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Guest commentary: A need to address hunger

Ames Daily Tribune - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Frankee Oleson is executive director of United Way of Story County

Posted on July 2, 2009, 3:05 am

Pixie Lott, Dolly Rockers and others line up to be the new Banarama

Observer - Found Jun. 13, 2009
Older readers will think teenagers Frankee Connolly and Britt Love, launched with some low-key gigs earlier this year, remind them of 80s...

Posted on June 13, 2009, 5:51 am

Pilot food drive flies at Sauer-Danfoss

Ames Daily Tribune - Found Jun. 19, 2009
... times with families coming in, and that?s because the kids are home for the summer,? said Frankee Oleson, executive director of United Way.

Posted on June 19, 2009, 10:08 am

HNT Girls Lacrosse - All-Area First Team

Home News Tribune - Found Jun. 21, 2009
FRANKEE RUSSO School: NORTH BRUNSWICK Year: Junior Position: Goalie Highlights: Russo stopped 199 shots for a young North Brunswick team.

Posted on June 21, 2009, 7:37 am

How to Clean Makeup Brushes

Teen Vogue - Found May. 7, 2009
... weeks ago we got an email from 15 year old Frankee, who wanted to know how she should clean her makeup brushes. Well, Frankee, wonder no more!

Posted on May 7, 2009, 9:58 am

Urbandale bank exec to lead ISU Foundation board

The Des Moines Register - Found Jun. 8, 2009
Governors Mike Dubes of Eden Prairie, Minn, and Frankee Oleson of Ames were elected to the foundation's board of directors.

Posted on June 8, 2009, 9:19 am

Olynyk and Bencher recieve Titan awards

Kamloops This Week - Found Jun. 8, 2009
Female senior athlete of the year honours went to multi-sport athlete Frankee Bencher. Scholar of the year honours went to Stephanie Cavaghan.

Posted on June 8, 2009, 11:46 am

Blaze light it up on the pitch

Kamloops This Week - Found May. 19, 2009
Kamloops under-18 Blaze Frankee Bencher (left) battles for the ball against a Calgary Foothills Spirit defender during the Kamloops Youth...

Posted on May 19, 2009, 8:37 am

DEATHS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 19, 209

Pine Bluff Commercial News - Found May. 19, 2009
Survivors include two daughters, Darlene Pinckard of New Edinburg and Frankee Smith of Hermitage; one brother, Charles Allen of Warren;

Posted on May 19, 2009, 1:04 pm

GREYHOUNDS

Northeast Journal - Found May. 6, 2009
Charlie Pride, Kadan, Gilgarry Sammy, Locoweed Lester (W). 11.42 (480m): Mur The Blur, Give Me Sunshine, Frankee's A Star, Bushwalker, Lenn...

Posted on May 6, 2009, 3:29 am

Frankee Biography

Frankee
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Frankee
Birth name Nicole Francine Aiello
Born June 9, 1983 (1983-06-09) (age 26)
Origin Staten Island, New York
Genre(s) Pop
Contemporary R&B
Years active 2004–present
Label(s) Big Management

Marro Records

Nicole Francine Aiello, (born June 9, 1983, on Staten Island, New York) is an Italian-American singer known by her stage name Frankee. She grew up with her parents, Matthew and Francine, and her two siblings, elder brother Matthew Jr. and younger sister Monique. Nicole was given the nickname "Frankee," which is derived from her middle name (and is also her grandfather's nickname).1

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Early life

Frankee's upbringing in Staten Island, New York consisted of singing in her church choir while she attended Bernstein Intermediate School and St. Joseph-by-the-Sea High School. Frankee made a name for herself as a local entertainer, performing in clubs and at a random assortment of venues.citation needed She also took voice and dance lessons in Manhattan.1

After high school, Frankee won a full scholarship to The University of Tampa in Florida, to study insurance brokering. She left after one year to concentrate on her musical career. She moved back to New York and recorded demos. While many labels were interested,citation needed Frankee decided to go with an independent label—Marro Records—because she feared that a big label would bog her down.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

In early 2004, before Frankee could start work on a debut album, she became the subject of media attention because of the song "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)",citation needed by Eamon. Frankee then released an answer song, "F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)", with the same musical arrangement as Eamon's song. The song reached the number one position on the UK Singles Chart in May 2004,citation needed and the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in June 2004.citation needed

Her first album, The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, included contributions from Makeba Riddick (who later co-wrote five songs on Beyoncé Knowles' B'Day album) and Andre Deyo (who co-wrote "Jenny from the Block"), with production by The Trackmasters and Rich Harrison. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly failed to chart, despite "F.U.R.B."'s success.

According to Frankee, when The Good, the Bad, the Ugly was released in April 2004, the public gave the album extra attention.citation needed Frankee stated she chose this album title "because it explores the full spectrum of relationships". After touring America following the album's release, Frankee embarked on two UK tours and a German tour in the summer of 2004. Meanwhile, her second single, "How You Do," was released. "It's about falling in love," Frankee explains. "It's totally different from the first single and it's what I want to portray. I don't want it to always be that hard music with cursing. That's not really what I'm all about."1

Second studio album "Watch Me"

Frankee was either dropped by, or left her previous record label, Marro Records, in 2006. She then signed with Big Management2 immediately afterwards in pursuit to extend her career by recording and releasing a new album. She recorded a number of songs for this album1 and it was rumoured that a sampler was sent out, although this is still unconfirmed to this date. Her management decided the song "Watch Me" was the best of all songs she recorded, and released this as a Digital Download single in 20063. Furthermore, they decided that Watch Me should be the album title*. Due to complete lack of promotion, this song failed to chart and Frankee was dropped from Big Entertainment as a result.

You can hear four songs from the album Watch Me on Frankee's Official Myspace page. The album will most likely not be released due to no record deal and no announcements as of April 2009.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart positions
Ireland UK
2004 The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
55

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop UK Singles Chart Australian Singles Chart
2004 "F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" 63 71 1 1 The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
"How You Do"
2006 "Watch Me"

Her two last singles didn't chart, and she has since been dropped by her label. She has been quoted in an interview to saying she regrets leaving the full scholarship she was offered to come and try her hand in the music business.

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