SINATRA’S FIRST RECORDING By Mahnuel Muñoz James Petrozelli, Patrick Principe, and Fred Tamburro were regulars at the Sinatras’ tavern in Hoboken. They formed a musical group called The Three Flashes. Young Frank Sinatra, eager to become a professional singer, was…
THE TOGETHER AGAIN TOUR (1988) By Mahnuel Muñoz On March 13, 1988, the first concert of the Together Again Tour took place at the Californian Oakland Coliseum, which brought together Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis on tour for…
Interview: Rosa Ter Braake: founder of “Frank Sinatra Respectfulposting”, the bigger and better Facebook group about Frank Sinatra. By Mahnuel Muñoz Q: Who is Rosa? A: My maiden name is Rosa Gunsing. I’m a forty-six year old woman from The…
THE VOICE BEGINS TO SOUND IN LAS VEGAS By Mahnuel Muñoz In September 1951, Frank Sinatra took the stage at the Desert Inn Hotel-Casino, in his first performance in the city of Las Vegas, a relationship marked by music and…
“NONE BUT THE BRAVE” (1965) By Mahnuel Muñoz NONE BUT THE BRAVE (1965) John Dryden (1631-1700) was the poet and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England, to the point that that time became known as the Dryden…
“THE ITALIAN SONGBOOK” By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 9, 1967, an internal memo was issued on Reprise Records in relation to a Frank Sinatra project titled “The Italian Songbook.” After recording “Sinatra & Strings“, Frank had asked arranger Don Costa…
“FRANK SINATRA AND TONY MOTTOLA: LONG SUNDAY OF FRIENDSHIP AND MUSIC” By Mahnuel Muñoz Fifty years before performing memorable duets on stages around the world in the 1980s, Frank Sinatra and Tony Mottola were just a pair of ambitious teenage…
The Neguri Jazz Band will offer a tribute concert to Frank Sinatra on March 16, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. in the legendary Sala Galileo Galilei in Madrid. It will be a magnificent recital, with a wonderful team of artists led…
Biography 1915-1934 By Mahnuel Muñoz Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915. He was the only child of the Italian-born couple Antonino Martino “Marty” Sinatra and Natalina “Dolly” Garavente. His arrival into the world…
The Judy Garland Show (1962) By Mahnuel Muñoz This historic show aired on CBS on February 25, 1962, and was a kind of reconciliation between the network and Judy Garland after a long and bitter legal dispute over breaches of…
