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Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 - February 6, 2007), was a successful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as America's Number One Song Stylist, his other nicknames include Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs, and Mr. Steel Tonsils. His hits included "That's My Desire," "That Lucky Old Sun," "Mule Train," "Cry of the Wild Goose," "Jezebel," "High Noon," "I Believe," "Hey Joe!," "The Kid's Last Fight," "Cool Water," "Moonlight Gambler," "Love is a Golden Ring," "Rawhide," and "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain."
He sang well-known theme songs for many movie Western soundtracks, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Blazing Saddles, although he was not a country & western singer. Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon, which was sung by Tex Ritter, but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller) was the one that became a bigger hit, nor did he sing the theme to another show he is commonly associated with—Champion the Wonder Horse (sung by Mike Stewart)—but released his own, subsequently more popular version.
Actors: Ralph Staub (director), Audie Murphy (actor), Ralph Staub (actor), Ralph Staub (producer), Ralph Staub (writer), Frankie Laine (actor), Nan Wynn (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: John Eldredge (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Phil Arnold (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Jim Backus (actor), George Chakiris (actor), Roscoe Ates (actor), Jerry Colonna (actor), Chuck Courtney (actor), Dan Dailey (actor), Jack Daly (actor), Benny Burt (actor), Sammy Davis Jr. (actor), Dick Elliott (actor),
Plot: Chuck Redwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not to begin with...
Keywords: gambling, loveActors: Jeffrey Sayre (actor), Cosmo Sardo (actor), Richard Quine (actor), Richard Quine (actor), Barry Norton (actor), Charles Perry (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), John Derek (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Gene Autry (actor), Arthur Franz (actor), Broderick Crawford (actor), Roy Darmour (actor), Clark Howat (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: George Duning (composer), Jerome Cowan (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Jimmy Lloyd (actor), Neyle Morrow (actor), Frank Nelson (actor), Robert Shayne (actor), Ray Teal (actor), Edwin H. Bryant (editor), Karen DeWolf (writer), Joseph Santley (director), Jerome Courtland (actor), Lola Albright (actress), Bob Crosby (actor), Donald Mills (actor),
Genres: Musical,Oh, we never not gonna go home
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