SOME NICE THINGS I’VE MISSED By Mahnuel Muñoz On August 3, 1974, Frank Sinatra entered the charts with the album “Some nice things I’ve missed”, an album in which the Voice covered pop-rock hits of the time with arrangements by…
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU By Mahnuel Muñoz “Softly As I Leave You” is, more than an album, a compilation of outtakes from other sessions, published in November 1964, in the midst of Beatlemania.Said like that, it may sound unappealing…
“REPRISE RARITIES” By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 11, 2020, in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic and on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Reprise label, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Universal Music began a…
SHE SHOT ME DOWN By Mahnuel Muñoz The New York dawn covers with thick makeup the bruises that delinquency and crime leave on their skin every day. She wears her darkest dress and wears a perfumed collar with the smell…
Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 12, 1962, Frank Sinatra began recording the album “Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain.“ The starting premise is simple: songs written by British composers; but, to be…
“RECORDS TO LISTEN AGAIN” By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 19, 1960, Frank Sinatra began recording with Reprise, his own record label. It is a brave step, considering that at Capitol he has completed his most brilliant and enduring period. But…
SINATRA’S SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz Sinatra reinterpreting himself. A constant in the Voice’s career Recording previously immortalized songs again and making it something enriching is not within everyone’s reach. You will all remember the tremendous success of their “Duets” albums…
“SINATRA: NEW YORK” (Warner, 2009) By Mahnuel Muñoz After the commercial, critical and artistic success of the “Sinatra: Vegas” box set, Warner once again opted for a saga, this time the one starring Frank in the “City That Never Sleeps“,…
“A Voice On Air” (Sony Music, 2015) By Mahnuel Muñoz Faced with the horrors of the “music” generated by Artificial Intelligence, we will always be left with MUSIC made with the human mind and heart, with a generous sample of…
“Standing Room Only” (Universal, 2018) By Mahnuel Muñoz So far, the last official Sinatra box set that has seen the light. It is a case, in a format similar to “World On A String“, containing three CDs with two concerts…
THE CAPITOL YEARS By Mahnuel Muñoz On November 10, 1998, one of the most important musical compilations in history was presented, the 21-CD box set “The Capitol Years“, which includes the albums recorded by Frank Sinatra between 1953 and 1961…
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SWING By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 9, 1964, in the midst of Beatlemania, Frank Sinatra forms a joyous triumvirate with Count Basie and Quincy Jones to put together an album titled “It Might As Well…
