Molly Lewis, the whistler

The name Molly Lewis is now on a lot of people's lips, thanks to her unusual musical gift: whistling. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about her new record, "The Forgotten Edge."
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  • @carlostrivinos9947
    @carlostrivinos99472 жыл бұрын

    U cant play an instrument to accompany you when u r alone? U whistle. This lady made it an art.

  • @JohnPullum
    @JohnPullum2 жыл бұрын

    You are taking "whistle while you work" to an entirely new level, Molly. You are amazing!

  • @mililaniman
    @mililaniman2 жыл бұрын

    I never thought a person could make a living by whistling. This is an enjoyable story.

  • @richmoves
    @richmoves2 жыл бұрын

    Such a cool and unique way for musicality to manifest itself in someone. She's truly gifted. As someone who never could whistle, I stand in awe. 🧡

  • @leif1075

    @leif1075

    2 жыл бұрын

    How can I whistle like her?

  • @michaelnovak2615

    @michaelnovak2615

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@leif1075 this is Very Hard, maybe You must Very Long training And any body songs.

  • @burningmanmike
    @burningmanmike2 жыл бұрын

    No just a whistler, but THE Whistler! Love her.

  • @emozi6730
    @emozi67302 жыл бұрын

    Found her in AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA song .

  • @cindyfleer2248
    @cindyfleer22482 жыл бұрын

    When I was a girl I didn’t want to eat the nearly burnt crust from the over baked homemade bread. My grandmother told me if I did someday I’d be able to whistle- I too can whistle any tune! Years later as a mother of 4, I would call my children in from play to our house in the woods by whistling a special tune that I call them with. I adore this segment! And am amazed by her talent! I read once a statistic that only 1 in 9 women can whistle. This lovely lady certainly is talented. Oddly my children know that I go nowhere with my chapstick either and tease me about it!😗👍😊🌸

  • @Sailor-Dave
    @Sailor-Dave2 жыл бұрын

    As someone who has annoyed family for decades by whistling along with music I love, I think Molly is gifted beyond words. There's just something that sends my spirit soaring to join along in whistle with classical music, church music, or really anything uplifting. I even have a parrot, one of the lesser-talented in talking, that I have taught a number of whistles. Break a leg, Molly!

  • @jahimjauh-hey5653
    @jahimjauh-hey56532 жыл бұрын

    Cue Screaming Cowboy in the sky

  • @ravenscry048
    @ravenscry0482 жыл бұрын

    Wow what a wonderful talent. I can't whistle worth a darn. I admire her for her musical ability.

  • @jekku4688
    @jekku46884 ай бұрын

    heard Molly's story on NPR this week while driving home from work (where I do NOT whistle), and was absolutely captivated. You go, Molly! God's given you a great gift to upflift spirits and make people happy (and amazed). Pucker up and blow, honey!

  • @James18925
    @James189252 жыл бұрын

    She is beautiful her core is wonderful

  • @n.s.6921
    @n.s.69212 жыл бұрын

    I’ve see. Molly live and got to meet her. Incredible talent and wonderful human being.

  • @helend6774
    @helend67742 жыл бұрын

    My dad had the most beautiful whistle but after his stroke, he lost the ability due his paralysis. So now, when I hear someone whistle well, it brings back happy memories.

  • @sunshine09944
    @sunshine099442 жыл бұрын

    love Molly; what a happy nice charming woman

  • @S4ns
    @S4ns2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how many people go up to her and start going, 'AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHH HAAAAA AHHHH AAHHHHHHHHHHHH ..."

  • @anonamouse.p4115
    @anonamouse.p41152 жыл бұрын

    I can sing yet not pitch perfect, yet I cannot whistle much at all. GO Molly! What a gift for all x!

  • @chrisfinch8637
    @chrisfinch86372 жыл бұрын

    I can never whistle, but I always love hearing stories and talents regarding it. 😗🎶🎵💯

  • @sunshine3914

    @sunshine3914

    2 жыл бұрын

    It just takes practice... lots of practice.

  • @chrisfinch8637

    @chrisfinch8637

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sunshine3914 Now, that I can believe.

  • @leif1075

    @leif1075

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisfinch8637 So I can learn to whistle like her?

