“A JOLLY CHRISTMAS FROM FRANK SINATRA”(1957) By Mahnuel Muñoz HISTORICAL CONTEXT The American economic prosperity during the 1950s caused Christmas to become one of the highest consumption periods of the year; In 1950, Americans spent $40.2 billion on gifts, food,…
Paul McCartney’s opinion on Frank Sinatra By Rafael Polcaro For rockandrollgarage.com The Beatles were formed in 1960 in Liverpool, England and became during that decade the biggest band in the world. The incredible chemistry Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison…
Frank Sinatra Scores A Brand New Top 40 Win On The Charts Hugh McIntyre, Forbes MagazineNovember 2024 The end of the year is always a big time for the Frank Sinatra estate. His music is popular all year round, but…
HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO By Antonio Baile There are songs performed by Frank Sinatra that, like the first time in everything that is satisfactory, start nodding, arm movements, smiles and even, when alone, dancing down the hallway. “Hallelujah, I…
The First Night In Syracuse Johnatan Croyle for syracuse.com At the end of the show, most of the 9,000 people who attended Frank Sinatra‘s concert at the Onondaga County War Memorial on October 16, 1976, remained in their seats, hoping…
The Album That Joined Muhammad Ali and Frank Sinatra By Mahnuel Muñoz In 1976, the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) released an educational album titled “The Adventures Of Ali & His Gang vs. Mr.Tooth Decay“, a project created to raise…
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…
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 An intimate portrait in photographs”(Terry O’Neill, editing by Robin Morgan)Evan Mitchell Books, 2007 Sinatra. Frank and Friendly. For two decades, photographer Terry O’Neill captured Frank Sinatra with his lens while he was working and in the…
“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…
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 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…
