Frankie Laine

Mecury Records co-founder Berle Adams dies 08/28/2009

Mecury Records co-founder Berle Adams dies 08/28/2009

Though his influence proved less durable than his record sales, Frankie Laine was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1950s, swinging jazz standards as well as half a dozen Western movie themes of the time with his manly baritone. Laine's somewhat artificial Western nature proved more successful in far-off England, where he set two chart records in 1953: his version of "I Believe" stayed at ...more