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Old 09-29-2009, 03:10 AM
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September 29th

(From the Guestbook page and the online book Frank Sinatra: An American Legend by Nancy Sinatra )

SEPTEMBER 24–OCTOBER 2, 1976: Frank played to packed houses at the Westchester Premier Theater in Tarrytown, New York, 25 miles north of NYC.

SEPTEMBER 29, 1959: Dad guested with Peggy Lee and Louis Armstrong on television's Bing Crosby Show.

SEPTEMBER 10–30, 1947: Hearst columnist Westbrook Pegler, fueled by Lee Mortimer and the FBI, resumed his attacks on my father... [See September 10th]

FALL 1944: Along with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Harpo Marx, Dad did his bit for the war effort by promoting the purchase of war bonds in a U.S. Treasury short subject, The All-Star Bond Rally. He sang "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" with the Harry James Band.

LATE SEPTEMBER 1943: He continued his public appearances in support of the war effort, performing almost every night in one rally or another around New York.

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