“Sinatra And Swingin’ Brass” By Mahnuel Muñoz The work sports brilliant metal-based arrangements, signed by Neal Hefti, a renowned admirer of Nelson Riddle and with a resume that includes works with Woody Herman and Count Basie. The album was very…
SAMMY DAVIS Jr. By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 8, 1925, a man of such immense talent was born in Harlem, New York, that it is inconceivable that he could accommodate himself in his minuscule stature. Singer, dancer, actor, and imitator,…
SINATRA BIOGRAPHY (1935-1939) By Mahnuel Muñoz The summer of 1935 was decisive for Frankie’s future. After attending a Bing Crosby show with Nancy, he understood that his destiny was to become a professional singer. Curiously, despite his great admiration for…
DEDICATED TO YOU By Mahnuel Muñoz In March 1950, Frank Sinatra released his fifth studio album: “Dedicated To You“, which served as a prelude to the singer’s series of concerts at the Copacabana club in New York. It followed the…
I REMEMBER TOMMY By Mahnuel Muñoz In the early 1960s, Frank Sinatra created Reprise, his own record label, with the aim of having greater creative control over his works and offering these conditions to artists who signed a contract with…
SINATRA & STRINGS By Mahnuel Muñoz On November 22, 1961, Frank completed the recording of the LP “Sinatra & Strings”, the first and, for me, the best of the many albums with Don Costa, then a young and talented arranger…
Sinatra Radio 24h offers you today starting at 10:00 PM (Spanish peninsular time, 5:00 PM in New York) the three BBC radio programs that the British saxophonist, writer and presenter Benny Green dedicated to Frank Sinatra in the early 1970s.…
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…
CYCLES By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 24, 1968, the LP “Cycles” was released, an album in which Frank Sinatra and arranger Don Costa presented their vision of some pop songs of the moment. It is an album that only reached…
“COME SWING WITH ME”/”SINATRA SWINGS” By Mahnuel Muñoz On August 14, 1961, the swing battle broke out; Two Frank Sinatra LPs reach the North American charts together: “Sinatra Swings”, published by Reprise, the label founded by the singer, and “Come…
A MAN ALONE “A Man Alone” is a 1969 beautiful album in which Frank performs songs by the poet and musician Rod McKuen. It is the only album – not counting compilations – in Sinatra’s discography dedicated to a single…
What is the Great American Songbook? By Mahnuel Muñoz The Great American Songbook is the most important set of popular songs and jazz standards in North America, developed primarily between the 1920s and 1950s, and whose main destinations were cinema…
