Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Patricia Routledge 

Nobody can surpass her diction , you can understand her every world perfectly.

My husband & I are in the US & have been watching “Keeping up Appearances” for years. We watch it over & over and laugh every time. We did not, however, know the true extent of her remarkable talent until I watched her sing “Climb Every Mountain”. I’m truly at a loss for words. What an extraordinary woman.

Dame Patricia Routledge said only a truly good singer can mimic a bad singer well. That is why she had so many fooled as Hyacinth Bucket.

Would you believe this is Hyacinth Bucket.This rendition brings chills

I hope the UK understands just what kind of a national treasure they have in Dame Patricia.

She´ll sing at me, I know she´ll sing at me.

I have heard Dame Patricia sing several times, but this stunned me. It is one of, if not the best renditions of this song that I've ever heard.

She was a classically trained mezzo soprano. Evident here. She could do so much. Such wide ranging talent.

Pity she never sang this at one of her candlelight dinner parties - I am sure even the vicar would have succumbed to her after this!

I always knew she was a classically traied singer but this is truly stupendous. Only a brilliant singer can purposefully sing badly. Its very difficult. Her career encompassed musicals as well as comedy and we were very blessed to have seen her perform. Brava indeed!!❤💯💥🎉

Dame Patricia is 90 today - Feb. 17, 2019. God bless her.

Sheridan must be so proud. Lovely

I’m embarrassed that I never knew she could do this. She’s wonderful.

She is a special and valuable jewel in the Brtish Empire.

Stunningly beautiful voice.

Oh that was so nice. Powerful but not overbearing. Smooth as honey. Convincing as Mother Superior. And she was able to hold that last so long I could have gone to the store and back. Amazing.

i cannot describe what joy this woman and all she is, has brought to my life here in Canada. Thank you for countless hours of laughter and much joy in listening to you sing, recite Scripture and make many many other people around the world laugh. Thank you, dear Patricia! You are a precious human being.

As a faithful watcher of Keeping up Appearances I am in utter shock hearing this. I seldom like remakes, but this is better than the original version. Amazing

Hyacinth can sing!!!!? What rock have I been living under!?!?! WTF! Tears are running down my face ....

Absolutely fabulous! She was blessed with a myriad of talents and this sublime singing voice was only one of them; what a woman!

What a powerful voice.

'She'll sing at me. She always sings at me' Imagine if Hyacinth had sounded like this! The neighbour would have leapt at the chance to cast her in the local musical XD

Even in keeping up appearances you can clearly sense she could sing well and hit the high notes........Incredible Lady! AAww strucK!!

My first job in the theatre was as an ASM at Guildford Repertory , for the 1959 Pantomime Cinderella in which Patricia Routledge was Prince Charming . I noted then what a beautiful singing voice she had . I had a very small part to play . Pat as we called her was such a beautiful young woman , with a beautiful figure , sometimes we were in the wings together waiting to go on , she would have us in stitches of laughter . Patricia Routledge took the lead in our next play , in which I also had a small part ; there was no doubt then that she was destined to be a great actress .

This is probably the best rendition of this wonderful song. The power of Dame Patricia's voice is perfect for expressing the hope, the majesty and the uplifting spirit behind the lyrics. Truly amazing.

Beautiful Voice. You can understand every word. Truly an amazing Lady.

This beautiful song is beautifully song by the very talented actress, singer, comedian, and entertainer, Patricia Routledge who portrayed Hyacinth Bucket pronounced Bouquet in the classic television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances! Patricia Routledge was also in the 1967 movie To Sir, With Love. This is the best version of this song ever! I love the classic television show Keeping Up Appearances! Patricia Routledge also portrayed Heddie Winthrop, an amateur detective following the final and fifth season of Keeping Up Appearances! I wish Keeping Up Appearances had had at least two more seasons so we could have met Richard Bucket's relatives. I watch reruns of Keeping Up Appearances on PBS here in the United States. I also own every single episode of Keeping Up Appearances on Video tape and DVD! It is Dame Patricia Routledge. Heddie Wynthrop was a very good show! It only lasted two seasons Patricia Routledge also won the Tony Award for her performance in a Broadway musical! I love Patricia Routledge and the entire cast of Keeping Up Appearances! They are all superb! Thank you for posting and sharing this beautiful and classic recording!

Absolutely breathtaking . What a truly magnificent version of this song . My goodness , what a fantastic voice !!

I love Patricia Routledge.

