Liberace 12th Street Rag from the 50's.wmv

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14 жыл бұрын

Here is Liberace playing 12th Street Rag back in the 50's

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@njplr 11 жыл бұрын

For all the flamboyance and over-the-top glitter of his latter years, you can see here how truly incredible he was. Brilliant.

@pauldionne2884 6 жыл бұрын

You could argue the over-the-top-glitter is still less than his talent.

@freebirdrox7330 10 ай бұрын

And maybe a bit if insanity. But definitely brilliant!

@nolancain8792 4 жыл бұрын

2:29 actual representation of typing a college paper last minute.

@alexnajera3483 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@kimemerson8728 3 жыл бұрын

hahaha, that's awesome.

@leoutter3557 Ай бұрын

Yes but inetsad of music its. Tuc, tuc, tuc, tuc, pling!

@diwittig 5 жыл бұрын

Before Liberace plays this piece double-time he says to the audience, "Ripley mentioned this piece because there were 6,000 notes in it. I thought you might like to count them." I enjoy his sense of humor. The practice he put in and the number of performances he gave - how did he physically do it? Wow!

@markhayes6407 8 жыл бұрын

A real showman and awesome pianist.

@MusicalMissCapri 7 жыл бұрын

Definitely. :)

@dogman4100 5 жыл бұрын

Virtuosity on display. Wonderful.

@AnnaHerrick 4 жыл бұрын

These old ones are the best!

@lorrainemaurice532 9 жыл бұрын

oh lee, you had such a quiet, spontaneous and decent sense of humour. what a gentleman in music this world has lost.

@SlimShady40 Жыл бұрын

The joy Liberace exudes when he plays is so infectious. Absolutely brilliant

@syourke3 4 жыл бұрын

Consummate showman and a virtuoso pianist. Give the man his due. He was unique. He had the chops to play anything he wanted.

@thomashogan16 3 жыл бұрын

Who couldn't love him? He was beyond belief. So full of energy and love for his audience.

@jillmarschall3277 11 ай бұрын

He was the greatest pianist to ever grace this earth.

@grantn.9061 11 ай бұрын

Dunno seems kinda gay to me

@georgeloveday9674 10 ай бұрын

Saw his show twice. He was a great entertainer.

@yambo59 11 жыл бұрын

I smell Ivory smoke...... When I see how effortlessly he plays even with all the embellishments it just floors me. I regret the years I ignored him as a flash act, but the old adage is true, you cant judge by the cover - especially not Liberace, he is a true grand master of his craft. I have a much overdue respect.

@merlinpielich8061 10 жыл бұрын

I can't do that... give me my beer back.

@misterdaffy 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@e.c.3750 3 жыл бұрын

Best 7 year old comment

@JonathanAllen0379 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest ever, period. Nobody else even comes close.

@madgoldfish4144 3 жыл бұрын

Liszt has been real quiet since this dropped.

@silverstrike6048 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Very funny. For your information, Liszt has been dead for more than fifteen years now.

@MalikaTrue 3 жыл бұрын

@@silverstrike6048 Ha Ha very funny! For your information this was a joke. Also this is a bait.

@replicated 3 жыл бұрын

@@MalikaTrue sick burn hahahahahaha

@TimeGodDioBrando 2 жыл бұрын

Liszten hear.

@NSStudiostheAnimator 2 жыл бұрын

@@silverstrike6048 r/woosh

@cathrinrehder6652 3 жыл бұрын

This video is such a wonderful example of "the bounciness of Liberace" ... What he does with his whole body is amazing; his shoulders seem to dance and his left leg is always moving to rhythm. Amazing.

@JustFixIt99 5 жыл бұрын

After years of watching this, that left hand still absolutely amazes me... just incredible

@eyelutalulu7266 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing !!! Literally dancing off his chair!!

@STEAMBOLTANNIE 10 жыл бұрын

WOW such speed and clarity. and no mistakes, truly amazing

@MISisback 12 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a piano player play so fast before or since. Absolutely amazing.

