From a two-hour salute to the recording industry, on NBC-TV's Sunday Big Event, Ethel Merman and Gordon MacRae sing a medley of Broadway show tunes. July 19, 1981.
Жүктеу.....
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@TJ19203 ай бұрын
You don’t find performances like this anywhere today
@user-ke7yx6ze2d2 ай бұрын
What a fantastic singer.
@rnhealer60442 жыл бұрын
There was no one who could rival Ethel Merman's bold, brassy voice. She was an amazingly talented lady. Gordon MacRae, I enjoyed their performing together
@leojbramble Жыл бұрын
Wow, I'd never seen footage of MacRae at this age before; didn't realize he still had so much of a voice at that age. Nice!
@showtunestarpower4 жыл бұрын
I love the new routining of the classic Merman medley for this broadcast. The musical direction is superb. I love those brassy hits. Gordon MacRae is in magnificent voice and full of joy. Merman is her incredible electrifying best. Together, they are a great team. My only complaint is that it didn't go on for another ten minutes. THANK YOU!!!!
@fayhenderson17473 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for putting on this clip i love them both..Ethel was magnificent , Gordon was such an amazing guy and even though he was older his voice was brilliant and he seemed to be very relaxed and having a great time in this clip. Loved it!!!!
@micdom43 Жыл бұрын
Gordon actually adored ethel.
@melclo3641 Жыл бұрын
Gordon MacRae, marvellous
@user-kf8wb2cq4f9 ай бұрын
Love Them Both. Gordon was such an exceptionally beautiful voice in his prime..and here.
@aarontakesbroadway4 жыл бұрын
Ethel Merman! I really love her voice, I don’t know how people can dislike her, she’s just so exciting and elegant! Bravo! 👏🤩
@leojbramble
Жыл бұрын
I can clearly see why that bold brassy tone isn't everyone's cup of tea - it's not really mine, not to take anything away from her.
@aarontakesbroadway
Жыл бұрын
@@leojbramble it’s understandable, most Broadway artists, especially Merman, can be an acquired taste:
@suzannequinson8439 Жыл бұрын
I have had a crush on Gordon MacRae pretty much all my life and I don't think I'll ever stop. :)
@donnablankenhorn5905
10 ай бұрын
Me too!!
@christopherbush90274 жыл бұрын
This just made me smile!
@namj81453 жыл бұрын
Frankly, an old woman here...but how does her voice (especially THAT voice) survive and sound exactly the same as decades earlier? Older voices are bound to have some wear, that's fine. But she belts it out again like a thirty year old on opening night. Other than recording techniques, arrangements, etc. you could never place what year she was singing a song in, just based on how her voice sounds. Remarkable.
@randysills4418
3 жыл бұрын
The songs are transposed to keys a little lower, but the wobble that she had in her later years is not bad at all here. Sometimes it was really pronounced...
@micdom43
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure there were some plans to symphony orchestra together but Ethel was stricken with a brain tumor before they materialized
@nondescript2892
3 жыл бұрын
in her later years there were good days and lesser days..but this was a very good day..and Gordon is especially fine here..relaxed, sober and energetic...a good day among many lesser days
@filmmekker
Жыл бұрын
She had great technique. That’s why her voice held out.
@nondescript28923 жыл бұрын
both in remarkably good voice here..and very well presented...
@richardgribble84383 жыл бұрын
Lord have mercy first Miss Merman then Gordon Macrae, just amazing made me so happy
@graceevangelista71523 жыл бұрын
Great music video by two great performers of our tines.
@johnflynn96193 жыл бұрын
Merman was the Greatest. First Lady of Broadway. RIP
@filmmekker Жыл бұрын
She always delivered!
@KSfan4ever3 жыл бұрын
Wow, just wow!
@kayedeedid2 жыл бұрын
that voice never wavered a bit until her death.
@deerhoda75742 жыл бұрын
Gordon ❤❤❤
@nmuphelps1 Жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT!!!
@TJ19203 ай бұрын
Broadway’s very best Ethel Merman
@carolynkeiser708211 ай бұрын
Thank ♥️ you 😁
@clairelarkin60133 жыл бұрын
Love this, thank you!!
@juliarank39034 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to out-volume Gordon MacRae but Ethel manages it! He’s in good voice here and looks so relaxed.
@GeorgeWTush
3 жыл бұрын
Who would dare show up not in good voice when singing with Ethel Merman?
@DDumbrille
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeWTush Perhaps Ethel herself? :)
@GeorgeWTush
2 жыл бұрын
@@DDumbrille Blasphemer!
@DDumbrille
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeWTush Haha.
@kayedeedid
2 жыл бұрын
I wanna know who all they called first to go up against the Merm? Not too many men still had the power MacRae had--and oh isn't he a delight--to stand next to that powerhouse of Broadway
@rexlex17363 жыл бұрын
I never found out why Al Jolson refused to perform with Merman. Maybe Merman's voice was more powerful than his.
