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Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an Italian American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain".
He sang well-known theme songs for many movie Western soundtracks, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Blazing Saddles, although his recordings were not charted as a country & western. Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon, which was sung by Tex Ritter, but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller) was the one that became a bigger hit, nor did he sing the theme to another show he is commonly associated with—Champion the Wonder Horse (sung by Mike Stewart)—but released his own, subsequently more popular, version.
Laine's enduring popularity was illustrated in June 2011, when a TV-advertised compilation called Hits reached No. 16 on the British chart. The accomplishment was achieved nearly 60 years after his debut on the UK chart, 64 years after his first major U.S. hit and four years after his death.
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Albums
Don't Make My Baby Blue / The Moment of Truth Single
Singing The Blues
Command Performance
Jezebel / Rose, Rose, I Love You Single
Black Lace / The Cry of the Wild Goose Single
That Lucky Old Sun Single
Shine / We'll Be Together Again Single
Popular Songs
- Put Yourself In My Place Baby
- That Ain't Right
- Nevertheless
- Mam'selle
- I've Only Myself To Blame
- A Sunday Kind Of Love
- I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
- I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
- Ah! But It Happens
- I Haven't The Heart
- Where the Wind Blows
- Hawkeye
- The Girl in the Wood
- Blue Turning Grey Over You
- I May Be Wrong
- Old Fashioned Love
- By the Light of the Stars
- Stay as Sweet as You Are
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
- West End Blues
- The Kid's Last Fight
- Two Loves Have I
- One for My Baby
- The Gandy Dancers' Ball
- Long Distance Love
- Some Day
- Basin Street Blues
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- A Bushel and a Peck
- Piece a Puddin'