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…
THE SCORSESE-DICAPRIO BIOPIC ABOUT SINATRA Now that news resurfaces of the possible filming of a biopic about Frank Sinatra directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as Sinatra and Ava Gardner respectively, it is worth remembering…
The “Ultimate Event” and Frank Sinatra’s last tours By Mahnuel Muñoz The “Ultimate Event” was created in 1988 to fulfill the concert agenda of the “Together Again Tour”, which was cut short with the departure of Dean Martin due to…
THE STORY BEHIND “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT” By Mahnuel Muñoz On April 11, 1966, Frank Sinatra was in the United Recorders studios working with bandleader Donnie Lanier on a song arranged by Ernie Freeman. It was the first recording session…
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…
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’S FIRST RECORDING By Mahnuel Muñoz James Petrozelli, Patrick Principe, and Fred Tamburro were regulars at the Sinatras’ tavern in Hoboken. They formed a musical group called The Three Flashes. Young Frank Sinatra, eager to become a professional singer, was…
THE TOGETHER AGAIN TOUR (1988) By Mahnuel Muñoz On March 13, 1988, the first concert of the Together Again Tour took place at the Californian Oakland Coliseum, which brought together Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis on tour for…
Interview: Rosa Ter Braake: founder of “Frank Sinatra Respectfulposting”, the bigger and better Facebook group about Frank Sinatra. By Mahnuel Muñoz Q: Who is Rosa? A: My maiden name is Rosa Gunsing. I’m a forty-six year old woman from The…
