Months later and I still find myself tuning into this song. It has everything a song should have, and more. Frankie was way ahead of his time. Who could sing this song better???????? The lungs on him could out do a bag pipe with enough air left over to blow up a beach ball or two with a single breath. That ending is just unreal by any measure. Thanks again for this posting.
@goodkarma33 This should have been a much higher charted hit than it was. This I think was one of Frankie's best. But the year 1953 was one of Frankie's best years of hit making. He had 11 Charted hits in the Top 30. 3 of them in the Top 10. So maybe it was just Overload on his part that kept it from going any higher than #27.
This song should have hit #one considering the competion of 1953 and all! Who on god's green earth is that southern belle in the intro? I gots to know. Now there's a lady with class.
@goodkarma33 This from Frankie's 54-55 TV show and that young lady was his Co-host Conny Haynes who was quite a singer in her own right. She's in several other
@goodkarma33 It's Connie Haines, a fine singer in her own right (She used to sing with Tommy Dorsey if I'm not mistaken). She WAS a cutie. Died a couple of years ago at age 87.
Laine was distinctive but he really had a number of different "voices". For example this particular song is sung with a pretty much "operatic" voice throughout. The more I listen to the guy the more I appreciate how good he was.
For a young guy you have a great opinion. Frankie's problem was that he didn't stay in the public's eye after his hit making days were over. Back in the late 40's and 50's everyone knew him. But he didn't have a long and sucessfull movie carrier like Frank, Bing, or Dean. Or a long TV series like some others. And He had no scandels for people to read about. So most younger people growing up
Thanks. Yeah I would never have heard of him if it weren't for him singing the theme for the movie "Blazing Saddles". After I heard it I looked him up and listened to "Moonlight Gambler". After that I was hooked. I've been trying to collect his old vinyl albums ever since.
the intro is 2 long
vuotopiuscuro 4 months ago
Months later and I still find myself tuning into this song. It has everything a song should have, and more. Frankie was way ahead of his time. Who could sing this song better???????? The lungs on him could out do a bag pipe with enough air left over to blow up a beach ball or two with a single breath. That ending is just unreal by any measure. Thanks again for this posting.
goodkarma33 1 year ago
@goodkarma33 This should have been a much higher charted hit than it was. This I think was one of Frankie's best. But the year 1953 was one of Frankie's best years of hit making. He had 11 Charted hits in the Top 30. 3 of them in the Top 10. So maybe it was just Overload on his part that kept it from going any higher than #27.
markalson1938 1 year ago
This song should have hit #one considering the competion of 1953 and all! Who on god's green earth is that southern belle in the intro? I gots to know. Now there's a lady with class.
goodkarma33 1 year ago
@goodkarma33 This from Frankie's 54-55 TV show and that young lady was his Co-host Conny Haynes who was quite a singer in her own right. She's in several other
clips from the show that I have on You Tube.
markalson1938 1 year ago
@goodkarma33 It's Connie Haines, a fine singer in her own right (She used to sing with Tommy Dorsey if I'm not mistaken). She WAS a cutie. Died a couple of years ago at age 87.
larrydonguy 1 year ago
What a great singer.
Don5049curtis 1 year ago
There will never be another Frankie Laine. Greatest voice ever.
Don5049curtis 1 year ago
loved all his music. frankie could sing most anything like marty robbins. thanks for sharing this
grannydyess 2 years ago
Laine was distinctive but he really had a number of different "voices". For example this particular song is sung with a pretty much "operatic" voice throughout. The more I listen to the guy the more I appreciate how good he was.
larrydonguy 2 years ago 2
Truly underrated performer. He ranks up there with Sinatra as one of the great vocal stylists in my opinion.
wink12345 3 years ago 3
For a young guy you have a great opinion. Frankie's problem was that he didn't stay in the public's eye after his hit making days were over. Back in the late 40's and 50's everyone knew him. But he didn't have a long and sucessfull movie carrier like Frank, Bing, or Dean. Or a long TV series like some others. And He had no scandels for people to read about. So most younger people growing up
after the 60's never heard of him, except for
the re-runs of Rawhide.
markalson1938 3 years ago
Thanks. Yeah I would never have heard of him if it weren't for him singing the theme for the movie "Blazing Saddles". After I heard it I looked him up and listened to "Moonlight Gambler". After that I was hooked. I've been trying to collect his old vinyl albums ever since.
wink12345 3 years ago
Most of his albums are great but it was his singles that made him a star. Many of them never even made it on to an album.
markalson1938 3 years ago
PURE TALENT. This song should have hit #1 considering the competition in 1953!
goodkarma33 1 year ago
Hey, he didn't become a permanent part of the American landscape like Sinatra and Dino, but on the whole he did pretty well and had a long career.
And Frankie did manage to re-invent himself a number of times.
highnrising 2 years ago
@highnrising There were a lot of singers who resembled Sinatra, but there was only one Frankie Laine!
cf1934 7 months ago
A great song gets better each time I listen to it.
rileyjeffs 3 years ago
Another butt-kicking performance from the Great One!
highnrising 3 years ago 4
I loved his version of this song from his LP "Wanderlust"
Sicamous 3 years ago