THE GANDY DANCER'S BALL - Frankie Laine

A top 20 sheet music hit in Britain. From the Parisian leg of Laine's 1954 World Tour.

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Music

Tags:

• Frankie
• Laine
• Gandy
• Paris

[radiobastet]

Peaceful rest, Frankie.  Thanks for the good times.

[shoelover25]

Thank God for Youtube that we can see great clips. I am 27 years old male I am a big fan of Frankie Laine thanks for the clips its fun

[Boldorion1958]

I last heard that song 54 years ago.

[rileyjeffs]

He cannot be beaten on songs similar to this or C/W . A great singer, missed very much.

[patthecatman]

frankie is second only to bing crosby in my book. really could put a song together

[teletubetodd]

WOW! It's been 36 years since I heard this! I sang this number with a men and boys chorus at our summer pops concerts at the great hotels and resorts (some long gone) in New Hampshire's White Mountains/Franconia Notch area back in the summer of '73! (The chorus, the Bretton Woods Boy Singers, are long forgotten, but they did have the honor of performing at President Eisenhower's dedication of the Old Man of the Mountains [he's gone, too] as a national historic site.)

[DENISMURRELL]

I haven't lived in Australia for over 20 years and I've spent only 40% of my whole life there. I live in Macau. Of course, I've seen Phar Lap...the stuffed carcass in the museum, but unfortunately, not the movie. There have been some wonderful Australian movies. They seem to come up with a real trimmer once in a while. 'Breaker Morant' was good as was 'A Cry In the Dark'.

[cf1934]

I really enjoy Australian movies, especially the one about the great Phar Lap. I really liked that movie.

[DENISMURRELL]

To be quite honest I prefer Perry Como's discs of the 1950's. I found most of his back catalog on myspace is available for streaming and listening to. Excellent material. I especially like 'Juke Box baby' which was almost rock' 'n' roll. You'll find most of Mr Laine's backcat on myspace too, I guess. The Weavers are there too, but alas, not 'Gandy'.

[DENISMURRELL]

On their version, The Weavers were backed by the fullest big-band sound of any of their records. But it swings and the arrangement is excellent. Unfortunately, 'Gandy' rarely, if ever, appears on any of their compilation discs. Thanks for letting me know that this was not the original Frankie Laine recording. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and I don't think any radio stations played Frank's original version. What we got was The Weavers.

[cf1934]

You sound really bright, but not bright enough to know that this was not the original recording. This was live. I heard Frankie's version all the time, but not The Weavers. Maybe I heard it, but it was'nt good enough to impress me

[DENISMURRELL]

Frank Laine's verson sounds like it was patched together in one take. The sound quality, for instance, is terrible and the arrangement leaves a lot to be desired. One of Mercury's poorer efforts, I'm afraid.