Frankie Laine sings High Noon

[tejoHr]

I don't get the top comment, how he didn't got attention he deserved? He is probably one of most known singers of that era and genre.

[johneazevedo]

brings back a lot of memories, he was a great singer. Tex Ritter's version was way better.

[perdrielsandra]

Frankie dates from my teenage years and that was a long time ago. At least 60 years. Now that I have a computer I can hear all of this . I just love it. Sandra

[jchnz]

Frankie is the best. Awesome voice.

[toots1958]

bad rug

[donkiddick08]

@toots1958 i know!

[juan58102]

Do you have the title: On the street where you live. Frankie Lane? Post that song please!!!!

[usaamerica1]

we do live in the minute of life, all this great talent was but in a spec of existance, now i undertand when they say enjoy every day has it was you last. found one of his records in the flea market wow to know he was famous back then, love the music.

[badgerjackrussel2]

What a singer GREAT best version ever

[NordyMark0594]

Frankie Laine is a legend of American pop music. His popularity in the 1950's, and his unique voice combine into his legendary statis

[999clever]

Sweet!

I found this song in the 1952 chart @ billboardvideos.(net)

[SiegfriedBLN]

sehr schöneslied und war auch ein toller film!!

lg siegfried3011

[Johnson53]

Frankie Laine came out of retirement for this. With a lot of singers, they do that because they need the money. Not Frankie. He had made shrewd investments that made him wealthy. He did it because the fans wanted it, he still had the voice, and a great performer can't resist performing. Way to go, Frankie!

[Dragonese1]

This man was an icon and preformed for one heck of a period. Loved him and so glad for vinyl, CD's and videos. Thanks for sharing.

Sandi, Earth Angel in Wisconsin aka Dragonese1

[TaxiRED]

Pure voice.. legend

[johnsammyanfal]

That's some rug his wearing - a cat could have kittens in that, superb.

[mal334455]

the best, the very best

[kioki47]

grandissima voce che ricordi

[sunismygod]

the best !

[meggieinwv]

Love his voice..

[TheBlupper]

Einer der besten Songs

[depresivo2002]

¡ Simplemente fantastico ¡

¡Que gran voz ¡

[thallassocracy]

This emotion-drenched melodrama version of the words sounded great on Sunday morning radio (when dad had a hangover) - but it would have wrecked the film.

Tex Ritter's guarded - almost ironic - understatement is the only way this song can be sung.

[82abnoff]

A tux, his diamonds. Tex was the best.

[politics105]

Good singer. I love how he sings this song.

[triadvocate]

Had the honor of knowing Frankie. He was a true gentleman and a national treasure. He did not get the attention he deserved.

[Juliaflo]

I second that.

I have the honor of sharing my birthday with Mr. Laine, albeit not the same year.

(I won't tell, LOLOL).

[insoucciant]

Frankie also did the sound track of a movie entitled "Strange Lady in Town".I seemto re call Barbara Stanwick was the "Lady"

[loveurcat]

He should have sang this song in the movie. He had a voice with much more emotion & volume. Tex Ritter's version was not that effective. Loved that movie, but love Frankie Laine singing it.

[JorgeCartun]

what a nice hat!

[sommergold2]

Frankie Laine had a wonderful voice.

5 stars ***** from a German fan,

Rolf

[copatych]

The song's leitmotive is the copy of the old Russian Gipsy romance named " Do not leave me my darling"

[cf1934]

After Frankie made a hit made a big hit out of it Dimitri Tiomkin got him to make a number of songs for movies. You are just talking bullshit.

[54spiritedwill54]

GREAT STUFF old classic and it´s awesome!

[kev2596]

Powerful song

[videofan792]

I am impressed at the strength of Frankie Laine's voice at this age. Many much younger singers don't have that volume or strength at any age. Thanks for posting this.

[ehpeeweeaaa]

Best Singer Ever

[beaulahHadassah]

my high school memories again...

[gagiandjeo]

5 *****

gagi

[82abnoff]

I wish the same about no talent. Perhaps in 20 years, they can go back and listen to their rap crap. Rawhide was Eric and Clint? Dion, Platters, Pav, Diamonds, Ormandy, Wow.

[82abnoff]

How silly. With those diamond rings, et. al. Tex did it right and the producers knew it. Cooper and Kelly knew it. At the age of 6, Grace and her friends were big people. At the age of 64, that tune will always be in my head.

[stripemister]

82, come now, give Big Frank a break. Tex version was slightly better, but Frankie's was also great. Wish both were here today to show the no talent generation of today how it was done.

[blueblazer68]

What a great singer, but folks, that hair piece has to go! :) High Noon, knocks me out.

