Washington DC, Kansas City, Memphis, and Jacksonville, among others). Syndicated by WXXI-FM within 72 hours of Sinatra's death, and taken byĪpproximately 75 public radio stations (reaching listeners in Los Angeles, That's the subject of Sinatra in Retrospect - a four-part series It's the singing, the extraordinary singing, for more than half aĬentury.

WhatĬounts isn't the Rat Pack or the rumors of mob connections or even Ava Series Description 'Frank Sinatra was one of the defining voices of 20th century America. When the doors opened, 3,600 fans tumbled in and began screaming so loudly that Frank finally threatened to leave the stage if they didn't pipe down.Episode Description This episode is 'The Young Sinatra' as described above.

When Sinatra arrived for rehearsal on opening day, 1,000 girls were already on line, defying Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's nighttime curfew for juveniles.

Crowds wended around the block, and Down Beat magazine joined the attempts to analyze why: 'He knows his feminine audience and fires romance moonlight moods at them with deadly aim.'īut Swoonatra didn't peak at the Paramount until October 1944, when he was up to $25,000 a week. In mid-May he returned to the Paramount, at $3,100.Īs the paycheck grew, so did the decibels. By the end of the run he was headlining at $1,500 a week, and the Riobamba was solvent. Here, too, he was the 'extra added attraction' though $750 a week was a nice raise from the $150 he made at the Paramount. Teetering on the edge of survival, Riobamba was gambling that Sinatra wasn't a fluke and hedging its bet. But 'Sinatrauma' and 'Sinatramania' bred best on the live stage, so he also signed for a month at the Riobamba club. Sinatra stayed for four.īy then he had a contract to do the national radio show 'Your Hit Parade,' plus an RKO movie deal. Goodman was booked for a week at the Paramount as 1942 became 1943.

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