Posted on 09/30/2015 2:35:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Ford was 76 years old, had been ill for quite some time
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.
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Me too!
Nice, you attributed it to the right Pinetop :)
A lot of people think Pinetop Perkins wrote that, but he just learned it from the original Pinetop before he died.
RIP.
“Must be getting old.”
Aren’t we all?!
For some reason, Buzz Aldrin and Antonio Fargas just popped into my head.
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