One For My Baby

Author:Tom Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Published: 2015-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

‘Tea For Two’. Although Sinatra occasionally took hot tea while resting his throat, everybody knew what he preferred. ‘I hate water,’ he would insist. ‘Even my shower’s got club soda in it.’

Alcoholic Remorse

‘He doesn’t get hangovers, he gives them,’ was the opinion of one associate, and Sinatra himself was proud of his capacity and resilience. Sammy Davis was ready to swear that he only ever saw Frank really drunk once – but, of course, there were times when, even by his own generous standards, he overindulged and suffered horribly as a result.

‘I feel sorry for people who don’t drink,’ he would quip on stage. ‘When they wake up in the morning that’s the best they’re gonna feel all day.’

On the mornings – or, more realistically, afternoons – when he awoke feeling unwell the flag with the Jack Daniel’s insignia would be replaced with one featuring Alka Seltzer, and he was likely to call for a Ramos. The Ramos Gin Fizz was a favourite hangover cure, introduced to Sinatra by Robert Mitchum. Mitchum had called it ‘Mother’s Milk’, and Sinatra was so grateful for the introduction that for years he sent Mitchum thank-you cards on Mothers’ Day.

The Bloody Mary also played its part in recoveries. In September 1961 Sinatra was invited to the Oval Office to be thanked personally by Kennedy for his work on the presidential campaign. Dave Powers, a presidential aide, recalled Sinatra and Kennedy sipping Bloody Marys on the Truman Balcony. According to Powers Sinatra had instructed the White House maître d’ on how to prepare his own personal recipe for the famous curative. He also set a record while staying at the Sands by placing a single order for 300 Bloody Marys.

Dean Martin’s advice on avoiding hangovers was to stay drunk. Faced with the inevitable, however, he resorted to malted milk.

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