out steps frank sinatra. frank sinatra, with his p.r. guy, jim mahony, they walk up the stairs. arry king?" [ laughter ] "me." he said, "okay. let's go." jim mahony whispers to me, "i don't know how you got him. he says, "he pays me money not to do this." we go into the studio and i decided something. i learned something in broadcasting. never lie, when you're on the air. you could have done one of those phony things. "my old friend, frank sinatra, my pal." i said, "good evening, welcome to another edition of 'the larry king show,' my guest is frank sinatra. why are you here? why are you here?" and he said, i can still remember -- he said, "four, five years ago i was working in a town & country club nightclub in new york and i had laryngitis. it was closing night. i couldn't sing. and i called jackie up. jackie had the hottest snow television. i said, "would you come over and do a show? we got a whole crowd here. i can't make good. i can't sing." and jackie came over and did an hour. i walk him out to his limo lean in, i said, 'jackie, thanks. i owe you one. i owe you one.' i get

and a great letter from him, but frank sinatra, whom i'm a giant fan of frank sinatra. >> i was honoredd. i did the last televison interview with him. he wrote me a letter, we have reprinted in the book. >> jimmy: you were trying to have him on -- it's very hard to get -- >> jackie gleason was kind of like my mentor, he came down on miami beach. i started on miami beach, i was like 27 years old. i came down on the train when jackie took the train from new york to miami. it was a great trip. and i emceed the dinner ladies in the house right now? all the females make some noise >> you got it, buddy. hey, what's that? see frank sinatra?" >> jimmy: you got it. yeah, yeah. >> it's going to be a good night! [ laughter ] i -- i invited one of the girls. very nice girl, and we go on and see frank sinatra. now, remember, i'm poor. we're not making a lot of money. >> jimmy: local radio. >> so i got $20 to my name. so i parcel it out. let's see, he's picking up the check. $15 for the tip. $5 to get the car. okay. $20. i don't get paid until monday, but i'll survive. now, in the middle of the show

we had the time of our lives, man. >> what about frank sinatra? >> oh, please.her. and we -- i was working in paris, running a record company, understudying, and one day i came in and they said the office called from monaco and they want mr. sinatra to bring the house band down with penny clark and all those guys. and so, we took them down. we played with frank for grace kelly, cary grant, all those people. and he said good job, kid. cuckoo. never saw him again. and four years later, i get a call from hawaii, joe, it's francis. i'm in hawaii directing a film. and i just heard the record you did with basie. it's a waltz. da, da, da. and he said i'd like the way you did it. put it in 4/4 for basie. he said, that's what i want to do. would you consider doing a record with me and basie? i said, man, are you crazy? is the pope a catholic? that was in hawaii two days later and worked with him the rest of his life. >> one more past you. michael jackson. i can't not talk about michael jackson. you had -- >> well, what is there to say? in the music, man. ♪ thriller >> st

i went to vegas and went and listened to frank sinatra. i loved him. yes -- >> jimmy: you just went -- >> you bought a ticket. did you meet frank and tell him the story? >> well, actually, that's really good, jimmy, because, cut to later, i married the really great looking prince, you saw that wedding -- >> jimmy: of course, yeah. >> and then he took -- >> jimmy: i cried my eyes out during that wedding. it's true. dr. phil helped me through it. >> you weren't born. i went to -- i was really excited because i sat next to frank sinatra at a princess. and there was prince andrew, frank sinatra, me. i went, oh, so excited to meet you. i came to see you in cesar's palace, right, and he went, okay, great, sure, you did, you know. i said, yeah. and he said, let me sign your plate. he signed his plate. and i was like, it's a real treasure to me. i took it back to buckingham palace, put it up on the mantlepiece and some lovely lady thinking i had been doodling, came in one day, went, look at that, she's been writing all over the plate, cleaned the plate. >> jimm

will remember him for as of now, really, is the house i live in, which is a very famous song that frank sinatrag it in 1945. he wrote the lyrics to that song, but when he died, he died-- you know, the times ran an obituary on him. he died in 1986. but i think it's safe to say that he was pretty obscure when he died, and he was better known, really, for adopting the two rosenberg children than he was for anything else. he did pay a price for some of his political activities. yeah, i think that, you know, the kids tell the story about the father and mother sort of dodging subpoenas from various state investigative committees and that sort of thing. i mean, they grew up-- i think that much of his traveling around was sort of one step ahead of the authorities. i think they did pay a price for his politics. and i know he had to testify in new york about the song. joshua white had to testify, like, 1950 about the song. right. how did he defend his recording or singing of the song? if i remember correctly, he just said, "listen, this is a problem in this country, "and it's not unpatriotic to talk abou