Got goosebumps from the very beginning. Brava, listening with tears in my eyes. Wishing I could give a glorious bouquet to Hyacinth Bucket 👏🏻💐🌹❤

It’s absolutely the finest recording I’ve ever heard. Her voice is so rich and powerful. It’s a consolation to know many thousands were able to hear her live on stage for many years, just because there are few recordings of her serious singing doesn’t mean she didn’t have a fine career with it. And who can really compare this with Hyacinth Bucket anyway? They are both equally skilled works of genius.

I closed my eyes and imagined Dame Patricia singing this very special song in front of a rapt audience, and I was among them relishing her beautiful voice.

Wow... Tingles... Enthralling... Bless this wondrous lady...

Wouldn't you know it, Hyacinth Bucket can sing after all, brilliantly actually :) What a remarkable talent Patricia Routledge is; she's the best at everything she does, whether acting or singing.

She also could have had a career in opera if she wanted. She had all the prerequisites. Thanks for posting this!

Dame patricia routledge would have been 38 years young in 1967 when she recorded this beautiful song ! Good Health and many happy years to her 💯👑❤

Now that's a voice!

Patricia Routledge is such a treasure what a talented lady God bless you

Talent flows between doubt, insecurity, security, euphoria, and contentment. From your earliest, theatre and films, to your television success, you have remained insecure, euphoric, and content with a long life that has filled mine with annoyance, tears, hope, laughter, and admiration. And I agree that Jerry Lewis was the strangest of acting companions from which you survived. God Bless Patricia for your contribution to the arts.

I am awestruck. I saw her singing in "Hettie Wainthrop" the other night but I had no idea that she had so vast a range. Whoever voted this down is only showing how uneducated they are when it come to music and what the human voice is capable of in terms of singing and entertaining their fellow human beings. Only someone who is still at the bottom of the tree of life could fail to appreciate the talent that lies here.

Who knew she had such a fabulous voice! Brava!!!!!!

Good Grief !!! This is utterly AMAZING !!! We had all realised during her Mrs Bucket days that she could muck up a song (obviously on purpose), and that only a real singer could do that, but I am just overwhelmed listening to this wonderful lady sing properly.....thanks so much for sharing.

This beautiful song has brought me to tears! Magnificent rendition! Who knew?

Just superb. What a lady what a voice...

She a a brilliant voice. That song is from one of my all time favourite films

Who knew? People of her generation were multitalented- they had to be.

I have always admired Patricia Routledge for her comedy and acting abilities but I have never heard such a beautiful voice such as hers. This performance is absolutely beautiful, very powerful and perfectly on pitch. She's a wonderful and very gifted mutli-talented woman.

I am a huge Sound of Music fan and very critical of other then the original...... this was fantastic 👍

She sang the original in The Sound of Music. Magnificent!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💜💜💜💜💜

Just sublime. She is truly a 'national treasure'. From her Alan Bennett monologues to Mr.s Bookay,lady of the house speaking,she just embraces everything she takes on.

A lovely voice with such clear diction

One of the great songs ever. She sings it to perfection. Simply divine

I never knew till today she could sing and omg what a voice 😱😱. I literally have goosebumps up and down my whole body 😱😱😱👏👏👏👏👏

Wow! I heard the original Patricia Neway version on Broadway and this is certainly equal, if not better. I knew she had to have a voice (because it actually takes one to sing as badly as she did as Hyacinth). What a talent this woman is! Her Hyacinth Bucket is surely one of the greatest performances/characterizations in television history. "Keeping Up Appearances" is also one of the GREAT sitcoms -- everyone on it was wonderful, but none of it would've worked without a spot on Hyacinth, and Patricia Routledge gave them all they could have hoped for and more. To have a show (and an actress) make you laugh out loud during EVERY show is remarkable -- and all with no explicit sex, no raunchy dialogue and situations, no nothing but FUNNY -- just what comedy ought to be but hardly ever is anymore. Wisecracks and sex -- today, that's about it. Again, WOW!

What a great and beloved artist.

Saw her in Carousel and she sang You'll never walk alone. To rapturous applause

I am also a huge fan of Dame Patricia Routledge. She delights in "Keeping Up Appearances" and in "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", playing two very different characters with equal charm and humanity. She won two Tony Awards, a Bafta, and an Olivier Award. Now this! Her voice and her presence are sheer perfection; this song could have been written for her. She moved me to tears. Thank you, Dame Patricia, for all the laughs and all the tears, throughout the years. You have been a gift to the world.

