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<text id=94TT1747>
<title>
Dec. 12, 1994: Music:Frank & Co.
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Dec. 12, 1994 To the Dogs
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE ARTS & MEDIA/MUSIC, Page 92
Frank & Co.
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<p> Duets II pairs Sinatra with wannabes and some winners
</p>
<p>By Ginia Bellafante
</p>
<p> For years Frank Sinatra has won an enthusiastic following among
college students through no effort of his own. Usually, young
people start listening to him because they find his Rat Pack
cool campily appealing, but ironic condescension soon turns
to true admiration of his talent. Even though it's not really
necessary for Sinatra's handlers to market him to the kids,
they have done so anyway. Last year, notably, he was paired
on Duets with Bono, Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin and other younger-than-Frank
performers.
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<p> Now Duets II, a less engaging sequel, has appeared. While Sinatra
is in good form, his collaborators seem too desperate to impress
him. Jon Secada, for example, tries to replicate his partner's
range and intensity on The Best Is Yet to Come, but he doesn't
come close. Luis Miguel attempts Come Fly with Me with a swinginess
that is contrived and tentative. And Chrissie Hynde succumbs
to an offputting Edith Piaf impression during Luck Be a Lady.
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<p> The best cuts are those that pair Sinatra with distinctive singers
confident enough simply to be themselves. Patti LaBelle brings
a rich, unfettered soulfulness to Bewitched, Linda Ronstadt
an easy clarity to Moonlight in Vermont. Rumor had it that Axl
Rose was to have appeared on Duets II. One wonders what he might
have done with My Kind of Town, a song that here couples Sinatra
with his most unabashed emulator, Frank Sinatra Jr.
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