[NordyMark0594]

Frankie laines's greatest hits on vinyl. I know all the songs by heart. I too..44 years old, and still have the record. Answer me and Moonlight Gambler are my faves

[GenericGene]

One of my all time favorites good post Happy New Year 2009 - Gene

[yn128]

Although Frankie Laine sang this song, he turned down the offer for the movie and Tex Ritter actually sang it for the movie... Frankie keep movin' movin' movin' miss you.

[murgyblue]

Brilliant!!!!

[OrodesIII]

Sad to see how he lost all the power of his legendary voice as he aged. Instead of taking two breaths at the end, he formerly could have carried off this song without the need to do so.

[english1gascony]

*****

[dschribs]

I'm 43 years old. This was one of my Father's favorite songs. I can still remember him playing it on our record player at home.

I hope he can still hear Frankie singing in heaven.

[TaxiRED]

What a voice.. 5*

[TVFREAKMAN]

Great rugged voice that Frankie Lane had.

Didn't he also sing the Campbell's Soup commercial, "How do you Handle a Hungry Man?"

[ciroalb3]

yes. the campbell rep said he wanted a voice like Frankie Laine, and lo and behold, Frankie was still around. No one else could sing it that way.

[TVFREAKMAN]

Thanks for confirming that.

[EMAARDUBAI]

Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alfons]

Old cliscer mooi

[XxSternchenxX8]

old classic and it´s awesome!

i hope that mankind will never forget about great music like that..it´d be a shame!

[scraps1946]

GREAT STUFF

[tmselleck]

tex ritter's song of high noon is very different it is here on you tube, but frankie lane sings it better to my liking ! but to each his own! I saw mr. lane sing in a live performance and god he was great ! what a voice!

[stopper1941]

Did Mr. Laine record this for the film, or was it someone else?

He was so great, probably my favorite next to Dean Martin ( who never sang this one) who did some great country albums.

[keefyboy67]

The film version was sung by Tex Ritter,i think it was credited - 'theme song to High

Noon-"do not forsake me" sung by tex ritter'.

It's sounds very much like Frankie Laine's

version but w/o the same vocal gravitas

[SPOOKSTR]

I met Marty Robbins way....way back in about 1974, at the Horden Pavillion in Sydney Australia. I was just kid, my dad asked me to take a photo of him during a concert, Marty seen me and asked me up on stage...i think he did country better than Frank...just my opinion folks.

[triadvocate]

@SPOOKSTR

Mr. Laine was not a country singer. He was one of the first, if not the first, Blue Eyed Soul

[oraghese]

bellisimo Giorgio da Orago (Va) Italy

[rezcrash88]

The outstanding voice of ~ Frankie Laine ~ for an outstanding movie

[smithstar4]

Frankie Lane was a great singer--But the greatest western singer of all time? Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone has different tastes--And maybe he was--But then you have the ghosts of Marty Robbins and Tex Ritter to deal with.

[geargemartin]

frankie lane wanted to be a traditional crooner. but his voice both betrayed him and blessed him. in the end. despite his original intentions. franky laine became the greatest western ballad singer of all time.

[mal334455]

who else in this day and age can sing like this....NO ONE....long live Frankies memory

[Don5049curtis]

I thought Frankie was the greatest. May he rest in peace

[tmselleck]

singer of the century god bless that man

[mal334455]

just the words i was trying to find...well said

[supermaccio]

Grande Frankie!! Massimiliano, da Campobasso (Italia).

[supermaccio]

Grande Frankie!! Massimiliano,da Campobasso(Italia)

[OrodesIII]

He lost his ability to sustain those notes as he aged but we remember with fondness his early years. He was truly a great singer.

[eduyayo]

para mí, los cuatro mejores temas de películas del Oeste son, éste, el de Duelo en O.k. Corral; el de "Mi Rifle, Mi Caballo y Yo" de Río Bravo, y el que compuso Bart bacharach para "El Hombre Que Mató a Liberty Valance", que no le gustó a John Ford y no aparece en la película...

Gracias por subir el vídeo. saludos.

[torgman]

Nice, but I wish you caught the beginniing of the song :(

[KingOfMartyrTown]

Hell yeah.

[AcePanno]

Fantastic voice

[carljuliet]

Such a rich voice, we miss you Mr Laine.

[highnrising]

Interesting. The "YGMAM" vid looks like a different era.

Frankie also showed that one doesn't have to maintain a BMI below 25 to live to 90.

(Speaking as someone who's shape is more like Laine than Sinatra.)

[highnrising]

Based on the fact that the "You Gave Me A Mountain" video has to be from '69-'70, I'd have to guess that this is from the '80s--not the mid '70s. Frankie looks more than ten years older in this video.

[rphull]

But compare this video with the 'Come Back To Me' clip recorded by the BBC in 1976 and you will see they are from the same era. Frankie recorded 2 specials for the BBC in mid 70's.