Allison Smith - Goodbye to You

Allison Smith - Goodbye to You - Kate & Allie

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13 жыл бұрын

With all due respect to whomever owns the rights - CBS? MCA/Universal Home Video? NBC Universal Television Distribution? - and in a slight departure from my usual bug, bird and knife videos, I'm uploading this clip from a 1988 episode of Kate & Allie called "The Band Singer", where Jenny joins a band. At the end of the episode, they perform the Patty Smyth/Scandal song, "Goodbye to You".
I wanted to post it for three reasons:
1) I couldn't find it anywhere on KZfaq, which surprised me
2) It deserves to be seen/heard. Since so many people seem to have forgotten (or have just never heard) what vocals sounded like before that evil Auto Tune boo! hiss! was invented (curse you Andy Hildebrand, Cher and T-Pain!!!), this seemed like a good example of what a former broadway star turned sitcom actress could do with nothing but her own voice and a good band backing her.
3) I just plain love this song :)
I hope this clip doesn't get taken down, because I get the feeling not many people are aware they ever did this on Kate & Allie and it really shouldn't just fade out of existence/memory (aside from the few people who bought the DVDs, of course).

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@jaslady22 9 жыл бұрын

This was my (twin) cousins band! I was so proud of them making it to national TV. They had to change the name of the band to BE wholesome family oriented (for the show). They had a single they did under Liar, and back in the '80's they played at Baby-O's, in Seaside Heights NJ. So handsome, (all the band members) Allison is so gentle pushing away, my cousin, they really all were such sweet dolls (still are). Love & Hugs, Joni :) I still have your poster from the '80's.

@MisterMikeTexas 5 жыл бұрын

Alright!😊

@richardmartin4703 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh So glad the boys from Liar are still doing great. I was their lighting guy when they started out and did too many shows with them to remember! Love this clip!

@mscir 3 ай бұрын

Way better than Patty Smyth! Well done.

@robertpusateri2345 2 ай бұрын

@@msciras good not better.

@waynehackney5812 7 жыл бұрын

Oh man , Allison had a tremendous voice. I was blown away when I first saw this episode. I heard her version before the original Scandal version. Now I really love both versions.

@mollylea2643 8 ай бұрын

She was on Broadway! One of the girls who played Annie in the first run of that show.

@lakegirl515 6 жыл бұрын

As beautifully as Allison Smith performed this song, I always loved seeing Susan St. James and Jane Curtin beaming and clapping with pride at the end (truly as themselves, not just as their characters Kate & Allie).

@MsLupe1969 4 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly!!!

@toddreeder8010 9 жыл бұрын

I always remember her singing this.

@kenne8286 8 жыл бұрын

I remember being floored by Allison Smith singing this on "Kate And Allie!" Even better than the Scandal version IMO! Allison was supposed to record an album with Keith Forsey of Billy Idol fame. Don't know why the album was never released. Pity as it would have been awesome!

@TrangPakbaby Жыл бұрын

She always displayed her singing ability on the show. That girl was too cold vocally and should have a huge singing career 😊

@debfan74 10 жыл бұрын

I remember this and I thought it then, and still think it, this gal can SING!! She should have tried to make a pop music album, I bet it would have gone well

@good03boy Жыл бұрын

Allison would've been in the same category as Debbie Gibson and Tiffany were at the time: Teen Queens of Pop.

@davidponseigo8811 Жыл бұрын

I saw Patty Smyth and Scandal sing this from the front row when they opened for Brian Adams back in the 80's. What a blast.

@CanItAlready Жыл бұрын

Sounds fun. 👍

@davidponseigo8811 Жыл бұрын

It was a blast right up until a girl who drank a bit too much threw up on my buddy next to me.

@Miamiflow885 2 жыл бұрын

wow I watched this show during 1984-1989 I never knew she could sing so good, great seeing the old cast again

@BarkleyConners 11 жыл бұрын

I saw Alison Smith on 9th Ave. after this aired and told her how much I liked her performance and she was a real sweetie. She was with an 80s heartthrob actor at the time, can't remember who. Someone needs to bring back the "Kate & Allie" series, AntennaTV?

@RhiannaBarr 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Bloom- he later went on to date singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson

@rl8275 3 жыл бұрын

There's a DVD box set on ebay. Loved that show!

@rl8275 3 жыл бұрын

I remember her singing Tomorrow on Arsenio Hall. Love this song, & this show!

