Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine And Friends

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Frankie Laine And Friends is a delightful CD gathering some of the most charming vocal collaborations of Laine’s storied career, pairing his big, warm baritone with an impressive roster of mid-century stars. Highlights include the breezy swing of ‘Hey Good Lookin” with Jo Stafford — easily one of the most natural vocal partnerships of the 1950s — the gospel-tinged exuberance of ‘Up Above My Head’ with Johnnie Ray, and the perennial favourite ‘Sugarbush’ alongside Doris Day. Buck Clayton’s jazz sensibility adds a cooler, more intimate dimension to tracks like ‘Stars Fell On Alabama’, while The Four Lads bring robust ensemble energy to ‘Rain, Rain, Rain’. This CD is an essential document of an era when popular music thrived on personality, warmth, and the chemistry between great singers…

1. That Old Feeling – w/Buck Clayton
2. Hambone – w/Jo Stafford
3. Tell Me A Story – w/Jimmy Boyd
4. Hey Good Lookin’ – w/Jo Stafford
5. Up Above My Head – w/Johnnie Ray
6. If You Were Mine – w/Buck Clayton
7. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – w/Jo Stafford
8. I Heard The Angels Singing – w/The Four Lads
9. Floating Down To Cotton Town – w/Jo Stafford
10. Rain, Rain, Rain – w/The Four Lads
11. Sugarbush – w/Doris Day
12. The Little Boy And The Old Man – w/Jimmy Boyd
13. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening – w/Jo Stafford
14. Stars Fell On Alabama – w/Buck Clayton
15. Juba-Juba-Jubalee – w/The Four Lads
16. Basin Street Blues – w/Jo Stafford
17. My Old Flame – w/The Buck Clayton Orchestra
18. How Lovely Cooks The Meat – w/Doris Day
19. Ain’t It A Pity And A Shame – w/The Four Lads
20. High Society – w/Jo Stafford