Karen M. argues that Nelson Riddle ruined Frank Sinatra's voice. I'm no
expert on the Frank discography, so I'd be interested in examples of before
and after. (On the recordings I own, he sounds glorious, so I don't
normally think of his voice as ruined.) I also wonder...one seems to see
lots of photos of the Rat Pack with cigarettes dangling from lips. Did
Frank smoke? We know he drank a bit. Surely these would be factors in the
alleged ruin. (It's so hard to accept!)
Ruined or not, it's the communicative ability and extraordinary facility
with delivering text that makes me a Frankophile! I was listening in my
car today and just LOVE that growl he does in "New York, New York" --
divine!
NGL
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