Frankie Laine - The Wayward Wind

[madaboutyou222]

this song was the number 1 hit when i was born that year

[beargreenpath]

Super great song !!! I remember on my Crystal Gayle record I would play it over and over.

[RadiioLove]

this was my dads favorite song

[markalson1938]

@RadiioLove Your Dad had real good tste in music

[rosamcgoum]

This is just beautiful, wonderful voice, but I prefer Slim Whitman's version. Thank you

[markalson1938]

@rosamcgoum ToEach his own, me I perfer Gogi Grant's hit version. Slim has a to of a high pitched voice for my taste. It sounds strange coming from such a big man.

[rosamcgoum]

@rosamcgoum I understand, for me they all make me dream., and relax. I n my country I cant get CD's of these great

singers so I have to be contented with You Tube music. Thank you You Tube. I really never heard Gogi Grant's version, I'll look for it. None of the modern singers make me feel so great when I "try" to listen to their music. Of course they are some with talent, but not my taste. Slim is big in his old age but when young

I think he was "slim".I'm 62.As you say To each his own.good

[mathislover]

Loved this blast from the past. I have loved Mr. Laine's voice and music from my elementary school days, as I do now.

[momdclark4]

markalson1938.....you are so right about gogi grant.....i was forced to like kiss, rod stewart, and the one who sings lucy in the sky with diamonds..lol.....either that or wear ear plugs...after awhile it wasnt so bad.lolbut frankie laine and sanatra.gordon mcrae ,doris day and afew more will always put the m in music...have a good one

[momdclark4]

frankie laine is an icon...but kiss aint bad....i am 72.....go figure!!!!!!

[markalson1938]

@momdclark4 I'm your age and my son and grandson are both Kiss fans but to me no one was better than Frankie but on this song I perfer Gogi.

[thomasyluk]

Can anyone remember the film in the 60's starring Steve McQueen who sings the wayward way to self portray his life?

[EuroDollaProductions]

I'm only 16 and I love old songs like this and I have only 3 friends who likes these too..

Damn I hate new music, like Lil Wayne, Wiz khalifa are making, only for money..

Greetings from Finland!

[BluBayou1]

They didn't have accoustic back-up to cover not so good voices. These old songs are pure, beautiful and show just how talented the singers were by voice alone.

[lcgjjg]

What a Voice and so much feeling ! From High Noon to Raw Hide and all he sang Damn what a Voice !!!!!!!!!! I remember them all when he sang them !!!!!!!

[grannydyess]

my second favorite singer. the first is marty robbins but frankie laine was great also. then johnny western and vaughn monroe. thanks for posting all these great songs.

[78smusicman]

Singing from the heart ! :)

[halfpintawhelks]

Awesome

[mellowroast]

Regardless how great a song was, Frankie Laine could always make it even better. Super version!

[coocoo2803]

My Grandad sings this to me, so I know it and I'm 23.

[1983porkchop]

I'M NOT SURE. HAVING CHILDREN LATER IN LIFE LIKE I DID MAYBE PLAYED A PART. THIS IS THE STUFF MY PARENTS LISTENED TO AND THEY HAD ME LATER IN LIFE. MAYBE IT'S JUST A COMBINATION OF THINGS. OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST PURE LUCK. I'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW. THEIR MOTHER ALWAYS ENJOYED THIS GENRE....OLDER MOVIES WITH THEIR THEME SONGS. I GUESS MAYBE THE GIRLS JUST COULDN'T ESCAPE IT. BUT, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THIS STUFF THAT IS PROMOTED AS MUSIC TODAY.

[1983porkchop]

I DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS REAL MUSIC....BUT I'M ASHAMED. THIS IS TRULY REAL MUSIC AND I'M GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO LISTEN MORE OFTEN. THANKS TO YOU TUBE WE HAVEN'T LOST IT. I HAVE TWO WONDERFUL TWINS BORN THIS DAY, 22 YEARS AGO, AND THEY ENJOY THIS MUSIC. GUESS I'VE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT. :-)

[markalson1938]

@1983porkchop  I wish I knew what you did right. My Grandson

(14) is just like his Father they both love "KISS"

Go Figure

[VIGILANTI1]

thank-you you tube for posting all these old classics

[ClaysSTO]

Love Frankie Laine -- such a great voice. For those who would like to hear another great voice like this -- try Clay Aiken's Tried and True CD. Classic songs but with his own special touch.

[mrstevehartman]

Gogis version is the BEST !!!!!

[wistaria2010]

One of my all time favorite songs of my whole life. All versions. Including Gogi's.

[missouripicker]

Frankie Laine was terrific. A real singer. My wife and I saw him perform one time. He was nearly 80 at the time and he just blew us away with his voice. Nice man. We don't have singer like him anymore.

[comeonfolks]

I am 20 years old. I like songs today, but I love the old stuff way more. They had more soul back then or something. I like Gogi's version the best, I heard it the first time around 99, I was only 9, I was with my uncle in his old ford truck. It was a tape he actually gave my sister. But i think, now, I love it better than her. But it is sad to think, this will be about 110 years old in 2076 when I am 86 years old. Hope it is around for a good while longer though.

[markalson1938]

I wish there were more in your age group like you whitch includes my grandkids. I think when my generation dies out that will be the end of good music as there will be only a few left like yourself left that knows what real music was like.

I to like Gogi's version best and this is coming from one of Frankie's biggest fans. Frankie's version was only on an album and came out about 12 years after her hit recording. Tex Ritter had a good version also.

[nealadamsdotcum]

@markalson1938 my friend, with u tube, this stuff is waiting to be rediscovered .

