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Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's internal group. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over 60 years. One reason Sinatra respected Tony's friendship is that he could be trusted: Sinatra nicknamed him 'The Clam' because Tony never spoke to reporters or biographers about the vocalist. From the first days when Sinatra was seeking to establish himself as a vocalist to the middle-1960s, Tony caused Sinatra and was there to talk about in the highs and lows of Sinatra's life and profession. Tony was with Sinatra during his "bobby-soxer" megastar days in the 1940s, and he remained dedicated to Sinatra during the lean many years of the first 1950s, when 'The Voice' was struggling with a crumbling performing and acting profession - as well as his tumultuous marriage to Ava Gardner. Tony also possessed a prominent row chair to Sinatra's return in the 1950s, starting with his Academy Honor - being successful role in From Here to Eternity and a string of now-classic hit recordings. Tony's friendship with Sinatra allowed him to rub elbows with the Hollywood elite, including Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Kim Novak, Ava Gardner, and many others. It also brought him close to the political world of the first 1960s, when Sinatra campaigned for John F. Kennedy and then helped plan the Kennedy inauguration. Tony was even at the Kennedy substance in Hyannis, Massachusetts, when the election results came up in. Sinatra and Me will shed new light on the real Frank Sinatra - from the man who knew him better than anyone.
