Tell-All Tome About Jilly's, Sinatra, Gotti

Entertainer-club proprietor-turned-author Tony Delvecchio's "Sinatra, Gotti and Me: The Rise and Fall of Jilly's Nightclub" was told in his own words to author Rich Herschlag and was recently published, according to the Pocono Record.

"Jilly's was one of the most popular, famous and notorious nightclubs in New York City during the 1960s, and then again in the late 1970s when it was revived by Delvecchio and Tony Fusco, and hosted by its namesake, Jilly Rizzo, the best friend of Frank Sinatra. Looking for someone to watch his back, Delvecchio brought in an old friend, John Gotti, a rising captain in the Gambino family," the article read.

"The renovated Jilly's once again became the hot spot for A-list celebrities, gangsters, regulars and wannabes. From John Gotti to Sinatra, Jilly's was the place to be — and Delvecchio ran it day and night with the able service of the Jilly Girls, plus a few bartenders provided by Gotti, before his days as the "Teflon Don."


"In 1980, Jilly's started losing large sums of money, and the trail led to John Gotti's handpicked bartender. Employing the kind of tortured logic that makes perfect sense only in the wiseguy world, Delvecchio and his crew drove out to the infamous Bergin Hunt and Fish Club to ask Gotti for a loan."


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