Music Minute: Frankie Laine - Black and Blue

 Hindsight Records have announced the release of Frankie Laine - Black And Blue, part of The Hindsight Reimagined Series of timeless recordings tastefully enhanced for today’s listeners. The album was created by Executive Producer Thomas Gramuglia along with John F. Forbes, who served as Producer and was responsible for re-recording the project. The Sentimental Pops Orchestra contributed to the recording and Carl Fischer played piano. Additional production was recorded, mixed and mastered by John F. Forbes at ForJam Studios. Stream and download Frankie Laine - Black And Blue on Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Pandora and your favorite digital music platforms https://Frankie-Laine.lnk.to/BlackAndBluePR.

“Frankie Laine had a remarkable career,” shared liner notes author Scott Yanow. “His deep voice, infectious enthusiasm and versatility put him in his own musical category. Black And Blue was recorded during his most jazz-oriented period; it is a perfect introduction to his music and an opportunity for long-term fans to hear his voice through John Forbes’ creative and tasteful orchestrations.”

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About Frankie Laine:
Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio March 30, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, was an accomplished singer, songwriter and actor. He performed his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company and sang “That’s My Desire” as his swan song during a performance on the PBS special My Music in 2006. With a long list of hit songs, including “That Lucky Old Sun,” “Jezebel,” “High Noon,” “The Kid’s Last Fight,” “Mule Train,” “I Believe” and “Rawhide,” Laine earned several nicknames such as America’s Number One Song Stylist, Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs and Mr.Steel Tonsils.
He sang many theme songs for Western film soundtracks, including Blazing Saddles, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and 3:10 To Yuma. Laine was well-known for stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, folk, rock, gospel, jazz and blues. Although he did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon, which was recorded by Tex Ritter, his own version (with slightly altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller) was the one that became a bigger hit.
Even after his death, Laine’s popularity proved to live on. In 2011, a TV-advertised compilation called Hits reached No. 16 on the UK Albums Chart. The accomplishment was achieved nearly 60 years after his debut on the UK chart, 64 years after his first major U.S. hit and four years after his death.

About Hindsight Records:
The thrilling discovery that there was a vast repertoire of Big Band music that had never been released to the public, led to the formation of Hindsight Records. When Wally Heider, a producer for the company, learned that the Big Bands had made recordings specifically for use on radio broadcast only and that these recordings had never been commercially released - he made it his business to track them down. It took him years, as part of his quest included getting permission from the band leaders or their heirs to release the recordings, he finally amassed a superb collection. Hindsight today has continued Wally Heider’s quest to release never before heard recordings, that not only include Big Band recordings but many of the famous pop singers, jazz artists and vocal groups of all time.