THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA EPISODE 17 By Mahnuel Muñoz In 1998 there are many people who wonder what happened to Frank Sinatra. His music and films continue to be reissued and bring happiness to the world; The website…
THE MAIN EVENT, 50TH ANNIVERSARY By Mahnuel Muñoz When? That in 2024 the album “L.A. Is My Lady” will be 40 years old and will be celebrated with a reissue that will soon be in our hands is tremendous news.But…
“WATERTOWN”Analysis and criticism of the original album. By Mahnuel Muñoz For more than half a century, “Watertown,” Frank Sinatra’s most controversial and ambitious album, has gathered much silent dust on itself. This dark conceptual work with folk rock touches was…
The 1942 Musicians’ Strike By Mahnuel Muñoz In 1942, a crucial event took place in the evolution of the popular music scene: North American musicians went on strike due to the low remuneration they received for their studio work and…
Concerts In The Holy Land. Jerusalem, November 11-27, 1975. By Mahnuel Muñoz Frank returns to Israel after 13 years of absence. On his first visit, the famous 1962 World Tour with Bill Miller’s sextet, the singer performed in Tel Aviv,…
Sinatra in Egypt By Mahnuel Muñoz The image of Frank Sinatra singing before the pyramids and the sphinx of Giza is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive not only in The Voice’s career, but in the history of…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 16 “What does Frank Sinatra have that no one else can match? He could swing, break hearts and misbehave, and his voice became an instrument that continued to reinvent American…
Palatrussardi, MilanSeptember 27, 1986 By Mahnuel Muñoz In the 1960s, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spain’s Minister of Information and Tourism, coined a slogan to attract foreign tourists: “Spain Is Different,” a truly apt description for the good and the bad. We…
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.…
