“Operación Sinatra” E-Book (Diego Mancusi and Sebastián Grandi, Editorial Aguilar, 2018) By Mahnuel Muñoz Journalists Diego Mancusi and Sebastián Grandi invite us to participate in the epic of Frank Sinatra’s arrival in Argentina in 1981, to give a series of…
STEP LIVELY By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 24, 1944, “Step Lively“, Frank Sinatra’s fifth film, hits theaters. Frank plays a young aspiring playwright who will find himself involved in many entanglements to stage the musical that he has proposed to…
Guide to getting started in the art of Sinatra.Chapter: Essential collection boxsets. By Mahnuel Muñoz Frank Sinatra’s discography is truly extensive and complex for the neophyte to follow, due to its scope and variety. Sinatra’s musical career spanned sixty years…
Rockstars writing for Frank By Mahnuel Muñoz During the 1960s and 1970s Frank Sinatra became interested in the work of young pop musicians and recorded and included in his concerts a respectable number of songs by these artists; In turn,…
COME BLOW YOUR HORN By Mahnuel Muñoz “Come Blow Your Horn” is a film released in the United States in June 1963, directed by Bud Yorkin. It is based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, author,…
The Frank Sinatra Spectacular (June 20, 1965) By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 20, 1965, “The Frank Sinatra Spectacular” was presented in St. Louis, a show full of swing to benefit Dismas House, an association dedicated to the rehabilitation of ex-convicts…
FRANK SINATRA: THE ARTIST AND THE MAN (John Lahr) “In New York, on Sinatra’s 80th birthday, the Empire State Building was lit blue for old Blue Eyes; in Los Angeles, at the Shrine Auditorium, Frank and Barbara Sinatra sat like…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRAby Mahnuel MunozCHAPTER 5 In the first minutes of 1992, journalist Bill Boggs looks out the window of his apartment next to Central Park at the fireworks with which New York City welcomes the new…
“Put Your Dreams Away:A Frank Sinatra Discography”Luiz Carlos Do Nascimento Silva,Greenwood Press (2000)616 pages By Mahnuel Muñoz This book collects all the information related to Frank Sinatra’s recording sessions from 1939 to 1994, with dates, places, names of participating musicians,…
Guide to Getting Started in the Art of Sinatra: Television Specials. By Mahnuel Muñoz Frank Sinatra began his television career in the early 1950s, coinciding with severe personal and professional crises. However, the variety shows he headed did not obtain…
Analysis of “A Man And His Music”, the television special. By Mahnuel Muñoz 1965 is the year in which Frank Sinatra turns 50, half of which he has dedicated to the world of entertainment, leaving an indelible mark on society…
ANALYSIS OF THE TV SPECIAL“A MAN AND HIS MUSIC II” (1966) By Mahnuel Muñoz HISTORIC CONTEXT In 1966 the surname Sinatra would have an unexpected role in the music charts. On February 19, Nancy Sinatra, after five years of unsuccessful…
