Aw, this is very sad. No matter how often I hear it, I love Sea Cruise.
Sandy
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FRANKIE FORD DIES NEW ORLEANS (AP) "Sea Cruise" singer Frankie Ford has
died. The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office in Louisiana says Ford died
Monday of natural causes. He was 76. Ford hit number 14 in 1959 with "Sea
Cruise. He never had another top-40 hit. Ford started singing when he was a
child and got his first break in the late 1950s. He was called into a New
Orleans studio to cover songs by local black singers who got limited airtime
on the radio because of racial discrimination. Sound: 018-r-48-(Excerpt of
singer Frankie Ford, performing "Sea Cruise")--Excerpt of singer Frankie
Ford, performing "Sea Cruise. Ford is dead at the age of 76. (30 Sep 2015) <
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