YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE By Mahnuel Muñoz Cathal Gunning of the film website “Screen Rant” tells us that Frank Sinatra was offered the opportunity to sing the theme song for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice“, but the…
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FRANK SINATRA AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY
Frank Sinatra at the Grand Ole Opry.Nashville, Tennessee, May 10, 1976. By Mahnuel Muñoz The “Grand Ole Opry” is the oldest radio show in the United States, and certainly in the entire world. Dedicated to honoring country music and its…
THE MY WAY MURDERS
“THE MY WAY MURDERS” By Mahnuel Muñoz If you go to the Philippines avoid karaoke. And if you can’t avoid them, for whatever you want, DON’T SING “MY WAY“. What I am going to tell you is real and is…
FRANK SINATRA BIOGRAPHY (1942-1944)
FRANK SINATRA BIOGRAPHY (1942-1944) By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 30, 1942, Frank appeared at the Paramount Theater in New York as a guest artist in a concert starring Benny Goodman. When Frank came on stage, the theater erupted in a…
HERE’S TO THE LADIES
Here’s To The Ladies By Mahnuel Muñoz In March 1977 Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle reunited to record an album that would have been called “Here’s To The Ladies”, a thematic album composed of songs named after women.At a time…
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU – THE SONG
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU – THE SONG By Mahnuel Muñoz On July 17, 1964, Frank Sinatra recorded the song “Softly, as I Leave You.” It comes from an Italian pop song, titled “Piano“, composed by Giorgio Calabrese and Tony…
FRANK SINATRA DISCOGRAPHY (1964): “SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU”
SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU By Mahnuel Muñoz “Softly As I Leave You” is, more than an album, a compilation of outtakes from other sessions, published in November 1964, in the midst of Beatlemania.Said like that, it may sound unappealing…
FRANK SINATRA FILMOGRAPHY (1961): “THE DEVIL AT 4 O’CLOK”
THE DEVIL AT 4 O’CLOK By Mahnuel Muñoz On July 16, 1961, “The Devil At 4 O’Clock” was released, a film directed by Mervyn LeRoy (“The Wizard of Oz,” “Little Women,” “Quo Vadis?”, and together to Frank, “The House I…
CY COLEMAN
CY COLEMAN By Mahnuel Muñoz He was a child prodigy who played piano at such prestigious venues as Steinway Hall, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall before he was ten years old. Cy Coleman was born in New York on June…
MITCH MILLER
MITCH MILLER Mitch Miller was born in Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1911. He took piano lessons but soon switched to the oboe. After graduating in music, he began his career working for the CBS Symphony Orchestra. After recording…
FRANK SINATRA DISCOGRAPHY (2020): “REPRISE RARITIES”
“REPRISE RARITIES” By Mahnuel Muñoz On December 11, 2020, in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic and on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Reprise label, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and Universal Music began a…
LEO ROBIN
LEO ROBIN By Mahnuel Muñoz Leo Robin was born on April 6, 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and at Carnegie Tech’s theater school. After graduating, he worked as an advertising agent,…
