Frankie Laine

Biography

Though his influence demonstrated less durable than his record sales, Frankie Laine was probably one of the most well-known vocalists from the 1950s, swinging jazz standards in addition to six Western movie themes of that time period along with his manly baritone. Laine’s relatively artificial Western character proved more lucrative in far-off Britain, where he arranged two chart information in 1953: his edition of “I REALLY BELIEVE” remained at number 1 within the U.K. for an unbelievable 18 weeks, and his two following chart-toppers that yr (“Hey Joe,” “Response Me”) set an archive by placing Laine at number 1 for 27 weeks through the yr. Created in Chicago in 1913, Laine sang in the neighborhood chapel choir and 1st performed appropriately at age 15. He shifted to nightclubs by his later on high-school years and started traveling around the united states, performing like a performing waiter and dance trainer furthermore to menial labor such as for example car product sales and machinist function. Laine transferred up a rung in 1937, when he changed Perry Como within a local big music group led by Freddy Carlone. Laine was back again by himself by the middle-’40s, but a stirring rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Rockin’ Seat” performed one evening when Carmichael was himself within the audience became the youthful singer’s break. Carmichael discovered him employment at Hollywood’s Vine Road Membership and funded Laine’s initial recording program; his instincts became spot-on, since among the monitors, “We’ll Be Jointly,” became very popular after Laine agreed upon with Mercury Information in 1945. “That’s My Desire” strike number four within the American graphs two years afterwards, and Laine re-entered the very best Ten in 1948 with “Stand out.” He strike the big style the following season, with two large numbers one strikes, “That Lucky Outdated Sunlight” and “Mule Teach.” Another chart-topper, 1950’s “The Cry from the Outrageous Goose,” was his last for Mercury, and he agreed upon with Columbia just one single season afterwards. Laine’s Columbia profession noticed him move toward husky nation & traditional western pop with plans and orchestra conduction by Mitch Miller, the vocal pop impresario who created a few of the most schmaltzy pop music from the 1950s (and documented it aswell, in some Sing-Along with Mitch Miller LPs). Laine succumbed to Miller’s machinations quickly enough, and although his debut Columbia solitary, “Jezebel”/”Rose, Rose, I REALLY LIKE You,” was a double-sided Best Five strike, he never once again reached number 1 in America. Rather, he resolved for consistent TOP placings through the early ’50s, with “Hey, Great Lookin’,” “Jealousy (Jalousie),” “Large Noon,” “I REALLY BELIEVE,” and “Inform Me a tale.” Laine became far more well-known in the uk and European countries than America during this time period, and after his last American TOP hit (“Like Is really a Golden Band” in 1957), he considered lavish cabaret trips that crisscrossed the entire world and discovered him embracing progressively inspirational and spiritual materials. He retired to his house in California through the middle-’80s. He passed on from heart failing on Feb 6, 2007.

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#	Fact
1	Was first and primarily a popular singer. With songs on the charts as late as the 1970s he was most popular during the late 1940s and early 1950s when he had several top 20 hits.
2	A businessman as well as a singer, Laine owned the Frankie Laine Rambler auto dealership in the Los Angeles Area in the 1960s. Rambler was a model manufactured by Nash Motors, which eventually changed its name to American Motors Corporation, now defunct.
3	Sang the theme song for the TV series, Rawhide (1959), which ran on CBS-TV from 1959 to 1965.
4	One of his dance partners during the Depression marathons was jazz vocalist Anita O'Day. Red Skelton was an M.C.
5	He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6385 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 1645 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
6	Tex Ritter sang the title song from High Noon (1952) but Laine's recording reached No. 5 in the Billboard charts, besting Ritter's version, which peaked at No. 12.
7	Stepfather of Jan Steiger and Pam Donner.
8	Brother of Phil Lo Vecchio.
9	Earned a living as a marathon dancer before his big break.
10	His musical influences included Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday.
11	Earned more than 20 gold records, and sold over 100 million records.
12	Son of Sicilian immigrants.
13	His big breakthrough came when Hoagy Carmichael heard him sing in a Los Angeles nightclub.
14	He had 2 stepchildren from Nan Grey's first marriage.
15	When Mel Brooks advertised in the show business trade papers for a "Frankie Laine-type" voice to sing the title song for Blazing Saddles (1974), he expected a good imitation of the real Laine. Instead, Laine himself showed at Brooks' office two days later, ready to do the job. He got the job and sang the Oscar-nominated title song again at the Academy Awards the following year.



Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	1979-1981	TV Series singer - 38 episodes
Rango	1967	TV Series singer - 17 episodes
Rawhide	1959-1965	TV Series singer - 217 episodes
Gunslinger	1961	TV Series singer - 4 episodes
The Adventures of Champion	1955	TV Series vocalist - 4 episodes
Thunder in the East	1951	band: vocals - uncredited
The Kid from Brooklyn	1946	singing voice: "fatso" - uncredited

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Who's Doing the Dishes?	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10	2012	TV Movie documentary performer: "I Believe"
The Footy Show	2011	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mafia II	2010	Video Game performer: "JEZEBEL"
Banda sonora	2009	TV Series performer - 1 episode
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites	2008	TV Movie performer: "That's My Desire" - uncredited
Mad Men	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Hollywoodland	2006	performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
Cold Case	2004	TV Series performer - 1 episode
A Dirty Shame	2004	performer: "Tell Me A Story"
Chopper	2000	performer: "Don't Fence Me In"
Little Voice	1998	performer: "Rawhide"
The Beatles Anthology	1995	TV Mini-Series documentary performer: "Jezebel"
Bye Bye Love	1995	performer: "Rawhide"
Tohuwabohu	1995	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Jennifer 8	1992	performer: "High Noon Do Not Forsake Me"
Mac	1992	performer: "MULE TRAIN"
Whore	1991	performer: "LOVE OF LOVES" / writer: "LOVE OF LOVES"
Men Don't Leave	1990	performer: "RAWHIDE"
Cannon and Ball	1982	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Raging Bull	1980	performer: "That's My Desire" 1947
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	1979	TV Series performer: "The Ballad of Sheriff Lobo"
Going Steady	1979	performer: "My Little One"
House Calls	1978	performer: "On the sunny side of the street"
Lemon Popsicle	1978	performer: "My Little One"
All This and World War II	1976	Documentary performer: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
The 47th Annual Academy Awards	1975	TV Special performer: "Benji's Theme I Feel Love", "Blazing Saddles", "We May Never Love Like This Again"
Blazing Saddles	1974	performer: "Blazing Saddles"
The Last Picture Show	1971	performer: "Rose, Rose, I Love You" - uncredited
Music Scene	1969	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rango	1967	TV Series performer: "Rango"
The Mike Douglas Show	1964	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Gunslinger	1961	TV Series performer: Theme song
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards	1960	TV Special performer: "The Hanging Tree"
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1959	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Make Room for Daddy	1959	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rawhide	1959	TV Series "Rawhide Theme"
Bullwhip	1958	performer: "Bullwhip"
The Frank Sinatra Show	1958	TV Series writer - 1 episode
3:10 to Yuma	1957	performer: "3:10 to Yuma"
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	1957	performer: "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" 1957
He Laughed Last	1956	performer: "Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow", "Danny Boy"
Meet Me in Las Vegas	1956	performer: "Hell Hath No Fury"
Bring Your Smile Along	1955	performer: "Bring Your Smile Along", "When A Girl Is Beautiful", "If Spring Never Comes", "Italian Mother Song Mama Mia", "Side By Side", "Mama Mia", "The Gandy Dancers' Ball"
Strange Lady in Town	1955	performer: "Strange Lady in Town"
Man Without a Star	1955	"Man Without A Star"
Blowing Wild	1953	performer: "Blowing Wild" The Ballad of Black Gold
Castle in the Air	1952	performer: "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams", "The Girl In The Wood", "Wonderful Wasn't It", "There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder"
Sunny Side of the Street	1951	performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful"
The Frank Sinatra Show	1951	TV Series performer - 1 episode
When You're Smiling	1950	performer: "When You're Smiling", "Georgia On My Mind"
Make Believe Ballroom	1949	performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street"
The Kid from Brooklyn	1946	performer: "Hey! What's Your Name?" 1946

