Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records comeback in the 1950s had a profound effect on a generation of male nightclub singers. Many of them identified with Sinatra's solitary cool, his ring-a-ding swing and his middle-age male push-back against Elvis Presley and the rise of rock 'n' roll. The launch of the 12-inch pop album mid-decade also offered many of these…
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