THE WORLD WE KNEW By Mahnuel Muñoz On September 16, 1967, the album “The World We Knew” entered the United States charts, a new attempt by Frank Sinatra to refresh his sound, a desire especially accentuated during the second half…
“Here’s To The Ladies” By Mahnuel Muñoz In March 1977 Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle reunited to record an album that would have been called “Here’s To The Ladies“, a thematic album composed of songs named after women.At a time…
“SINATRA” TV SPECIAL (1969) By Mahnuel Muñoz On November 5, 1969, the television special “Sinatra” was broadcast, with which the singer closed the cycle of musical programs that he had starred in annually since 1965.The show is directed by Tim…
SINATRA SINGS FOR ONLY THE LONELY “Sinatra Sings For Only the lonely” is more than a record, a world. A world created in just four days between May and June 1958. A world so beautiful in its desolation that it…
SINATRA AT THE SANDS By Mahnuel Muñoz On october 16, 1966, the album “Sinatra At The Sands” reached number nine on the Billboard magazine charts, one of the best live musical testimonies in history, regardless of the genre we are…
SWING EASY By Mahnuel Muñoz On september 4, 1954 the Billboard charts receive the LP “Swing Easy“, Frank Sinatra’s second album on Capitol Records and first entirely arranged by Nelson Riddle. The album shows us a safe, confident and happy…
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 On July 10, 1957, the film The Pride and The Passion was released. With “The Pride and The Passion“, Hollywood fals definitively and madly in love with Spain as the setting for its great productions.…
“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…
