The Torch Is Burning - Franklyn MacCormack

Easy Come, Easy Go Lover

The Torch Is Burning
The Poetic Voice Of Franklyn MacCormack
With Russ Garcia And His Orchestra
Liberty LRP 3086
1958

If you were expecting to hear this lovely cover model sing on this LP... that's not gonna happen. However, this set is, nonetheless, a fun to listen to "oddball" recording that features long time Chicago radio personality Franklyn MacCormack reading lyrics backed by nicely arranged instrumentals.

For over twenty years Franklyn MacCormack's poetry has been featured on all four major radio networks. Outstanding were such programs as "Poetic Melodies", "Nocturne, The Readings of Franklyn MacCormack", "Shades of Blue", "Memories of You" and others, known from coast to coast. An indication of his tremendous appeal to people in all walks of life was his average mail – from ten to fifteen thousand letters a month.

Born in Waterloo, Iowa, one of five children, Franklyn forsook a college education for the theater. His association with Wayne King, one of the great band leaders of the early days of radio, lasted for twelve years. During this time he recorded his famous "Melody of Love" with the Waltz King, which has sold over two million copies to date.

Mr. MacCormack was a member of the WBBM radio staff in Chicago from 1932 until 1939. He free-lanced until his return toWBBM-TV in 1954.

Whether you know him for his radio and television shows, recordings or motion pictures, we are sure you will be pleased that we have brought Franklyn MacCormack into your home again, with all the poetry, nostalgia and passion for which his voice is so famous.

Russ Garcia would go on to make one of my favorite albums on Liberty in 1959 titled Fantastica.

Why Do I Love You

Where Or When

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

All Or Nothing At All

I Get Along Without You Very Well

I'll Be Seeing You

I'll Remember April

My One And Only Love

Easy Come, Easy Go Lover

Love You So

You Go To My Head

Put Your Dreams Away