Frankie Ford

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Sea Cruise 00:00 Tools
Jingle Bell Rock 02:22 Tools
Roberta 00:00 Tools
Alimony 00:00 Tools
Cheatin' Woman 00:00 Tools
It Must Be Jelly 00:00 Tools
Please Come Home For Christmas 00:00 Tools
Whiskey Heaven 00:00 Tools
You Talk Too Much 00:00 Tools
Blue Christmas 00:00 Tools
The 12 Drinks Of Christmas 00:00 Tools
What's Going On 00:00 Tools
White Christmas 00:00 Tools
I Want to Be Your Man 00:00 Tools
Time After Time 00:00 Tools
All I Want For Christmas Is You 00:00 Tools
Watchdog 00:00 Tools
Last One To Cry 00:00 Tools
Santa Won The Lottery 00:00 Tools
Christmas On Bourbon Street 00:00 Tools
Can't Tell My Heart What to Do 00:00 Tools
When Christmas Is Here 00:00 Tools
MORGUS THE MAGNIFICENT 00:00 Tools
Danny Boy 00:00 Tools
A Certain Girl 00:00 Tools
Hour of Need 00:00 Tools
Santa Got Stuck Up In The Chimney 00:00 Tools
Christmas Chased My Blues Away 00:00 Tools
Your Game Is Over 00:00 Tools
I'm Worried Over You 00:00 Tools
Ocean Full Of Tears 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
The Groom 00:00 Tools
Watch Dog 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise - from "American Hot Wax" 00:00 Tools
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 00:00 Tools
Ava Maria 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
Jingle Bells 00:00 Tools
Adeste Fidelis 00:00 Tools
Geronimo 00:00 Tools
Seventeen 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Sick And Tired 00:00 Tools
If You'Ve Got Troubles 00:00 Tools
Chinatown 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (1959) 00:00 Tools
What's Goin' On 00:00 Tools
Blow Wind Blow 00:00 Tools
Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Walk You Home 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise-1959-Ace 00:00 Tools
SeaCruise 00:00 Tools
Beale Street Mama 00:00 Tools
What's Goin On 00:00 Tools
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Take 13) 00:00 Tools
Fine Thang! 00:00 Tools
Cheatin Woman 00:00 Tools
They Said It Couldn't Be Done 00:00 Tools
My Southern Belle 00:00 Tools
Don't You Know Yockomo 00:00 Tools
st. louis blues 00:00 Tools
Don't Drop It 00:00 Tools
On the Street Where You Live 00:00 Tools
Dog House 00:00 Tools
That's Right 00:00 Tools
Grant Avenue 00:00 Tools
You Talk Too Much (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Lonely Boy 00:00 Tools
Yours Truly 00:00 Tools
Bony Moronie 00:00 Tools
On the Sunny Side of the Street 00:00 Tools
Whats Going On 00:00 Tools
Chinatown (Take 5) 00:00 Tools
Saturday Night Fish Fry 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Frankie Ford w/ Huey 'Piano' Smith) 00:00 Tools
Can't tell my heart What to do (undubbed take) 00:00 Tools
The Lonesome Road 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford 00:00 Tools
Jimgle Bell Rock 00:00 Tools
Love Don't Love Nobody 00:00 Tools
Pretending You're Mine (Take 3) 00:00 Tools
Easy Street 00:00 Tools
Time After Time (Undubbed Take) 00:00 Tools
What Happened To You 00:00 Tools
Blow, Wind Blow 00:00 Tools
Almony 00:00 Tools
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams 00:00 Tools
St.Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruse 00:00 Tools
Can't Tell My Heart (What To Do) 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
Hour Of Need (Undubbed Take) 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise - Take 1 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Rerecorded) 00:00 Tools
Standing on the Corner 00:00 Tools
A Man Only Does (What a Woman Makes Him Do) 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise [Take 3] 00:00 Tools
Medley: Morgus the Magnificent / Morgus & The Ghouls 00:00 Tools
Happiness Street 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Frankie Ford) 00:00 Tools
Street of Dreams 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise - Take 13 00:00 Tools
One Hour 00:00 Tools
Lonely Street 00:00 Tools
Basin Street Blues 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Take One) 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Fine Thang 00:00 Tools
Im Worried Over You 00:00 Tools
Frankie Ford / Sea Cruise 00:00 Tools
Meet Me Tonight 00:00 Tools
sea cruise (alt. version) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Pneumonia 00:00 Tools
It Must Be Jelly - Frankie Ford 00:00 Tools
Dedicated to Fats 00:00 Tools
A Man Only Does 00:00 Tools
Sen Cruise 00:00 Tools
Medley: Lonely Boy / Frankie and Mac 00:00 Tools
I Can't Face Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise (Digitally Remastered) [12Bx] 00:00 Tools
Can't Tell My Heart 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise - 1959 00:00 Tools
Sea Cruise(Take 13) 00:00 Tools
Chinatown(Take 5) 00:00 Tools
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Frankie Ford (August 4, 1939 – September 28, 2015), was an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1959 hit "Sea Cruise". He was born in Gretna, Louisiana, as Vincent Francis Guzzo, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, and was the adopted son of Vincent and Anna Guzzo, who named him Vincent Francis Guzzo, Jr. He learned to sing and dance at an early age, and when at high school joined a group, the Syncopators, as singer and pianist. He was spotted by manager Joe Caronna, who took him to Johnny Vincent of Ace Records. Taking the stage name Frankie Ford, he made his first recordings for Ace in 1958. He toured locally in Louisiana, before recording a vocal overdub on the song "Sea Cruise", a song written and originally recorded by Huey "Piano" Smith with his group, the Clowns, and featuring overdubbed bells and ships' horns.. As Smith already had a record in the charts, and was away touring, the record label decided to release Ford's version, and it rose to #14 on the US pop chart and #11 on the R&B chart, selling over one million copies, and gaining gold disc status. Ford toured widely around the US, but his later records were less successful, with his versions of "Alimony" and "Time After Time" only reaching the lower reaches of the national charts. He also recorded a novelty record in praise of a local TV presenter, "Morgus the Magnificent", with musicians including Mac Rebennack and Jerry Byrne, but it failed to sell. Ace released an LP by Ford, Let's Take A Sea Cruise With Frankie Ford, before the singer moved to Imperial Records in late 1960. He recorded with producer Dave Bartholomew, and released a version of "You Talk Too Much", but Ford's recording missed out in competition with one by Joe Jones which was issued almost simultaneously. In 1961, his version of Boyd Bennett's 1955 hit "Seventeen" was Ford's last chart entry. Ford was drafted in 1962, and performed for troops in Japan, Vietnam and Korea. He later recorded occasionally for small labels, but mainly performed in clubs in and around New Orleans. He appeared in the 1978 movie American Hot Wax, and toured in Britain and Europe, recording the album New Orleans Dynamo in London in 1984. He continued to record and perform through the 1990s. Ford co-owned the Briarmeade record label, which issued several singles and albums by him from the 1970s to the 2000s. On May 16, 2010, at the Louisiana Music Homecoming in Erwinville, Ford was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Ford died in Gretna at the age of 76 on September 28, 2015, following a long illness. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.