People don't realize how powerful the mob really was back in the day. If you worked in certain industries, you HAD to deal with them and keep them friendly. Otherwise, you wouldn't work.

Sinatra was and Always will be The Greatest Singer of the American Standards !!

"If you can find me an attaché case that holds 2 million dollars, I'll give you the 2 million dollars". Gotta love Mr. Sinatra.

Any lawyer will tell you "You cant prove a negative".You will always be the greatest Frank.

Sinatra at the Sands is truly one of the best live recordings ever. Especially Come Fly with me. The jokes and interactions with the crowd is priceless. 1966 I believe. He helped Vegas and Vegas helped him. Sure he dealt with the mob. Everyone had to. Thats how it worked. Sinatra is still to this day one of the top vocalists and entertainers of all time.

Wow, Moretti, was Frank's godfather, Sinatra's first wife, Nancy Barbato, was a paternal cousin of John Barbato, a Moretti associate. Moretti helped Sinatra get bookings in New Jersey clubs in return for kickbacks. Finally, in 1939, Sinatra signed a recording contract with band leader Tommy Dorsey. However, by the early 1940s, Sinatra had achieved national popularity and wanted to sign a more lucrative recording contract, but Dorsey refused to release him from their existing contract. A rumour claimed that Sinatra asked Moretti for help, and it was alleged that Moretti jammed a gun barrel down Dorsey's throat and threatened to kill him if he did not release Sinatra. Dorsey eventually sold the contract to Sinatra for one dollar. In the late 1940s, Moretti became acquainted with comedians Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis while they were performing at Bill Miller's Riviera nightclub in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In earlier years, Moretti and Abner "Longy" Zwillman were watching the club's cardroom when it was previously owned by Ben Marden. In 1947, Martin, Lewis, Sinatra, and comedian Milton Berle all performed at the wedding reception of Moretti's daughter. ---- bada bing

The mob would never let Sinatra get his hands, dirty, even if he wanted to. They only do that when they’re trying to put the squeeze on you . Frank Sinatra was a hero to Italians. In the early days, his fame gave them notoriety and respectability .

We've gone from Sinatra trying to distance himself from the Mob, to which he was clearly tied, to hip hop guys literally giving the government evidence of their crimes on their tracks. Progress or regress depending on your point of view.

I'm waiting for Senator Geary to stand up and say: "Mr. Chairman, I would like to verify the witness's statement. For years now a growing number of my constituents have been of Italian decent, and I've come to know them well. They have honored me with their support and with their friendship. Indeed, I can proudly say that some of my very best friends are Italian-Americans. But before I leave I do want to say this: that these hearings on the Mafia are in no way whatsoever a slur upon the great Italian people. Because I can state from my own knowledge and experience that Italian-Americans are among the most loyal, most law-abiding, patriotic, hard working American citizens in this land. And it would be a shame, Mr. Chairman, if we allowed a few rotten apples to give a bad name to the whole barrel. Because from the time of the great Christopher Columbus up through the time of Enrico Fermi right up until the present day, Italian-Americans have been pioneers in building and defending our great nation. They are the salt of the earth, and they're one of the backbones of this country."

'Admit nothing, and deny everything' Sing like a canary, and you swim with the fishes.

A Man's Man. One of my favorite entertainers. Real Dude. RIH Frank

Frank knew those guys were mobsters, but he wasn't involved with them. He had to deal with them because the mob controlled the clubs and venues. If not, he couldn't work in their clubs or casinos. He made them a ton of money and they loved that! There was an unspoken rule between Frank and the mob. You do it your way and I'll do it 'My Way!"

Was waiting for you to post this footage! You never miss!! 🔥💪🏼

Frank Sinatra was good to his friends, he was one of the most generous human beings that has ever lived, he gave millions of dollars to charities, old blue eyes, R.I.P.

His best performance ever 🤣

This is very interesting. Never seen it before. Thanks for posting.

😂 Sinatra could probably have told you where Jimmy Hoffa's body was buried! 😂 He should of answered we were "strangers in the night" 😂

He knew all those guys. The stories he had must have been amazing. I mean real history.

The next day, my father went to see the band leader again, only this time with Luca Brazi. And within an hour, he signed the release for a certified check of $1,000.

My way 🎵

The "Chairman of the board" God bless his soul.

Whatever was the case - Sinatra is great and timeless.

Sinatra was cool as can be.

Mob n gangsters mingling with entertainers? I'm 😲shocked. Brilliant footage.

It’s impossible to be an entertainer as popular as Frank and Play Vegas and many other venues without knowing or rubbing shoulders with all kinds of people and even take a picture with them. If Frank made money singing for any mobster it would be almost impossible to know who all got the money.

