She was 22 years old here and full of energy. What a gal!

Betty Hutton is the most metal performer from the 1940s. Golden Era Headbangers Ball, for sure. Incredible.

"A vitamin pill with legs... " lol Classic Bob. Betty was and extremely talented girl, no doubt about it !

I just fell in love with her. Too bad I was born too late.

So devastatingly cute, so funny, really great voice, good dancer. What pulls it all together is her blatant intelligence, her obvious awareness of what she is constructing.

My mom got in a heap of trouble at her high school for singing this during a talent show.

What a personality! I love a girl that's not afraid to get a little dorky and weird with it lol.

She could do it all-sing -dance-act-comedy-personality-Betty Hutton was one of a kind and there will never be another-she deserved more credit for what she did in Hollywood. My all time favorite!!!!

Love this clip. She was something else, man. Like, solid Jackson!

Wow! What a performance! She was on fire! The great Betty Hutton (1921-2007).

An intimate sitchiation...love it! What a doll!

That first "Is that the language of love?" is so heavenly and divine that I can't possibly fathom what other men or women can sound like that. And the third.

When people say a singer belted out a tune they must have had Betty Hutton in mind. Can anyone think of another singer that could do what she did here? She is just so great and thank you for posting it. She was a great singer and a great lady that was too good for Hollywood. RIP Betty.

Bob Hope knew what a talent Betty Hutton was.

I have watched her performance over and over again . Such a talented young woman . I’m obsessed!

Betty hutton is a straight up legend

Wonderful singer and comedian...since I was a child I enjoyed her so...

could watch this again, again and again... So brilliant and magical - what a woman, what a voice :)

This is really a broadcast on film, not lip synching. Note how she sings to the microphone with full facial and body expressions. That's what singers did. Note, too, that everyone is dressed up. I was part of that radio era as a kid and that's exactly how it looked. The world was totally different. Everyone, but everyone, was lively, congenial, friendly and down to earth. Patty Andrews said it was "like the whole world was in love."

The stories my father told me when he was in the war. He saw all kinds of stars, but his favorite was Betty Hutton. As a child I'd watch her on the late late show, and now, thanks to video and DVD I can enjoy her over and over. It's like having my dad sit next to me late at night with the volume turned down so not to wake up my mom and listen to him tell stories about his favorite entertainer. For a moment he's back with me too.

she was living electricity with a heartbeat ! someone should explore what turned off the switch ! ? why did so many of the stars of that era share in that same sort of fate , Veronica Lake , Rita Hayworth etc. ? never-the-less , she was a wonder and wonderful , they all were !

Life was hard back in those days, but when you had actors & singers like this to listen to & watch, it made you escape the horrors of war & the boys coming home all beat up, ripped apart & depressed. Back then, though, families were much tighter & they all ate meals together, listened to the radio as they used their own imaginations, then maybe make homemade ice cream as everyone sat around & sang Christian songs, songs we'd learn from those who went through slavery that touched the heart, & just fun, silly songs. Nowadays, it's argue, fight, march, picket, fight, gossip, malign, fight some more, w/ few people appreciating what they have, or even taking time to actually enjoy their own company. Electronic devices are grand for a lot of things, but kids today aren't learning how to debate & maintain their manners, & they don't even know the Golden Rule, or "sticks & stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me." I'm so glad I have great memories of growing up, even if we were poor & barely had a pot to piss in. We had the Bible, the US Constitution, & hop scotch, tag, backyard baseball, hide 'n go seek, & building forts & tree houses!

Moxie? check. Pipes? check talent? in spades. Looks? check... Its easy to see why she flew. This chick had the right stuff. We could use more of what she had these days.

This is one of my favorite WWII era songs and probably one of the very best performances on Command Performance. I'm only 47 but I know every word by heart!

She's so energetic and owns it. I love it.

Thanks for the memories Bob, and a big kiss to Betty's spirit, my type of gal.

Betty Hutton..a singer..actress..dancer and never to be replaced talent! One of the best! Thanks for posting!

