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Excellence in Excellent
Best of the Best It was quite a shock to me after learning that the great singer Tony Bennett had decided to allow the public to know about his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Tony has been such an inspiration to many, and has been a consistent artist for decades within [...]
A Couple of Past Laine Projects for the Ages
Book On the back cover of my 2005 book, Reaching for a Star, about my friendship with Frankie Laine (and my life and music career), I have two special quotations that I would like to share. The first is from Frankie Laine. He chose to recall our first meeting in [...]
Busting Open the Book
Laine in My Life With the closing of the year, I began to focus on what I might write about this month. I thought perhaps I would write about what Frankie Laine really means to me—both as a person and as a music legend. Not only did Frankie accept me [...]
Building a Library with Meaning
November Vibes When November rolls around, I find myself recalling my first visit with Frankie Laine. It was mid-November 1985, when I took a Greyhound bus from my home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to San Diego, California. A few days earlier, I had contacted Frankie by telephone to relate my [...]
