The Kid's Last Fight

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"The Kid's Last Fight" is a song written by Bob Merrill and first recorded by Frankie Laine in December 1953 at Columbia Records. The recording by Laine reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was covered by The Statler Brothers for their 10th Anniversary album, released in 1980 on Mercury Records.

The song tells the story of a young fighter, Kid McCoy, fighting against Tiger Wilson. He hopes to win enough prize money to buy a bungalow for himself and his darling Bess. The Kid is fighting while battling a fever and although he knocks out Tiger Wilson, the song says "Twas the fever that won the fight".

The song starts with a pianola sound like that used in silent films.

v t e Frankie Laine
Studio albums	Frankie Laine (three albums, 1950) One for My Baby A Musical Portrait of New Orleans (with Jo Stafford) Mr. Rhythm Jazz Spectacular Frankie Laine and the Four Lads Rockin' Foreign Affair Torchin' Reunion in Rhythm (with Michel Legrand) You Are My Love Frankie Laine, Balladeer Hell Bent for Leather! Deuces Wild Call of the Wild Wanderlust I'll Take Care of Your Cares I Wanted Someone to Love To Each His Own You Gave Me a Mountain
Compilations	With All My Heart Singing the Blues Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits Frankie Laine's Golden Hits
Singles	"The 3:10 to Yuma" "Answer Me" "The Ballad of High Noon" "Cool Water" "The Cry of the Wild Goose" "Dream a Little Dream of Me" "Granada" "Hey Joe" "Hey, Good Lookin'" "Hummingbird" "I Believe" "Tell Me a Story" "Dammit Isn't God's Last Name" "Don't Make My Baby Blue" "I'll Take Care of Your Cares" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "In the Beginning" "Jezebel" "The Kid's Last Fight" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Mam'selle" "Moonlight Gambler" "Mule Train" "Rawhide" "Rose, Rose, I Love You" "Shine" "Sixteen Tons" "Some Day" "Sugar Bush" "That Lucky Old Sun" "That's Good, That's Bad" "That's My Desire" "To Each His Own" "Up Above My Head" "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" "A Woman in Love" "Making Memories" "You Gave Me a Mountain" "You Wanted Someone to Play With (I Wanted Someone to Love)" "You, No One but You" "Your Cheatin' Heart"
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