FRANK SINATRA BY RICHARD HAVERS & STRICTLY COME DANCING THE ANNUAL 2010.

review by Mags Perkovic on show 4th Jan 2011
THE BOOK I APPRECIATED MOST IN 2010 WAS WOLF HALL BY HILARY MANTEL.
I HAD TWO BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS, FRANK SINATRA BY RICHARD HAVERS & STRICTLY COME DANCING THE ANNUAL 2010.
'FRANK SINATRA' IS A GREAT RECORD OF SINATRA'S LIFE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT ALSO COVERS STARS OF THAT ERA BOTH ACTING AND SINGING AND DANCING STARS & DISCUSSION OF THE FILMS.
AS WE ALL KNOW SINATRA WAS A ONE OFF. THIS AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIM AS 'GREGARIOUS, LONELY, PROFOUND, LOYAL, RUTHLESS IF CROSSED, EFFERVESCENT, OBSESSIVE, MOBSTER, COMMUNIST, CONSERVATIVE, PREJUDICED, FIGHTER FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN, INTRANSIGENT, QUICK TEMPERED, BRILLIANT, FAMILY MAN......HE WAS ALL OF THOSE THINGS, HE DECIDES, BUT ADD TO THIS HIS TALENT AS THE VOICE. HE IS THE ONLY SINGER I'VE HERD WHO COULD SING A SEMI COLON, I QUOTE, BUT ALSO WHO PUTS SUCH FEELING INTO HIS SONGS. THEY COME ALIVE!
I WAS ASKED ONCE WHY OLD CODGERS LIKE ME SO LIKE FRANKIE "HE WAS PART OF OUR COURTING" I EXPLAIN "ALL OUR BOY FRIENDS TRIED TO SING LIKE HIM AND WE DANCED TO HIM AND ALSO WE SPENT EVENINGS SMOOCHING TO HIM AS HIS VOICE SOON GOT US IN THE MOOD".
HE WAS PART OF OUR GROWING UP AND BECAME PART OF OUR YOUTH AND WE ALL STILL LOVE HIS MEMORY.
HE WAS A MAN!! NOT LIKE THE PATHETIC POP STARS THESE DAYS!!!


STRICTLY ANNUAL
THIS IS THE USUAL HIGHLY COLOURED AND INFORMATIVE COLLECTION OF NEWS ABOUT THE SHOW. YES IT IS GOOD BUT I GET REALLY UPSET AS THE TALENTED ORCHESTRA IS NOT MENTIONED AT ALL, WHILE TO ME THEY ARE THE REAL STARS!!!!!
review by Mags