The license plates on his cars read "Ooh-Wee," which is the chorus for his 1959 big hit song "Sea Cruise".
In 1960, he had chart success with the standard "Time After Time", from the film "It Happened In Brooklyn" (1948). It did marginally well nationally, but made the top 10 in NYC.
Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2010.
Currently, Frankie and his Sea Cruise Productions manage such acts as
the Dixie Cups, Jimmy Elledge, Matt Lucas, Johnny Preston, Troy
Shondell and Paula & Paula, among others.
Inducted into the West Bank Musicians Hall of Fame, located in Westwego, Louisiana, in 2003 (inaugural class).