Gosh, I was 15 in 1961 and about to discover Frankie Laine. Have been a lifetime fan with masses of his material on vinyl. During the fifties , here in Britain, Frankie, together with Guy Mitchell and Johny Ray. ruled the British hit parade. Kind regards from an 84 year old Brit. December, 2020. Keep safe and well.
All I knew about Frankie Laine was "Rawhide" - but I fell in love with We'll Be Together Again and had to check him out - quite an artist - so glad to see him performing - and the relaxed humor - so wonderful, thank you!
What I like about this clip is the obvious, unaffected fun that Perry, Frank, and Frankie are all having. They are all enjoying themselves immensely while entertaining the audience.
Frankie laine sang jesabel which was a hit for him, these 3 gentleman they were the greatest of there era, R.I.P. FRANK, PERRY, FRANKIE, GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL'S. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Mark-- This is fabulous. That's one of the best Lucky Old Suns ever--and it's not off the record. As a long-time Laine fan, I'd never had a chance to see some of his personality before. He seems very appealing in person. I love the part where he says to Sinatra and Cuomo "Well you guys say I can't sing anywhere"--acknowledging all the Laine detractors out there in a humorous way. It's also nice to see that Cuomo and Sinatra must have held Laine in some esteem to do this extentded bit.
Wonderful clip, and for those who may not know that part at the opening where the 3 come out and say Howdy Doody is a reference to the children's show of the same name that was then extremely popular on television. Also that opening song was sung partly to the tune of I Want a Girl just Like the Girl who Married Dear Old Dad. And the actor at the restaurant was Frank Albertson who appeared in many films and TV shows running the gamut from the Marx Bros. Room Service to Leave It to Beaver.
I never thought I could see them together. And what a great sense of humor; thanks for this marvelous video! Kindest greetings from Puerto Rico; I subscribed. July 23/2020.
I have never heard any song in my entire life, sang with so much passion, and feeling, the way Frankie laine sang That lucky old sun. His voice is amazing. It is so relaxing, and calming. If a god sang a song, it would be identical to Frankie Laines version. Wow. That's my opinion. Karl
@vial2020 If your talking about the song Frankie sung in this clip it's "That Lucky Old Sun" which was a #1 hit for him in 1949. Several other singers charted with this song in 49' and even years later but Frankie's was the BIG HIT and I don't think anyone did it better.
The song is "Sonny Boy," made famous by Jolson and others. Josephine Baker has a good recording. The audience here was very receptive. Most stars get applause only during their first appearance but these kept getting applause, even at a later mention of their names! There were so many Italian singers (similar to the preponderance of Italian prize fighters in that era) and the list continues into the Rock era with Madonna, Lady Gaga, Connie Francis, Darin, Dino, Vic Damone, Al Martino, Jerry Vale, the incomparable Mario Lanza, Perry, Frank, Frankie, Russ Columbo. Really too many to mention, many also anglicizing their names. Many were in the Philly pop sound of the American Bandstand era, though one might call them recording stars rather than singers.
The years of the Italian invasion were wonderful. These 3, plus Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Tony Bennett, Louis Prima, Bobby Darin (and more that I can't remember at the moment) were all popular at some point during the 50's.
Yes...Italian invasion. All the singers mentioned plus most of the American Bandstand Philadelphia kids ...bobby Rydell, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funachello, et c
Het was 1952 en was met een vriend van me aangemonsterd als lichtmatroos op een piepkleine kustvaarder en was toen 16 jaar. In Hull zijn we de wal op geweest en hebben een show bezocht. Het verbaasde ons dat in de entree hal kinderwagens stonden. Er zaten moeders in de zaal met hun babies op schoot; ze wilden ook wel eens een avondje uit. Daar hoorde ik voor het eerst "I believe" van Frankie Laine.
When Perry Como left the Carlene band for Ted Weems, he called Frankie Laine to take the job. Frankie was out of work and he and Perry were friends. Later, Frankie was broke and needed money to get to a gig and Perry gave him the cash to go. Frankie went to repay him later and it was a running joke where Perry refused the money and Frankie L. kept trying to go pay him back. The three were friends for years!
Most of his Contemporaries liked him a lot. Many like Commo and Cole tried to help him while he was trying to make it to the top. It's hard to find anyone who had a bad word to say about him. Yes in the sixties taste in music changed, The sissyfied the music where everyone tried to sound the same. Itwas almost against the law to be able to hold a note. They tried to change Frankie, you should hear the last few singles he made for Columbia, no wonder he left there as soon as he could.
