Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold....

I was reading the New York Times online tonight as I do almost every day and I ran across this article:

Frank Sinatra, Still Reeling In the Big Bucks
By MIKE NIZZA

The estate of Frank Sinatra, the first modern pop superstar, was paid $50 million by Warner Music Group in 2007, according to Silicon Valley Insider, which uncovered the news in the company’s earnings statement today.Unreal.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/frank-sinatra-still-reeling-in-the-big-bucks/index.html?ex=1360040400&en=6508b79ba059d748&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Nice story but the real diamond was the article this one links to:

http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/essays/sinatra.html

I really enjoyed this one by Gay Talese. Go check it out if you are a Sinatra fan. Cool stuff.