@tijnhilhorst 5 жыл бұрын

You can see, he’s enjoying the song himself as well.😉 A wonderful man and such a great talent!

@MicheleMJJ 8 жыл бұрын

EACH TIME I WATCH A VIDEO OF LIBERACE PLAYING, I AM AMAZED AT HIS TALENT. HE HAS SUCH A WONDERFUL SMILE AND REAL FLAIR FOR LOVING WHAT HE DOES. I WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN HIM IN CONCERT. LUCKILY, WE HAVE THE VIDEOS FOR THAT. WONDERFUL CARING AND LOVING MAN.

@skylermccloud78 8 жыл бұрын

sucks he is dead

@CameronGuarino 8 жыл бұрын

WHY ARE YOU TALKING IN CAPS LOCK

@MicheleMJJ 8 жыл бұрын

BECAUSE I LIKE TO; IT'S NONE OF YOUR CONCERN.

@mordiveer5957 7 жыл бұрын

i love how people freak out about caps XD

@frankkelch4553 7 жыл бұрын

Well, it is rather annoying... and it makes a person look like they're too stupid to figure out how to turn the caps lock off..

@continenzajazz9976 7 жыл бұрын

How can he keep such a big smile while hes sustaining that speed of music

@rongriffiths7863 6 жыл бұрын

Rhapsody by candle light Rhapsody by candlelight

@diwittig 5 жыл бұрын

Lots and lots of practice.

@jeffcharles9344 Жыл бұрын

And looking at the camera.

@avuncular300 4 жыл бұрын

Quite spectacular.

@edithdavis2848 8 жыл бұрын

as a child drove my mom and friends crazy cause when his show came on I stopped everything to watch him. He was the master pianist and showman, none could nor have topped him.

@uiscepreston 4 жыл бұрын

Except Scott Thorson.

@johnseal56 4 жыл бұрын

@@uiscepreston Hey-o

@soy_limo 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Brier was really good as well

@garylobo348 3 жыл бұрын

Elton John tried. But the only one I've seen and heard to could come close to Lee's brilliance here, is Billy Joel and his Root Beer Rag.

@davidbatterson4634 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Unbelievable. The Master.

@paulm7941 11 жыл бұрын

Yes a true master. We are in need of such natural showmanship.

@australia703 11 жыл бұрын

Just unbelievable what a talented guy he even has the audacity to look at the camera smiling while still playing, now that is talent.

@pchabanowich 10 жыл бұрын

His piano rolls from the late 20s were peerless. His was a lavish and joyous talent.

@MooPotPie 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Chabanowich Liberace was born in 1919 - so he was only 10 in 1929. He started his playing career in 1936. Any player piano rolls by him date to the 1960s and '70s..

@aidaquintana7515 5 жыл бұрын

Lord have mercy.... this man was unique... one of a kind for sure. Yessssss.♥♥♥♥♥♥

@camelia9802 6 жыл бұрын

The best pianist in the World ever

@Updavidedattention 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s what I got to say! No trick photography or trickery of any sort. Just an amazing mastery of talent earned throughout many, many years of practice, practice, practice. I for one appreciate ‘Milwaukee’s favorite brew’ Liberace! A true showman, don’t ya think?

@diwittig 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Well-said. In fact, his nickname was Mr. Showmanship.

@janettgrady2394 4 жыл бұрын

Entertainers do not come any better than Liberace, who happily entertained the whole wide world with an outstanding personality and his skill second to none when it came to playing piano. Liberace made people happy, and that is what he was all about. ..HAPPY!!!

@johndean958 8 жыл бұрын

Just love his playing and his personality shows so much fun and love for life.A brilliant man.Thanks.

