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Frank Lamphere

Born: August 4

January 25, 2024 – Retro jazz crooner & occasional songwriter Frank Lamphere released his fourth studio album “Now, THAT'S Amore!” on September 25, 2023. The album contains fourteen songs, four of which are originals. Of these originals, Do You Like What You See? is an energetic bluesy pop ala 1967 as is I’d Like to Come Back to You, a song with lyrics about the Vietnam war. Both songs feature jazz organ accompaniment, adding to their authentic-to-the-period sound. Think Happy, most likely inspired by national talk show radio host Dennis Prager, is a "small group big band" swinger whose message speaks of thinking positively. Frank does another take on his baseball song, now with a new home team The Braves Go All the Way. Of the remaining covers, That’s Amore, originally from the 1953 Martin and Lewis movie “The Caddy” received a makeover and was made into a jazz waltz, but still with plenty of Italian flavorings. Frank's unique rendition of  Speak Softly, Love (The Godfather Theme) now a full-bodied swinger, should turn some heads. Two Henry Mancini tunes: the very up-tempo Charade and the Latin flavored, vibe-tinged Slow Hot Wind found a place on the album. Another patriotic American song, found it's way onto a Lamphere album God Bless America, now a swinger. Surprise! Bacharach’s 1967 Look of Love, a huge Buddy Greco nod in Around the World and the 1934 ballad For All We Know round out the album. This album was recorded over two sessions in March 2020 and February 2021.

Frank R Lamphere

Born: August 4

Now THAT'S Amore – Frank Lamphere’s new vocal album

January 25, 2024 – Retro jazz crooner & occasional songwriter Frank Lamphere released his fourth studio album “Now, THAT'S Amore!” on September 25, 2023. The album contains fourteen songs, four of which are originals. Of these originals, Do You Like What You See? is an energetic bluesy pop ala 1967 as is I’d Like to Come Back to You, a song with lyrics about the Vietnam war. Both songs feature jazz organ accompaniment, adding to their authentic-to-the-period sound. Think Happy, most likely inspired by national talk show radio host Dennis Prager, is a "small group big band" swinger whose message speaks of thinking positively. Frank does another take on his baseball song, now with a new home team The Braves Go All the Way. Of the remaining covers, That’s Amore, originally from the 1953 Martin and Lewis movie “The Caddy” received a makeover and was made into a jazz waltz, but still with plenty of Italian flavorings. Frank's unique rendition of  Speak Softly, Love (The Godfather Theme) now a full-bodied swinger, should turn some heads. Two Henry Mancini tunes: the very up-tempo Charade and the Latin flavored, vibe-tinged Slow Hot Wind found a place on the album. Another patriotic American song, found it's way onto a Lamphere album God Bless America, now a swinger. Surprise! Bacharach’s 1967 Look of Love, a huge Buddy Greco nod in Around the World and the 1934 ballad For All We Know round out the album. This album was recorded over two sessions in March 2020 and February 2021.

Now, THAT'S Amore!

By Frank Lamphere

Label: Late Nite Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: 1. Speak Softly, Love (The Godfather Theme) (Kusik-Rota) 3:52 2. Around the World (Adamson-Young) 3:28 3. The Look of Love (David-Bacharach) 5:48 4. That's Amore (Brooks-Warren) 2:50 5. Do You Like What You See? (Lamphere) 3:21 6. God Bless America (Berlin) 3:17 7. I'd Like to Come Back to You (Lamphere) 2:45 8. A Slow Hot Wind (Gimbel-Mancini) 4:22 9. Charade (Mercer-Mancini) 2:54 10. Think Happy (Lamphere) 2:41 11. For All We Know (Lewis-Coots) 4:03 12. Parla Più Piano (Buoncompagni-Rota) 3:10 13. The Braves Go All the Way (Lamphere) 2:55 14. Questo è Amore (Giacobetti-Warren) 2:30

America the Beautiful Swinging

By Frank Lamphere

Label: Late Nite Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: America the Beautiful Las Vegas (Verse) Las Vegas This Guy's in Love With You (Fake start) This Guy's In Love With You Born Free The Cubs Go All the Way Meditation Un Ragazzo Che ti Ama

Frank Swings

By Frank Lamphere

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: I Never Forgot Chicago Is For Me Be Happy That's How Our Story Ends I Like Your Smell

Crooner Frank Lamphere’s Original Songs to Be Featured in Movie

January 3, 2012

CHICAGO, IL—Just eight days after being digitally released, two songs on the new EP, Frank Swings, jazz retro-pop crooner Frank Lamphere's (LAM-fear) first release of original music, have been licensed for inclusion in an independent film. The New York-based film production company A May Sky Picture Entertainment discovered Lamphere's recording of the swinging “I Never Forgot" ...

Ain't Love a Kick: The Unforgettable Songs of Sammy Cahn

By Frank Lamphere

Label: Late Nite Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Ain't That a Kick in the Head; Everybody Has the Right to Be Wrong; The Second Time Around; Please Be Kind; I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her; Day By Day; Star; All My Tomorrows; Time after Time; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; My Kind of Town; The Things We Did Last Summer; Be My Love

Frank Lamphere: Ain't Love a Kick: The Unforgettable Songs of Sammy Cahn

by Dave Nathan
October 21, 2002

One of the most prolific and successful lyric writers in the history of American popular song was Sammy Cahn. His career, like Gaul, can be divided into two parts. The first was that eminently thriving collaboration with Jule Styne which produced one hit after another including "Time After Time", "The Things We Did Last Summer" and ...