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USA Weekend celebrated the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra's passing with a series of rememberances from friends, legendary figures, and Gay Talese. While it was touching to read Bill Clinton and Tony Bennett respectively recall discussing Duets and founding the Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts, the most startling revelation involved his Web site. Did you know that Nancy Sinatra would read him messages from franksinatra.com, and that he would dictate his response to her? In 1997? His passing was already tragic enough without knowing how enthusiastic he was about the ever-blossoming information superhighway. The ol' Reprise CEO might have shown ding-a-lings like Trent Reznor and Thom Yorke how it's done. More »

Welcome to another installment of The Cover-Song Showcase Showdown, in which we pit three versions of the same beloved song against one another, and let you determine which is superior. Today's homage-inspiring entry is the Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra's 1967 classic "Some Velvet Morning," a song about flowers, dragonflies and some woman named Phaedra. More »