no one noticed the signature. october 29th, armed with thousands of dollars and a .38 caliber gun. chap mn flew fr chapman flew from hawaii to new york city. his personal calendar reveals a disturbed killer on the move, changing hotels three times in three days, hiring prostitutes, living it up like a man with no future. i went to front row plays, you know. first class fights. filet minon at the waldorf. all just blocks from lennon s home. but it turns out john lennon wasn t chapman s only murder. he wanted to kill a celebrity and killing a celebrity means that you in essence steal that individual s celebrity.
going live around the world singing crocodile rock ? not going to happen. i got this list. i ran to the waldorf, walked in the room. he was reading the newspaper. i said to him, frank, what the hell are these songs? he said to me, what do you mean? i said, this list of songs. there s no sinatra songs on it. he said, jerry, i just wanted to see you. you told me no rehearsal. frank he said, i knew if you sent that you d be here in a minute and you re here. i said, i have to go to commercial six times, frank. he said, i ll see you in a little while. 20 to 8:00 he rides into madison square garden with a police escort. jane in the back seat, barbara in the back seat. he says to me, i want you to do me a favor. he said, i want you to get me when my way starts, get
capture this live electricity that was in the air. i needed that. i told them, no rehearsals, but i needed them to go to commercial six times. so i kept calling them at the waldorf towers. he was staying at the waldorf towers. he wouldn t take my call. a kid came in, brought me a list of songs. not one sinatra song, larry. can you imagine? frank sinatra going live around the world singing crocodile rock ? not going to happen. i got this list. i ran to the waldorf, walked in the room. he was reading the newspaper. i said to him, frank, what the hell are these songs? he said to me, what do you mean? i said, this list of songs. there s no sinatra songs on it. he said, jerry, i just wanted to see you. and i didn t want to come over to you. you told me no rehearsal. frank he said, i knew if you sent that over, you d be here in