Rockin' (Frankie Laine album)

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Rockin'
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Released1957 (1957)
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Label Columbia
Frankie Laine chronology
Frankie Laine and the Four Lads
(1956)
Rockin'
(1957)
Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits
(1958)

Rockin' is a 1957 album by Frankie Laine which reached No.13 on the US album chart. Laine was backed by the Paul Weston Orchestra. [1]

Track listing

  1. By the River Ste. Marie
  2. Black and Blue
  3. That's My Desire
  4. Blue Turning Grey Over You
  5. That Lucky Old Sun
  6. That Ain't Right
  7. Shine
  8. Rockin' Chair
  9. We'll Be Together Again
  10. West End Blues
  11. Give Me a Kiss for tomorrow
  12. On the Sunny Side of the Street

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References

  1. Billboard - Mar 9, 1957 - Page 21 "Frankie Laine's "Rockin'," with the Paul Weston ork"