  • @poinguan
    @poinguan2 жыл бұрын

    Big Enough brought me here

  • @adelaferreira4575
    @adelaferreira45752 жыл бұрын

    I can sing and I used to whistle when I was younger,what she does is magical and amazing she has a gift that most of us don’t ,to be on tune when you whistle is much more difficult then to be on tune when you sing period.You have to control all this different muscles on your face in order to do it right she does it effortless wooow

  • @sooz9433
    @sooz94332 жыл бұрын

    I thought I detected a teeny tiny bit of flirting here and there but she is totally enchanting so it's understandable... what a phenomenal talent. I'm jealous, I only whistle when I laugh..😂

  • @ayanaalston8245
    @ayanaalston82452 жыл бұрын

    Omgg she’s so good at whistling 😙 💖💖

  • @SeanLomaxVIRTUOSO-WHISTLER
    @SeanLomaxVIRTUOSO-WHISTLER2 жыл бұрын

    Molly did we meet in 2012 at the Competition in Louisburg

  • @keithjohnson5398
    @keithjohnson53982 жыл бұрын

    One of Sunday Mornings very unique segments, you just never know what you're going to hear (or discover) until you click the play button. Thank you CBS Sunday Morning.

  • @katmandudawn8417
    @katmandudawn84172 жыл бұрын

    I’m love to whistle too. I’ve heard it referred to as as “playing the puckalo “.

  • @Davett53

    @Davett53

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too,....I have heard it called that too. Sometimes orchestras will have a part for a whistler.

  • @NextToToddliness
    @NextToToddliness Жыл бұрын

    I HATE whistling, but when you do it right... 💜👽

  • @AnneBeggs
    @AnneBeggs2 жыл бұрын

    This is just fantabulous, I can whistle, but this is such a talent and so splendid to behold, LOVE IT =---> =----> =--l->

  • @maxmulsanne7054
    @maxmulsanne70542 жыл бұрын

    This is definitely a greater appreciation for the ears than most music that vomited into society for the last 25-30yrs.

  • @timharrington4470
    @timharrington44702 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting to watch what Molly is doing with her hands while she whistles, there's a lot of expression in her hand gestures.

  • @TheDizzleHawke
    @TheDizzleHawke2 жыл бұрын

    This makes my inner nerd happy.

  • @jow6845
    @jow6845 Жыл бұрын

    Strange Fruit is a cool piece of music - I really like what she does and what a lovely person she seems to be.

  • @bayoubabe6698
    @bayoubabe66982 жыл бұрын

    My wonderful Dad could whistle like her!! I’ve never heard anyone else who sounded like him🥰. Thank you Molly Lewis🥰

  • @lalah9481
    @lalah94812 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I’m so grateful to you… My best and most heartfelt memories of my grandpa are of him whistling, like always, anytime, anywhere and especially in the car on road trips. 💖

  • @mayuridawningstar7038
    @mayuridawningstar70382 жыл бұрын

    A Unique Woman and Amazing Woman, After From Big Enough Song > This Woman Prove That Whistler Is A Masterpiece.

  • @jackmundo4043
    @jackmundo40432 жыл бұрын

    My God, she’s knockout gorgeous.

  • @trinidad2450
    @trinidad24502 жыл бұрын

    My kindred spirit! I love to whistle too! I’m so happy I found out about you, dear Molly!

  • @LorettaAyers
    @LorettaAyers Жыл бұрын

    I am a Whistler too 😃

  • @vsanchez7158
    @vsanchez71582 жыл бұрын

    Her whistling is very impressive!!!!!!

  • @Trapper4265
    @Trapper42652 жыл бұрын

    Whistling in the right context is wonderful, other times not so much. I worked in a bank, and a older gentleman would come in whistling, and it was beautiful, but after three minutes of that. We just wanted him to SHUT UP, ALREADY! Hahaha 😂

  • @henryharrison2344
    @henryharrison23442 жыл бұрын

    Molly can whistle Abblasen, the CBS News Sunday Morning theme song.

  • @lindseycarribean5113
    @lindseycarribean51132 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating.

  • @o_o6869
    @o_o686910 күн бұрын

    such a lovely nona

  • @TheSolarCobalt
    @TheSolarCobalt4 ай бұрын

    Molly: *Whistles* Jimmy Barns: *AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

  • @whistler_hongsam
    @whistler_hongsam Жыл бұрын

    I like her whitling tone at 03:53. Clean and pure!!

  • @Dadymilles13
    @Dadymilles1311 ай бұрын

    Bravo I love the whistle it gives a lighter way of the interpretation thank you for this performance musically +1+1

  • @larrysouthern5098
    @larrysouthern50982 жыл бұрын

    I remember the show "Lassie"....that themesong allways got to me... It just souned so sad.... Then there is "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" ...waw..waw.waw !!!🎵

  • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220

    @anastasiabeaverhausen8220

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking of that too! It was "Greensleeves" wasn't it?

  • @rrrusty49
    @rrrusty497 ай бұрын

    Molly is the whistler in the Barbie movie, during the end credits, in a version of Billie's song, What Was I Made For?

