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The Cry Of The Wild Goose
"The Cry of the Wild Goose" is a 1950 song written by Terry Gilkyson. Originally performed by Frankie Laine, the song was his third consecutive number-one hit, following "That Lucky Old Sun" and " Mule Train" from the previous year. The song was released on 78 rpm in early 1950 by Mercury Records with catalog number 5363. Laine's version spent two weeks at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Most Played by Jockeys music chart in March 1950. The song was later covered by Tennessee Ernie Ford and was the uncredited theme song for the 1950 motion picture release '' Saddle Tramp''. The song is quoted at length in the 1952 novel ‘’Back of Town’’ by Maritta Wolff. In a 1986 episode of ''Life With Lucy'', Lucille Ball’s character references the song's lyrics when she states that she had to listen to Frankie Laine sing "I must go where the wild goose goes" before she could leave a message on an answering machine. Brian Setzer covered the song on his 2003 album ''Nitro Burnin' ...
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Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of " That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", " That Lucky Old Sun", " Mule Train", " Jezebel", " High Noon", " I Believe", " Hey Joe!", " The Kid's Last Fight", " Cool Water", " Rawhide", and " You Gave Me a Mountain". He sang well known theme songs for many Western film soundtracks, including '' 3:10 To Yuma'', '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', and '' Blazing Saddles'', although his recordings were not charted as country and western. Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, ...
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Saddle Tramp (film)
''Saddle Tramp'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Joel McCrea and Wanda Hendrix.Nott p.85-86 Its uncredited theme song was " The Cry of the Wild Goose" by Frankie Laine. Plot While travelling through Nevada en route to California, " saddle tramp" Chuck Conner stays overnight with an old close friend. After the friend is killed falling from his horse, "Uncle Chuck" feels a duty to look after his four young boys, whose mother had died previously. He takes a job on a local ranch, but must conceal his new family from his employer. He also takes in a young woman who has run away from home, and she assists him to tackle a gang of cattle rustlers. Cast * Joel McCrea as Chuck Conner * Wanda Hendrix as Della * John Russell as Rocky * John McIntire as Jess Higgins *Jeanette Nolan as Ma Higgins * Russell Simpson as Pop *Ed Begley Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and ...
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Mercury Records Singles
Mercury most commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a chemical element * Mercury (mythology), a Roman deity Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Mercury (toy manufacturer), a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy * Mercury Communications, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s * Mercury Corporation, an American aircraft manufacturer * Mercury Cyclecar Company, a defunct American car company * Mercury Drug, a Philippine pharmacy chain * Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand * Mercury Filmworks, a Canadian independent animation studio * Mercury General, a multiple-line American insurance organization * Mercury Interactive, a software testing tools vendor * Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors * Mercury Systems, a defense-related information technology company * Mercury Technologies, a financial te ...
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Frankie Laine Songs
Frankie is a diminutive of Frank, Francis, Francisco, Francine, and Francesca. People *Frankie (musician), indie pop musician from Los Angeles, California * Frankie Abernathy (1981–2007), American MTV Real World cast member * Frankie Adams (born 1994), Samoan New Zealand actress *Frankie Avalon (born 1940), American actor, singer and teen idol * Frankie Ballard (born 1982), American country singer-songwriter and guitarist * Frankie Barnet, Canadian author * Frankie Boyle (born 1972), Scottish comedian *Frankie Bridge (born 1989), English singer-songwriter * Frankie Carle (1903–2001), American pianist and bandleader * Frankie Corio (born 2010), Scottish actress * Frankie Cosmos, American musician and singer-songwriter * Frankie Crosetti (1910–2002), American baseball player * Frankie Cutlass (born 1971), American hip-hop producer, DJ, and rapper * Frankie Darro (1917–1976), American actor and stuntman * Frankie Doom, drag performer and contestant on ''The Boulet Brothers' D ...
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1950 Singles
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establishes his headquarters and the colonies th ...
