Frankie Laine Mule Train - The Cry Of The Wild Goose (7inch, 45rpm, BC, CS)

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Interpret: Frankie Laine
Album titlle: Mule Train - The Cry Of The Wild Goose (7inch, 45rpm, BC, CS)
Genre Country
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Geschwindigkeit 45 U/min
Vinyl record size Single (7 Inch)
Label Mercury Records
Artikelart 7inch
EAN: 0042287284476
weight in Kg 0.05

Frankie Laine In a career spanning seven decades, singer Frankie Laine sold more than 100... more

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"Frankie Laine"

Frankie Laine

In a career spanning seven decades, singer Frankie Laine sold more than 100 million records worldwide. He kept working until shortly before his death on February 6, 2007. Laine suffered a heart attack following hip surgery.

Frankie Laine left his parents' home at the age of 17 and first tried his luck as a marathon dancer. With his partner Ruth Smith he set an all-time record in Atlantic City, New Jersey. These dance contests were only a passing fad during the years of the Great Depression, but for Laine they were also excellent training – after all, he was on the long, arduous road that would end with him becoming a singing superstar.

Frankie Laine (Francesco Paolo LoVecchio) was born on March 30, 1913, the son of immigrants, in Chicago's Little Italy district. He made his first public appearances in the church choir. Then came the dance marathons – but it was his voice, not his feet, that left a lasting impression. His big breakthrough came in 1946, when he was discovered by songwriter Hoagy Carmichael. This encounter led to a recording contract with Mercury Records. Earlier recordings had gone unnoticed, but the partnership between the young singer and the equally young label proved unbeatable: Laine became one of the most popular singers of the late 1940s and of the entire 1950s. His first hit was That's My Desire (1947), and many more followed, including That Lucky Old Sun, Mule Train, The Cry Of The Wild Goose, Jezebel and various others. Laine's popularity also spread across the Atlantic: his appearances at the London Palladium drew record audiences, and he scored four number-one hits in Great Britain. His version of I Believe topped the UK charts in 1953 and stayed there – in three separate runs – for a total of 18 weeks; not even the Beatles managed that later on.

Frankie Laine scored hit after hit during the 1950s – and more even into the late 1960s. Also unforgotten is his breathtaking rendition of the title song of the 1974 film 'Blazing Saddles' (German titles 'Der wilde wilde Westen' and 'Is was, Sheriff?'). After that, Laine worked mainly on the club scene, but also returned to England several times for concerts. Frankie Laine was deeply committed to humanitarian causes. In 1999 he married once more – six years after the death of his first wife, Nan Grey, who had been at his side for more than 40 years. Laine's rise also meant that solo singers had overtaken the big bands in popularity. His enormous success thus paved the way for colleagues such as Tony Bennett, Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.

In 1996, at the 27th awards ceremony of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Laine received the award for his lifetime achievement.

Bear Family has documented the important years of Frankie Laine's career in three comprehensive CD box sets. The singer himself helpfully supported and accompanied these projects: BCD 16361 That Lucky Old Sun (the years 1944–1951), 6-CD and 1-picture-disc box with 72-page hardcover book; BCD 16367 I Believe (the years 1951–1955), 6-CD box with 100-page hardcover book; BCD 16522 Rawhide (the years 1956–1964), 9-CD box with 104-page hardcover book.

Bear Family has also released two single CDs as well as a CD of duets with Jo Stafford: BCD 15480 On The Trail, BCD 15632 On The Trail Again and BCD 15620 The Duets (with Jo Stafford).

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