My god I can't to help but to fall in love with her musical talents and witty personality this gal is absolutely adorable and cute ❤

I have seen this video in 2007, when it was freshly posted. I even downloaded the song at the time. Now I remembered Hutton and came to see it again. It's so good, she was amazing!❤

Betty was one of the most famous of of all the celebs of that time period. She worked very to help the morale of the troops being sent overseas..

NOBODY gave it everything like Betty Hutton.

I love how she makes the crazy movements!

Betty Hutton the the true definition of someone who put everything including her soul into a song and performance and owned it!

Always on overdrive!! Mrs. Hutton was a force to be reckoned with.

I'm a straight female, and yet completely head over heels for her!

You can see genuine appreciation of Betty' incredible performance in Bob's face. It is outstanding 👏 👌

I can feel myself receiving energy as I'm watching this.

I love her face when she says "murder" or should I say "he says" ; )

I love everything with Betty Hutton in it! She was great!

There was only one Betty Hutton! She had such exuberant magic! Her personality could lift you out of your seat!

Great fun. What a voice! What a performer! "A vitamin pill with legs," indeed

Needs to be on a… many fallout games

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the great talent of Betty Hutton even if its via a videogame aka L.A. Noire! She was amazing and her talent continues to amaze those of us who are younglings!! :D

wow never heard this song or heard of her before (i'm in my 20's don't judge me).. But I love this!!

(A song about the slang and hip talk of jive fans -- or whatever they called them at the time.) Trivia: in Bob Hope's movie, "My Favorite Brunette," he makes a record platter recording of the villains talking. Then when he goes to play it for the cops, it's been switched, and "Murder, He Says" comes out instead.

Love Love her! What a joyful performer!

Love this song!!! She is so great!😃😃😃😃😃😚😃😚😚

This video always picks me up. The dance sequence is the absolute best! Another good one is I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo with Betty's sister, Marian.

God she was good. How she remembered all those lyrics is amazing!

Darned if she ain't the sexiest little cutie. Loved Betty Hutton.

She was my favorite actor, singer,etc. back in the 40's

Absolute perfection!!❤️😁

i love this movies, i wish i was young at that age, glorious

Love her. What an amazing talent she was!

One of Hollywood’s giants

XX,I'll fill you in on the three women you mentioned in your comment. Betty Hutton,one of my favorites. Big in the 40s and early 50s,had personal problems,got hooked on uppers and downers,was hospitalized in the 60s,went to work in a Rhode Island rectory,cleaned up,became good friends with a priest,made tv appearances in the 80s,in the 2000s wrote a book,check out her interview with Robert Osborne in 2000 and passed away in 2007 from colon cancer I believe,she was 86. Veronica Lake started in the 40s and by the end of that decade pretty much faded away. She was a heavy drinker and died from hepatitis in 1973. Beautiful Rita Hayworth,big during the 40s,worked till the early 70s. She had trouble remembering her lines,she was seen in public acting off and it was the early signs of alzheimers. She passed in '77 I believe.

@yuch1102 The guy she's with keeps ruining the moments they have with his way of speaking; he compliments her in a very unromantic way using slang each time.This is slang from back them: 'Murder' in this case would be the same as when people would say 'You're killing me" meaning "You're so beautiful, you're looks are killing me". When she says "Will bring to nobody's murder but his own" means if he keeps it up she's gonna 'pull the plug' or end their relationship.

oh my. just saw her on TCM. I absolutely love her. what an amazing interview. bless her heart and dear Mr. Osborne.

What a talent!

should be in a museum, also a radio show too to keep the ww2 songs alive, as well as the relases of CDs and DVds to keep alive for the young, in memory of troops. I love this music, not everyone likes commercial music. Young people like this music too, awesome

What a remarkable performance, then the video cutting to the dance sequences. Great!

My dad saw her live at The Glasgow Empire, Scotland circa 1951 or 52. He remembers she did songs from her then recent film 'Annie Get Your Gun'. Later in life she became good friends with Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses fame). She died in 2007.

