@markalson1938 its awesome that this is on youtube but still in 2012 listenin to this record is like sittin right there in front of him always gunna love this record
@zilkinson1 That is Frankie also, Frankie and his wife, Nan Grey, Co-Stared in one of the Rawhide shows in 1960 and the photo was taken along with several more that appeared on several LP and CD covers.
@zilkinson1 The proplem with the old LP's is they scratch easyly. After awhile they would jump and hiss and make a lot of strange noises. Though I have all the old Lp's and 45's of Frankie's, when ever possable I used the CD version as they didn't have poor sound quality. There are many sites on YT where they filmed a record going around and around while the recording played. Everyone of them I've seen has very poor sound quilty with it.
im 24 years old and a massive Frankie Laine fan! my grandfather passed it on to my father and he passed it on to me, and you better believe my kids will grow up listening to Frankie!!
Hell Bent for Leather....... has the edge over Marty's Greatest Hits /Trail Songs and Tex Ritter's Blood on the Saddle. I grew up with this trio of Lp's and still don't tire of listening to them. Great post
@eddiebaby58 This album showed the world what Frankie's fans knew all along.
That Frankie wasn't just a Jazz Singer or a Big Voiced Pop Singer. No Frankie could sing Country Western with the Best of them. But Nashville never gave him credit that he was due. In fact I think Frankie could have sung the Telephone Book and made it sound good.
markalson1938...Thank you for the information. I'm sure I saw him on Rawhide -- I think I saw them all, but I don't remember it. You must have an encyclopedia for a memory. I appreciate your posting the music and the details.
@WaywardWind1 No I don't have an Encyclopedia for a memory. Today I hardly have any memory at all. I was over seas in the army when this TV show came out. Later I watched all the re-runs I could find but I never could find this one. It took me 40 years to find a copy on ebay. I collect anything and everythin to do with Frankie Laine.
@markalson1938 I have this album and quite a few more, but you have songs I have never heard before. Frankie has been my favorite singer since 1951! I also really like Guy Mitchell a lot!
@markalson1938 In the early 50's there was a song called '" I'd give my life to have your love." It's not on youtube. I'M not sure what year it came out, but I really liked it. I think I can still remember the words to it. Ever hear of it?
@cf1934 Yes, I know that song and have it. I thought I had put it on YT already. But I"ve put over 500 songs on here and some one my age you can't expect me to remember them all. So in the next few days I'll include it.
markalson1938...Laine's "Hell Bent for Leather" is as good a cowboy album as anybody -- including Marty Robbins'. AND-- look at the picture on the album. He looks like he's ready to shoot somebody. One of the best C & W albums of all time. Thanks again.
@WaywardWind1 The picture that was on the cover of the Album was taken while Frankie was on the Set of the TV show "Rawhide". Him and his wife, Nan Grey, appeared in a 1960 episode. Several other pictures where taken that ended up on later records.
I have never seen any other version of this song. There was other songs with the same name. I know of one by Johnny Cash and Bob Dillion which was nothing like this recording.
Frankie's first love was most certainly Jazz. My grandmother was his personal secretary and ran her fan club till her death. One of the first albums I ever got was Hell Bent for Leather signed to me by Frankie. Oh I wish I still had that album cover.
Classic Frankie. It's interesting in his later years he leaned towards jazz. Some other non-cowboy songs - that lucky old sun, and even some that Nat King Cole was famous for. Thanks for putiing this on you tube. Mike in So Cal.
Frankie started out as a Jazz Singer his first hits were Jazz. Frankie always loved Jazz and thought of hinself as a Jazz Singer. It was only after Mitch Miller got hold of him that his style changed. So is it any wonder that when the hit making days were far behind him that he returned
You know more about Frankie than I do Mark. And I'm sure that Jazz singing (as it existed circa the 1940's) was probably his biggest enthusiasm. However, the thing about Frankie is that he seemed to like all kinds of music and gave whatever he sang his best effort. He may not have always hit homeruns, but it wasn't for lack of effort.
Your right, Frankie liked most types of music. He even wanted to try Rock N' Roll but Mitch Miller
hated it. But after Mitch gave up the A&R post at
Columbia, the new people in charge got him to record several songs for the younger crowd.
Such as "Don't Make My Baby Blue" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong". I thought they were terrible was why Frankie did try to hard to stay at Columbia. But I have heard from others who loved these songs. But he did give his all to what ever he sang.
A fun song despite its subject and lyrics. I had an uncle who absolutely adored it. Song wonderfully by a Chicago-born Italian-American who became arguably the greatest of all cowboy singers. Thanks, Mark.
