Frankie Laine

Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an 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. 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.

Links To Peel
Frankie Laine was described by Peel in Peeling Back The Years as his first big hero and in Margrave Of The Marshes, he mentioned his experience in seeing him perform at the Liverpool Empire in 1954:

"'Mother had taken me to see him at the Liverpool Empire, and where I had been expecting a faintly ruffianly figure in appropriately ruffianly clothing, I got a slightly plump chap in a shot-silk suit who must have been nearing thirty. Frankie still sounded good though and I dutifully waited outside the stage door for his autograph, which I didn't get.'"

Peel nominated Frankie Laine's Answer Me for his Peelenium 1953 and after his death was discovered to have three of his records in his Record Collection.

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1953: Answer Me

Shows Played

 * 1987
 * 1993
 * 1999
 * 2000
 * 2001
 * 2003
 * 2000
 * 2001
 * 2003
 * 2003
 * 2003