NELSON RIDDLE On June 1, 1921, the man responsible for the quintessential Sinatra sound was born in Oradell, New Jersey: Nelson Riddle. The son of an amateur musician who inspired his vocation, Nelson learned as a child to play the…
The Capitol Tower By Mahnuel Muñoz On April 6, 1956, the legendary Capitol Records Studios tower was inaugurated, one of the most relevant symbols of Hollywood and North American popular music. The record label that was home to Frank Sinatra…
“THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION“ By Mahnuel Muñoz On July 10, 1957, the film “The Pride and The Passion” was released. With “The Pride and The Passion“, Hollywood falls definitively and madly in love with Spain as the setting for…
“Searching for perfection in the midst of chaos”By Mahnuel Muñoz In the late 1940s, Frank Sinatra’s career was going through a severe crisis due to changes in popular taste and the artist’s erratic behavior in his personal life.However, his work…
When Harry Met Frankie On July 13, 1939, Frank Sinatra’s first professional recordings took place, together with the Harry James orchestra. There are many stories about how Frank and Harry met, but everything indicates that it happened like this: In…
BILLY MAY On November 10, 1916, Billy May was born. He was an amazing and vitalist musician whose arrangements Frank would say are like a bucket of ice water in the face. I think he defined it perfectly. Billy is…
The Sounds Of Silence: When Billy Joel stopped the world for Sinatra On March 1, 1994, Frank Sinatra received a Grammy Legend Award, celebrating his long and illustrious professional career. The person in charge of presenting the award and giving…
Paul Keyes on Meeting Frank Sinatra In the spring of 1941, after a concert in Portland, Frank and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra were enjoying dinner when a seventeen-year-old boy named Paul Keyes approached Dorsey’s table with an autograph book in…
NANCY SINATRA Nancy Sinatra was born on June 8, 1940 while her father, Frank Sinatra, was singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; As the daughter of showbiz royalty, Nancy grew up in the spotlight and made her first television appearance…
DON COSTA On June 9, 1925, Don Costa, the versatile arranger who helped launch great artistic careers and was responsible for Sinatra’s most contemporary sound from the late 1960s until Costa’s untimely death in 1983, was born in Boston. Costa…
“WHY SINATRA MATTERS” (1998)by Pete Hamill One of the first books about Sinatra published after his death and also one of the most prestigious, since the author was a personal friend of the artist and a candidate chosen by him…
Frank Sinatra. The last concert. On February 25, 1995, Frank Sinatra took the stage at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Springs to give a brief private concert before his small audience of just over a thousand lucky people, as part…