  • @wotan10950
    @wotan109502 жыл бұрын

    I’m an expert whistler too. One of my friends once asked how I produce whole-and-half-tone trills. I said it’s all in the tongue. He said, lucky wife!

  • @jaketuplano8234
    @jaketuplano82342 жыл бұрын

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh

  • @nightshadehelis9821
    @nightshadehelis98212 жыл бұрын

    This town might be big enough... For all of us.

  • @stanarmstrong1301
    @stanarmstrong13016 ай бұрын

    Definite talent. Great!

  • @sozo2u
    @sozo2uАй бұрын

    I’m one with you girl, a fellow whistler, and after a few recordings, realizing you’re really good, you then have to face the weirdness factor.

  • @taylor-ruth.
    @taylor-ruth.2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely lovely and completely charming woman, she made a fan out of me and I bought her EP! Give us an album Molly!

  • @FreeSpirit47
    @FreeSpirit472 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful & talented way to produce music.

  • @joannepiatte4026
    @joannepiatte40262 жыл бұрын

    Lovely girl, lovely story.

  • @waynebaker7067
    @waynebaker70672 жыл бұрын

    Her Mom must be very proud, she's now Whistler's Mother! (Sorry, had to ;-) )

  • @majeshirkaku1543
    @majeshirkaku15432 жыл бұрын

    She is cool

  • @M14r5z9
    @M14r5z92 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable. Finally, respect for whistling. My father was an excellent whistler, and I picked it up from him. My daughter whistles, as well.

  • @bonnierobinson8684
    @bonnierobinson86842 жыл бұрын

    Wow wonderful report!

  • @hanoonam4756
    @hanoonam47565 ай бұрын

    Juan and I whistle while working. I'm gonna have to zonk myself for doing that, because I want to get busy that way I don't get behind

  • @vicvango1
    @vicvango12 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, so soothing & magnetic. Is she the creator of that familiar tune she whistles (when she's wearing white suit w/ rhinestone collar?). I thought it was from an old movie but she does it so good, now I'm not sure.

  • @MPam1619

    @MPam1619

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, i thought i heard a Bernard Hermann melody from the "Fahrenheit 451" movie. I could be wrong however. And, i don't know the name of the tune.

  • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220

    @anastasiabeaverhausen8220

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MPam1619 You are correct. My ears really perked up when I heard that. He's my favorite since childhood. It's from a british thriller called "Twisted Nerve." ! A grown-up Hayley Mills ! movie.

  • @kendufner9733

    @kendufner9733

    2 жыл бұрын

    2:27

  • @vicvango1

    @vicvango1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anastasiabeaverhausen8220 I'll have to checkout the Haley Mills movie. Glad you shared that!

  • @vicvango1

    @vicvango1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kendufner9733 yes, that's the magical tune. Where did you first hear it?

  • @khadijaboyd6200
    @khadijaboyd62003 ай бұрын

    It comes, at least for me, from hearing songs from birds, the winds, gales, at times, call and response to mockingbirds, so lovely, here in Virginia. Atlantic waters where the Sun rises, Tidewater Country. Blue Crabs, Rockfish, etc... Chesapeake Bay. Preserve, please. 😊k

  • @charlesstiebing9231
    @charlesstiebing92312 жыл бұрын

    she looks like her mother. great!

  • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220
    @anastasiabeaverhausen82202 жыл бұрын

    Delighted to hear her whistling a movie titles theme from the great Bernard Herrmann. Which was written as a whistle.

  • @jbt6007
    @jbt60072 жыл бұрын

    Cool lady.

  • @IcarasX
    @IcarasX Жыл бұрын

    Who came here after watching the music video “Big Enough”?

  • @jeretso
    @jeretso2 жыл бұрын

    I never forget whistle songs like "Bridge over the River Kwai" to "Flo Rida". Awesome.

  • @keithmcgrael3933
    @keithmcgrael39332 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting,

  • @HarryLorayne-ep4ez
    @HarryLorayne-ep4ez11 ай бұрын

    Oh WOW I am in LOVE! And no, not lust you naughty lot, I know the difference and I feel LOVE for this woman. **The Whistler.** Her smile is like the sunrise over a mountain stream ... It glistens with each droplet of pure trickling water, it shines and gives me warmth which could last a lifetime. Her eyes are as the Northern Lights are in the black of the sky. They bring a splash of colour and light up my heart. They create colours all of their own. Colours that can not be replicated, not by an artists palette, nor by nature. I could love this lady over a thousand mornings, for a thousand sunsets, under a million stars... ..all of them shining, just for you, Molly. Shining, just, for you.