@manilooney7 11 жыл бұрын

fantastic fingers,,,ive recently become overwhelmed by this marvellous musicians talent,,,Liberace,,,mesmerisinly brilliant,,,love it..x

@steinwaygrande3971 8 жыл бұрын

My wife and I saw Liberace live in Melbourne in 1985. What a fantastic evening we had. Little did we know his life was to be cut short a few years later

@Equismaximus 5 жыл бұрын

Saw him about 36 years ago at the Flamingo in Vegas. My wife was pregnant with my son about 8 months. We were in the lobby waiting in line for the doors to open. Every 5 minutes or so my wife would go over and sit down as she was very pregnant. Soon a man came over to her and asked how many were in her party. She pointed to us and said "four". Subsequently she and the man walked over to us. It was the old days and he looked like a mobster and had a very low tone voice but I can tell you he was the perfect gentleman. He said to the four of us, "come with me" and we thinking we had done something wrong followed obediently and without question. The show was going to start shortly. He open the door to the auditorium and took us to a semicircular booth at the very front of the stage and said "sit here". In a few minutes a waiter came over and brought a bottle of champagne on ice to our table. The gentleman that sat us disappeared and we never saw him again and in a couple of minutes Liberace came out on stage. He pranced around the stage with a mink coat that had a train that was 20 feet long. Soon after a volkswagen with a Rolls Royce radiator grill drove onto the stage and he said "that one is for the fir" and he through in the fir and the little car drove off stage. Then a full size Rolls Royce came out and he smiled and said "this one's for me" and he was driven off stage. We were there within 20 feet of him. It was like a dream. That was the real Vegas. I will never forget that night. It was surreal. Liberace played while water fountains danced to his playing. The mob had more class and treated the common people better than your government ever will. They respected the family. Now this is not to say that they did not kill people. If you were a mobster well then you were dealing with them on the terms of their organization. We on the other hand were just some young people that had a front row seat to one of the greatest showman of all time. God Bless Liberace I will never forget that night. And thank you Las Vegas.

@beverlydavid581 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your memory.

@starwars_chola7001 3 жыл бұрын

What a great story! I loved Liberace since I was a child. I loved watching him on tv with the fountain working in synch with piano notes and his fabulous taste

@DreamingCatStudio 3 жыл бұрын

Marvelous story. Thank you!

@honeycaponeyproductions.9885 2 жыл бұрын

Better than any jackpot vegas offers. My respect

@gregoryclemen1870 2 жыл бұрын

I know all about the "ORGANISATION", they really are kind and gentle, just do not get in the way of their business!!!!!, they know how to handle obstructions.

@psw4763 4 жыл бұрын

Always a gentlemen and great and talented entertainer

@georgekauffman2189 6 жыл бұрын

He was simply the best !

@dfredenb 12 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing him as a kid, and I would have to say that he was the greatest piano showman of his time.

@313pookie313 11 жыл бұрын

absolutely amazingly talented man

@AndreaElizabeth100 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! He plays the piano so fast I've never seen anyone play like that before.

@dillonheimerl5683 4 жыл бұрын

I dont think ive ever seen someone's hands just....flat out explode like his did. Just....wow.

@wheresthegovernance4350 5 жыл бұрын

He was AWESOME!

@skylermccloud78 7 жыл бұрын

he was the best pianist there ever was

@lilyalilya1808 4 жыл бұрын

я нашла в интернете этого прекрасного пианиста два года тому назад и с тех пор это мой самый лучший друг послушала все что можно было найти с восторгом и теперь слушаю каждый день я не могу уже жить без его музыки и без его улыбкиfanrs for posting

@jeffneis553 2 жыл бұрын

No one can ever tell me he wasnt the GREATEST pianist and ALL AROUND SHOWMAN !!

@jerseyscampi 13 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! He will always be the king of the keyboard, such skill

@brbro1869 9 ай бұрын

... More like The Queen of the Keyboard. (This is high compliment coming from me, and I think 'Lee' would approve of it... 😊)

@rodsreel 8 жыл бұрын

I don't play piano but I can watch him all night - amazing

@lianelayman7577 8 жыл бұрын

+rodsreel Me too, best thing I like about him.

@waynedanberry 8 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! Piano Shredding in The '50's!

@raydisilvestro5102 4 жыл бұрын

Truly gifted! Simply amazing.

