Singer, composer and author Frankie Laine was born March 30, 1913 in Chicago. His real name was Francesco Paulo LoVecchio and he lived in Chicago's Little Italy. Frankie was the oldest of eight children born to Sicilian immigrants John and Anna Lo Vecchio, who had come from Monreale, Sicily near Palermo...See full bio »
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Episode dated 9 December 1964
(1964)
(performer: "September in the Rain" - uncredited, "Mam'selle" - uncredited, "The Cry of the Wild Goose" - uncredited, "I Would Do Anything for You" - uncredited, "Rawhide" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 7 December 1964
(1964)
(performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - uncredited, "Shine" - uncredited, "Moonlight Gambler" - uncredited, "That's My Desire" - uncredited, "Go On with Your Dancing" - uncredited, "By the River Sainte Marie" - uncredited)
1955Bring Your Smile Along
(performer: "Bring Your Smile Along", "When A Girl Is Beautiful", "If Spring Never Comes", "Italian Mother Song Mama Mia", "Side By Side", "Mama Mia", "The Gandy Dancers' Ball")
1953Blowing Wild
(performer: "Blowing Wild" The Ballad of Black Gold)
1952Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
(performer: "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams", "The Girl In The Wood", "Wonderful Wasn't It", "There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder")
1951Sunny Side of the Street
(performer: "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "I May Be Wrong But I Think You're Wonderful")
1950When You're Smiling
(performer: "When You're Smiling", "Georgia On My Mind")
In my leaner days I failed many an audition because, I was told, I sounded "too black" . . . I'm certain the confusion was the direct result of the music that influenced me while I was developing my style. I guess I became the first of the so-called blue-eyed soul singers.
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