  • @jag5014
    @jag50142 жыл бұрын

    Someone should do a remake of the movie 8 Mile but with whistling instead of rapping

  • @geraldlewis5498

    @geraldlewis5498

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know it's an Idea

  • @jdub9279
    @jdub92792 жыл бұрын

    Toot Thielman. Ron McCroby. I hope she knows about these Master Whistlers!

  • @stevekitten705
    @stevekitten7052 жыл бұрын

    good job

  • @jeannieves6275
    @jeannieves62752 жыл бұрын

    Coolest

  • @rhondadeloney7780
    @rhondadeloney778016 күн бұрын

    Lets whistle together❤ im special also

  • @navidhendrix
    @navidhendrix2 жыл бұрын

    I see Film and Animation gigs in her future.

  • @CarlVanDoren61
    @CarlVanDoren615 ай бұрын

    Newly released on Qobuz 😊

  • @deb5710
    @deb57102 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of a Boss that I had from years ago. Johnny's favorite tune to whistle was the first two bars of Brenda Lee's, "Every Beat of My Heart" and in PERFECT PITCH!

  • @madgreen8945
    @madgreen89452 жыл бұрын

    I love whistling and my Dad taught me too :) You're so lucky to have no wrinkles on your upper lip!! LOL (for now!)

  • @michaelnovak2615

    @michaelnovak2615

    2 жыл бұрын

    How it is difference?

  • @jpdurr
    @jpdurr2 жыл бұрын

    check out LP's use in her music. She is a master Whistler too!

  • @hqmhqm
    @hqmhqm2 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone help me, one night on television maybe 30 years ago, I saw a movie which was like a western, set in Mexico in the late 1800's I think, or south America, there was a rich family which had a daughter who could whistle a classical sonata of some sort. Anyone know what that movie was? What the music was?

  • @pertburton5586
    @pertburton5586Ай бұрын

    Check out 'Lounge Lizard" official video by Molly L.

  • @tyler6903
    @tyler6903 Жыл бұрын

    I can whistle this well, who do I see about making the big bucks too?

  • @coriolanoilnero2063
    @coriolanoilnero2063 Жыл бұрын

    I am here because screaming cowboy

  • @markswishereatsstuff2500
    @markswishereatsstuff2500Ай бұрын

    SYSK brought me here.

  • @Monster_Mover_Stocks
    @Monster_Mover_Stocks2 жыл бұрын

    Consider my cat Josie impressed with her talent.

  • @Davett53
    @Davett532 жыл бұрын

    Harpo Marx, of Marx Brother's fame, was a skilled whistler.

  • @figmo397
    @figmo3972 жыл бұрын

    Lee Cowan whistles better than I do. (I'm one of the few folks who cannot whistle.)

  • @eazygator
    @eazygator2 жыл бұрын

    Her parents encouraged her. Thankful for Whistler’s Mother

  • @chrisstengren8995
    @chrisstengren89952 жыл бұрын

    That parent would be….ahem…..the whistler’s mother…..amiright?

  • @MikeJohnson-hp8lr
    @MikeJohnson-hp8lr2 жыл бұрын

    So good! There have been many great whistlers, and she deserves her place among them. My favorite is the late Ron McCroby, seen here on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJV50duRn6e8k5c.html

  • @hasx4666
    @hasx4666 Жыл бұрын

    Who came here after Listening to Darker Still from Parkway Drive ???

  • @leif1075
    @leif10752 жыл бұрын

    Can she sing as well as whistle?

  • @md.ishraqtahmid6440
    @md.ishraqtahmid6440 Жыл бұрын

    I am a whistler as well and I cover different songs and I am known as shishkabap

  • @PacifierMusic
    @PacifierMusic5 ай бұрын

    Whistling is one of those things that just kind of grates on my last nerve. I think I’m not alone

  • @CarlVanDoren61

    @CarlVanDoren61

    5 ай бұрын

    Not the same, try "On the Lips" 😊

  • @SamuelGA24
    @SamuelGA248 ай бұрын

    2:27 What's the name of that song, I've been looking for it for a long time.

  • @taimour_kassim
    @taimour_kassim2 жыл бұрын

    HAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @bestoutwest9962
    @bestoutwest99622 жыл бұрын

    dan lewis, where you at?

  • @arg888
    @arg8882 жыл бұрын

    Where does Molly like to go for vacation??

  • @sevendust510
    @sevendust51010 ай бұрын

    When does a bird sing

  • @debburd2903
    @debburd29034 ай бұрын

    I know they’re used to be professional whistlers!