Paul Keyes on Meeting Frank Sinatra By Mahnuel Muñoz In the spring of 1941, after a concert in Portland, Frank and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra were enjoying dinner when a seventeen-year-old boy named Paul Keyes approached Dorsey’s table with an…
NANCY SINATRA Nancy Sinatra was born on June 8, 1940 while her father, Frank Sinatra, was singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; As the daughter of showbiz royalty, Nancy grew up in the spotlight and made her first television appearance…
DON COSTA On June 9, 1925, Don Costa, the versatile arranger who helped launch great artistic careers and was responsible for Sinatra’s most contemporary sound from the late 1960s until Costa’s untimely death in 1983, was born in Boston. Costa…
Frank Sinatra. The last concert By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 25, 1995, Frank Sinatra took the stage at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Springs to give a brief private concert before his small audience of just over a thousand lucky…
FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY “Frank Sinatra – My Way”… The spring of 1969 welcomes an autumn-leaf-wearing Sinatra. Today we know that he will still give another quarter of a century of music and images without equal, but in those…
THE BEACH IN WINTER: “SINATRAJOBIM” (1969) The Beach In Winter SinatraJobim…. On February 11, 1969, Frank and his team began recording what was going to be the sequel to the glorious “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim” (1967). With…
FRANK SINATRA – IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS Frank Sinatra In the wee small hours… Sinatra was not the first nor the last artist to turn heartbreak into melody, but I think you will agree with me that he is…
SINATRA BEATEN BY TAYLOR SWIFT? SINATRA BEATEN BY TAYLOR SWIFT?…. In an indirect way, Frank Sinatra returns to the headlines of the media after being surpassed by the pop superstar Taylor Swift in the number of awards for best album…
THE VOICE OF FRANK SINATRA On July 30, 1945, Frank Sinatra began recording his first album, titled “The Voice Of Frank Sinatra.” The word “album” had a meaning at that time, since, before the release of the long-playing record, collections…
How Do You Keep The Music Playing How Do You Keep The Music Playing is one of late Sinatra’s most moving recordings. It is a song composed in 1982 by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for the soundtrack…
