, James, 12.1, 15.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” (song)
Bad and the Beautiful, The (film)
Bad Day at Black Rock (film), 4.1, 5.1, 16.1
Bailey, Mildred
Bailey, Pearl, 14.1, 28.1
Bain, Bob, 5.1, 15.1
Bakalyan, Dick, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5
Baldrige, Letitia
Ball, Lucille, 4.1, 6.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2
Ballad of Dingus Magee, The (Markson)
Balletti, Arthur J.
Balliett, Whitney
Band Wagon, The (film)
Bank of Nevada
“Barbara” (song)
Barclay Disques, 10.1, 21.1
Barefoot Contessa, The (film), 1.1, 9.1
Barefoot in the Park (Simon)
Barnet, Charlie
Barquette, Nelly
Barrett, Rona, 20.1, 25.1, bm1.1
Barry, Philip, 5.1, 5.2
Barrymore, Ethel, 2.1, 8.1
Bart, Peter, 22.1, 24.1
Barton (music-publishing company)
Barton, Ben
Barzie, Tino, 6.1, 20.1, 21.1
Basie, William James “Count,” 14.1, 15.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 27.1
Basilio, Carmen
Basinger, Jeanine
Bass, Saul
Bates, Hal
Batista, Fulgencio, 10.1, 15.1
Batman (TV show), theme from
“Baubles, Bangles, and Beads,” 24.1, 25.1
Bautzer, Greg
Bayes, Cindy, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Bay of Pigs debacle, 16.1, 18.1
Beach Boys, 18.1, 18.2
Beale, Betty
Beatles, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1
breakup of
Mahesh Yogi and
Shea Stadium concert of
Beatty, David, Lord
Beatty, Lady Adelle, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1
Sinatra’s relationship with
Beatty, Warren, 16.1, 17.1, 25.1
Bechet, Sidney
Beck, Marilyn, 24.1, 27.1, 27.2
Becker, Ed
Becket (Annouilh)
Becket, Welton
“Bein’ Green” (song)
Belafonte, Harry, 9.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
bel canto style
Ben-Gurion, David
Ben-Hur (film)