I have a crush on her and I am 32 years old.

she sends shivers up my spine. Brilliant, i thought the andrews sisters were good but still do but this mis a singer-----i have fallout 4 to blame for this----thanks uploader

I love the shoulder thing. so hot.

I don't understand why the rest of my generation today can't learn to love this kind of music. Instead of rap and Justin Beiber and shit.

Strong voice thats so lovely and gosh her expressions are so darn cute!!!!!

How many times could I look at that? Wow, she is terrific!!

WOW! Im a new Betty fan, I just saw Annie Get Your Gun and decided to youtube her, and after seeing this, Im hooked! I've watched it like 10 times everyday! lol

I remember seeing her on tv...when I was a kid...and in a movie .I forgot how freaking Good she was....that was Great...😂

What a talent. R.I.P Betty.

The reason that I love Bob Hope so much is because he made sure his cameramen focused on the troops working hard, and then shows some members of the unit dancing. Bob Hope was a good man in many ways! I too am glad that that part of history is history! God Bless America!

I had never heard this song until I watched "Based On A True Story" on Peacock.

hahaha how cool betty hutton is!! i love her voice very much

I still remember this and I still love it

It's our loss that she didn't make more movies, but her emotional breakdowns were bound to happen sooner or later. If you read her autobiography, you will wonder how she made it as long as she did ... what a story she had! She's the best in my opinion.

There's a couple of people in the comments making that typical "born in the wrong era" comments - but I think it was Hutton who was the one born in the wrong era. She was waaaaaaay ahead of her time, and honestly I think most of filmmakers pf her day couldn't figure out what to do with all of her talent she had spilling out of her. "An explosive, funny, high-energy girl? I know, let's put her in a dress and have her pine for a bland leading man!" She's one of my favorite actresses of all time, bar-none and I hate every movie she's in. They wanted the reserved power of Judy Garland when Hutton was basically a stick of dynamite. If she was around today, I think she'd probably be one of the top comic actresses in the world. She's closer to Kate McKinnon than Betty Grable

What a great performance!

Amazing! She is just wonderful. Thanks, for sharing!

Today 02/26/21 would be Bettys 98th birthday! Betty I hope you're still knocking them dead(no pun intended) in heaven. She was by far the better choice to play Annie oakley,Judy and Ethel were not right for the screen version. Judy seemed out of it on the outtakes I've seen and I think Ethel was more suited for the stage. Happy Birthday Betty!

I'm pretty sure the modern equivalent is dating someone who says things like "that's lit"

Cass Daley and Betty Hutton prove you need REAL TALENT to thrive. Music today is trash. Girls need too much auto tune and rely on sexual dance moves Betty Hutton has this energy that could never be replicated now.

"He sounds like his uppers don't fit!"

I just realized this song takes a strong vocalist!! Bravo Betty!!

Beauty and talent! Just watched her in The Stork Club.

What a fun performance

I had to come back and see my girl Betty! God she was amazing!

Gotta appreciate Bob Hope's comment at the end. He always was a master of understatement!

Betty is fucking crazy. I love her!

Betty was wonderful! She had bundles of energy and a bucketful of talent. This is one of my favourite war time songs and Betty's comedy flair is suited to it superbly!

im in love with that shit

She sure could sing! Love this song sung by the amazingly talented Betty Hutton! Thank you for posting.

Lovely girl O I shouldve born in 50s just to see her always thinking about the golden age.

I think it is great that new people get to hear the song and maybe get to appreciate Betty for the first time. Hooray for gamers for having the gall to put some REAL music in their games! :D

true talent will never die

I love that the Fallout series of games brought this back to future generations to enjoy. Love listening to this music in a futuristic 1940s style settings while walking through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

What a firecracker.

I sure miss those days - and I didn't even live in 'em !

One of a kind. Those who remembered Betty will remember Betty.

Definitely one of the top 100 pop music performaces of all time. Adorable, & Hope's comment at the end is perfect.