Columbia 78 #39585 - Frankie Laine - "Flamenco" & "Jealousy"

Here's Frankie Laine, a clarion voiced pop singer with lots of style, able to fill halls without a microphone, and one of the biggest hit-makers of late 1940's to early 1950s, Laine had more than 70 charted records, 21 gold records, and worldwide sales of about 260 million disks. Originally a rhythm and blues influenced jazz singer, Laine excelled at virtually every music style, eventually expanding to such varied genres as popular standards, gospel, folk, country, western/Americana, rock 'n' roll, and the occasional novelty number. He is known as Mr Rhythm for his driving jazzy style. His recent passing is noted below:

Offered here is a mostly clean and decent sounding easy listening sound on record #39585. General play wear overall, with moderate scratches, scuffs and some label wear. A fair amount of gloss remains. No chips, cracks, or skips.

Side HCO 4456 presents vocal & Mitch Miller orchestral arrangement of "Flamenco", and side HCO 4595 offers vocal & Paul Weston orchestral arrangement of, "Jealousy". Each is vocalized by Frankie Laine, with orchestral accompaniment, and Carl Fischer at the piano.

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