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Word: sinatra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pronounced Joan) has recently decided to call himself John. The Jōan has led to mishaps. Once he got a form letter from Frank Sinatra which assumed that Jōan was a girl, and how about a new fan photo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Joan Junyer | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

...Frank Sinatra got a cuffing from Stars & Stripes, which resented disparaging cracks he had made about the shows put on by the Army's Special Services and the U.S.O. Maybe, said S & S coldly, Frankie was just tired when he made the cracks: "He had just finished seven grueling weeks overseas, during which he sang several times every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jul. 23, 1945 | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

...Frank Sinatra, in Rome with a U.S.O. troupe, had an audience with Pope Pius XII and reported, wide-eyed, that the Pontiff had asked if he was a tenor or baritone. Said The Voice: "I was amazed the Pope had heard of me. I was speechless. I am enthralled by all the grandeur. I am thrilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Cultural Pursuits | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...summer replacements" should be radio's proving ground for aspiring rookies, the number it has developed into the big time in past years can almost be counted on the paws of a three-toed sloth. Chief summer survivors: lush, busty Songstress Hildegarde, baby-prat tling Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Proving Ground? | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

Summer, 1945, promised to be no different. Most summer shows will feature second-drawer favorites, supporting play ers going solo (like Harry James for Danny Kaye, Ray Noble for Sinatra) or seasoned, borrowed troupers like Herbert Marshall, Ray Bolger, Roland Young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Proving Ground? | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

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