FRANKIE LANE - LOVE IS A GOLDEN RING

LOVE IS A GOLDEN RING

FRANKIE LANE

SONGWRITERS: FRANKIE MILLER; RICHARD DEHR &TERRY GILKINSON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: FRANKIE LANE

LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1957

Frankie Laine(born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor 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", "Save Your Sorrow", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain".

He sang well-known theme songs for many movie Western soundtracks, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Blazing Saddles, although his recordings were not charted as a country & western. Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon, which was sung by Tex Ritter, but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller) was the one that became a bigger hit, nor did he sing the theme to another show he is commonly associated with—Champion the Wonder Horse(sung by Mike Stewart)—but released his own, subsequently more popular, version.

Laine's enduring popularity was illustrated in June 2011, when a TV-advertised compilation called Hits reached No. 16 on the British 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.

While Laine's influence on popular music, rock and roll and soul is rarely acknowledged by rock historians, his early crossover success as a singer of "race music" not only helped pave the way for other white artists who sang in the black style, like Kay Starr, Johnnie Ray and Elvis Presley, but also helped to increase public acceptance for African-American artists as well. Artists inspired and/or influenced by Laine include Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, Lou Rawls, The Kalin Twins, The Beatles, Tom Jones, James Brown, Billy Fury, and many others.

He was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame 2008.

In 2010, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.

For his contributions to the music and television industry, Frankie Laine has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The music star is at the north side of the 1600 block on Hollywood Boulevard, the television star is at the west side of the 1600 block on Vine Street.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Frankie Laine among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Your love and mine, dear, it will shine, dear

Just like that golden ring on your finger

Love isn't just for tonight

Or two arms that hold me so tight

Love is a song that two must learn to sing

And love is a golden ring

Love's not a summer romance

Or the kiss that follows the dance

Love is forever a rare and lasting thing

And love is a golden ring

A wedding in the Church, the happiness and tears

The little ring you'll wear will last through all the years

And in our golden days, we'll find eternal spring

With love and the golden ring

So please won't you wear it for me

With faith and sweet charity

And for lonely lovers lost

This message we will bring

Love is a golden ring

Love is a golden ring

Love is a golden ring

Love.