THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz Chapter 10 The writer Pete Hamill is a personal friend of Frank and the only one who could receive the singer’s authorization to write his biography. In fact, he published the…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz Chapter 9 “Duets” was published on October 25, 1993 with almost one and a half million copies sold in advance, and hit the US charts in November of the same year,…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA by Mahnuel Munoz Chapter 8 In June 1993 Frank Sinatra returned to Capitol Records, thirty-one years after leaving the company to work more freely on the label of his own creation, Reprise Records.On the…
Luna Park Stadium, Buenos Aires,August 9-10, 1981 By Mahnuel Muñoz As far as I know, Argentines are among the people who love Frank Sinatra the most. The Argentine community express themselves with captivating passion. They treasure with almost religious fervor…
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…
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” 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…
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 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…
“FROM HOBOKEN N.J. TO THE WHITE HOUSE” (BOOTLEG RECORDING, FREMUS, 1994) By Mahnuel Muñoz Oh, how I long for the time when I would make the rounds of record stores looking for treasures! I remember days when I went to…
THE VOICE BORN IN SILENCE By Manuel Muñoz Sinatra’s first recordings on Columbia Records A baby comes into the world without showing any apparent signs of life. The doctors evict him while they desperately try to save the life of…
“What the hell was that?” By Mahnuel Muñoz Bob Weitman, the director of the Paramount Theatre, saw Sinatra perform at the Mosque Theater in Newark in 1942 and was fascinated. He ipso facto proposed to Benny Goodman that the young…
