Show THE TEEN SET SETT T Tough h Guy Laine acne Is Sweet Singer By BETTY BETZ With his big shoulders and tough guy look Frankie Frankle Laine Lame appears like anything but a singer He could be a boxer a wrestler a truck driver or a pro football player but perhaps that's just stacked next to our lightweights Torme and Sinatra or our beanpole Vic Da- Da mone monc The best description of Frankie came from disc jock Bill Williams who said Frankie looks like Jike his own agent I guess theres there's a reason for his looking like lUe a big brute when you hear his life story which begins in Chicago during the depression depression de de- depression de- de days where Frankie like Hike Perry Como learned singing singing sing sing- ing while helping out in ht his pops pop's barber shop He was fortunate to have grown up in the city where modern jazz was born and he continually hung around mu mu- Frankie finally landed a ajob ajob ajob job with a band in which he I worked forked with some famous musicians musicians musi musi- clans of the future David Rose played the piano Gene Krupa played the drums and blew the trumpet But the other boys soared to fame while Frankie had some pretty tough breaks He then changed his name from Lo Vecchio to Laine Lame he went to Lane Tech high and went into the dance marathon business I figured it was easier dancing ing til I was beat to my socks I rather than sing for 10 hours and spend all my money on throat sprays laughed Frankie who regards this singing business business business busi busi- ness only as a way to make a liv liv- ing Frankie shifted from one job to another and began to find that show business is a tough one He stuck it out until he decided decided decided de de- de- de that it wasn't very pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant being hungry all the time and t then en took a job in a defense plant But I sure had the music bug because even though I was dead tired at night I began to compose compose compose com com- pose songs Things picked up when the King Cole Trio recorded recorded recorded re re- re- re corded my song It Only Happens Happens Hap Hap- pens Once and then I got back in a singing mood again said Frankie who practically had mein me mein mein in tears up to this point Frankie's now 34 has his feet on the ground and was married to a lovely brunette a few weeks ago And I still say that if it the singing business falls through Frankie Lame Laine would make a good prize fighter pro ball player play play- er or even an agent |