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Your in-depth article was perhaps the most descriptive and interesting piece I have ever read about Frank Sinatra [SHOW BUSINESS, May 25]. His contribution to the world of entertainment was so great because he gave it his "all." And for that reason, his faults, whatever they may have been in the minds of his listeners, were "nothing at all." JOE KAZANCHY Deal...
With his voice Sinatra moved people around the globe. He was able to cut across all national boundaries and color, caste and creed. We should not be ashamed to weep for the man whose music united us in joy. RAJENDRA K. ANEJA Sao Paulo...
This, really, is my point: masterpieces--like Songs for Swingin' Lovers!--are easy to love. They are what we remember artists for, but they aren't always as illuminating, or as cherishable, as the failures and throwaways. More often than not, even Sinatra's crud speaks his virtues. You can't ask much more of a performer than that...
Bruce Handy writes TIME's Spectator column. He thought he'd be sick of Sinatra...
...could see the lingering lure of Astaire art in the reaction to Frank Sinatra's death. That wasn't just Rat Pack nostalgia. It was an effusion of fondness and respect for a fine song finely sung, for vocal connoisseurship, for the ability--the first or the thousandth time he sings a song--to mine the meaning of a lyric...