Frankie Laine has ridden into the sunsuet.

Cafe Society
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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 today at Mercy Hospital in San Diego. He was 93.

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*He conquered fear and he conquered hate
He turned our night into day
He made his blazing saddle
A torch to light the way *

We’ll miss you, Frankie.

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Awwwww. I thought he was already gone. I grew up listening to his songs. And singing along to them.

I think every western singer has done Cool Water at some point in their career. I don’t remember hearing Laine’s version though. Off to search!

All day I face the barren waste, without a taste of water, cooooooooool water . . . Dang, you got me started now.

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*My heart’s calculatin’,
My true love will be waitin’.
Waitin’ at the end of my ride. *

RIP

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I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows…

bye bye, Frankie, thanks for sharing the voice…

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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, though the creeks are swollen, keep them doggies rollin’, rawhiiiiiide;

Move 'em on, get 'em up, get 'em up, move 'em on, move 'em on, get 'em up, rawHIDE!

Ride 'em out, ride 'em in…
I’m exhausted.

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Shouldn’t it be pronounced Raw-hoide?

Gone, but never forgotten.

Regards,
Shodan

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The B side of High Noon (why we bought the record) was Rock of Gibraltar and that’s what’s ringing in my ear as I think of the uniqueness of Frankie Laine. They just played 3:10 to Yuma (may even still be available) on On Demand Encore Westerns. He sings the title song.

One of a kind.

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My mother was a huge fan, so I grew up listening to him. Great singer.

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I just heard him singing the theme song to “Gunfight at the OK Corral” for the first time this morning. I thought “When did old Frankie Laine pass on? Must be decades ago.”

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I’m not entirely sure what a “sunsuet” is, but it does sound like something Frankie Lane would ride off into, doesn’t it?