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…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra Sings Joe Raposo (2) By Mahnuel Muñoz After a brief retirement in 1971, which did not last even two years, Frank Sinatra found the answers to many of his existential questions by singing live for…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra sings Joe Raposo (1) By Manuel Muñoz. Frank Sinatra began the 1970s mired in the momentous dilemma of whether or not to continue his career. Despite being still young – 54 years old – he…
Bruce Springsteen’s favorite song. (JOE TYSOM, FAR OUT MAGAZINE,December 8, 2022) Bruce Springsteen is one of New Jersey’s favorite sons. His hometown has shaped him immeasurably into the person, as well as the artist, that he is. Additionally, New Jersey…
SINATRA LEAVES HIS MARK AT GRAUMAN’S By Mahnuel Muñoz On July 20, 1965, Frank Sinatra stamped his signature, his handprints and his footprints on the sidewalk in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Grauman’s Chinese Theater (today TCL Chinese…
Something about “Something” By Mahnuel Muñoz George Harrison was called “The Quiet Beatle” because in public he was not as jovial and expansive as his bandmates. His clean and measured spirit was reflected in his songs, and especially in his…
SILENCE IS GOLDEN By Mahnuel Muñoz Outside of the musical context, there were times when Frank Sinatra was better off if he was quiet.One of the times when talking too much cost the singer a real fortune was in the…
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, MadridSeptember 25, 1986 By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 17, 2019, Arsenio Marcos Rodríguez died at the age of 76 in the Spanish city of Bilbao, whose name, until today, will be unknown to the vast majority, and…
“Portrait Of An Album/Sinatra Sings” (2017) By Mahnuel Muñoz Within the series of reissues of his television specials, in 2017 we had the pleasant surprise of having this title, which includes two documentaries; “Sinatra Sings” (2011) is a compilation of…
“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…
