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…
SAMMY DAVIS Jr. By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 8, 1925, a man of such immense talent was born in Harlem, New York, that it is inconceivable that he could accommodate himself in his minuscule stature. Singer, dancer, actor, and imitator,…
“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…
DEDICATED TO YOU By Mahnuel Muñoz In March 1950, Frank Sinatra released his fifth studio album: “Dedicated To You“, which served as a prelude to the singer’s series of concerts at the Copacabana club in New York. It followed the…
I REMEMBER TOMMY By Mahnuel Muñoz In the early 1960s, Frank Sinatra created Reprise, his own record label, with the aim of having greater creative control over his works and offering these conditions to artists who signed a contract with…
COME DANCE WITH ME By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 9, 1958, the recording of the album “Come Dance With Me” began, one of the essential works to understand Frank Sinatra and the swing genre. From its cover, a seductive Frank…
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…
“THE RETIREMENT CONCERT” (1971) By Mahnuel Muñoz On June 13, 1971, Frank Sinatra gave the famous “retirement concert” at the Los Angeles Music Center, after announcing his desire to leave public life. Neither his followers nor his colleagues could believe…
SINATRA & STRINGS By Mahnuel Muñoz On November 22, 1961, Frank completed the recording of the LP “Sinatra & Strings”, the first and, for me, the best of the many albums with Don Costa, then a young and talented arranger…