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Burke's Law	1963	TV Series	Kelly Rogers
Bachelor Father	1961	TV Series
Rawhide	1960	TV Series	Ralph Bartlet
Make Room for Daddy	1959	TV Series	Frankie Laine
Perry Mason	1959	TV Series	Danny Ross
Rock 'Em Cowboy	1958	Short	Frankie Laine
He Laughed Last	1956		Gino Lupo
Meet Me in Las Vegas	1956		Frankie Laine
Bring Your Smile Along	1955		Jerry Dennis
Castle in the Air	1952		Frankie Laine
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Guest Vocalist
Sunny Side of the Street	1951		Singer Frankie Laine
When You're Smiling	1950		Frankie Laine
Make Believe Ballroom	1949		Singer Frankie Laine

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Adventures of Champion	1955	TV Series vocalist - 1 episode

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Last Picture Show	1971	for their music we thank: courtesy of Columbia Records

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites	2008	TV Movie	Himself
Moments to Remember: My Music	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer	2006	Video documentary	Himself
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
E! True Hollywood Story	1996	TV Series documentary	Himself
Looks Familiar	1982	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Cannon and Ball	1982	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
London Night Out	1981	TV Series	Himself
American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special	1981	TV Movie	Himself
The People's Command Performance	1978	TV Special	Himself
Celebrity Bowling	1973-1977	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Squares	1977	TV Series	Guest Appearance
The Lynne Gordon Show	1977	TV Series	Himself
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Himself
The 47th Annual Academy Awards	1975	TV Special	Himself - Performer: Blazing Saddles and Performer: We May Never Love Like This Again & Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)
The Mike Douglas Show	1964-1974	TV Series	Himself - Vocalist / Himself - Co-Host / Himself
Hee Haw	1973	TV Series	Himself - Special Guest
The Hollywood Palace	1970	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Music Scene	1969	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
Della	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1950-1968	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Singer
The Pat Boone Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1962-1966	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
That Regis Philbin Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1952-1960	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards	1960	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1957-1959	TV Series	Himself - Singer / Himself - Vocalist
The Garry Moore Show	1958-1959	TV Series	Himself - Guest Host / Himself
The All-Star Christmas Show	1958	TV Movie	Himself
The Milton Berle Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
The Big Record	1958	TV Series	Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium	1957	TV Series	Himself
The Nat King Cole Show	1957	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Person to Person	1957	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Walter Winchell Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
Frankie Laine Time	1955-1956	TV Series	Himself - Host
Shower of Stars	1955-1956	TV Series	Himself, Frankie Laine / Himself - Singer / Himself - Guest Vocalist / ...
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	1955	TV Series	Himself
Music 55	1955	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Frankie Laine Show	1954	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1953	TV Series	Himself
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Guest Vocalist
Screen Snapshots: Meet Mr. Rhythm, Frankie Laine	1952	Documentary short	Himself
The Frank Sinatra Show	1951	TV Series	Himself - Singer / Himself - Comedian
The Jerry Colonna Show	1951	TV Series	Himself
Texaco Star Theatre	1950	TV Series	Himself - Singer

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Screen Snapshots: Mr. Rhythm's Holiday	1956	Documentary short	Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1998	Golden Boot	Golden Boot Awards
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 1645 Vine Street
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Recording	On 8 February 1960. At 6385 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1955	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Male Singer



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#	Quote
1	[(from an interview for the book "Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music"] . . . if I had it to do over again, there is one thing I would change. I would make it [success] happen maybe ten years sooner. Ten years is a good stretch of scuffling. But I scuffled for 17 years before it happened and 17 is a bit much.
2	[in a 1987 interview] When people nowadays say that [Elvis Presley] was the first white guy to sound black, I have to shake my head; what can you do? At the time of "That's My Desire", they were saying that I was the only white guy around who sounded black.
3	In my leaner days I failed many an audition because, I was told, I sounded "too black" . . . I'm certain the confusion was the direct result of the music that influenced me while I was developing my style. I guess I became the first of the so-called blue-eyed soul singers.



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