[markalson1938]

I sure hope so I have been waiting a very long time for real music to make a comeback. But I don't think it will be in my lifetime. But then I said the same about the Berlin Wall coming down.

[grannydyess]

this man could sing! love all his musice. thanks for sharing

[markalson1938]

Your Welcome, and yes he could sing just about anything. This as always been my favoried song. But even though I'm one of Frankie's biggest fans, I perfer Gogi Grant. But he does a great version in his own way.

[tjduhon]

Great music and a great voice we don't hear a lot of that anymore.

[mammie64]

What a great voice thanks for posting!

[joss9442]

I will never get fed up with Frankie Laine I used to be in his fan club Jean

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Frankie Laine. Francesco Paolo LoVecchio Chicago....1913

[slowpokecat]

I saw him in a free concert in Phillly. He was great.

[DarkestElemental616]

I'd totally forgotten that' I'd known this song. My dad would always play this one when I was little.

[cmsgram]

I heard this song when I was a teenager. How could I have forgotten Frankie Laine? What a voice! Such feeling. I played my LPs and sang all the songs while rocking my son and later my daughter. Thank You for waking up the memories.

[markalson1938]

your welcome , the most valuable thing that you have is your memories.

[skipper8257]

The another great song by Frankie. I don't think great singers like him can sing a bad song.

[mcdade10]

What a voice!!  a great version of the song.

[lagadafe]

grand chanteur que je ne connaissais ps

[markalson1938]

Thanks, I think what ever you said

[Dragonese1]

This is a song that no matter how many times I hear it, the melody is a totally haunting one. I can sit at my computer and hear the melody and the words, just in my mind. It is amazing how many of the old songs the brain remembers and it is totally awesome to type in the name or song and be able to see and hear it on You Tube. It brings so much sunshine and happiness to each and every one of my days. Thank you so very much. God bless.

[deloisdem]

@Dragonese1  wonderful thank you

[Dragonese1]

Another one that makes me feel warm & fuzzy. It is so comforting to know other people still love and listen to the same songs I love. It is beautiful to make a connection with them. Thanks for sharing, you make my day so much better. God bless.

[markalson1938]

Your very welcome, yes I love this type of music and have since I was 10 years old. I don't think any of the so called new singers of today will have the loyalty of a fan base 30 years from now that Frankie and the singers of his generation still have.

[superyouper]

Not too many know how to sing like this anymore. You can hear the lyrics over the instruments instead of the other way around.

[markalson1938]

Not to many today know how to sing period. On "American Idol, if some one comes on there who really knows how to sing, Simon says their to old fashion."

[Scarlotti666]

I love Gogi's recording -- it's got big, mythic feel to it that grabs you like a thunderstorm. And while I would have loved to have heard Frankie sing it in a similar style arrangement (no one's voice has ever been better suited to capturing the epic forces of nature!), I think his approach is more in keeping with the "wayward" spirit of the wind (that is, it's more artistically correct). At times, I can almost hear the wind swirling wildly about in his delivery & carrying him along with it.

[tabernash42]

Had never heard this version. I grew up in a lonely shack in Tabernash CO just 25 feet from the coal trains that rummbled through the mountains. Love the memory. Thanks for the version.

[kev2596]

legend

[eldorado62]

Whenever you hear Frankie do a song in this style, it immediatly brings to mind many of the great cowboy movies that America had produced over the years. Frankie Laine has been more synonemous with this style of song than many. He was born to sing this stuff, and as I have said in past comments in regards to Frankie Laine, this man sings the lines to a song like he had lived every one of them. A claim that many can not make today!

[harryxxxxxriley]

I agree that frankie is the best, I grew up to his music and it will live forever as the ultimate cowboy music

Harryxxxxxriley

[Mustang633]

Tex Ritter had a version, but I can't find it on YouTube.

[markalson1938]

Well then I guess I'll have to add Tex's version.

[markalson1938]

I just added Tex Ritter's version of "The Watward Wind"

[DunhillHilton]

Magnificent !

[Adelaideboiisgay]

i dunno if he is the original singer but does any1 no who sang this song but he has a strong manly country voice this just dont sound right to me is there another guy or older guy that sings this?

[markalson1938]

There were two hit versions of this song in 1956. The biggest hit which was # 1 for several weeks was by Gogie Grant, which I think was the best recording of this song. Tex Ritter also had a good recording of it that went to #28 but was a bigger hit in the UK.

[Baskerville22]

Yes, agree, Gogie Grant's version is the one that's just right. Frankie Laine has a great voice, but too often his interpretation does it no favours.

[roscodawg]

I always wanted to hear him sing a version of "All in the Game" I thought his voice was suited to sing it.

[zaaritha]

Good version!

[whispperson]

I Love this Guy.

This song has always been a Favorate of mine and Frankie does this Justice.

Thanks for this.

[swycguy]

This is one of my favs. as well. However, Gogi Grant did a good job as well. I saw her perform this last year at the Palm Springs Follies and she still sounds as good today as she did when she recorded it.

[swycguy]

What a great talent. He was a neighbor of mine in before he died

[highnrising]

swy--

That's interesting. Did he walk around the neighborhood, go to stores, restaurants, etc.?

Did you talk to him? Probably, most younger people who came in contact with him didn't know he was a celebrity.

[swycguy]

Every once in a while we'd see him out and about. I was so busy working that I was hardly home. True that most younger people don't know him. I'm an old soul. Give me Glen Miller, Ella, Frankie, Gogi, Eydie... anyday ovet the "music" of today. Atleast when they sang you could understand the words.

[highnrising]

Another brilliant performance from Laine. Kind of a retelling of the "Wild Goose."