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Subject: God takes Frankie Ford on a "Sea Cruise"
Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 09/30/15 at 5:01 pm
https://news.yahoo.com/frankie-ford-sang-sea-cruise-dies-age-76-212106368.html
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frankie Ford, a rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues singer whose 1959 hit "Sea Cruise" brought him international fame when he was 19, is dead at the age of 76.
Ford died Monday of natural causes, according to the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, coroner's office.
"He was a great guy. He had the best voice in rock and roll," said Mike Shepherd, a friend of Ford's and head of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, which inducted Ford in 2010.
In addition to "Sea Cruise," Billboard magazine's No. 14 overall and No. 11 in rhythm and blues in 1959, Ford's hits included "Roberta," ''Time after Time" and "You Talk Too Much." His version of "You Talk Too Much" aired while Joe Jones' recordings of the song were tied up in court. Jones' recording eventually reached No. 3, while none of Ford's after "Sea Cruise" made it higher than 72, the mark set by "Seventeen" in 1961.
Shepherd said Ford had been ill for some time, and had been unable to walk since he was hit by a car in Memphis several years ago.
Wow. Here he is performing on Saturday Beech-Nut How on March 21, 1959.
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Oo ee, oo ee, baby
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
Subject: Re: God takes Frankie Ford on a "Sea Cruise"
Written By: AmericanGirl on 09/30/15 at 9:12 pm
Oh no - another early rock 'n roll star, gone :\'( :\'( :\'(
R.I.P. Frankie Ford
Subject: Re: God takes Frankie Ford on a "Sea Cruise"
Written By: Howard on 10/01/15 at 7:35 am
Oh no - another early rock 'n roll star, gone :\'( :\'( :\'(
R.I.P. Frankie Ford
Yes, another Rock And Roll legend gone, RIP Frankie Ford. :(
Subject: Re: God takes Frankie Ford on a "Sea Cruise"
Written By: nally on 10/03/15 at 5:06 pm
I had no idea he'd still been around... R.I.P. to Frankie :\'(
Subject: Re: God takes Frankie Ford on a "Sea Cruise"
Written By: apollonia1986 on 10/13/15 at 9:39 pm
You gotta be putting me on. I don't believe it. And thats one of my favorite songs too! :\'(