FRANK SINATRA BIOGRAPHY (1940-1942) By Mahnuel Muñoz Frank Sinatra began the year 1940 by touring with Tommy Dorsey’s band and making the first studio recordings, “The Sky Fell Down” and “Too Romantic.” Throughout the year the band recorded more than…
“IT’S UP TO YOU, NEW YORK” By Mahnuel Muñoz It is 44 years since the release of Sinatra’s version of “(Theme From) New York, New York.” Throughout these years, it has naturally been accepted as the unofficial anthem of the…
OCEAN’S ELEVEN By Mahnuel Muñoz In August 1960, “Ocean’s Eleven” was released, a film that its protagonists made while they were drinking in Las Vegas…and that today is a cult title. The poster takes your breath away: Frank Sinatra, Dean…
THE SCORSESE-DICAPRIO BIOPIC ABOUT SINATRA Now that news resurfaces of the possible filming of a biopic about Frank Sinatra directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as Sinatra and Ava Gardner respectively, it is worth remembering…
The “Ultimate Event” and Frank Sinatra’s last tours By Mahnuel Muñoz The “Ultimate Event” was created in 1988 to fulfill the concert agenda of the “Together Again Tour”, which was cut short with the departure of Dean Martin due to…
THE STORY BEHIND “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT” By Mahnuel Muñoz On April 11, 1966, Frank Sinatra was in the United Recorders studios working with bandleader Donnie Lanier on a song arranged by Ernie Freeman. It was the first recording session…
In September 1984, my husband, Hugh, was diagnosed with throat cancer. My father was there with him throughout the entire ordeal. Hugh had eight weeks of radiation treatments to shrink the tumor. It was a nightmare. He suffered horrific burns…
“SINATRA HAS A COLD” Gay Talese/Phil SternTaschen Publishing, 2021. By Mahnuel Muñoz The essay “Sinatra Has A Cold“, published in Esquire magazine in April 1966, is one of the most emblematic pieces of the so-called “New Journalism“, a current that…
SINATRA BIOGRAPHY (1935-1939) By Mahnuel Muñoz The summer of 1935 was decisive for Frankie’s future. After attending a Bing Crosby show with Nancy, he understood that his destiny was to become a professional singer. Curiously, despite his great admiration for…
THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT By Mahnuel Muñoz On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The event has not been, 55 years later, sufficiently explained beyond the numerous theories that have emerged taking the…
