Composer Harold Arlen Sings & Plays Piano, 1954

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11 жыл бұрын

Circa 1954 - Harold Arlen plays and sings his songs on the Colgate Comedy Hour, assisted by Connie Russell, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Cantor (host). Medley of Harold Arlen songs: It's Only A Paper Moon (HA), Somewhere Over The Rainbow (CR), Ac-cen-tuate the Positive (EC), One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (HA piano), Come Rain Or Come Shine (FS), I've Got The World On A String (FS), That Old Black Magic (FS), Get Happy (ensemble), Blues In The Night (CR), Let's Fall In Love (HA), I Love A Parade (EC). Musical direction by Al Goodman. Followed by short exchange between Eddie Fisher and Frank Sinatra. Commercial for Palmolive Soap. Arlen songs co-written with Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, and E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.

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@unclealand 7 жыл бұрын

Harold Arlen was a miracle. No two songs were alike. Of course, he had the finest lyricists (who we never hear mentioned).

@jovesheerwater 7 жыл бұрын

unclealand - citation needed.

@antoniod 6 жыл бұрын

Lyricist Yip Harburg was likely not mentioned because he was blacklisted(until about 1962, when he returned to Hollywood with GAY PURR-EE and British lensed I COULD GO ON SINGING).

@tuxguys 7 жыл бұрын

This is a genuine historical artifact: This is what live TV looked like, with no room for error; Sinatra is on the comeback trail, just after "From Here To Eternity" resurrected his failing career; the commercial at the end is a scream. I'd never heard Arlen play (let alone sing) before, but he's terrific, and his vocal sounds much like that of his frequent collaborator, lyricist Johnny Mercer (who really did have a singing career). With the exception of George Gershwin (with whom he was often compared), no songwriter ever got "black" music like Arlen: For me, many of his tunes were "bluesy" without actually being Blues. (And, not incidentally, both Gershwin and Arlen were Jewish, members of the only group of people whose history of oppression and persecution is as profound as, and predates, that of African-Americans.)

@quickworks9720 4 жыл бұрын

Arlen looks a bit black here. I’d never seen a picture of him before.

@antoniosantorini9355 3 жыл бұрын

Sinatra has such a vocal chord it's like an instrument, when he sings it sounds like a recorded record

@aasouthern 9 жыл бұрын

WOW! He was a great performer of his own works.

@fredtorres917 10 жыл бұрын

Great to see and hear Harold .

@Tunz909 2 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary thanks for posting!!! Have never seen Harold play and perform ever!!!

@mikelisacarb 7 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Harold Arlen!

@knarfartanis 10 жыл бұрын

What a great post, Sinatra is magic, like he always his when he sings,

@bixlives 7 жыл бұрын

Great clip ! Nice to see Arlen and the others performing Harold Arlen's music !

@easyaspi1177 6 жыл бұрын

utterly fanstatic!

@songanddanceman100 10 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@allengumm1157 11 жыл бұрын

What a great little treat. Only wish Judy Garland could have joined in the fun. Thx 4 posting.

@carolhill6626 9 жыл бұрын

Love this! So many great songs :)

@StevenTorrey 7 жыл бұрын

What a treasure! From KOFY (Channel 20) San Francisco! Glad it was saved!

@StevenTorrey 7 жыл бұрын

It is in fact from Season 4, dated Sunday, Nov. 28, 1953...of the Colgate Comedy Hour....

@a1diemus 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! 😍

@willmcmillan1430 11 жыл бұрын

This is terrific! I have been learning a bunch of Arlen songs, and it is great to see him sing one or two of his great co-creations. Thank you!

@JaCeeMusic 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting!

@sushicourier Жыл бұрын

I looked this up, it's Eddie Cantor hosting an episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour. This episode aired Nov 29, 1953.

@rickshields7239 8 жыл бұрын

haha "OH My Papa" the biggest thing to ever hit the jukebox in all the record business "

@randallflagg9659 6 жыл бұрын

how could anyone possibly dislike this?

@brendacx6100 7 жыл бұрын

harold is truly amazing

@13loomisst 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is great. Thanks very much for sharing.

@datapro007 7 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video. Thank you!

@stevesnyder198 7 жыл бұрын

wonderfull

@alexneto4647 6 жыл бұрын

Sensational.

@johnnyjackpot 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks So Much!

@lorettabigg5846 10 жыл бұрын

November 29, 1953

@AbrahamDiner 9 жыл бұрын

top talent in this show with Harold Arlen

@1FrankFan 7 жыл бұрын

Jim, many of these Harold Arlen songs had lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

@mariagalante821 3 жыл бұрын

Harold Arlen ... compositor das maiores músicas do século. Judy Garland. Frank Sinatra e outros

@user-qk6li7lw9b 7 ай бұрын

if Harold Arlen was born to compose music Frank Sinatra was born to sing them

@jimbrown1559 7 жыл бұрын

These great songs are as much a product of the lyricists -- they guys who wrote words -- as they are of of the composer. Yip Harburg wrote "Only a Paper Moon," all of the songs (and the dialog around the songs) for "The Wizard of Oz," and hundreds of other great standards.

@rafi1234321 Жыл бұрын

11:37 Palmolive ad

@antoniod 6 жыл бұрын

Arlen is naturally appearing without Blacklisted lyricist Yip Harburg. It must have been strange for Harburg and others that Harburg's lyrics were still heard everywhere in the 50s, but the man himself was persona-non-grata for TV and Films(he WAS nominated for a Tony in 1957 for the show JAMAICA).

@antoniod 6 жыл бұрын

Jamaica also reunited Harburg with Arlen.