“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…
When Harry Met Frankie By Mahnuel Muñoz 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…
The Sounds Of Silence When Billy Joel stopped the world for Sinatra By Mahnuel Muñoz 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…
Paul Keyes on Meeting Frank Sinatra By Mahnuel Muñoz 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…
Frank Sinatra. The last concert. By Mahnuel Muñoz 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…
THE BEACH IN WINTER: “SINATRAJOBIM” (1969) By Mahnuel Muñoz On February 11, 1969, Frank and his team began recording what was going to be the sequel to the glorious “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim” (1967). With the simple…
Sinatra beaten by Swift? By Mahnuel Muñoz In an indirect way, Frank Sinatra returns to the headlines of the media after being surpassed by the pop superstar Taylor Swift in the number of awards for best album of the year.…
“How Do You Keep The Music Playing” By Mahnuel Muñoz “How Do You Keep The Music Playing” is one of late Sinatra’s most moving recordings. It is a song composed in 1982 by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman…
