GENTLE ON MY MIND
GENTLE ON MY MIND By Antonio Baile It may turn out to be a paranoia typical of unconditional Sinatra sufferers but it is not unreasonable, technically speaking, to say that our idolized Frank is sublime in any of the styles…
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IS HOBOKEN FORGETTING FRANK SINATRA?
Is Hoboken forgetting Frank Sinatra? I share an article written by Lee Vowell for Audiophix.com: “Frank Sinatra didn’t leave Hoboken, New Jersey, until he was 20. One might assume that, based on the fact that Ol’Blue Eyes is one of…
SINATRA. FRANK AND FRIENDLY
Sinatra. Frank and Friendly An intimate portrait in photographs”(Terry O’Neill, editing by Robin Morgan)Evan Mitchell Books, 2007 By Mahnuel Muñoz For two decades, photographer Terry O’Neill captured Frank Sinatra with his lens while he was working and in the moments…
FRANK SINATRA DISCOGRAPHY (1948): “CHRISTMAS SONGS BY SINATRA”
“CHRISTMAS SONGS BY SINATRA” (1948) By Mahnuel Muñoz BACKGROUND Christmas has always inspired the composition of musical pieces of different styles. Before the 20th century, the songs were of a traditional religious nature, but starting in the 1930s, largely thanks…
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
SONGS FOR HOPE INSPIRING TOPICS DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF DANA IN SPAIN YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE By Mahnuel Muñoz The song was written in 1945 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical “Carousel“, released in March…
ELVIS & SINATRA (Episode 4)
ELVIS & SINATRA THE SURPRISING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO MUSIC ICONS By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 4 In 1979 Frank was immersed in the recording of “Trilogy“, a triple album with standards from the Great American Songbook, contemporary pop songs and an…
FRANK SINATRA DISCOGRAPHY (1962): “ALL ALONE”
ALL ALONE By Mahnuel Muñoz On November 10, 1962 the album “All Alone” entered the Billboard charts, crowned at that time by the debut album of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. The album was recorded between January 15…
ELVIS & SINATRA (Episode 3)
ELVIS & SINATRA THE SURPRISING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO MUSIC ICONS By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 3 TIMES THEY ARE-A CHANGING At the beginning of the 1960s Elvis and Frank shone like two suns, although the sociocultural changes that were taking place…
ELVIS & SINATRA (Episode 2)
ELVIS & SINATRA THE SURPRISING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO MUSIC ICONS By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 2 THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME Frank’s supposed criticism of the influence of rock on youth would have been unfounded, given that in 1943 he himself…
ELVIS & SINATRA (Episode 1)
ELVIS & SINATRA THE SURPRISING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO MUSIC ICONS By Mahnuel Muñoz Episode 1 It is little known to the general public that Frank Sinatra reached out to Elvis Presley in some of the most dramatic moments of his…