@12121149 7 жыл бұрын

Saw him in Vegas,back when,one of the best live shows,I have ever seen,just sayin'

@michaelkappes8226 Жыл бұрын

A simply amazing performance, he was a true showman in every sense of the term. To see him play the piano like that is truly amazing.

@kenchovan5910 9 жыл бұрын

I JUST GOT DONE LISTENING TO HIS RECORDING ON MY LP WITH THIS SONG (and others) AND HE WAS A SO MARVELOUS PIANIST! I wondered if anyone has posted one of his many Masterpieces! Yes, You did! KEN

@jjjlove2260 2 жыл бұрын

Man he is talented. I've never seen anyone play like that before. It almost doesn't seem real. Mr Magic hands, keep playing in the sky.

@davef.2811 3 жыл бұрын

Always looked like he was having more fun than the audience collectively!

@151disc 11 жыл бұрын

INCREDIBLE!!!

@alicer6786 7 жыл бұрын

Good grief this guy was amazing!

@wurly164 5 жыл бұрын

At the hardest part he looks at the camera and winks, he is having more fun than we are

@terrydean2225 7 жыл бұрын

pure genius!!!!!!!!!

@charlottelong8154 4 жыл бұрын

He was magnificent!

@benirw1n 8 жыл бұрын

2:29 dat left hand

@alejandrolikewhoa 8 жыл бұрын

The accuracy is unreal!!

@dude998866 7 жыл бұрын

unbelievable

@carina7901 7 жыл бұрын

Ben Irwin how is that even possible

@MrHamthepig 7 жыл бұрын

It's called practice, you too can get a fast walking bass with it.

@suuri_toukeigaku_channel 6 жыл бұрын

Ben Irwin beyond Art Tatum...

@jessiejames7492 7 жыл бұрын

he could play a classical piece and make it sound like rock and roll. he didnt just play piano. he was an entertainer to the fullest sense of the word....who is this entertaining these days?

@pamelafrancis4476 5 жыл бұрын

The best!

@hhbsmac 12 жыл бұрын

I love how he finished it off with those few notes from the Three Stooges. Not sure if it was some other piece before or not tho

@John-em8jn 2 жыл бұрын

What an Amazing Pianist !

@mariettabaardt6240 5 жыл бұрын

This man was a genius. Such an entertainer.

@Matt10670 4 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching Roy Clark absolutely shred the same song on a guitar and now I'm watching Liberace burn the keys on the piano.

@arthurpruitt736 6 жыл бұрын

There will never be talent like him ever again. It was my blessing to see and listen to this man three times.

@zedster911 10 жыл бұрын

A True Icon of 1960s TV... he was a Dandy LOL... I actually remember this! It was an inspiration.. although I play keyboards, and my fingers flit across the ivories at great neck speed... they are nothing like his/hers! I often wonder if the likes of Liberace actually experience what I experience... I sit at a piano and it is like some one else is inside of me playing?

@CraigSutMusic 10 жыл бұрын

There has never been an entertainer since Liberace, Chico Marx and even Mrs Mills/Winney Atwell. This guy is an absolute genius at the keyboard.

@juanmonge8 7 жыл бұрын

Charisma. don't know what it is but he had it in spades.

@skylermccloud78 7 жыл бұрын

the king in his natural habitat

@gdhse3 9 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get any better than Liberace!

@lianelayman7577 8 жыл бұрын

+Marcy Benicaso You got that right.

@frankwatt745 6 жыл бұрын

Fats Waller is even better

@MrJoeybabe25 6 жыл бұрын

They don't have entertainers like him anymore!

@larryaldrich4351 Жыл бұрын

Liberace's lots of fun to watch. Awesome showmanship.

@annabelle4709 6 жыл бұрын

Perfection!

@barakah08 6 жыл бұрын

Inspirational 😍

@MISisback 12 жыл бұрын

I'm speechless at his speed....

@jkdm7653 5 жыл бұрын

In the 1950s he had a weekly half-hour TV show...loved it!