Just fascinating to watch this Frank is The Best THANKS

Nothing about his demeanour shows him being under any stress or even being slightly uncomfortable answering these questions. He’s as cool as one could be in this instance.

The best of the best .. rip.. Frank ❤️🙏❤️

The Mafia were very involved on the entertainment industry when Sinatra was an up and coming Singer. They ran or would own, the nightclubs that many entertainers performed in. Later in Mr Sinatras career, they ran the casinos and helped to build up the city of Las Vegas. Mobsters loved being seen in the company of celebrities, including Sinatra. Don Rickles told Larry King in an interview in the late 90s, that during the 50s and 60s, both himself and other entertainers working in Vegas, were treated very well by the Mobsters who ran Vegas and many celebrities enjoyed their company. Shirley Maclaine in her autobiography, tells a story of being with Sinatra and the rat Pack in Vegas and was introduced to Sam Giancarna by Dean Martin. She claims that it wasn't a secret that the Mafia was very much involved in the entertainment business at that time. Maclaine recalls how Mr Sinatra was good friends with Giancarna and that the New York Mobsters treated Sinatra warmly and with respect and that he in turn, did the same. In an interview given by Tina Sinatra after her father's death, she claimed that her father wasn't being honest during these hearings and did infact personally know and was friends with, the mobsters he was questioned about here.

Giancana was his partner at the Cal-Neva resort in Reno. They forgot to ask him about that or his association with Judith Exner, Giancana and John F. Kennedy.

Hit the light button if you believe Frank Sinatra🙄 😂

Always a class act!!

Vegas was better when the mob ran it. They wouldn’t tolerate guests seeing headliners in shorts and T shirts and they paid performers better. They made sure guests had a quality experience

Sinatra was the sh*t!!! Man's man and professional. of course, he knew people but, that was the nature of the business. King of Las Vegas and good guy till the end!

On the one hand I wouldn't be surprised if he lied through his teeth - the people he associated with rarely sent lawyers letters to anyone they believed had been ungrateful or betrayed them. On the other hand people would be grossly naive to think that organised criminals are anything other than psychopaths with no moral compass who would have as much regret in killing you than if they'd swatted a bug.

This is hilarious! There is no Mafia. LOL Frank’s acting skill here is impressive. How can he keep a straight face?

The best, singer, actor, generous, family man.

Mr. Moretti brought in Luca Brassi " either your brain or your signature will be on this contract"

He did it hissssssssss wayyyyyyyy

He was nice to Sammy and that alone gives him a pass....

" This Committee owes my client an Apology Senator, an APOLOGY!"

Frank sounded as cool and collected as could be

Thank you.

"Ol' Blue eyes performs again in Las Vegas, only this time there was no music'. Immediately followed by music.

GOVT IS BIGGEST MAFIA EVER

If anyone ever wondered how Frank married and reproduced with such an ordinary-looking woman, Nancy was in the family of the Barbato branch of the Mafia. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Frank viewed her as insurance, so to speak. But once he was well on the way to stardom, he couldn't dump her fast enough. That said, Mafia help or not, Frank was the world's greatest singer of the American songbook, the finest interpreter of lyrics.

Great footage 🍿

Seen Don Rickles open for sinatra!!

What a great honest man

Frank was Smooth.

Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra etc were all helped out by the mob when they got going, the mob never forgot and when they wanted them at a club they showed up. Particularly Sinatra especially as he loved the attention and thought he was a tough guy, which he wasn't.

He handled these inquiries with grace and aplomb.

Very interesting and educational. First time I am watching a video which is introducing Frank Sinatra on the interrogation seat about his social surroundings.

Many claim that people that don-t write their song are nothing. I hardly agree with that assessment, Sinatra inspired new life to all of those songs he did, imparted new meaning to all of them! The songwriters couldn't sing, perform, deliver etc. Generally speaking of course, not all but many.

This must be one of Old Frank’s best performances. Nearly every answer was a porky. He was as cool as a cucumber. The man asking the questions was a pussy cat though.

The Summer Wind is a fickle friend indeed

From what I can glean, Sinatra was extremely close to the mafia, which helped his film career prosper. He was a great singer but he had that arrogance which didn’t endear him to a sizeable chunk of the public. Las Vegas, where Sinatra was the major star, was very much the stamping ground of the mafia who ran hotels and gambling operations. In these hearings, the questions were not challenging, but essentially enabled Sinatra to swat away these softball questions. In fact, Sinatra denied all these allegations. Interesting to note, that he was never cross examined.

