Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits | ||||
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Released | 1958 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Frankie Laine released in 1958 on Columbia Records. [2] [3]
In 1962, this monaural album was re-released in an "electronically rechanneled for stereo" version. [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Moonlight Gambler" | ||
2. | "Jalousie" | ||
3. | "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (from Stanlay Kramer's prod. High Noon ) | ||
4. | "Your Cheatin' Heart" | ||
5. | "Some Day" (from Vagabond King ) | ||
6. | "I Believe" |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jezebel" | ||
2. | "Granada" | ||
3. | "That Lucky Old Sun" | ||
4. | "Rose, Rose, I Love You" |
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5. | "That's My Desire" | ||
6. | "Answer Me" |
The Four Lads were a Canadian male singing quartet that earned many gold singles and albums in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Their million-selling signature tunes include "Moments to Remember"; "Standing on the Corner"; "No, Not Much"; "Who Needs You?" and "Istanbul".
"Answer Me" is a popular song, originally titled "Mütterlein", with German lyrics by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. "Mütterlein" was published on 19 April 1952. English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman, and the song was published as "Answer Me" in New York on October 13, 1953. Contemporary recordings of the English lyric by Frankie Laine and David Whitfield both topped the UK Singles Chart in 1953.
"I Believe" is a popular song written by Ervin Drake, Irvin Abraham, Jack Mendelsohn and Al Stillman in 1953. The most popular version was recorded by Italian-American singer Frankie Laine, and spent eighteen weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
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