Music
The concert celebrating Frankie Laine’s 86th birthday on Sunday was a tribute to a veteran pop artist who until very recently has sustained an active singing career.
March 30, 1999
Re “Frankie Laine, 93; pop balladeer of the working man,” obituary, Feb. 7 The extensive obituary on Frankie Laine provides just a glimpse of the many accomplishments of this talented singer.
Feb. 9, 2007
When celebrated pop crooner Frankie Laine--whose 21-million-selling singles from the late 1940s to the middle ‘60s included “Mule Train,” “I Believe,” and “Rawhide”--moved to Point Loma in 1968, it was purportedly to retire.
Dec. 13, 1990
When celebrated pop crooner Frankie Laine--whose 21 million-selling singles from the late 1940s to the middle ‘60s included “Mule Train,” “I Believe,” and “Rawhide”--moved to Point Loma in 1968, it was purportedly to retire.
Dec. 12, 1990
Obituaries
Frankie Laine, the singer with the booming voice who hit it big with such songs as “That Lucky Old Sun,” “Mule Train,” “Cool Water,” “I Believe,” “Granada” and “Moonlight Gambler,” died Tuesday at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego.
Feb. 7, 2007
Singer Frankie Laine is undergoing tests at Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted Wednesday after suffering chest pains, hospital spokesman Norman Greene confirmed Thursday.
Jan. 25, 1985
Laine Hospitalized: Singer Frankie Laine, whose hits include “Jezebel” and “Mule Train,” observed his 77th birthday Friday in a St.
April 2, 1990
California
Frankie Laine, the popular singer of the 1940s and 1950s, was in stable condition Friday afternoon after undergoing quadruple arterial heart-lung bypass surgery at Mercy Hospital in San Diego, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Jan. 26, 1985
Frankie Laine, 71, a top recording star of the 1940s and 1950s whose 21 gold records include “Mule Train” and “Rawhide,” suffered a spasm of severe chest pains and has been hospitalized for observation and testing, officials said today.
Jan. 24, 1985
Frankie Laine, the popular singer of the 1940s and 1950s, was in stable condition Friday after undergoing quadruple arterial heart-lung bypass surgery at Mercy Hospital here, a hospital spokeswoman said.