Problem
Watch the silent YouTube video documentary "Frank Sinatra Causes Riot in NYC Paramount Theater" on Frank Sinatra's sensational performance at the Paramount Theater in NYC on December 30, 1942
Answer the following questions:
A. Did Frank Sinatra have friends who "helped him" get out of his contract with Tommy Dorsey? Who might they have been?
B. Did Frank Sinatra's use of a microphone allow the singer to draw closer to the audience's ear and emotions? How so, and why?
C. Who was this audience of Frank Sinatra's that created such mass hysteria for his singing? Can you describe them?
D. In your opinion, what was it that caused the audience reaction at this time in history? What did you see and hear that could have caused Frank Sinatra to become such a sensation a year later?