| To Each His Own | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | Positive [2] |
To Each His Own is a studio album by Frankie Laine released in 1968 on ABC Records. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To Each His Own" | J. Livingston, R. Evans | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Green, Green Grass of Home" | Curly Putman | 3:02 |
| 3. | "I Wish I Had Someone like You" | Johnny Mercer, A. Hansen | 1:51 |
| 4. | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | D. Fisher, A. Roberts | 2:22 |
| 5. | "I Found You" | Craig Evans | 2:34 |
| 6. | "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" | B. Raleigh, B. Wayne | 2:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Happy to Hear You're Sorry" | Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder | 2:19 |
| 2. | "It Don't Mean a Thing to Me" | Ray Pennington | 2:46 |
| 3. | "I've Got a Right to Cry" | Joe Liggins | 2:30 |
| 4. | "I Need You" | V. Morton | 2:34 |
| 5. | "Meet Me Half Way" | Barry De Vorzon, B. Chandler | 2:18 |
| 6. | "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" | Seiler, Marcus, Benjamin, Durham | 3:16 |
| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top LPs ( Billboard ) [4] [5] | 127 |
Frankie Laine was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain".
"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 13 October 1953. Contemporary recordings of the English lyric by Frankie Laine and David Whitfield both topped the UK Singles Chart in 1953.
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"Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" is a popular song written by Harry Ruby with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, first published in 1931. The song was a hit for Jack Denny in 1931, and was revisited in 1950 by The Mills Brothers, Paul Weston, Ray Anthony, Ralph Flanagan, Frankie Laine and Frank Sinatra, with perhaps the most compelling version being that of the McGuire Sisters.
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"A Woman in Love" is a popular song. It was written by Frank Loesser and published in 1955. It was introduced in Samuel Goldwyn's 1955 cinematic adaptation of the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, for which Loesser contributed three new songs – including "A Woman in Love" – which had not been in the original stage production. In the film, it was sung as a duet between Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. The cover version by Frankie Laine reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1956.
"Hey Joe!" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the US country music chart, marking Bryant's first no. 1 record. He later wrote songs with his wife Felice for The Everly Brothers. The song was first published in New York on July 17, 1953 as "Hey, Joe".
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I Wanted Someone to Love is a studio album by Frankie Laine released in 1967 on ABC Records.
You Gave Me a Mountain is a studio album by Frankie Laine released in 1969 on ABC Records.
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