@95KIPPIE3 ай бұрын
She’s always going to be the best!!!!
@saxongirl20544 жыл бұрын
Hi there ! I was wondering what happened to your channel... I love Gordon and the Bob Hope and Ethel clips Do you still have the footage of Oklahoma and Gene Nelson in Follies? Also i would like to ask if you have any clip of Rex Harrison in the original production of MFL.
@TJ19203 ай бұрын
Maybe an elderly woman JG what a voice of the likes we will never see again
@micdom434 жыл бұрын
Sure get a kick of😊
@dja1353 Жыл бұрын
In case no one has mentioned she was great in It’s A Mad Mad World.
Пікірлер: 46
You don’t find performances like this anywhere today
What a fantastic singer.
There was no one who could rival Ethel Merman's bold, brassy voice. She was an amazingly talented lady. Gordon MacRae, I enjoyed their performing together
Wow, I'd never seen footage of MacRae at this age before; didn't realize he still had so much of a voice at that age. Nice!
I love the new routining of the classic Merman medley for this broadcast. The musical direction is superb. I love those brassy hits. Gordon MacRae is in magnificent voice and full of joy. Merman is her incredible electrifying best. Together, they are a great team. My only complaint is that it didn't go on for another ten minutes. THANK YOU!!!!
Thankyou for putting on this clip i love them both..Ethel was magnificent , Gordon was such an amazing guy and even though he was older his voice was brilliant and he seemed to be very relaxed and having a great time in this clip. Loved it!!!!
Gordon actually adored ethel.
Gordon MacRae, marvellous
Love Them Both. Gordon was such an exceptionally beautiful voice in his prime..and here.
Ethel Merman! I really love her voice, I don’t know how people can dislike her, she’s just so exciting and elegant! Bravo! 👏🤩
@leojbramble
Жыл бұрын
I can clearly see why that bold brassy tone isn't everyone's cup of tea - it's not really mine, not to take anything away from her.
@aarontakesbroadway
Жыл бұрын
@@leojbramble it’s understandable, most Broadway artists, especially Merman, can be an acquired taste:
I have had a crush on Gordon MacRae pretty much all my life and I don't think I'll ever stop. :)
@donnablankenhorn5905
10 ай бұрын
Me too!!
This just made me smile!
Frankly, an old woman here...but how does her voice (especially THAT voice) survive and sound exactly the same as decades earlier? Older voices are bound to have some wear, that's fine. But she belts it out again like a thirty year old on opening night. Other than recording techniques, arrangements, etc. you could never place what year she was singing a song in, just based on how her voice sounds. Remarkable.
@randysills4418
3 жыл бұрын
The songs are transposed to keys a little lower, but the wobble that she had in her later years is not bad at all here. Sometimes it was really pronounced...
@micdom43
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure there were some plans to symphony orchestra together but Ethel was stricken with a brain tumor before they materialized
@nondescript2892
3 жыл бұрын
in her later years there were good days and lesser days..but this was a very good day..and Gordon is especially fine here..relaxed, sober and energetic...a good day among many lesser days
@filmmekker
Жыл бұрын
She had great technique. That’s why her voice held out.
both in remarkably good voice here..and very well presented...
Lord have mercy first Miss Merman then Gordon Macrae, just amazing made me so happy
Great music video by two great performers of our tines.
Merman was the Greatest. First Lady of Broadway. RIP
She always delivered!
Wow, just wow!
that voice never wavered a bit until her death.
Gordon ❤❤❤
BRILLIANT!!!
Broadway’s very best Ethel Merman
Thank ♥️ you 😁
Love this, thank you!!
It’s hard to out-volume Gordon MacRae but Ethel manages it! He’s in good voice here and looks so relaxed.
@GeorgeWTush
3 жыл бұрын
Who would dare show up not in good voice when singing with Ethel Merman?
@DDumbrille
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeWTush Perhaps Ethel herself? :)
@GeorgeWTush
2 жыл бұрын
@@DDumbrille Blasphemer!
@DDumbrille
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeWTush Haha.
@kayedeedid
2 жыл бұрын
I wanna know who all they called first to go up against the Merm? Not too many men still had the power MacRae had--and oh isn't he a delight--to stand next to that powerhouse of Broadway
I never found out why Al Jolson refused to perform with Merman. Maybe Merman's voice was more powerful than his.
She’s always going to be the best!!!!
Hi there ! I was wondering what happened to your channel... I love Gordon and the Bob Hope and Ethel clips Do you still have the footage of Oklahoma and Gene Nelson in Follies? Also i would like to ask if you have any clip of Rex Harrison in the original production of MFL.
Maybe an elderly woman JG what a voice of the likes we will never see again
Sure get a kick of😊
In case no one has mentioned she was great in It’s A Mad Mad World.