Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise

[JackoReaper]

man what a grooving song .old music is so original unlike today where artist do covers.

[pop794corima]

He looks like he knows about sailing boats - I'll go for a cruise no problem...

[scoobydoorocks10]

@pop794corima i want this man to be my captain! fer sure, if he can stand on a raft like that in 10 footers he'll be a fine captain.

[Harbormcann]

Is Dr John (Mac Rebennack) playing piano or bass on this session? I'd like to know. Thanks.

[CASHARGENTINIENFAN]

The Jerry Lee Lewis version (1973) is much better of this

[retroeddie]

Me might have been a little goofy...and still has an unusual stage presence...but that's what makes stars--their unique creativity. After all, if they look and sound like everybody else...they would just be ordinary--only the extraordinary become real, lasting stars. CHEERS!

[Kritbiskup]

thats it!!!! wrong about elvis...frankie ford...wow...thanks u guys....

[DominickFontana]

Great stuff. I love it.

[BigTimeRushfan1001]

This my song for my retial in dance :)

[zeak62]

Thank you for posting this. thanks

[charlyW34]

Hey, are you all aware that it's actually Frankie in the recording scene in "American Hot Wax"? A great movie, check it out. Cheers

[retroeddie]

@charlyW34 YEAH...that is actually fankie in the movie! And I LOVE that about that movie. Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry also play themselves...which makes the movie WAY WAY BETTER!

[60sdude]

It sounds like Breathless Fron Jerry Lee!

[60sdude]

Sounds like Jerry Lee Lewis! thumbs up if you agree! ^^

[battenwood]

@60sdude Both New Orlens rockers who could pound the hell out of the piano.

Frankie took much better care of himself. I heard him not too long ago and he sounded as good as ever.

[abrinker]

i lipsync'd and danced to this in 5th grade... i guess I was spot on after seeing this!

[dakarlion1]

One of my all time favourite New Orleans rock & roll classics. Huey Piano Smith was great.

[GNRSlashLover]

Lol this is so funny but I love the song!

[mikekadas]

Sea Cruise (Take 13) - Frankie Ford [Gretna, Louisiana] - No.14 on 3/9/1959. 12 weeks Top 40. - "AMG Pick. ...is one of the all-time New Orleans rock'n'roll classics, as ideal a combination of early rock'n'roll with boogying New Orleans R&B as could ever be hoped for. Huey "Piano" Smith orchestra." - Ooh-Wee Baby! The Best Of Frankie Ford [Import UK] (Westside Records)-2008.

[4freespeech]

When this one would come on the radio I would dance right out of my Keds!

[nausea81]

won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?!!!!

[GLOBALRAPTUREdotcom]

we need this music again today asap

[jframp]

Click here to see how sea cruise rocks my boat (2:49).

[rvictor64]

There aren't many Rock&Roll songs of that era, or any other era for that matter, that had a better beat than this one.  Frankie put a great fast dance Rocker together and we just loved it. If your legs ain't movin while listening to this, then you don't have any Rhythm. No wonder it had a great beat, the back up instrumentation was Huey Smith and the Clowns. Ron--Highway Stars Magazine

[Colo1948]

anecdote: when I first met the woman who was later to become my wife of 20 some years now, she knew Frankie's "Sea Cruise," and I knew right then I was a goner...she was the one for me.

[windows2042]

Other "one hit wonders" by Frankie Ford include 'Cheating Woman', 'Last One to Cry' and 'Roberta.'

Can I also mention that even if a singer doesn't wear a tramp's cast-offs, swear, shout "Yo!" and point at the camera whilst mumbling to a drum he isn't necessarily homosexual.

[dvidgreen]

Great find!!

[saraks10]

I lovvve this song.

[Stifledsubmission]

hahahah... A little gayness never hurt no body lol

[badabingization]

stifledsubmission@

he ain't no fag

[wildfrontierorleans]

JOHNNY THUNDERS' HERO!!!!!!!!

[SDAVIDOV]

All songs should be "one hit wonders" like this!

The truth is that great hits take a great deal of work. Some can do it more consistently than others, but it takes a great deal of work to achieve greatness.

[scotpens]

Frankie Ford's original sure beats the pale, wimpy version by the Hondells.

[ShitFromShinolla]

Say, he looks goofy

[bama3417]

Great OK.

[OlleNudel1]

What shall I say? Great

[bambarn5678]

Outstanding! Frankie ford Puts this Pathetic Contemporary Culture off the Face of the earth!

[Colo1948]

this is real rock n' roll. Altho an incredibly goofy set...when my wonderful wife and I first met, she knew Frankie Ford's Sea Cruise. I knew I was done for...this was the girl for me.

[RoscoeOglethorpe]

This is a real New Orleans record. That's Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns doing the back up music. Dr. John is on the session too (back when he was still Mac Rebennack)

[GTOnly70]

He looks like Gilligan's and Gomer Pyle's love child.

[picklez1322]

Ooooohie, Ooooohie Baby!

[bama3417]

A big hit.

[130643]

In the end of March 1959 (for exactly 50 years!) a big (and only one) hit for Frankie Ford !

[8for8]

Great song by Frankie ! An incredible cover was made by John Fogerty, former CCR frontman. It is on the 1975 John Fogerty album, enjoy !

[tokyofreaky]

what are the numbers on the screen?

[FreaksyandFreaxy]

the number in the lower right is the time code which gives the exact position of the pictures in a film (every film has a time code but normally they aren't included in the final version that's why you never see those codes in cinema or tv)

[tokyofreaky]

Good song!! My uncle would get drunk and sing it!!

[muckypup7]

Marcel if all one hit wonders where as good as this wow what fantastic songs and tunes we would have

[marcel52789]

Its a good song but I Heard that it was a one hit wonder on the Oldies but goodies soundtrack ad

[marcel52789]

One Hit Wonder

[suttaz0088]

love this song :)

[titanicjosie]

o love this songg hahahah.. funny pretty suree... he is cooool(y) prolly not.. but i love this song.

[edwardianjacket3]

o,dear,so cool ! thanks for postin'

[VinDcator]

Most of us kids back then never actually saw him, so this is treat! Thanks for posting!

[Rusty350]

Frankie still plays the "street" or Fat City in New Oleans and is better now than when he was a teenager. Go Frankie....rock on!!!

[hah13]

Ace records had lots of talent

[gymnastix]

I have to admit that it was Herman's Hermits' cover of this that I heard first (at age six, in 1964), although I have known Ford's original now for over three decades.

In fact, I saw this video on TV years ago (maybe a Dick Clark retrospective?) and thought it was great and hilarious!

I heard from a friend that Frankie is "as gay as a goose"--"not that there's anything wrong with that!"

Perhaps "cruisin'" takes on a second meaning in light of that, though?

[allahollah311]

I'm old enough to remember this song but until now, i never knew what frankie ford looked like. thanks for posting