Sinatratic

plural Sinatratics

1. slanglifestyleA fan of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915–1998).

   At one point during the height of the frenzy, grab-happy “Sinatratics” (above) ruined four of Frank’s expensive suits in a matter of days.

   1998, Robert Sullivan, the Editors of LIFE, Remembering Sinatra: A Life in Pictures, New York, N.Y.: LIFE Books, →ISBN, page 31

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   Sinatratics, as they’ve been called, are very eloquent about Frank, and thirteen-year-old Irene persuaded the dignified welfare worker in charge to take her to the theater to hear Frank.

   1944 February 12, Earl Wilson, “The Voice”, in Edward Maher, editor, Liberty, volume 21, number 7, New York, N.Y.: Liberty Magazine, Inc., page 72, column 2

   Alexander J. Dorogokupetz took aim from the third row center and splattered a raw egg in Frank’s face. […] Before Dorogokupetz could fling his fourth missile, irate Sinatratics pounced on him, threatening to scratch his eyes out and pull his arms out of their sockets.

   1986, Kitty Kelley, His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, page 95

   Elements of the press were naturally sceptical about Frank’s effect on the predominantly teenage female fans. George Tucker of Associated Press wrote somewhat cynically asking if someone was paying for these girls to demonstrate. This got George Evans into a flurry of self-righteous indignation; he even offered to give $1,000 to charity if anyone could prove that he paid the girls. He did, however, admit he took some of the Sinatratics (as he christened them) to the basement of the Paramount [Theatre] to coach them to know exactly when to scream.

   2004, Richard Havers, Sinatra, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: DK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 74

   Why did parents, parents’ parents pretend you were the Scourge of Hell, corrupting sweet young daughters? They forgot “Moonlight Swoonatra” rubbing against the microphone while bobby-soxers swooned, all those sweet young “Sinatratics” throwing bras and panties at Frankie Boy.

   2011, Lynn Veach Sadler, “Subversive? Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!”, in Snakes in the Sass, [United States]: Aquillrelle.com, →ISBN, page 62

   Between 1943 and 1948, Sinatra earned 63 chart hits (of which four went to #1)—records purchased by the Sinatratics who would queue for hours before concerts and even, as in a sensational 1944 mob scene before the Paramount Theatre in New York City, riot in their desperation to see the idol live (Kaplan 2010, 230–31).

   2013, Ana Salzberg, “Sinatra, Frank (1915–1998)”, in Robert C. Sickels, editor, 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries, volume 2, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, LLC, →ISBN