@markasflood8196 3 жыл бұрын

@@rl8275 And She Sung It On "Hollywood Squares" With John Davidson Also as well.

@andrewdemers1624 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Allison Smith as a kid. I wanted her to come out with a record after this episode

@MsLupe1969 7 жыл бұрын

her voice still gives me goose bumps, which she had chosen this career instead

@misterashley 12 жыл бұрын

Man, I used to love this show! I definitely remember this episode as I used to love this song.

@davidponseigo8811 Жыл бұрын

I also had the biggest crush on Allison Smith back then.

@malanegallagher2219 2 ай бұрын

What a voice she has!!! This was one of my favorite episodes. I love this show so much.

@blackspider2274 Жыл бұрын

Remember this like it was yesterday!

@giannimolluso5846 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man got to love the 1980's

@mitch5077 Жыл бұрын

Wow she's fantastic

@toddreeder8010 9 жыл бұрын

She was 18 or 19 in this episode. She was Born: December 9, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA

@RhiannaBarr 3 жыл бұрын

@TheHappipuppi13 11 жыл бұрын

I saw this the night it aired. I still 19 and had been out of high school 7 months. When I heard her launch into Goodbye To YOu,I could only think then "Sheesh,could she pick an older song?" (4 years to a teen is a lot.) I recall her being in "Annie" as far back as 1980,in fact at my graduation ceremony from elementary school that year,we (unfortunatley) had to sing "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow." ICK! As a 12 year old boy,I was mortified by that choice. LOL!

@travisworks6275 4 жыл бұрын

Well, of course Allison can sing. She was starring as Annie on Broadway soon after Andrea McArdle when she was only 10 or 11.

@wendyfiolek5914 Жыл бұрын

Andrea was the first Annie and Allison was the fourth Annie. After Andrea, Shelley Bruce was Annie, and then Sarah Jessica Parker so Allison wasn’t Annie shortly after Andrea. Allison was the longest running Annie having done it for three years.

@toddreeder8010 10 жыл бұрын

I remember she sang this song. Always reminded of it when I hear it.

@CanItAlready 11 жыл бұрын

It is her real voice. Before Kate and Allie, Allison Smith played Annie on Broadway.

@stevent4955 Жыл бұрын

Great show with wonderful actors

@a7xfan4ever1 11 жыл бұрын

to CanItAlready , I couldn't agree with u more...I've been looking for this 4ever...I've had Allison's performance in my head for years...Thank u for putting it on here...Now I don't have look 4 it......

@Ireanna 13 жыл бұрын

I looooooooved this episode and I loooooooove her rendition of the song! Thank you!!

@mysigh 12 жыл бұрын

thanks for posting. I was surprised when a few years ago, I couldn't find it either. One of my fave episodes of thisi show.

@PARADISE7670 4 жыл бұрын

I wish someone would show this episode in it's entirety.

@mayelatour5152 6 жыл бұрын

Precioso! gracias😍😍😍

@elvisfan1958 11 ай бұрын

A very good cover !

@CanItAlready 11 жыл бұрын

Looks like she was the fourth Annie of five. Andrea McArdle, Shelly Bruce, Sarah Jessica Parker, Allison Smith and then Alyson Kirk. Had to look it up 'cause I'd forgotten Bruce and Kirk. I seem to recall seeing all of them together once on a telethon or a talk show and I think they sang Tomorrow. I miss hearing singers who aren't auto tuned. LOL

@Blendre 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@rsvihla 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe they showed the entire song. That wouldn’t happen today.

@heatherbailey1971 8 жыл бұрын

Been looking for this for years. Thank you thank you

@jeffalan6339 5 жыл бұрын

Me to

@patricodesouza7453 4 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE,,, AMEN!!! AND YOU ARE RIGHT! I CAN'T REMEMBER THIS EPISODE AT ALL?! AND I AM A HUGE FAN AND GREW UP WITH THE SHOW AND HAVE THE DVD BOX SET TODAY!!! SO I DOUBT MANY OTHERS WOULD KNOW OF AND REMEMBER THIS GEM 💎OF AN EPISODE?!! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!!!

@tokenbabe 12 жыл бұрын

I have k and a on DVD and I must watch this episode at least once a month -- along with the one from the first season called "the piano teacher". John Loeffler -- holy crap! Hottie then, hottie now!!! Thank again for posting this - totally going my caves

@Nick715 13 жыл бұрын

Great song, she did a good job. Patty Smyth did the original and it will always be a classic.

