Music: U.S. Stars Down Under

Frank Sinatra pressed his nose against the window of the landing plane, saw the huge crowd below and muttered. "Oh, no!" When he emerged, the bobby-soxers shrilled, "We want Frankie!" while 10,000 fans fought for positions. One well-dressed woman kicked off her shoes and started climbing a wire fence as the gum-chewing singer hurried off to a 75-minute press conference. It might have been 1945 in the U.S., when Frankie was the teen-age rage, but it was 1955 in Sydney, Australia.

Frankie was scheduled to make twelve appearances in Melbourne (pop. 1,522,-930) and 14...

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