[Dixielandjazz] Frankie Laine Obit

[Bob Romans]

Type in Frankie Laine on youtube, also!
Warmest regards,
Bob Romans,
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Lodi, Calif., 95242
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig I. Johnson" <civanj at roadrunner.com>
To: "pat ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>; "dixieland jazz mail list" 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Frankie Laine Obit


> There's a station in Portland Maine -- "The Bay" aon 1400 and 1490 AM
> that plays the oldies 1930-1970s" all day with a lot of vocal and some
> instrumentals.
> It is one of the purveyors of the synicated programming called
> ":THe Music of Your Life".
> (Check out http://musicofyourlife.com/ for your area if interested
> -- at least in the U.S.)
>
> My truck radio only has 3 presets that I bother with..
> That one and and 88.1 FM where I listen to my iPod.
> full of dixie and swing and WBACH for classical & jazz.
>
> For several days after Frankie Laine's
> death they played many if not all of his recordings. It took me back
> joyously to my earler years. I really enjoyed Frankie.
>
> Craig Johnson
>
>
>
> pat ladd wrote:
>
>>Sorry to hear this news.
>>
>>I first heard Frankie Lane on film in a little known black and white 
>>called,
>>I think, `Make believe Ballroom`. It was a thin story about radio 
>>performers
>>learning to make the switch to TV. Move about, gesture etc instead of just
>>standing motiionless in front of a mike.
>>
>>I went chasing my local record shop for Frankie Lane stuff the next day 
>>but
>>they had never heard of him  and there was nothing in the catalogues. It 
>>was
>>ages before I ran any of his records, 78`s of course to earth.
>>
>>I think Billy Daniels and Dinah Shore also appeared in the film..
>>
>>A sad loss.
>>
>>Pat
>>
>>
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