Laine had a distinctive and authentic style, and a very natural voice. It would be interesting to hear what contemporaries thought of him. I suppose he lost popularity because his singing style was a little too strong for the 60s and 70s.
Talents that we will no see again alive.. but you and me who have some talents like them is our obligation to develop magic from our heart and show to the public what it means to love life given by our lovely creator.. I love you all you guys ,, we are very old now.. but don't care..
@markalson1938 your right about Frankie singing this great song...i used to listen to the album he use to sing this song on..and his many others....he put feelings into a song...made you feel the song inside of you i think this was the best song on the album..trying to think of some of the other songs...think i am going to have to dust off the album and listen to it again...
@billythedoggie The song "Lucky Old Sun" apeared on many of Frankie's LP's from both Mercury and Columbia records plus many CD's that are still out today.
They may have been rivals in the music business and though they were not friends they were not enimies either. Now Laine and Como were very good friends going back to the thirties, when they were both trying to make it as singers. Perry made it a few years before Frankie hit it big.
this is good to know. His bio suggests an authentic person, but you never know about celebrity. On the other hand, Como was certainly a very modest, level headed guy, and Sinatra could be on ocassion.
My mind must have been on a former NY governor when I tried to comment on Perry Como. I'd be interested in seeing your website. I got into Laine with "Hellbent for Leather" when I was very young. I only found out about his earlier stuff much later. Now, I mostly listen to his early jazz stuff.
A lot of people who grew up in the thirties and early fifties didn't like the fact that what I call on my web site, the Surpy voice Crooners were being replaced by singers like Frankie Laine. You can see this in the comment just above yours. Frankie was one that changed musical taste. Like Elvis and the Beatles whould do later on. People like me who grew up in the early fifties welcomed this change and like our generation before us hated when the change to "Rock 'N Roll" came about.
You are so welsome. TV in the fifties didn't have the Teck of today but it made up for it in just being entertaining. Now we have 200 plus channels and not a thing worth watching.
@elisebrav You can say THAT again! It is so shocking that in the morning when I am getting ready for work...CNN plays a raunchy tune by someone like Brittany Spears or Lady Gaga...Back in the 50's these songs and videos would have been BANNED for immorality and leudness. What a sad reflection on today's culture... Thanks for these delicious memories when music actually made sense!
To Mark. I was always a great fan of Benny Green, and still am, but he once referred to Frankie Laine as a carthorse when comparing him to Sinatra (the best of the lot). I would strongly disagree with Benny on that. The present generation has been brought up on X Factor, etc, which has a lot to answer for. Haydn Moore
Nick Riggio Frankie's sing style being so different from Sinatra's is why it took him 17 years to make it big. He just couldn't fit in with the smooth styles of the Big Bands back then. But back in the fifties if a record of his came on the radio, no one had to ask who was that singer. Frankie had a sound and style no one else could match.
try researching TOTAL sales of records. You will see how wrong you are. Laine had 3 distinct stages in his career and he sold over 100 million records. Plus he had amovie career and TV too. He gets lots of "hits" on my FB page for him. They guy had it all and at one time trailed only Tony Bennett at Columbia Records re record sales.
Nick Riggio Wrong about what, I have researched the record sales both in books and on the internet. They are all over the map with their list of top sellers. Out side of Sinantra, no one from Frankie's generation is even listed. They say it is because the sale of records back then were not certified to be correct. I have found numbers for his sales listed from 80 million , 100 million, up to 250 million world wide. Now which is wright who knows. Tony sold more albums than Frankie but on singles I think Frankie had him beat.
I sure it was never put on a DVD commercially, My copy is on VHS Tape and I've had it so long I don't remember where I got it. I think I found it when I was stationed in England back in the 70's. That is where I found all his movies and most of his TV shows.
I like this 3 showgirls with all my heart(aches). I feel I'm alomost gay though I don't know why. Anyway one Frannie is so lovely girl notwithstanding her gigantic size old western cowboy-;like. Perorry is so cute almost I am smiling looking at her. The other Fannie looks like a leader girl with kind of a grave voice who is responsible all for this. Anyhow I'm sure that they are fairly creatures God gave us.
The total talent you see here is greater than the sum total of all of the talent in entertainment today.
3 of the greatest voices ever together in this show. Watching this video is a privilege
Frankie Lane had a heavenly voice.....the tone and timbre, to me, was fabulous.
