MG-20083: Frankie Laine Sings For Us
(Songs For People Together)

	Label Type :	black Mercury type A
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20083A    MF2    A1    I
		SIDE-B	MG 20083B    MF2    A1    I

Comments

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

The front cover is entitled “Songs For People Together”, but all others (labels, spine and back cover) says this album's title as “Frankie Laine Sings For Us”.

Inside The Groove

Another nice compilation (mainly featuring his mellow sides) from Frankie Laine's 1946-1950 Mercury sessions.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Frankie Laine, mostly known as a huge hitter “That's My Desire”, “Rawhide” and many more, is also a great songwriter - such nice compositions like “We'll Be Together Again”, “It Only Happens Once”, “Put Yourself In My Place Baby” proves his talent.

Unlike his most famous Mercury album “That's My Desire” (Mercury MG-20080) - a swingy and jazzy album, this album mostly consists of moody ballads. However on the other hand, this album is very enjoyable, just because his singing has much emotion and consistency.

This 12-inch album surely proves that Frankie Laine was one of the greatest song stylists in the 1940s-1950s.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-4:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Mannie Klein's All Stars, including:
Mannie Klein (tp), Si Zentner (tb), Don Bonnee (cl), Babe Russin (ts),
Carl Fischer (p), George Van Eps (g), others unknown.
Recorded at Universal Studios, Los Angeles, CA on August 27, 1946.

B-1:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Orchestra, including:
Herb Geller (as, cl), others unknown.
Recorded in 1947 (place unknown).

A-2:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Carl Fischer's Orchestra.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA? on December 1, 1947.

A-4:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Carl Fischer's Orchestra.
Recorded in 1947 (place unknown).

A-1:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Carl Fischer Orchestra:
Ziggy Elman (tp), Zeke Zarchey (tp),
Claude Lakey (sax), Babe Russin (sax), Wilbur Schwartz (sax),
Carl Fischer (p), Phil Stevens (b), Lou Singer (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on April 23, 1949.

A-6:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Harry Geller's Orchestra,
personnel including Carl Fischer (p).
Recorded maybe in Los Angeles, CA on June 9, 1949.

B-3:
same personnel as A-6.
Recorded maybe in Los Angeles, CA on June 14, 1949.

B-2:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Harry Geller's Orchestra,
personnel including Carl Fischer (p).
Recorded in January 1950 (place unknown).

A-5:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Harry Geller's Orchestra,
personnel including Carl Fischer (p).
Recorded in June 1950 (place unknown).

A-3:
Frankie Laine (vo) with unknown orchestra.
Recorded in 1950 (place unknown).

B-5:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Harry Geller's Orchestra,
personnel including Carl Fischer (p).
Recorded in 1950 (place unknown).

B-6:
Frankie Laine (vo) with Harry Geller's Orchestra,
personnel including Carl Fischer (p) and The Jud Conlon Singers.
Recorded in 1950 (place unknown).

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