Bill Zehme

Bill Zehme , a senior writer at Esquire , initiated a series of surprising exchanges with Frank Sinatra for a 1996 article. As he wrote of his intent Men had gone soft and needed help, needed a leader, needed Frank Sinatra. I wanted to ask him essential questions, the kind that could save a guy's life. I wanted what might approximate Frank's rules of order. He took the clarion call. The resulting, widely celebrated Esquire profile of Sinatra, And Then There Was One, was the starting point for...See more

Bill Zehme , a senior writer at Esquire , initiated a series of surprising exchanges with Frank Sinatra for a 1996 article. As he wrote of his intent Men had gone soft and needed help, needed a leader, needed Frank Sinatra. I wanted to ask him essential questions, the kind that could save a guy's life. I wanted what might approximate Frank's rules of order. He took the clarion call. The resulting, widely celebrated Esquire profile of Sinatra, And Then There Was One, was the starting point for perhaps the most comprehensive access to the world of Sinatra, now fully realized in these pages. See less