Gosh, I was 15 in 1961 and about to discover Frankie Laine. Have been a lifetime fan with masses of his material on vinyl. During the fifties , here in Britain, Frankie, together with Guy Mitchell and Johny Ray. ruled the British hit parade. Kind regards from an 84 year old Brit. December, 2020. Keep safe and well.
All I knew about Frankie Laine was "Rawhide" - but I fell in love with We'll Be Together Again and had to check him out - quite an artist - so glad to see him performing - and the relaxed humor - so wonderful, thank you!
worked with him on many shows (guitarist), always impressed with him, a great guy too. Likely the first different singer following the crooner era.
Three of greatest ever,why no singers like this anymore.
It's to bad that we don't have TV like this any more but then we don't have talent like this either. What a shame
What I like about this clip is the obvious, unaffected fun that Perry, Frank, and Frankie are all having. They are all enjoying themselves immensely while entertaining the audience.
Frankie laine sang jesabel which was a hit for him, these 3 gentleman they were the greatest of there era, R.I.P. FRANK, PERRY, FRANKIE, GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL'S. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
AMAZING THESE THREE GREATS TOGETHER ON THE SAME VENUE SMOOTH !!!!! THEY JUST DON'T MAKE THEM WITH THE CLASS AND STYLE THESE GENTLEMEN HAD !!!!!
anyone who thinks Mr Laine can`t sing should hear his recording of That Lucky Old Sun. It is simply superb. haydn moore
I don't think there is many from the older generation that thinks Frankie can't sing. This newer generation doesn't even know what singing is
I agree with you, Sir...He's an all time great artist.
great three of my favourite singers on one clip thank you
Precious! I miss them so much. Thank you for letting me relive this treasure.
haha i love frank"if we want a show well sing to each other " funny funny
Thank you for this. Frankie Laine's music still inspires me.
great stuff,thanks for sharing
love this video specially perry como:)
Mark--
This is fabulous. That's one of the best Lucky Old Suns ever--and it's not off the record.
As a long-time Laine fan, I'd never had a chance to see some of his personality before. He seems very appealing in person. I love the part where he says to Sinatra and Cuomo "Well you guys say I can't sing anywhere"--acknowledging all the Laine detractors out there in a humorous way.
It's also nice to see that Cuomo and Sinatra must have held Laine in some esteem to do this extentded bit.
Wonderful clip, and for those who may not know that part at the opening where the 3 come out and say Howdy Doody is a reference to the children's show of the same name that was then extremely popular on television. Also that opening song was sung partly to the tune of I Want a Girl just Like the Girl who Married Dear Old Dad. And the actor at the restaurant was Frank Albertson who appeared in many films and TV shows running the gamut from the Marx Bros. Room Service to Leave It to Beaver.
thank you so much for posting this never have I seen sinatra like this wonderful
I never thought I could see them together. And what a great sense of humor; thanks for this marvelous video! Kindest greetings from Puerto Rico; I subscribed. July 23/2020.
Eu amo Frank, Como, Laine, Dino Sammy. Nos do Brasil amamos. 24/072020
Grazie per questo stupendo video. DALL'ITALIA WITH LOVE
The end of this clip is hilarious! Thanks for posting!
Frankie Laine was Amazing!
Thank you 'UA-cam' for preserving and archiving HISTORY!!!!!!! I truly hope they have several backup sites for all these videos.
Still, a very enjoyable show for sure still.
Thank you for the posting, enjoyed every second of it.
I have never heard any song in my entire life, sang with so much passion, and feeling, the way Frankie laine sang That lucky old sun. His voice is amazing. It is so relaxing, and calming. If a god sang a song, it would be identical to Frankie Laines version. Wow. That's my opinion. Karl
I agree with you!! Great Performer!!
@vial2020 If your talking about the song Frankie sung in this clip it's "That Lucky Old Sun" which was a #1 hit for him in 1949. Several other singers charted with this song in 49' and even years later but Frankie's was the BIG HIT and I don't think anyone did it better.
The song is "Sonny Boy," made famous by Jolson and others. Josephine Baker has a good recording.
The audience here was very receptive. Most stars get applause only during their first appearance but these kept getting applause, even at a later mention of their names!
There were so many Italian singers (similar to the preponderance of Italian prize fighters in that era) and the list continues into the Rock era with Madonna, Lady Gaga, Connie Francis, Darin, Dino, Vic Damone, Al Martino, Jerry Vale, the incomparable Mario Lanza, Perry, Frank, Frankie, Russ Columbo. Really too many to mention, many also anglicizing their names. Many were in the Philly pop sound of the American Bandstand era, though one might call them recording stars rather than singers.
