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Frankie Laine...DEAD!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:45 pm
by Rich Fader
At 93.
The guy who sang the theme from "Rawhide", the theme from "Blazing Saddles", and many, many other songs.
R.I.P.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:01 pm
by Rich Fader
Well, since he was singing about Campbell's soup, not manseed...no.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:03 pm
by Tom In VA
That all depends though, was he singing about chowduh ?
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:07 pm
by Wolfman
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
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:12 pm
by Mike the Lab Rat
R.I.P., Francesco Paolo LoVecchio*
*dude's real name
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:02 am
by Derron
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
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:58 am
by smackaholic
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