I can tell this is real singing, not lip syncing. Tab is very nervous but gets through it like a professional. Watch him sigh in relief at 2:04 while his backup singers chuckle. Great live TV.

@robertday4870

3 жыл бұрын

Such a fresh young innocent voice. So handsome and unassuming. Love that this song became no. One and even beat out a song by Elvis. Tab exudes boyish charm that only adds to his a0peal. So gorgeous. Years later in his eighties he was still devilishly handsome and still had that charming boyish innocence about him. I love his sense if humor and the fact that he never seemed to take himself too seriously.. He still had that be fabulous voice that made hiseem ageless. R.I.P. Tab. We will be always Love You. XXX matg

@Gwailo54

2 жыл бұрын

Nerves got the better of him. More than once he missed the note dead centre, but when he grinned like "a teenager in love" it was easy to forgive him anything. What a cutie pie has was, no wonder my mother got this in an EP with "Red Sails in the Sunset" on the other side. I've still got it.

He was SO cute!! I was in high school when this came out. I was in love with him!! Too bad I didn’t know then that he was gay like me!!

@stephenperretti8847

Жыл бұрын

D seelet... What's important is that you loved him.

@stephenperretti8847

Жыл бұрын

I was 8 years old when I saw him in Battle Cry at the RKO on Fordam Road in The Bronx. I was stunned by Tab without a shirt. I still watch for that scene when its on TCM.

What's so amusing is at the end when he breathes a sigh of relief that it's finally over

I end up smiling wide like an idiot whenevr I watch this. Much love.. ♥️

Whoever colorized it, God bless you and Thank you a thounsand times✌

I thought he looked more shy then anything, he' was so cute, his smile was even cuter, when he dropped his head everytime the girls screamed. ❤️

I'm 72 now and living in Denver from New York city. I remember this song so well brought tears to my eyes, this time around. I have a list of great performances this is now one of them.

What a genuinely nice man. He has got that sort of countenance about him.

The way the second man from the right looks at Tab' with great admiration is everything.❤❤Tab Hunter is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. I would like to live in his youth and be among those screaming women.

So cute l can watch him every day then i feel good and alway smile when i look at his face

Excellent rendition . His sheepish grin enhanced his charming performance. R.I.P Tab Hunter.

I never found shyness attractive before but it is so becoming on Tab.

love this soo good looking too that smile would melt anyone now i have to watch all of his movies

BLOWS MY MIND HOW SWEET HE WAS

Such a stunning looking young man and a great talent.

@myplan8166

Жыл бұрын

But not in singing.

I just want to hug him. And tell him he is awesome

So nervous. Sweet.

A very handsome man..... seemed a real nice person

Handsome movie star, singer and last but not least, gay icon Tab Hunter. Thanks Tab, for everything! Rest in peace.🕯

@jmtz4054

Жыл бұрын

He was sooo handsome!

@nesetans3025

Жыл бұрын

@@jmtz4054 Absolutely I agree.but her boyfriend Anthony Perkins was much more handsome.

DAMN he was so cute ! He took it all in his stride. He knew he wasn't a real singer. He had a #1 record with this song and another hit with "Red Sails In The Sunset" . That smile !!!!!!!

@jv-ep2tc

3 жыл бұрын

What determines who is and who isn’t a real singer? He actually had quite a successful recording career. And in fact knocked Elvis out of first place on the charts with this tune.

@larrydonguy

3 жыл бұрын

As fob1xxi correctly says, HE knew he wasn't a real singer, even if others thought he was. He gets through the song nicely here, however. He had probably already heard real singer Sonny James's version, perhaps had even used it to practice for this TV appearance, and understood the difference.

@jv-ep2tc

3 жыл бұрын

@@larrydonguy comprehension, Don, its key. I asked who determines who is and isn't. what are the standards/set of criteria? you would need to know that before attempting to read Mr Hunter's mind.

@larrydonguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jv-ep2tc Not really. Tab readily admitted that he did not have an outstanding singing voice, and it is pretty obvious here that he's trying get through the song without screwing up. If others wanted to consider him a good singer, fine. Lot's of charting pop songs have been sung by folks who didn't consider themselves to be good singers.

@jv-ep2tc

3 жыл бұрын

@@larrydonguy well at least you called him a singer. i partially disagree with "trying to get through without screwing up". the fact is: he was an incredibly private and somewhat shy person. to sing live on TV would be nerve wracking for most of us, more so for him. he couldn't even look at the camera and the girls screaming made him even shyer. [that is my take on it anyway. yes, he most likely did not want to screw it up]

The movie 'Mischief' brought me here.. . In 1984. Jack Warner started Warner Bros records for Tab Hunter. Underrated gem.