YT just gives us the platform, but it's people like me with large collections of old recordings and videos that make it all possible.
To the one who posted this, I sweetly thank you.
You will NEVER, I repeat, NEVER see the likes of this again.
My Mom saw Frankie Lane in concert St. Louis in 1951
The years of the Italian invasion were wonderful. These 3, plus Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Tony Bennett, Louis Prima, Bobby Darin (and more that I can't remember at the moment) were all popular at some point during the 50's.
gmaureen I was thinking the same thing. We'll never see the likes of them ever again.
gmaureen Don't forget Julius LaRosa.
Excuse me, but Paul Anka is of Canadian Arabic ancestry.
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gmaureen vis damone, connie francis, joni james
Yes...Italian invasion. All the singers mentioned plus most of the American Bandstand Philadelphia kids ...bobby Rydell, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funachello, et c
Excuse me, but Annette Funicello was from Utica, New York.
Het was 1952 en was met een vriend van me aangemonsterd als lichtmatroos op een piepkleine kustvaarder en was toen 16 jaar. In Hull zijn we de wal op geweest en hebben een show bezocht. Het verbaasde ons dat in de entree hal kinderwagens stonden. Er zaten moeders in de zaal met hun babies op schoot; ze wilden ook wel eens een avondje uit. Daar hoorde ik voor het eerst "I believe" van Frankie Laine.
Great clip..thanks!
When Perry Como left the Carlene band for Ted Weems, he called Frankie Laine to take the job. Frankie was out of work and he and Perry were friends.
Later, Frankie was broke and needed money to get to a gig and Perry gave him the cash to go. Frankie went to repay him later and it was a running joke where Perry refused the money and Frankie L. kept trying to go pay him back. The three were friends for years!
Corny enough?
I wish I could turn on the TV and see stuff like this instead of 150 channels of crap.
Thanks for posting.
Most of his Contemporaries liked him a lot. Many like Commo and Cole tried to help him while he was trying to make it to the top. It's hard to find anyone who had a bad word to say about him.
Yes in the sixties taste in music changed, The sissyfied the music where everyone tried to sound the same. Itwas almost against the law to be able to hold a note. They tried to change Frankie, you should hear the last few
singles he made for Columbia, no wonder he left there as soon as he could.
Merry Christmas.
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Laine had a distinctive and authentic style, and a very natural voice. It would be interesting to hear what contemporaries thought of him. I suppose he lost popularity because his singing style was a little too strong for the 60s and 70s.
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Amen....
Good Old Days of my Grandparents...
You are definitely older than I am, LOLOLOLOLOL.
Talents that we will no see again alive.. but you and me who have some talents like them is our obligation to develop magic from our heart and show to the public what it means to love life given by our lovely creator.. I love you all you guys ,, we are very old now.. but don't care..
priceless!!!!!!!
Tres grandes de la canción
@markalson1938 your right about Frankie singing this great song...i used to listen to the album he use to sing this song on..and his many others....he put feelings into a song...made you feel the song inside of you i think this was the best song on the album..trying to think of some of the other songs...think i am going to have to dust off the album and listen to it again...
Frankie Laine superb singing! At 3:58.
The rest you can miss safely.
@billythedoggie The song "Lucky Old Sun" apeared on many of Frankie's LP's from both Mercury and Columbia records plus many CD's that are still out today.
Frankie Laine, that is.
Notice the good natured digs Frank Sinatra makes at Frankie Laine's rather unusual hit songs "The Cry of the Wild Goose" and "Mule Train."
fantastic !...oscar wright, rome
I remember him on the Ed Sullivan Show.
3 greats rip
They may have been rivals in the music business
and though they were not friends they were not enimies either. Now Laine and Como were very good friends going back to the thirties, when they were both trying to make it as singers. Perry made it a few years before Frankie hit it big.
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this is good to know. His bio suggests an authentic person, but you never know about celebrity. On the other hand, Como was certainly a very modest, level headed guy, and Sinatra could be on ocassion.
1951 was supposed to been a low point in Sinatra's career, but listen to all those girls scream!
Ever hear of a "laugh track" ..... Well that's a clap track ...... or those paid to clap
My mind must have been on a former NY governor when I tried to comment on Perry Como.
I'd be interested in seeing your website.
