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24 November 2014

Ol' Blue Eyes's Little Black Book

Many Sinatra collectors will no doubt be eager to own his 1960s address book, when it comes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions in December (pre-auction internet bidding on the item is already underway: the current top bid is $1,300).

The address book, compiled by his long-time secretary, is a (circa) 1964 who's who, from Harold Arlen to Richard Zanuck and some people called Kennedy

Marlene's in there, too, seemingly with an outdated address (she'd surely moved further up, to 993 Park Avenue, by then: her alphanumeric phone number is correct, though!). Not sure what she would have made of her alphabetical billing below soon-to-be Mrs Bacharach, Angie Dickinson:


Let's ring Marlene ... she might just answer!



2 comments:

  1. Poor MD--playing second fiddle to Angie with Burt and then in Sinatra's black book!

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  2. But remember how AD copied MD's look...and froze. It's a shame they didn't get along. Hi Joseph.

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