Ol' Blue Eyes had golden moment on Kauai

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 07, 2011

~~<p>You could say the Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair was Frank Sinatra's lucky charm. In 1952 the legendary crooner hit rock bottom. The movie "Meet Danny Wilson," in which he played the lead, bombed at the box office. Only 150 people came to see his performance at Chez Paree, Chicago's largest nightclub. Empty seats outnumbered fans at his concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York.</p>
<p>Adding insult to injury, CBS canceled Sinatra's television show, and Columbia Records and his talent agency, MCA, dropped him. Show biz insiders agreed nothing short of a miracle could resurrect his career. In April 1952 Sinatra headlined a series of concerts at various venues in Hawaii, including Kauai's fair. True to his suave image, he took the stage in a tuxedo even for that appearance.</p>
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You could say the Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair was Frank Sinatra's lucky charm. In 1952 the legendary crooner hit rock bottom. The movie "Meet Danny Wilson," in which he played the lead, bombed at the box office. Only 150 people came to see his performance at Chez Paree, Chicago's largest nightclub. Empty seats outnumbered fans at his concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York.

Adding insult to injury, CBS canceled Sinatra's television show, and Columbia Records and his talent agency, MCA, dropped him. Show biz insiders agreed nothing short of a miracle could resurrect his career. In April 1952 Sinatra headlined a series of concerts at various venues in Hawaii, including Kauai's fair. True to his suave image, he took the stage in a tuxedo even for that appearance. Login for more...