I used to get mad when someone would call Frankie a Cowboy singer. After all looking at his 70 plus charted hits here and over seas only about 11 of them could be classified as Country Western and most of them wasn't done in a country way. But I've gotten used to it and yes I think he was the greatest cowboy singer that ever lived.
It's not the number of hits that matters. Frankie's "signature songs" were "Mule Train," "Wild Goose" and "High Noon" plus all those movie themes. And in the 60's--when I grew up-- he was famous for "Rawhide".
Frankie Laine was the best country singer i'v ever heard. What a GREAT man.
Tuggerk20 1 week ago
my mum played this and i was kid great music
MrRhys2003 4 months ago
ha my old man has this album, played this track over & over that would have been about 1968 ish good old days
papapabs175 4 months ago
@papapabs175 When you played this album over and over in 1968 it was all most 10 years old at that time.
markalson1938 4 months ago
@markalson1938 so sorry my old man HAD this album. both are now happy mems
papapabs175 4 months ago
@markalson1938 1968ish the old mems play on me sometimes could have been earlier
papapabs175 3 months ago
@markalson1938 its awesome that this is on youtube but still in 2012 listenin to this record is like sittin right there in front of him always gunna love this record
scrubbinit412 2 days ago
@papapabs175 My old man was playing this over and over when I was a kid in the 80's and early 90's. I loved it.
SteveS1283 3 months ago
@zilkinson1 All you need to know is that if your drinking whiskey and listening to frankie lane your a real American
hansonwc 5 months ago
@zilkinson1 Yes this was a very bad photo of Frankie, I have no idea why they used it but that;s Frankie Laine
markalson1938 5 months ago
@zilkinson1 That is Frankie also, Frankie and his wife, Nan Grey, Co-Stared in one of the Rawhide shows in 1960 and the photo was taken along with several more that appeared on several LP and CD covers.
markalson1938 5 months ago
@zilkinson1 You must not be a real Frankie Laine fan if you don't reconize Frankie's picture on the back of the album.
markalson1938 5 months ago
@zilkinson1 The proplem with the old LP's is they scratch easyly. After awhile they would jump and hiss and make a lot of strange noises. Though I have all the old Lp's and 45's of Frankie's, when ever possable I used the CD version as they didn't have poor sound quality. There are many sites on YT where they filmed a record going around and around while the recording played. Everyone of them I've seen has very poor sound quilty with it.
markalson1938 6 months ago
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What a great LP! I got an old copy of this at a yardsale and I've played the heck out of it. Thanks for the music mark!
seymourbbest 6 months ago
im 24 years old and a massive Frankie Laine fan! my grandfather passed it on to my father and he passed it on to me, and you better believe my kids will grow up listening to Frankie!!
brakey87 9 months ago
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joliphantful 10 months ago
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I got this on the HELL BENT FOR LEATHER album, he sings, and tells the story so vividly, you could film a good western around it.
joliphantful 10 months ago
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joliphantful 10 months ago
a great singer and musician. he is missed.
grannydyess 1 year ago
1959. Life with Frankie was all I knew...
IronNoggin1 1 year ago
I listen to this when I play Red Dead Redemtion
360deeman 1 year ago
Hell Bent for Leather....... has the edge over Marty's Greatest Hits /Trail Songs and Tex Ritter's Blood on the Saddle. I grew up with this trio of Lp's and still don't tire of listening to them. Great post
eddiebaby58 1 year ago
@eddiebaby58 This album showed the world what Frankie's fans knew all along.
That Frankie wasn't just a Jazz Singer or a Big Voiced Pop Singer. No Frankie could sing Country Western with the Best of them. But Nashville never gave him credit that he was due. In fact I think Frankie could have sung the Telephone Book and made it sound good.
markalson1938 1 year ago 4
I used to have this record...lost it though. any chance of bein able to upload the entire album?
manock381 1 year ago
markalson1938...Thank you for the information. I'm sure I saw him on Rawhide -- I think I saw them all, but I don't remember it. You must have an encyclopedia for a memory. I appreciate your posting the music and the details.
WaywardWind1 1 year ago
@WaywardWind1 No I don't have an Encyclopedia for a memory. Today I hardly have any memory at all. I was over seas in the army when this TV show came out. Later I watched all the re-runs I could find but I never could find this one. It took me 40 years to find a copy on ebay. I collect anything and everythin to do with Frankie Laine.
markalson1938 1 year ago
@markalson1938 I have this album and quite a few more, but you have songs I have never heard before. Frankie has been my favorite singer since 1951! I also really like Guy Mitchell a lot!
cf1934 1 year ago
@cf1934 In the early days Frankie recorded a lot of singles most of them never made it on to Lp's or later CD'a
so are forgotten today except for people like me who have collected everything Frankie did to include his movies and TV shows.