@SchizoMelody 12 жыл бұрын

That's SICK! My new favorite piano version of one of my all time favorite tunes... freakin amazing. Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren did a version at this tempo as part of an accordian quartet on the Lawrence Welk show one time - it's on KZfaq . that's the only other version I've heard that's near this fast.

@hrayrdallakyan 8 жыл бұрын

how the hell...?! was this man a machine? amazing.

@steinwaygrande3971 8 жыл бұрын

He was brilliant. My wife and I saw him perform in Melbourne Australia in 1984. An evening we will never forget

@garygordon2572 10 жыл бұрын

He was great.

@honkytonkpiano 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic arrangement and superb playing. Thank you for posting this.

@RosanneB 12 жыл бұрын

I think Liberace was the greatest pianist in the world. I used to watch his TV show when I was younger. His version of As Time Goes By is my very favorite song. I recently discovered another pianist who is truly great. His name is AllenDale1962. I recommend his videos highly.

@georgenotsmith2804 6 жыл бұрын

Look at that man having fun! Showing off & getting paid for it, too. Some people have all the luck.

@cameronleesimpson5742 5 жыл бұрын

Not all of them

@chippyman5800 3 жыл бұрын

If spongebob was made in the 1950’s

@gregganderson5458 9 жыл бұрын

It was piano playing like this that made him famous.

@lianelayman7577 8 жыл бұрын

+Gregg Anderson What really made him famous was his showmanship like the costumes and stuff.

@gregganderson5458 8 жыл бұрын

+Liane Layman - Yes, that was the icing on the cake. But, when this clip was recorded back in the early 1950's from his television show, he always wore standard concert attire, usually with long tails and black or white bow tie, without all the glitz and glamour. He first proved that he had the real goods with regards to his amazing piano artistry and musicianship. When I was six years old I remember hearing Liberace for the first time from my bedroom, my parents were watching his tv show in the living room. I got out of bed and went to hear and watch him because the music was so compelling. It was my inspiration to becoming a pianist. I like the old clips the best when it was just him and the piano.

@noahvoegtly9471 8 жыл бұрын

This guy was awesome

@lianelayman7577 8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Voegtly I'll say!

@Itxazoa 10 жыл бұрын

Genial. Absolutamente el mejor que jamas ha existido; no solo por su talento, sino por su indiscutible gozo al ejecutar y su constante comunicacion con el publico. Jamas ha habido y dudo que lo haya, otro Liberace. Grande Maestro!!!

@Equinsu_Ocha69 2 жыл бұрын

"Thank you for your wonderful welcome" Nobody talks like this anymore

@iseeolly9959 5 жыл бұрын

Haha!....made me laugh out loud with joy...wonderful fun. X

@JLNeis 2 жыл бұрын

THE BEST OF THE BEST, MUSICAL GENIUS, LEE YOU WE RE GREAT.

@susanstaley8044 4 жыл бұрын

He sure could move those keys, great talent

@EaglesLair27 9 жыл бұрын

Liberace represents a time in America where entertainers really perfected their craft. The countless hours and hours of practice they went into his playing will never be known. It takes years to develop the technique necessary to play like this. I doubt we will ever see the likes of him again. What passes itself off as talent today is such a joke.

@bethmiletti9540 9 жыл бұрын

No there are still great pianists, but what put's Liberace as number ONE among the others, is that he never uses sheet music. He sometimes doesn't even look down. He could have gone on into old age, had it not been for Aides. Why was he that way? I will never understand. He had it all. Nice looking, very friendly.

@CCarolsurf 9 жыл бұрын

Beth Miletti Liberace not only had prodigy skills, he was a flamboyant showman!

@bethmiletti9540 9 жыл бұрын

No. But it killed him didn't it?

@bethmiletti9540 9 жыл бұрын

I doubt you made it through the 4th grade.

@therainforest4314 6 жыл бұрын

Why was he that way? You may not like this, but more aids has been transmitted from way more heterosexual people than gay people, a lot more.