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HYNDE SIGHT: U2's Bono was to Frank Sinatra's 5 million-selling Duets what the PRETENDERS' CHRISSIE HYNDE is to the upcoming Duets II: the lone rocker. Hynde, 43, will be heard swapping stanzas with Ol' Blue Eyes on a jazzy rendition of the Guys and Dolls classic "Luck Be a Lady." But, cool appeal aside, what qualifies the raspy-voiced singer for the album, due Nov. 15, is her experience as a Pretender. As on Duets, Sinatra recorded the songs, then sent the tracks to his partners to add their vocals. "I suppose the public would say we're cheating," says Hynde. "But if the girl that works in Woolworth's wants to think we were holding hands and looking into each other's eyes, well, we're trying to make it sound that way. After all, you cant expect Frank, at 78, to fly all over the world and meet lowlifes like me." -
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