Frankie Laine...DEAD!

Rich Fader · Post by **Rich Fader** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:45 pm

At 93.

The guy who sang the theme from "Rawhide", the theme from "Blazing Saddles", and many, many other songs.

R.I.P.

Rich Fader · Post by **Rich Fader** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:01 pm

Well, since he was singing about Campbell's soup, not manseed...no.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:03 pm

That all depends though, was he singing about chowduh ?

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:07 pm

classic/unique voice---
You can gamble for match sticks, you can gamble for gold.
The stakes may be heavy or small.
But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,
You haven't gambled at all.

So they call me a moonlight gambler.
Well, I've gambled for love and lost.
When I gamble for love but it isn't in the cards,
Oh, what heartaches it can cost me.

Win or lose, I'm a moonlight gambler,
And a winner is what I long to be.
So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live,
Till the day Lady Luck smiles down on me.

Well, you can gamble for match sticks,
You can gamble for gold.
Stakes may be heavy or small.
But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,
Well, then you haven't gambled at all.

No, if you haven't gambled for love in the moonlight,
Then you haven't gambled at all.

So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live,
Till the day Lady Luck smiles down on me.

So they call me the moonlight gambler.
Yes, they call me the moonlight gambler.

RIP

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:12 pm

R.I.P., Francesco Paolo LoVecchio*

*dude's real name

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:02 am

Toddowen wrote:The right song at the right time can leave quite a memorable impression.

The Frankie Laine song I remember him for is 'Mule Train'. It came over the radio as I was hauling down the road out around Mecca, CA. on the way to do some work at a date processing plant that DOLE has there. Hot, late afternoon, and the shadow cast from the truck extended about thrity feet in front of the vehicle.

The song just fit in with the surroundings and the way the truck seemed to be pitching back and forth....just like a wagon drawn by a team of mules, I imagined.

Thank you for the flashback.

Sincerely,

Purple Micro Dot
Tweety and Sylvester

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:58 am

Mike the Lab Rat wrote:R.I.P., Francesco Paolo LoVecchio*

*dude's real name

you mean piazanos would change their mnames back in the day so folks wouldn't know they was dagos? that's a fuggin disgrace.

sin

dean martin