markalson1938 1 year ago
@markalson1938 In the early 50's there was a song called '" I'd give my life to have your love." It's not on youtube. I'M not sure what year it came out, but I really liked it. I think I can still remember the words to it. Ever hear of it?
cf1934 8 months ago
@cf1934 Yes, I know that song and have it. I thought I had put it on YT already. But I"ve put over 500 songs on here and some one my age you can't expect me to remember them all. So in the next few days I'll include it.
markalson1938 8 months ago
@markalson1938 Thanks a lot!
cf1934 8 months ago
markalson1938...Laine's "Hell Bent for Leather" is as good a cowboy album as anybody -- including Marty Robbins'. AND-- look at the picture on the album. He looks like he's ready to shoot somebody. One of the best C & W albums of all time. Thanks again.
WaywardWind1 1 year ago
@WaywardWind1 The picture that was on the cover of the Album was taken while Frankie was on the Set of the TV show "Rawhide". Him and his wife, Nan Grey, appeared in a 1960 episode. Several other pictures where taken that ended up on later records.
markalson1938 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. It's a great song and I haven't heard it in many years. Frankie Laine could sing the cowboy songs as well as anyone!
WaywardWind1 1 year ago
@WaywardWind1 Your Welcome, I think this was a great song. But it was to much
like Marty Robbns "ElPaso" which was popular at the same time so it didn't get the air time on the radio that it should have.
markalson1938 1 year ago
Couldn't remember the name of this album...Thanks for the post.
Nancee515 1 year ago
@Nancee515 The name of the album was given in the video
It's "Hell Bent For Leather" from 1961
markalson1938 1 year ago
I have the album, and it was my grandads and he loved it. - and it will always remind me of him..
dash1643 1 year ago
The whole album is fantastic
ridutche 2 years ago
Big thank you for posting this song, i found outher ver of it but there no good. Again thank you Merry Xmas
Moonlightshadowish 2 years ago
I have never seen any other version of this song. There was other songs with the same name. I know of one by Johnny Cash and Bob Dillion which was nothing like this recording.
markalson1938 2 years ago
The Avett Brothers have a version of this song.
rapdancing97 2 years ago
Frankie's first love was most certainly Jazz. My grandmother was his personal secretary and ran her fan club till her death. One of the first albums I ever got was Hell Bent for Leather signed to me by Frankie. Oh I wish I still had that album cover.
Shonierose 2 years ago
Classic Frankie. It's interesting in his later years he leaned towards jazz. Some other non-cowboy songs - that lucky old sun, and even some that Nat King Cole was famous for. Thanks for putiing this on you tube. Mike in So Cal.
duffymfx 2 years ago
Frankie started out as a Jazz Singer his first hits were Jazz. Frankie always loved Jazz and thought of hinself as a Jazz Singer. It was only after Mitch Miller got hold of him that his style changed. So is it any wonder that when the hit making days were far behind him that he returned
to the music he loved.
markalson1938 2 years ago
You know more about Frankie than I do Mark. And I'm sure that Jazz singing (as it existed circa the 1940's) was probably his biggest enthusiasm. However, the thing about Frankie is that he seemed to like all kinds of music and gave whatever he sang his best effort. He may not have always hit homeruns, but it wasn't for lack of effort.
larrydonguy 2 years ago
Your right, Frankie liked most types of music. He even wanted to try Rock N' Roll but Mitch Miller
hated it. But after Mitch gave up the A&R post at
Columbia, the new people in charge got him to record several songs for the younger crowd.
Such as "Don't Make My Baby Blue" and "I'm Gonna Be Strong". I thought they were terrible was why Frankie did try to hard to stay at Columbia. But I have heard from others who loved these songs. But he did give his all to what ever he sang.
markalson1938 2 years ago
A fun song despite its subject and lyrics. I had an uncle who absolutely adored it. Song wonderfully by a Chicago-born Italian-American who became arguably the greatest of all cowboy singers. Thanks, Mark.
chenbaiwan 2 years ago
I used to get mad when someone would call Frankie a Cowboy singer. After all looking at his 70 plus charted hits here and over seas only about 11 of them could be classified as Country Western and most of them wasn't done in a country way. But I've gotten used to it and yes I think he was the greatest cowboy singer that ever lived.
markalson1938 2 years ago
It's not the number of hits that matters. Frankie's "signature songs" were "Mule Train," "Wild Goose" and "High Noon" plus all those movie themes. And in the 60's--when I grew up-- he was famous for "Rawhide".
highnrising 2 years ago
What Frankie considered his "Signature Songs" In his concerts were "That's My Desire", "We'll Be Together Again" ans "I Believe" plus "Jezebel"
markalson1938 2 years ago