He was so shy & very handsome 😍

I picked up a copy of _Tab Hunter Confidential_ several years ago at the Dollar Tree and never got around to reading it for one reason or another. I'm in the part of the book where "Young Love" is still a big hit. Very interesting read, and now I know what the fuss was about.

I remember Tab Hunter, I'd forgotten about this song, and to my surprise I still knew most of the words. Lol. 😀

Great to see tab performing this.he had an easygoing and relaxed style.

I was 12 when this was a hit. 😊

This song knocked Elvis off the #1 chart to become #1 for an entire month! The innocence of youth hidden behind trouble minds. At least Tab found his happiness!

@marvinraphaelmonfort8289

8 ай бұрын

6weeks, just came from a short docu hehe

Originally broadcast live in color on NBC before the advent of color videotape. Great to see this as it looked back in 1957.

Beautiful performance

So cute

Oh, so sweet & charming! Thank God, that's over!, cries Tab. I am all a titter.

Young, beautiful & impishly charming ....too bad he was born a little bit too early....R.I.P. Tab!

I have always loved this song.

Excellent and charming rendition 👍👍. Rest in peace Tab Hunter.

He was the bees knees.

He looks like an embarrassed Teenage boy singing here with his sheepish grin. Sort a cute the way he smiles like that!

@wb12337

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

@youngsteph1

3 жыл бұрын

He was 25

@stephenfermoyle4578

3 жыл бұрын

SORT A TOTALLY CUTE he was very nervous

@stephenfermoyle4578

2 жыл бұрын

it is adorable to watch

@atmywitsend1984

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenfermoyle4578 my sentiment exactly. Oh to be young and this self conscious. I love the pure and unedited look of this

Wunderbar. Ein sehr schönes Lied und ein hübscher junger Mann.

So cute...

Tab Hunter, you influenced my video of this beautiful song.. Only wish I had your voice. ~George Kelly style... lol

Totally sweet smile

@garywarmee4367

18 күн бұрын

Tab's smile is the secret to his success!

Me encanta como se sonroja

It was so difficult to exist as a gay man in those days. He found love and happiness soon enough. God Bless him. 😢

enjoyed!

Very nice! 😉

J adoore est beau chante un ptit air timide qui lui va tres bien merci Victor Mascaro

😍 I’d shout the same !

I love the suits behind him. They sure ain't teens !!!

@sonofednawelthorpe8609

2 ай бұрын

This is 67 years ago and many of the backing singers were middle aged then and will be long gone. Heck I was born in 1958 and many of my classmates have passed.

🙏🙏♥️🇨🇱

He didn't need auto tune. His little pop records are aging well for me

fue amante muchos años de Tony Perkins

Tab, n'était pas le "chanteur" du siècle, loin s'en faut, MAIS voila, il était "canon", et que se soit au cinéma ou au disques, il était une source de profit évident !... Il le savait et en jouait, et à une époque ou le look "propret et rassurant" faisait fureur, un James Dean, un Rickie Nelson, un Tab, et autres Elvis ou Brando (jeunes), représentaient la jeunesse de rêve de l'époque. Mi- rebelles pour les uns, mi- fils de bonnes familles pour les autres, les "beaux gosses" sont les bienvenus pour faire rêver en ces temps d'après guerre, il en est aussi de même pour les filles bien sur. La "Bob Mizer Style", est totalement raccord avec l'iconographie idéalisé du bel homme symbolisé par un Tab Hunter !... Le gouffre qui sépare cette époque de la nôtre est tellement évident, qu'un simple regard suffit à qualifier cette époque "d'âge d'or" tout simplement .....

Incredibly charming, sweet, and handsome man, and a good actor, but he was clearly no singer, despite this song going to #1.

Eating Pat Boone's lunch here.

So yummy 😋

…77pc

The Justin Bieber of his day !

@fernandomaron87

2 жыл бұрын

He was mostly an actor, like Zac Efron who did high school musical but is an actor. The Justin Bieber of the 1950's was Paul Anka.

Did you know Lesley Gore was gay ?

@sonofednawelthorpe8609

2 ай бұрын

Everybody knows she was gay as well as Dusty Springfield and her brother Rick

He's sweet and handsome but it's a bit painful to listen to this rendition.

A little off Key😳😊👍

Sonny James' original version was better.

@beachchaos1863

2 ай бұрын

Hush. Let gay people have things

Yikes! Not his best talent …