“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…
LEO ROBIN By Mahnuel Muñoz Leo Robin was born on April 6, 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and at Carnegie Tech’s theater school. After graduating, he worked as an advertising agent,…
GORDON JENKINS By Mahnuel Muñoz On May 12, 1910, Gordon Jenkins, the Master of Orchestral Exuberance, was born. His arrangements may seem anachronistic to many modern ears, but they were an essential part of the popular musical sound of the…
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…
RICHARD RODGERS By Mahnuel Muñoz Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) was the most successful composer of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of a 60-year career, he wrote the scores for 42 musicals performed on Broadway or in the West End,…
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…
TOMMY DORSEY By Mahnuel Muñoz Tommy Dorsey (Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.), was born on November 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. His father, a miner by profession, was a part-time musician, first teaching Tommy to play the trumpet, before he decided…
“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“,…
