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Frankie Ford

Frankie Ford

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Born August 4, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died September 28, 2015

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New Orleans R&B singer Frankie Ford was born on August 4, 1939 in Gretna, Louisiana. He was the adopted son of Vincent and Anna Guzzo. He studied singing and dancing as a boy and made his stage debut at age five in 1945. He performed on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour in New York City in 1952 and won many local, national, and regional vocal competitions while still a child.

Frankie was a singer and piano player for the group the Syncopators during his high school years. He had a good-sized regional hit with the song "Cheatin' Woman" for Ace Records in the late 1950s, but he scored his biggest and most beloved smash with the infectiously buoyant "Sea Cruise," which peaked at #14 on the Billboard pop charts in 1959 ("Sea Cruise" has not only been used in TV commercials for such products as Coors Light Beer, Diet Coke, and Sprite, but has also been featured on the soundtracks to the films My American Cousin (1985), Stewardess School (1986) and Ski Patrol (1990)). Alas, such equally fine follow-up singles as "Danny Boy," "Alimony," and "I Wanna Be Your Man" were only modest successes. In 1962 Frankie was drafted into the US Army and entertained troops in Vietnam, Korea, and America as a member of the Special Services. He appears as himself in the excellent 1978 Alan Freed bio movie American Hot Wax (1978).

Ford continued to tour and perform at various concerts, festivals, and nightclubs on a regular basis throughout for several decades. In addition, he closed the Gretna Heritage Festival every first weekend in October and appeared every year as a headliner at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Frankie Ford died at age 76 on September 28, 2015 at his home in Gretna, Louisiana.

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Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores Documentary2012Self

Jazzfest 2002: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival TV Special2002

Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Poster

Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Documentary2001Self

American Hot Wax Poster

American Hot Wax Feature Film1978Self

The Midnight Special Poster

The Midnight Special TV Series1972Self

Ben Casey Poster

Ben Casey TV Series19611 episode, 1963

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Comedian

The Dick Clark Show Poster

The Dick Clark Show TV Series1958Self

American Bandstand Poster

American Bandstand TV Series1952Self

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The Mystery Of Morgus Poster

The Mystery Of Morgus Documentary2011

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