I got into Laine with "Hellbent for Leather" when I was very young. I only found out about his earlier stuff much later. Now, I mostly listen to his early jazz stuff.
@markalson1938 Too true.....we will never have talent like this again.
Before the Three Tenors.....the Three Italian Baritones
Three Greats of the past
A lot of people who grew up in the thirties and early fifties didn't like the fact that
what I call on my web site, the Surpy voice
Crooners were being replaced by singers like Frankie Laine. You can see this in the comment
just above yours. Frankie was one that changed
musical taste. Like Elvis and the Beatles whould do later on. People like me who grew up
in the early fifties welcomed this change and like our generation before us hated when the change to "Rock 'N Roll" came about.
@tomrdee We could have 500 plus channels but sadly talent like this simply does not exist any more.
You are so welsome. TV in the fifties didn't have the Teck of today but it made up for it in just being entertaining. Now we have 200 plus channels and not a thing worth watching.
That's your opinion, every one has one. I know I express mind all the time.
@markalson1938 Hey Mark thanks for the information, just love this song well appreciated Vic
Francis Albert Sinatra, Pierino Como and Francesco Paolo Lo Vecchio, tree BIG italo-american!!!!!!!
Does anyone knows the name of the song by Frankie Laine, beautiful song thanks for posting this video awsome
@markalson1938
And I, for one, love you all for it! My second time watching this one.
@elisebrav You can say THAT again! It is so shocking that in the morning when I am getting ready for work...CNN plays a raunchy tune by someone like Brittany Spears or Lady Gaga...Back in the 50's these songs and videos would have been BANNED for immorality and leudness. What a sad reflection on today's culture...
Thanks for these delicious memories when music actually made sense!
To Mark. I was always a great fan of Benny Green, and still am, but he once referred to Frankie Laine as a carthorse when comparing him to Sinatra (the best of the lot). I would strongly disagree with Benny on that. The present generation has been brought up on X Factor, etc, which has a lot to answer for. Haydn Moore
Sinatra gets too much credit! He could not hold Laine's jock strap!
Nick Riggio Frankie's sing style being so different from Sinatra's is why it took him 17 years to make it big. He just couldn't fit in with the smooth styles of the Big Bands back then. But back in the fifties if a record of his came on the radio, no one had to ask who was that singer. Frankie had a sound and style no one else could match.
try researching TOTAL sales of records. You will see how wrong you are. Laine had 3 distinct stages in his career and he sold over 100 million records. Plus he had amovie career and TV too. He gets lots of "hits" on my FB page for him. They guy had it all and at one time trailed only Tony Bennett at Columbia Records re record sales.
Nick Riggio Wrong about what, I have researched the record sales both in books and on the internet. They are all over the map with their list of top sellers. Out side of Sinantra, no one from Frankie's generation is even listed. They say it is because the sale of records back then were not certified to be correct. I have found numbers for his sales listed from 80 million , 100 million, up to 250 million world wide. Now which is wright who knows. Tony sold more albums than Frankie but on singles I think Frankie had him beat.
@elisebrav TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SAID.
Can anyone tell me if this is
on a CD anywhere? Thanks!
I sure it was never put on a DVD commercially, My copy is on VHS Tape and I've had it so long I don't remember where I got it. I think I found it when I was stationed in England back in the 70's. That is where I found all his movies and most of his TV shows.
Mark Gallagher Thanks, Mark!
What this song?
brilliant then along came elvis
Frankie i.e.
@elisebrav AMEN !
Wie schade, daß Frankie Laine, der großartigste Sänger, sich mit so öden Flitzpiepen abgibt.
Das muß Geld im Spiel sein.
Juliaflo,
I am older than most people who use YT.
Sadly we will never see talent like this again....the entertainment industry is full of mediocre rubbish!
@markalson1938 Amen!!!!!
I like this 3 showgirls with all my heart(aches). I feel I'm alomost gay though I don't know why. Anyway one Frannie is so lovely girl notwithstanding her gigantic size old western cowboy-;like. Perorry is so cute almost I am smiling looking at her. The other Fannie looks like a leader girl with kind of a grave voice who is responsible all for this. Anyhow I'm sure that they are fairly creatures God gave us.
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@Idenio Copy-Cat, LOLOL, using the full and original names, like I do.
i thought ol' blue eyes and Mr. Como were rivals!
Nope, they were friends for about 60 years, their careers began around the same time.
Yes isn't it disgusting, 200 plus channels and not a dam thing worth watching.