In any case, legends don’t even have to be, so enough ring-a-ding-ding! Cue the big band intro and the classy (yet kinda sleazy) Pictofacts. He might have been a tough softie whose big dick energy and even bigger heart shaped American masculinity for decades - but he was also complex, violent, ended up supporting Reagan, and wore fedoras. And we know this word is thrown around a lot, like, the Kardashians are supposed to be “iconic,” because God is dead and his corpse zombie-laughs as a planet in which words are meaningless burns, okay, sure. Indeed, when Sinatra died in 1998, he was already as iconic as Elvis, Madonna, or Marilyn Monroe. Sinatra, Riddle, and producer Voyle Gilmore decided that the new album format should be a special event. It was also one of the first - arguably the very first - concept album. Now, we have devoted some attention to Sinatra, but merely scratching the whisky-soaked surface of his whisky-soaked life offers interesting facts about his almost seven decade-long whisky-soaked career. Songs for Young Lovers was the first album Frank Sinatra recorded for Capitol, as well as his first collaboration with Nelson Riddle. We know, we know, this subject might not be too popular with kids these days and their * reminder: Google which pop stars are trending right now*, but at the same time, this might just be our old-fart self being condescending, so really, what do we know? No, not Warren Zevon either – come on, did you read our opening line? We mean The Voice, Ol’ Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board, the Boss. Hey kids, do you know Frank Sinatra? Well, buckle up, buckos, because in this Pictofact we’re taking a look at the American musician that turned lady-chasing, self-hating toxic masculinity into multi-layered, soul-searching art.