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Before the rise of Elvis and Beatlemania, there was Frank — the press dubbed his effect on swooning bobbysoxers ''Sinatrauma.'' And while critics dismissed his popularity as a fad, his live appearances often caused near riots. (Though it's true that canny promoters also paid young women to pretend to faint in his presence.)

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