Ethel Merman THE Medley from the mid-1970's from The Waldorf. Almost 15 minute medley of her hits!

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10 жыл бұрын

Here's THE one and only Broadway diva, Ethel Merman, singing a very extensive medley of her hits on a mid-1970's PBS television special. Recorded at the famed Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where other musical divas like Gisele MacKenzie and Lena Horne recorded masterful live albums. Tony Bennett gives MS Merman's introduction

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@markwhitman72 10 жыл бұрын

My mom just hated this lady but I always irritated her by saying that she was a hell of a stage presence and I meant it then and NOW! Ethel Merman was marvelous !!

@Streisand70 9 жыл бұрын

A legend indeed! She is no spring chicken here yet her voice is still as big as a house!

@wotan10950 8 жыл бұрын

Wow! Obviously her style seems somewhat alien today, but in her day she was the star of stars. She takes no prisoners!

@GeminiGuy22 7 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like her anymore. Miss Ethel RIP

@oaksong 8 жыл бұрын

She certainly was a lioness on the prowl. I was lucky enough to catch the 25th anniversary staging of Annie Get Your Gun at Lincoln Center, from the back of the top balcony where you could hear and understand every word she sang.

@davidcarlton1784 9 жыл бұрын

Damn that lady had a voice!!!

@libbychecks1001 7 жыл бұрын

The wonderful Ethel Merman...perhaps that hardest working woman to ever appear on Broadway.

@5420lindley 8 жыл бұрын

I SAW HER LIVE TWICE,,,ONCE IN GYPSY ABOUT 1957 AT THE BILTMORE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...ANOTHER WAS MANY YEARS LATER AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL...I TOOK MY AUNTIE ON A DATE AFTER MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY...AND MY AUNTIE GOT SORT OF MUSHIE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF COMFORT TO THE GRANDEST LADY IN MY LIFE---AND ETHEL MERMAN WAS JUST FABULOUS...

@patrickmartin5221 8 жыл бұрын

Merman - the only voice you can hear from space! Wow, amazing -

@Robert4770 9 жыл бұрын

The first lady of Broadway forever and ever, we will never see a talent like this again.

@MrMartybearass 8 жыл бұрын

now thats a broadway star !

@johnwatson4866 8 жыл бұрын

Only Ethel, could sing such a song like that

@louthebody 8 жыл бұрын

What an entertainer she was. So much energy.

@ajabrams 9 жыл бұрын

Ethel was, is and always will be the greatest!!

@spectrumlocalb191 10 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic legend not to be replaced ever.God Bless Ethel.

@machovoce6826 10 жыл бұрын

Oh, man, the Mighty Merm. Sanfrantastic!

@ThomasAndrew608 9 жыл бұрын

I only have one word but FABULOUS!!!!!

@showtunestarpower 9 жыл бұрын

I have seen Merman do this medley many times and always she is magnificent. When Merman was doing her established material, she always did it the same way right down to the final gesture and always with total commitment, energy, and passion. She always made it special - as if she was singing it for the first time. The theatre was so lucky to have her living in it.

@filmmekker 10 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on PBS as a kid! Thanks for posting!

@VikPaints 8 жыл бұрын

A totally unique voice and terrific talent, characters like this are desperately missing today. This video shows a very hard working lady loving her craft, perfect timing, perfect delivery and hypnotic personality, so many great attributes, what a dose of pure joy to watch, thank you for sharing.