The 1942 Musicians’ Strike By Mahnuel Muñoz In 1942, a crucial event took place in the evolution of the popular music scene: North American musicians went on strike due to the low remuneration they received for their studio work and…
Concerts In The Holy Land. Jerusalem, November 11-27, 1975. By Mahnuel Muñoz Frank returns to Israel after 13 years of absence. On his first visit, the famous 1962 World Tour with Bill Miller’s sextet, the singer performed in Tel Aviv,…
A MAN ALONE By Antonio Baile On one occasion I read a phrase with a message in which he invited us not to embark on problems, fears, uncertainties, because they never reached our tragic expectations. If we had not martyred…
MORE THAN A CENTURY OF SINATRA (Ron Onesti, Daily Herald, October 6, 2019) “Growing up in an Italian-American home, I experienced two trinities…the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Tony Bennett. They both…
Sinatra in Egypt By Mahnuel Muñoz The image of Frank Sinatra singing before the pyramids and the sphinx of Giza is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive not only in The Voice’s career, but in the history of…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 16 “What does Frank Sinatra have that no one else can match? He could swing, break hearts and misbehave, and his voice became an instrument that continued to reinvent American…
MOONLIGHT SINATRA By Antonio Baile Moonlight Sinatra is a studio album by Frank Sinatra, released in March 1966. All of the album’s tracks are centered on the Moon, and were arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra.The album’s…
The Indescribable Magic Of The Voice By Antonio Baile Sinatra recites, narrates, converses, expresses and fills with fallen syllables and notes as fine as threads and unbreakable as fishing line…Sinatra dazzles us in any of his versions, his stages, his…
10 WAYS SINATRA CHANGED THE WORLD Written by Elysa Gardner,Published in USA TODAY on 12/9/2015 Before Sinatra, notes Will Friedwald, author of the book “Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer’s Art,” “popular music preached the idea of change. No…
Palatrussardi, MilanSeptember 27, 1986 By Mahnuel Muñoz In the 1960s, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spain’s Minister of Information and Tourism, coined a slogan to attract foreign tourists: “Spain Is Different,” a truly apt description for the good and the bad. We…
Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie: London, November 1975 By Mahnuel Muñoz The stage of the London Palladium (London) smells like a legend. Since its inauguration, the day after Christmas 1910, it has hosted a multitude of shows of…
Frank Sinatra – Ella Fitzgerald – Count Basie Tour By Mahnuel Muñoz Too good to be true? Well, it was a wonderful reality that materialized in 1975, a year in which the world was shocked by the first bars of…
