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'Frank Sinatra had the most unbelievable charisma. He literally did it his way. There was a mystique about him - I can't believe Frank Sinatra today would be on Snapchat or Twitter.' In an extensive and informal conversation from his west London home, Simon Cowell talks to his friend Professor Jonathan Shalit about his idol Frank Sinatra.

The public face of Simon Cowell has been a fixture in our living rooms for almost the entire 21st century. As a starmaker and record company mogul, his influence stretches back further still. But for all his fame and wealth, Cowell remains a private man, unpretentious in his tastes and loyal to his friends.