@rogerstauss4319 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Brings back great memories. Roger Stauss, Audio Mixer, Kate and Allie

@tmb132000 7 жыл бұрын

K & A was always such a well done comedy....we always enjoyed watching it in college. Nice to see it again.

@blbeachgoer2 13 жыл бұрын

Patty Smyth and Scandel performed at my college as an opening act for the main band. They were a bigger hit than the main band who were performing ...... I can't even remember who they were now ...... it's been around 30 years. However, I have to say I like Allison smith's cover of this song more than the original by Patty Smyth and Scandel.

@Navigatorbythestars 5 ай бұрын

Great cover version!

@steev75 11 жыл бұрын

I remember this episode. kate and allie were brilliant.

@deckard2 12 жыл бұрын

i so remember this episode thanks for posting

@booker80 5 жыл бұрын

That was sick 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@CanItAlready 11 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. If she's still singing, it's not in her list of credits at IMDb. Looks like she's been doing guest spots and recurring roles on different TV shows over the years. Not sure if any of the original Broadway Annies are still singing, now that I think about it.

@johnweiss5848 11 жыл бұрын

she is and always will be so great

@brendaseale9599 2 жыл бұрын

Great voice never heard her sing

@OscarMoeRuffus 12 жыл бұрын

She sounds great!

@su-rv2uq Ай бұрын

Susan and Jane couldn't look more proud if Allison was their own daughter, which she probably was like in a way.

@trashman4444 5 жыл бұрын

Had such a crush on her back in the day!

@toddreeder8010 10 жыл бұрын

I liked the show Kate and Allie.

@jeffalan6339 5 жыл бұрын

I am addicted to music I had mono vcr when saw TV promo for the show I never watched later bouhht stereo vcr I used my audio equipment rerecorded into stereo

@toddreeder8010 10 жыл бұрын

She played Annie on Broadway when she was ten. About 1979.

@wendyfiolek5914 Жыл бұрын

She played Annie for three years.

@joeyronning3097 11 жыл бұрын

:) Just got off IMDb...and see that she's a wife and mother but still does a little acting. I'm happy she has a good life. I can still picture her in the first years of K&A where they let her sing - at the wedding - as Mable in 'Pirates of P' and of course, in the video you shared with us. What an amazing voice. Wasn't she the 2nd or 3rd Annie? And ran for something like 3 years? wow! That's something! Being in CA, I miss not being able to enjoy any Broadway...at all! Darn it!

@wendyfiolek5914 Жыл бұрын

She was the fourth Annie and did it for three years.

@CanItAlready 13 жыл бұрын

@1942nuclear The song was originally recorded by Patty Smyth and Scandal, but they had Allison Smith sing it in this episode of Kate & Allie. This was one of my favorite episodes; had a pretty funny scene that came right before this performance.

@joeyronning3097 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooo much for posting this. I can still remember that exact episode. Her "boyfriend" kept trying to change her. I loved how she did the song HER way! I agree with another poster...I wish they'd bring back Kate & Allie on one of the 'retro' stations. MeTV or Antenna. Does anyone know...does Allison still do any singing?

@good03boy Жыл бұрын

Hallmark Channel should air Kate and Allie reruns.

@Nick715 9 жыл бұрын

This was good, but someone said better than the original? No way. Patty Smyth owns this song.

@steelheart4148 6 жыл бұрын

Like most rockers, Patty Smyth is tone deaf, as are her fans. Allison Smith, on the other hand, has something very few so called singers have. It's called talent.

@raaawkstaaar 5 жыл бұрын

You're tone deaf, Van Halen wanted Patty in their band after DLR left! Allison is good but NO WAY in hell can she touch Smyth!

@davanmani556 5 жыл бұрын

You can’t beat on-line chemistry rapport that Patty had with her bandmates concerning this song. Allison has a great booming voice but its playback.

@steev75 8 жыл бұрын

I wish you could post the whole ep the bit where they go heavy metal was funny :)

@denpate5254 9 жыл бұрын

Dunno if she still sings, does still act. Ought to take it up again.

@jad8123 3 жыл бұрын

Allison Smith (awesome voice) & Ari Meyers were hot. The first season they were so young but as the show went on and they got older they were super hot. Two of my favorite episodes are the Sabrina one & the first episode introducing Jason played Ricky Paul Goldin. The show was great when the show focused on Jennie & Emma. I was bummed when Ari left the show to go to college. The show was never the same when she left and Allie got married. Good memories.

