THE DETECTIVE By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 3, 1968, the film “The Detective” was released, in which Frank plays Detective Joe Leland, in a raw story of sexual crime, political corruption and emotional breakdowns. He is joined in the cast…
“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…
“YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC”Sinatra sings Joe Raposo (6) By Mahnuel Muñoz Paraphrasing the title of the 1974 album “Some Nice Things I’ve Missed,” today I want to start by saying that in the 1970s, The Voice fans missed some…
“Columbus Day Madness: Hold the whiskey for me, Taylor.” By Mahnuel Muñoz The media is amazed by the magnitude of the fan phenomenon surrounding the pop singer Taylor Swift, and we all know that it is a phenomenon older than…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC – Sinatra sings Joe Raposo (5) By Mahnuel Muñoz The album “Ol’Blue Eyes Is Back” presents two plot lines: the first, more introspective and bitter, represented by “You Will Be My Music“, “Nobody Wins”, “Send…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA EPISODE 3 By Mahnuel Muñoz If in 1990 Frank threw himself into work to escape the death that took away some of the most important people in his life in a few months, from…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 2 In the month of December 1990, Sinatra was heard – or talked about – everywhere. The artist’s 75th anniversary is an event worthy of numerous events and arouses great…
“YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC”Sinatra sings Joe Raposo (4) By Mahnuel Muñoz German photographer Michael Schwan has built his career over the last decade on the basis of a fascination with abandoned places, immortalizing them with dazzling delicacy; a loving…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 1 “And when the guy with the scythe comes to pull my sleeve, I’ll go away singing.”(“Before The Music Ends”, Frank Sinatra, 1979) In 1990, Frank Sinatra will turn seventy-five…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra sings Joe Raposo (3) By Mahnuel Muñoz When the album “Ol’Blue Eyes Is Back” hit stores in October 1973, the United States was reeling from the Watergate scandal and the oil crisis. For many, reuniting…
