Frank Sinatra & The Mafia: What I Saw With My Own Eyes | Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano
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Frank Sinatra waved to John Gotti from across the room, but he never came over to the table. So Joe Watts walked over and told Sinatra: next time you see John Gotti, you get up and you kiss his ring. What happened next went straight to the Genovese family. Sammy "The Bull" Gravano was there when Jimmy Blue Eyes called John, and he tells you how it ended.
Plus: the Wagon Wheel, the Genovese dive bar Sinatra kept visiting even when he was the biggest star in the world. The night a young Sammy, not yet made, sat down at Sinatra's table and an actress called him a punk. Sammy's take on the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Whether Frank Costello or Joe Fischetti really "had a piece" of Sinatra. And how the Rat Pack's connections got you past the line at the Copacabana.
▶ CHAPTERS
0:00 Frank Sinatra — an entertainer of mega proportions
0:32 Hooked up with the Genovese family & Jimmy Blue Eyes
0:42 The Wagon Wheel — Sinatra's Genovese hangout
1:15 Sinatra snubs John Gotti — "Go kiss his ring"
1:45 Jimmy Blue Eyes calls Gotti: "You know he's with us"
2:37 Sinatra under oath about Joe Fischetti
3:13 "They're not punks" — young Sammy at Sinatra's table
4:50 The Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping
6:12 Nancy Sinatra & "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
6:53 How Jimmy Blue Eyes fixed Sinatra's problems
7:20 Sinatra on "the Gambinos and the Fratianos"
8:08 Did Frank Costello or Fischetti have a piece of Sinatra?
8:29 Like a gangster — Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. & the Rat Pack
8:41 Skipping the line at the Copacabana
10:03 Ocean's Eleven & Sinatra's power
10:27 Sammy's final word on Sinatra
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My father managed the famous 500 Club in Atlantic City from the 1950s til 1970 where Mr. Sinatra performed many times in its height of popularity. I have a photo of my dad with Sinatra taken backstage between shows.
I just gotta say... I ❤ Mr. Gravano's stories! I get lost in them and the man is so genuine. He's got nothing to gain from enlightening the curious. Thanks for being so generous with your time Boss🎉😊.
- Shecky Greene
Frank Sinatra & The Mafia: What I Saw With My Own Eyes | Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano
104,672 views
Frank Sinatra waved to John Gotti from across the room, but he never came over to the table. So Joe Watts walked over and told Sinatra: next time you see John Gotti, you get up and you kiss his ring. What happened next went straight to the Genovese family. Sammy "The Bull" Gravano was there when Jimmy Blue Eyes called John, and he tells you how it ended.
Plus: the Wagon Wheel, the Genovese dive bar Sinatra kept visiting even when he was the biggest star in the world. The night a young Sammy, not yet made, sat down at Sinatra's table and an actress called him a punk. Sammy's take on the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Whether Frank Costello or Joe Fischetti really "had a piece" of Sinatra. And how the Rat Pack's connections got you past the line at the Copacabana.
▶ CHAPTERS
0:00 Frank Sinatra — an entertainer of mega proportions
0:32 Hooked up with the Genovese family & Jimmy Blue Eyes
0:42 The Wagon Wheel — Sinatra's Genovese hangout
1:15 Sinatra snubs John Gotti — "Go kiss his ring"
1:45 Jimmy Blue Eyes calls Gotti: "You know he's with us"
2:37 Sinatra under oath about Joe Fischetti
3:13 "They're not punks" — young Sammy at Sinatra's table
4:50 The Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping
6:12 Nancy Sinatra & "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
6:53 How Jimmy Blue Eyes fixed Sinatra's problems
7:20 Sinatra on "the Gambinos and the Fratianos"
8:08 Did Frank Costello or Fischetti have a piece of Sinatra?
8:29 Like a gangster — Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. & the Rat Pack
8:41 Skipping the line at the Copacabana
10:03 Ocean's Eleven & Sinatra's power
10:27 Sammy's final word on Sinatra
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Join OurThing.TV today and get access to exclusive interviews with ex-members from all five families, sit-downs with prison wardens and government officials, original short films and more...
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#SammyTheBull #FrankSinatra #JohnGotti #Mafia #TrueCrime #Genovese #RatPack #MobStories