@good03boy Жыл бұрын

In the last season, there was 1 episode that focused on Jennie. Jennie without Emma was like Christine without Lisa on YCDTOTV early in the 1986 season before Christine left YCDTOTV.

@DonnaBrooks Жыл бұрын

@@good03boy What show is that?

@good03boy Жыл бұрын

@@DonnaBrooks Kate and Allie.

@andrewpark7242 9 ай бұрын

YOu can't do that on television @@DonnaBrooks

@joeyronning3097 11 жыл бұрын

I forgot that SJP was also Annie! Thanks. That must have been really something seeing all of them together. I have a little memory of seeing Andrea McArdle with another child actor/singer on some show on TV...maybe an up and coming Broadway star...who knows? But I think they were coming down a slide??? Anything you might have seen, too? ;)

@marknoel1063 4 жыл бұрын

How come you cant find this episode on youtube? Copyright for the song?

@karenhart8001 10 жыл бұрын

I wish she would try to go back to broadway...I'd pay to see her in something

@ERstat77 12 жыл бұрын

@skiscot she's currently in CSI

@pruggg1 10 жыл бұрын

Allison Smith - TWW - Galileo Here she is today!

@CanItAlready 13 жыл бұрын

Sending you a message...

@eviebev4487 3 жыл бұрын

She was Annie on broadway

@neilp192 8 жыл бұрын

Allison was a better singer than Patty Smyth. Not surprising. She played Annie on Broadway.

@MisterMikeTexas 5 жыл бұрын

They're both great!

@Starfish2145 2 жыл бұрын

Shoulder pads!

@CanItAlready 2 жыл бұрын

You know it. 😁

@kwhite19 4 жыл бұрын

what season and episode is this

@CanItAlready 4 жыл бұрын

rac heal roseinblat Season 5 Episode 14, "The Band Singer"

@jeffalan6339 5 жыл бұрын

After recording the segment back then on my mono vcr thought better than nothing Later bought stereo vcr with editing ii audio dubbed the sound back in running the cables audio out vcr to amp then back into stereo vcr using the graphic equalizer improved the sound One I just noticed is she lip sync hum try bigger screen tan my cell No mater great cover

@cathymcdonell7605 5 жыл бұрын

wasn't she second Annie on Broadway

@CanItAlready 5 жыл бұрын

Cathy McDonell Fourth, after Andrea McArdle, Shelley Bruce and Sarah Jessica Parker.

@debfan74 3 жыл бұрын

Looking back she looks a little like a Debbie Gibson with a Tiffany vocal

@iloveu4evergirl 6 жыл бұрын

too close.....i love this cover....nice try..... excelent vocals

@davanmani556 5 жыл бұрын

Yum-yum appeal.

@chrisrozier7965 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not saying Allison isn't singing this but this is a mimicked proformance... They probably pre-recorded her singing this... That bass player and that guitar player aren't really playing I don't think...

@CanItAlready 4 жыл бұрын

chris rozier Is possible the band was miming along with prerecorded music but they did appear to know how to play those instruments. I doubt Allison Smith was doing a lip synch because not only was she putting a lot of effort into it, but she started on Broadway so there was no real need to have her do that. I can't say for sure, though, and this is one of those rare times when a google search produces no useful information on the subject. Also, several comments down from yours is one from someone with some info on the band. Edit: just pinned the comment in question.

@chrisrozier7965 4 жыл бұрын

I doubt they were really playing... But they perhaps recorded the song themselves for the show... It happens... Most music performance on tv is lip sync... Even if they're lip syncing to their own voice...

@edlittle3485 2 жыл бұрын

I am the guitar player and I can tell you that we did pre-record the song in the studio with Alison. The night the episode was taped we did play it live, but in the end it was a mix of both versions. Bottom line, it is her amazing voice and our band (Liar from NJ) backing her. Doing this was a highlight in our career and a memory to cherish forever. What a blast!

@tingtai 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love how kate and allie simultaneously tilt their heads to look at tha guy jenny is pointing at

@michaelleary9233 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's how they did it on Knots Landing with Lisa Hartman about the same time, both were great singers.

@CanItAlready 11 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was easier and cheaper for the producers to get the rights to use that particular song than something more recent at the time? I was younger than you at the time and wasn't even familiar with the song first time I saw that episode. As for having to sing that song you had to sing (blech), it would have been unpleasant for me, too. I never liked that song. LOL

@davanmani556 5 жыл бұрын

CSharp it also fit the story.