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Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy
''Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy'' is the eleventh solo album from American musician Brian Setzer, released in 2003 on Surfdog Records. He said, when released, that it was the most personal record he had ever done. He ventured away from his traditional "hot rod rockabilly side" and wrote more about love ("That Someone Just Ain't You"), faith ("St. Jude") and death ("Sixty Years"). Track listing All songs written by Brian Setzer, unless otherwise stated. # "Sixty Years" - 4:42 # "Don't Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac)" - 3:46 # "When The Bells Don't Chime" - 3:07 # "That Someone Just Ain't You" - 3:55 # "Rat Pack Boogie" - 4:21 # "Ring, Ring, Ring" - 2:47 # "Drink Whiskey and Shut Up" - 4:25 # "Smokin' 'N Burnin'" - 4:25 # "Wild Wind" (Terry Gilkyson) - 3:16 # "St. Jude" - 4:28 # "To Be Loved" (Ken Goodloe, Joe Jones, Carl McGinnis, Otis Munson, Ted Goodloe) - 2:22 # "When The Bells Don't Chime" (Banjo Mix) - 3:07 Personnel * Brian Setzer - lead vocals, electric guitar, banjo ...
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Brian Setzer
Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with his swing revival band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra. In 1987, he made a cameo appearance as Eddie Cochran in the film ''La Bamba (film), La Bamba''. In February 2025, Setzer shared that he has an autoimmune disease which prevents him from playing guitar. Career Stray Cats Setzer was born April 1959 in Massapequa, New York, Massapequa, New York. He started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in school. He found a way to hear jazz at the Village Vanguard, though as he got older he became more interested in rock, punk, and rockabilly. He was a member of the Bloodless Pharaohs and the Tomcats, which he began with his brother, Gary. The Tomcats became the Stray Cats when double bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom ...
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Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She earned many honors, including the Women in Film Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD, Crystal Award, an induction into the Television Hall of Fame, a Kennedy Center Honors, Kennedy Center Honor, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway theatre, Broadway using the stage name Diane (or Dianne) Belmont. She later appeared in films i ...
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Life With Lucy
''Life with Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. Created by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis, the series aired for one season on ABC from September 20 to November 15, 1986. It is the only Lucille Ball sitcom to not air on CBS. Developed amidst an industry-wide interest in comeback vehicles, ABC and producer Aaron Spelling coaxed Ball out of retirement for a new series. Unlike Ball's previous sitcoms, ''Life with Lucy'' was a failure in the ratings and poorly received by critics and viewers alike. Only eight out of the 13 episodes produced were aired before ABC cancelled the series. Its cancellation devastated her. This was the last television series or film she starred in before her death in 1989. Premise Ball plays a recently widowed grandmother who has inherited her husband Sam's half interest in a hardware store in South Pasadena, California, the other half being owned by his business partner, widower Curtis McGibbon (played by Gale Gordon). Lucy's chara ...
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Maritta Wolff
Maritta Martin Wolff Stegman (December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002) was an American author. Biography Wolff was born on December 25, 1918, in Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan. She grew up on her grandparents' farm and attended a one-room country school. She was a senior at the University of Michigan when she wrote a novel-length story for an English composition class that won the 1940 Avery Hopwood Award, a university prize for excellent writing, worth $1,000. ''Whistle Stop'' is a seamy tale of the Veeches, a shiftless family living in a whistle-stop town near Detroit. The novel, depicting incest, violence, and containing much more vulgar language than was usual at the time, was published the next year by Random House. That Wolff, a mere 22-year-old, was the author of so hard-boiled a novel gave her an instant notoriety, and ''Whistle Stop'' became an immediate best-seller, going into five editions and a special Armed Services Edition. Yet the book was not without literar ...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of " The Shotgun Boogie" and " Sixteen Tons". Biography Early years Ford was born in Fordtown, Tennessee, United States, to Maud (née Long) and Clarence Thomas Ford. He spent much of his time in his early years listening to country or western musicians, in person or on the radio. Ford began wandering around Bristol, Tennessee in his high school years, taking an interest in radio and began his radio career as an announcer at WOPI in 1937, being paid 10 dollars a week. In 1938, the young bass-baritone left the station and went to study classical music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in Ohio. He returned for the announcing job in 1939 and ...
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