* 1978: Frankie Laine recorded the song for his British album Life is Beautiful.

Popular music stars in the early 1950s included Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Patti Page, Judy Garland, Johnnie Ray, Kay Starr, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, Georgia Gibbs, Eddie Fisher, Teresa Brewer, Dinah Shore, Kitty Kallen, Joni James, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Toni Arden, June Valli, Doris Day, Arthur Godfrey, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Guy Mitchell, Nat King Cole, and vocal groups like The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, The Four Lads, The Four Aces, The Chordettes, Fontane Sisters, The Hilltoppers and The Ames Brothers.

* Frankie Laine

** Frankie Laine, American singer ( d. 2007 )

* " Jezebel " ( song ), by Frankie Laine

Many artists made their mark with pop standards, particularly interpreters like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Nat King Cole ( originally known for his jazz piano virtuosity ), Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gormé, Andy Williams, Nancy Wilson, Jack Jones, Rita Reys, Steve Lawrence and Cleo Laine.

* Frankie Laine

In 1956 Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers appeared on the Frankie Laine show in New York, which was televised nationally, performing their hit " Why Do Fools Fall in Love ?".

The rest of the cast included humorist Fred Allen, singers Mindy Carson and Frankie Laine, stage musical performer Ethel Merman, actors Jose Ferrer and Paul Lukas, and comic-singer Danny Thomas ( about to become a major television star in his own right ).

Frank Sinatra continued his legendary career, and was joined by Mario Lanza, Perry Como, Dean Martin ( Dino Crocetti ), Tony Bennett ( Benedetto ), Frankie Laine ( Francesco LoVecchio ), Vic Damone ( Vito Farinola ), Don Cornell ( Luigi Varlaro ), Bobby Darin ( Walden Cassotto ), Johnny Desmond ( Giovanni De Simone ), Bobby Rydell ( Ridarelli ), Julius La Rosa, Connie Francis ( Concetta Franconero ), Joanie James ( Giovanna Babbo ), Madonna and a host of others.

He recorded more than one hundred albums with international musical stars ( spanning the genres of jazz, variety, and classical ) and worked with such diverse musicians as Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Claude Nougaro, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Tamara Gverdciteli, Frankie Laine, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Bassey, Regine Velasquez, and Natalie Dessay.

* Reunion In Rhythm – Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand

* You Are My Love – Frankie Laine

* Foreign Affair – Frankie Laine and Michel LeGrand

* Greatest Hits – Frankie Laine

* Torchin ' – Frankie Laine

* When Nat King Cole's television show is unable to get a sponsor, Frankie Laine becomes the first artist to cross TV's color line.

* Rockin ' – Frankie Laine

* Frankie Laine & The Four Lads – Frankie Laine

Frankie Hi-NRG MC is often referred to as the Italian NAS, since his rhymes are very complex and intellectual.

Also, in their debut album Welcome to the Pleasuredome which rocketed to rank one in the UK charts in its very first week in 1984, Frankie Goes to Hollywood referred to the poem in the title track.

Other songs referred to are Frankie Valli's Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and 19th Nervous Breakdown ( as " 18th Nervous Breakdown ") by The Rolling Stones.

In 2001, when All My Children head writer Richard Culliton wanted to set up a murder storyline, he created character Mary Frances Stone ( referred to onscreen as " Frankie ").

The cast also featured British comedian Frankie Howerd as Mean Mr. Mustard ( his only major U. S. film appearance ; he later quipped about the film " It was like Saturday Night Fever, but without the fever "), Paul Nicholas as Dougie Shears, George Burns as Mr. Kite, Donald Pleasence as B. D., referred to in Burns ' narrative voice-over as B. D.

" Frankie ", as Buzz usually referred to him, was more than a little reminiscent of the title character in Gigantor.

* Frank DiLeo as rock promoter Frankie ' Mr. Big ' Sharp

The great success of young rock stars like Elvis Presley and film stars like James Dean and Sal Mineo in the 1950s, as well as the wider emergence of youth subcultures, led promoters to the deliberate creation of teen idols such as Frankie Avalon and Fabian — and to artists who deliberately cultivated a ( safer ) idol image, like Paul Anka.

* Frankie Laine records " Mule Train ", considered by some critics as marking the beginning of the rock era.

Franklin Joseph " Frankie " Lymon ( September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968 ) was an American rock and roll / rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group, The Teenagers.

Although their period of success was brief, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers ' string of hits were highly influential on the rock and R & B performers who followed them.

* Frankie Lymon, African-American rock and roll / Rhythm and blues singer

The band consists of Justin Hawkins ( lead vocals, guitar ), his brother Dan Hawkins ( guitar, backing vocals ), Frankie Poullain ( bass, backing vocals ) and Ed Graham ( drums ) and are characterised by their classic rock influences and elaborate stage performances.

' Mule Train ', Miller's first major hit ( for Frankie Laine ) and the foundation of his career, set the pattern for virtually the entire first decade of rock.

Most of her songs have jazz influences, and, like those of Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray, are sung in a style that sound decidedly close to the rock and roll songs that follow.

Frankie Banali ( born November 14, 1951 ) is an American rock drummer, best known for his work with multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot.

Frankie Ford ( born August 4, 1939 ) is an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer.

* The Four Seasons ( band ), an American rock band led by Frankie Valli

Savage is also a fan of 1950s rock ' n ' roll and doo-wop music such as The Cadillacs, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and The Flamingos which is played on his " Rock and Roll Friday.

Arcade is a rock band formed in 1991 by ex-Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy, ex-Sea Hags guitarist Frankie Wilsex, guitarist Donny Syracuse, and Cinderella drummer Fred Coury.

" That was followed by a hit cover of Frankie Lymon's " Why Do Fools Fall in Love.

Lymon's father, Howard Lymon, also sang in a gospel group known as the Harlemaires ; Frankie Lymon and his brothers Lewis and Howie sang with the Harlemaire Juniors ( a fourth Lymon brother, Timmy, was a singer, though not with the Harlemaire Juniors ).

The song Harlem Roulette by The Mountain Goats off their 2012 album Transcendental Youth contains reference to Frankie Lymon and has been stated by frontman John Darnielle to be about the last night of Lymon's life.

They are often billed as " Frankie Lymon's Legendary Teenagers ".