a record rivalled only by frank sinatra and johnny mathis. he's back with his first album of original songs in more than a decade called "15 minutes." he's also a headliner in vegas. what a career. you talk about careers in music. >> that's amazing. just listening to it. i'm feeling tired. >> and you must have the most die hard fans. >> i do! [ cheers and applause ] >> some of them are here. >> they're great people, too. >> we have people in the audience here who have seen you over 300 times in concert. why do you think you have been able to inspire that kind of loyalty? >> i'm the wrong person to ask. i come at it from the other side. not from what the impact is. i come at it from the other part which is trying to do the best work i can and trying to make them feel good. i have to ask them. >> when you see other entertainers whose careers come and go who have as much talent in your eyes and don't have the longevity, what do you work on. in terms of your relationship with an audience what do you work on that you think brings you the extra tim

>>reporter: old blue eyes frank sinatra sure could sing.an with the piercing blue eyes sure could act. i don't want to shoot with you harvey. >>reporter: put them at bat during the day and man will they have problems. subpoena. >> struck out become of the 1st inning. >>reporter: call it the curse of the baby blue. american league most valuable player josh hamilton has been absolutely reach he had during day gaichlts he hits 200 points worse than at night. why? the prognosis from l dr. elton john. >> babies got blue eyes. l. >>reporter: hamilton sure does. and some researcher found that blue or light colored eyes are worse in filtering glare. the reason? the pigment at the back of the eye is less dense. >> pigment in the back of the eye is what helps us see in fine detail. >>reporter: which matter as lot in baseball for airline pilots truck drivers anyone training to see anything outside on a bright sunny day. optometrist justin says he gets a stream of smraints from blue eye patients about sensitivity to light. much more than from us brown

the auction also included memorabilia from elvis, frank sinatra and bob dillon, but m.j.'s items brought in the biggest cash. even one of his famous crystal covered gloves sold $330,000. we used to wear the jacket all the time in the high school hallway. sfwlirchlgts how thorough is the tsa. this one who had to take off her depends. 17 minutes after the hour. >>> by the way, i want to show you this. on your way to work this morning, make sure to bring along your favorite pair of shades. it is national sunglasses day. go ahead and look cool as you are driving to the office. the sun is actually coming out. you should be fine. ♪ i wear my sunglasses at night ♪ just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. >>> 20 minutes after the hour. let me walk you through what slub on your radar today in the highly addictive casey anthony trial resumes at 8:30 a.m. eastern time this morning. representative michelle bachmann makes her bid for the white house

to interview sylvester stallone, someone said to me get up to the beverly hilton hotel because frank sinatrae for us. i'm going to be friendly with hollywood in one hit. i stood outside and i just greeted every guest as they arrived. and just posed for pictures like this. the next day, "sun" had 30 pictures of me with famous people in hollywood. they're like, who is that with our guy? the only one that was tricky was charles bronson who i think smelled a rat and didn't want to know at all. this great sequence of pictures of me elbowing out his girlfriend, boom, to try to get my arm around him. >> jimmy: that's a good way to get shot. >> it was. it was kind of -- it was what i had to do for a few years. >> jimmy: it's a weird way to kind of go about it. >> pretend to be friendly with famous people. >> jimmy: i know you went on the road, or tour, with new kids on the block. >> i did. >> jimmy: would you pretend to be -- what year was this? >> well, they were huge in britain, never mind america. and i was dispatched as the music guy. knew nothing about music. it happened to be part of my brief.

that's what frank sinatra sang, not me. we did have the full moon but we missed the eclipse.rope or indonesia not for us. we missed that. patchy fog coming back. that you might see if you're on the santa cruz coastline and moving up the san mateo coastline. cool and breezy. not as hot as yesterday. we're heading down. you can just feel that breeze. yesterday kicked in. fog returns more so i should say tomorrow. cooling continues into saturday. looks like a little rebound saturday but more so on monday and tuesday. our pattern get a little warm up but then cool weather comes in for about three or four days. so the warm weather doesn't last. system dropping down will produce a few high clouds. 51 santa rosa. concord says 61 but that's because of a south wind. that's at buchanan. go five miles away and five degrees cooler. 55 redwood city. 53 san francisco and 50s for everybody including san jose. 56 degrees. napa did have a south-southwest but it says calm noun. santa rosa south at 3. this time of year any time napa, santa rosa or anybody in marin county gets a south wind, that