He met Lucky Luciano. Frank is more than a legend.

my mom & dad got invited to Sinatra's guest table in front of the stage at the Sands...my mom asked the maître d' for the guest list because their names were on it and framed it LOL...for their 50th wedding anniversary Sinatra sent them a picture of him singing and wrote on it...happy 50th to Jean & Jerry love Frank and signed it in gold ink for their golden anniversary that is also framed LOL....both for sale now if interested 🤣😂🤣

I've seen this a few times and every time I think the same thing ... what was the point of it? Is it just to get him on oath making statemnents for them to use against him in the future if they found evidence he'd lied, because that's clearly all he was going to do?

Amazing that Sinatra denies knowing underworld figures but calls jimmy the weasel, that fink. Sounds like he knew him to me.

"Would ya take a photograph with 3 china men from Hong Kong, I said 'sure'...." 🤨

This committee takes place in 1981 and the committee asking questions about what took place in the 1940 s what the purpose of this committee

It was the same in boxing. If you did’t play ball, you didn’t get a title shot. Same in the liquor business. If you had a successful bar, you would likely get a visit from some people who were known in the neighborhood and who would like to explain how you could maintain genial successful relations with your neighbors

Sinatra was a Sicilian. But he wasn't a Mob guy. This is grossly over-exaggerated. He definitely "knew guys that know guys" throughout his long career, but he had no need to participate in the criminal underworld. He had an enormous talent like few people in history, that made him wealthy, famous and hugely successful all on his own.

Softball after softball responses from the gaming chairman…

FRANK OWED THE MOB SO MUCH MONEY HE HAD TO DISAPPEAR

ah macneil lehrer, I remember them. back in the days when I had some trust in the news. Not anymore.

Thank you.,

7:51 Oh here he goes with Tommy Dorsey. This cat had been watching the Godfather too many times.

Willie Moretti was his mentor!

My Mama loved his singing, of course before my time, he was a interesting character thou

There were other 2 singers back at time as talented as him. Sinatra of course due to Vegas became more popular. But one shall admit that he was a real Showbizz man. He was able to deliver what he was asked to. Whole world is mobs. Every sector has its mobs and gatekeepers.Mob does not mean guns. As Sinatra sang That's Life

A fine human being. Frank Sinatra was loved and like many of us humans, came with flaws and defects. One of the best entertainers of all time.

Sinatra is a legend but I like this cause it brought him back down to earth for a little bit with that huge ego he had it was about time they made him feel like a regular person that is not untouchable by law and order like the rest of us.

Always like Mr. Sinatra. I remember some of this.

His biggest role, performed well!

Didn't Sen. Pat Geary appear at these hearings?

Class performance

0:50 Sinatra was in Jim's earpiece reminding him to be careful what he says

He was a naughty boy was frank

Sinatra was as close to the mob as it’s possible to be without actually being a made man. The mob made him a star and he never forgot it. He owed them a lot and he did favors for them. This is just one example of Frank being loyal to the mob. Here’s a link to Frank and the mob. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bpuRp8Ryt8--j30.html

Frank Sinatra was Arrested for having a sexual relationship with A Married woman in 1937.. If Frank knew she was Married, then I wouldn't' be surprised to hear if he is a Shady Character back then. And I wouldn't doubt if he continued to be that way. Which lends to his shady creditability in this hearing in Las Vegas. Way to Go Franky ! Most of his roles in His movie career are very close to his real Life If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck, then it's gotta be a duck.

I love when people say the mob back in the day. Shows what you don't know.

18:26 perfect response

As a matter of interest, was Dean Martin ever questioned? Or Joe Dimaggio or any other Italian American

Frank is and always will be Mr. Cool...........

They say there knowing it was true Frank must of laughed all the way home

I love you Vids BTW.

Francis Albert Sinatra, the real life Johnny Fontane

This seems so similar to the court hearing scenes in the Godfather 2. The tempo of the questions and answers are very similar.

It's ludicrous to think that they went after Sinatra. The man served our country in WW2. That usually more than you can say for these Senators and Congressmen that represent big money.

They should've invited Don Rickles to testify in behalf of Frank how he knew Bambuuno Umbazzo from Jersey City very well.

Marlon Brando said of Sinatra that if he got to heaven the first think Frank would do would be to give God a hard time for making him bald.

Milllton Rudin was a very slick attorney Tbest that a ton of money could buy. Frank was about as outstanding a pop singer ......that there ever was in the USA AND MOST OF THE wORLD

Mob guys went to see Sinatra just like Gang Members go see a Hip Hop venue today... its just what it is

Al Martino played Sinatra in the Godfather, which was based on Joe Profaci and Carlos Gambino. Frank was lying thru his teeth and gave more tells than a bad poker player. Constant eye blinking, touching his glasses, face ,forehead and looking down and away.

He has a cool voice even when he was just talking.

He Handles Himself So Well