Frank Sinatra – Ella Fitzgerald – Count Basie Tour By Mahnuel Muñoz Too good to be true? Well, it was a wonderful reality that materialized in 1975, a year in which the world was shocked by the first bars of…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 15 “We have lived so much with the soundtrack of Sinatra’s music in the background that it is difficult to say where our real experiences end and those we have…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA EPISODE 14 by Mahnuel Muñoz “I first heard Sinatra’s voice on a jukebox in a dark bar one Sunday night while my mother and I were looking for my father, and I remember him…
“The Way You Wear Your Hat: Sinatra And The Lost Art Of Livin’” (Bill Zehme, Harper Collins Publishing, 1997) By Mahnuel Muñoz Bill Zehme (1958-2023) had the honor of being the last to interview Frank Sinatra, in 1994 no less.…
FRANK SINATRA GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2 By Mahnuel Muñoz In 1972 Frank Sinatra officially retired from show business, although he maintained his public activity, mainly at political events. In his free time he plays golf and devotes himself to his…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA Episode 13 by Mahnuel Munoz 1995 is one of the years of greatest media exposure of Frank Sinatra‘s career, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Tribute events, record releases, newspaper articles and book…
COUNT BASIE By Mahnuel Muñoz On August 21, 1904, William “Count” Basie, one of the great Big Band leaders of the 20th century, was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. Music was part of his DNA. He was attracted to…
The Concert For The Americas By Mahnuel Muñoz Altos de Chavón is a Mediterranean-type town built in 1976 on the Chavón River, in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It was commissioned by the Italian Roberto Coppa and reproduces a medieval Italian…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 12 Nobody expected Frank Sinatra to get back on stage after the dramatic shows in Japan. But on February 25, 1995, as part of the events included in a golf…
A Toast To Frank By Mahnuel Muñoz “I hope they live a hundred years, and that the last voice they hear is mine.” This is Frank Sinatra’s classic toast to his audience during his concerts. I often look into infinity…
LOST IN THE STARS By Mahnuel Muñoz On August 8, 1946, Frank Sinatra recorded the song “Lost in the Stars“, composed by Kurt Weill and belonging to the musical of the same name.The work narrates the harsh life experiences of…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA by Mahnuel Muñoz CHAPTER 11 In April 1994, Frank offered a demanding series of eight concerts at Radio City Music Hall, backed by the Count Basie Orchestra and opened by comedian Don Rickles. In…