sylvester stallone, someone said to me, hey, you should get up to the beverly hilton hotel, because frank sinatraood is going. i thought, right. i went and got this tuxedo, got my photographer, said we're going to pull off the big one, this is it for us. this is the, i'm going to be friendly with the whole of hollywood in one hit moment. so we went down there. i stood outside in my tuxedo and i greeted every guest as they arrived and just posed for pictures like this. the next day, "sun" had 30 pictures of me with famous people in hollywood. they're like, who is that with our guy piers? the only one that was tricky was charles bronson who i think smelled a rat and didn't want to know at all. this great sequence of pictures of me elbowing out his girlfriend, boom, to try to get my arm around him. my mate charlie, as i'm falling off the edge. >> jimmy: that's a good way to get shots. >> it was a very good way to get shots. it was kind of -- it was what i had to do for a few years. >> jimmy: it's a weird way to kind of go about it. >> pretend to be friendly with famous people. >> jimmy: and then you

. ♪ something in the way she moves ♪ >> reporter: old blue eyes, frank sinatra,ing sure could sing.man, with those piercing, blue eyes, sure could act. >> i don't want to shoot with you, harvey. >> reporter: but put them out during the day. and, man, they have problems. call it the curse of the baby blues. american league most-valuable player, josh hamilton, has been absolutely wretched during day games. he hits 200 points worse than at night. why? the prognosis from dr. elton john. ♪ baby's got blue eyes >> reporter: hamilton sure does. and some research has found that blue or light-colored eyes are worse at filtering glare. the reason? the pigment at the back of the eye is less dense. >> that pigment in the back of the eye is what helps us see our fine details. >> reporter: which matters a lot in baseball, for airline pilots, truck drivers. anyone trying to see anything outside on a bright, sunny day. optometrist, justin bazan, says he gets a stream of complaints from blue-eyed patients about sensitive to light. much more than from our brown-eyed guys. >> a great-looking iris. >>

that's before most of these hotels were built, and when tumbleweeds was rolling down the boulevard, frank sinatra ♪ >> reporter: when she first played vegas nearly 50 years ago at the height of the civil rights era, black entertainers had to enter through the back door. today she not only headlines, the theater she performs in is named for her. >> all of those fantastic, awesome, wonderful entertainers that have come through this city that are of color, nobody's ever had a room named after them. i mean grammys and all of those things are wonderful but it's a different kind of honor and representation. ♪ i love you ♪ ♪ yes i do ♪ >> it's fantastic and when i go out there and you know i feel like they're really coming to my house. >> reporter: six decades after taking the stage for the first time the empress of soul finally has one to call her own and that midnight train back home will have to wait a little longer. ♪ on that midnight train to love ♪ >> you know you're doing all right when a theater is actually named after you. >> not too shabby. >> and jamming to "midnight train to georgia ♪ >> did

ahead on "american morning," why frank sinatra could never make it in the big leagues.r league slugger says his blue eyes are the reason he can't buy a hit in the daytime. wait until you see the creeping looking solution. >> let's take a look at what's going on in greece. nearing the parliamentary vote there, which is, obviously, being protested in the streets for a second day. see tear gas canisters, police jostling with protesters. we have live coverage on the ground and we will be back to greece momentarily. we're keeping our eye on this story. it's 47 minutes after the hour. >>> the state of maine is home to some of the world's best lobster fishing. bringing in more than 90 million pounds a year. what's left behind is a lot of waste. >> there are some shells that go into composts. most go to landfill. >> reporter: researchers at the university of maine have come up with a way to put it to use. and it sounds like a hit. you can't hear the difference, but this ball is made of recycled lobster shells. >> it's a dynamic exciting combination. lobsters and golf. >> report

>> there had is a wonderful letter in the book from frank sinatra to me in which he analyzes how i workhat would you ask him? i tell you the worst question to ask him, first question, why did you bomb those buildings? right, looks good, he could anticipate in anger, might make dramatic television, you don't learn anything. but i would ask him, why did you leave one of the richest families in saudi arabia and the only member of your family to leave, what caused to you leave? where did your hatred of the west come from? you learn more about him in that way. >> said something so simple but actually something that a lot of people in television could take, which is to listen. i mean so many people now on tv, especially on cable tv it is all an agenda, their opinion is even in the question and went person starts anticipating the question, they are already answering -- >> this is what i dislike about a lot of 24-hour news channels a lot of others, is that the guest is a prop for the host. >> right. >> so the host is there and it's sort of like -- let's say give you an example of today's guests