Track Listing 1. By the River Saint Marie 2. Black and Blue, (What Did I Do to Be So) 3. That's My Desire 4. Blue Turning Grey Over You 5. That Lucky Old Sun 6. That Ain't Right 7. Shine 8. Rockin' Chair 9. We'll Be Together Again 10. West End Blues 11. Give Me a Kiss For Tomorrow 12. On the Sunny Side of the Street 13. Wanted Man 14. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 15. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 16. Bowie Knife 17. Along the Navajo Trail 18. Cry of the Wild Goose, The 19. Rawhide 20. City Boy 21. Cool Water 22. 3:10 to Yuma 23. Hanging Tree, The 24. Mule Train
| Details | | Playing Time: | 67 min. | | Distributor: | Gotham Distributing Corp. | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes 2 LPs on 1 CD: ROCKIN' (1957)/HELL BENT FOR LEATHER (1961). Also available as part of the 2-CD Collectables box THE LEGEND AT HIS BEST! ROCKIN' originally released on Columbia (975). HELL BENT FOR LEATHER originally released on Columbia (8415). Includes reissue liner notes by Mark Marymont. In the late 1950s the music industry was sweeping away the old styles of music to accommodate the growing trend towards pop and rock & roll. Few of the older generation of singers managed to survive. Frankie Laine, however, was finding his star on the ascent with a sound quite different from his beginnings in the 1930s. His manly voice, always youthfully dynamic, has a dash and rhythm that rocks and rolls. As much and as easily as Laine reflected the new sounds of the '50s and '60s, ROCKIN' is really a selection of pre-rock tunes, vibrantly delivered with updated panache. Laine's rousing rendition of "Sunny Side of the Street" certainly makes this standard jump. HELL BENT FOR LEATHER showcases Laine capitalizing on rock's Nashville roots with his Elvis Presley-like stylings of C&W themed pop songs. "Rawhide," with its Western rhythm, is lassoed by Laine's dramatic vocal banditry.
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