I had no idea ,Dame Patricia had such an operatic voice. How Lovely. I love this song anyway. It was my high school Graduation song. I have no idea how many fellow Graduates " followed " their Dreams. I know 2 were killed in Vietnam. And at our 10 year reunion, we were all very sad at a memorial given them. Thank you for sharing this with those of us in America who only knows Dame Patricia on " Keeping Up Appearances"! She didn't sing at all on that show I don't believe. ✌️🇺🇲‼️🤗♥️

I'll never forget the glorious experience I had seeing Patricia Routledge in 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. This recording is yet one more testament to her superb artistry and technical gifts.

An enormous talent. She started her career doing Broadway musicals in the sixties. I adore her. The performers they call 'artists' today aren't fit to mow her grass!

THAT IS ONE IMPRESSIVE VOICE ! By an equally impressive actress. Breathtaking, there's no other word for it.

Thank you for uploading this. My mother and I used to watch Hyacinth together, we love that show. Sometimes I would call my mom "Hyacinth" because she resembled her enough to be her sister. My mom never heard Miss Routledge sing, well... sing so beautifully and professionally, but from the hilarious "bad singing" she performed in the show, my mom always said, "I bet she really can sing wonderfully when she's not playing Hyacinth." My mom unexpectedly passed away almost a year ago on Christmas Day. I wish so much that I could send this to her, she would love it.

Superb, a tremendously talented lady.

Beautiful❤

What a wonderful singer Patricia Routledge is.... Even as 'Hyacinth Bucket' in the "Keeping up appearances" series, when she sang, you could tell she was an accomplished singer.

I have been a fan of Miss Routledge for years, what a voice, and what an actress!!!

Oh my goodness ! I had to listen to this three times .. totally magical 😍

HOLY SHIT!!!! She is BRAVA!!!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!

Wow. I didn't know she could sing like that. And, a great comedienne and actress to boot.

'She'll sing at me. She always sings at me' can you imagine Emmetts reactions if she brought this out?

i had no idea she sang so well

Absolutely fabulous xx❤❤❤wonderful lady

Wow!! That is a simply beautiful rendition of this classic R & H song. I didn't know that Patricia was a trained singer; certainly not of this standard of singing. Bravo, Patricia!!

She really is wonderful,actress, singer , comedian. Fab, fab, fabulous.

One truly multitalented lady. 💝

Wow!

She is a jewel in the crown of your wonderful country.

This may be the best rendition of Climb Every Mountain ever recorded. Thank you for sharing!

Ive never heard it better sung - but then I'm biased. Patricia and I have been touring a conversation show called "Facing the Music" for a couple of years now. In it we chronicle her little known career in musical theatre and play songs from treasured recordings. We're in London again at Charing Cross Theatre on 23 August at 3pm (as part of my SINGULAR SENSATIONS series) and at various dates around the country. Do join us!

What a stunning performance.. Dame Patricia has given immense pleasure to so many millions of people worldwide with not only her acting but her stunning voice

Wish my local PBS station would bring back her wonderful comedy. This was a treat.

YES IT'S AN AMAZING VOICE..SHE ALWAYS MASKED IT AS AN ACTRESS...BUT ITS DIVINE..WE LOVE IT

OMG The hairs on my arm are standing up. What an amazing voice. I salute you.

We had the UK cast recording of The Sound of Music on LP when I was little, and Mum was so proud of having been at the same school in Birkenhead. Throughout her TV career, to me she has always been first and foremost the lady who sang Climb Every Mountain.

Oh geez. I love the show, but I am in shock hearing this. Bravo Mrs Bucket. Wow and wow.

I have this recording.. Its the music for pleasure recording with Anne Rogers playing Maria.. I have always thought it was a really good version, but I didn't know it was her. Mrs Bucket really can sing.

I am totally not crying AT ALL. One of my fave songs ever by one of my fave ladies!

Perfect!

This is the best rendition of a very beautiful song by a very beautiful lady - Dame Patricia Routledge!

Lovely to hear the voice of this lovely lady who has so made us laugh and is such a good sport. Beautifully sung, thanks

Made the hairs on my neck stand up! Stunning

What a loverly singer if I had not bad seen her name I would not have known that was her I never knew she could sing I watch in Mrs bucket which is a favourite of mine

Gorgeous

My Mum would have been 99 today. In the mid 60's she took part in an am-dram production of "the sound of music " in a church hall on the housing estate we lived on 10 miles outside Portsmouth. I have just played my mono vinyl record of the sound track of 1965 and listening to Patricia Routledge here is the icing on the cake.

I can only assume the one tasteless fool who voted this *fantastic* version down was Delia Wheelwright, you know the mock tudor two story semi detached at the corner of Oakdale Avenue - They've just added a games room above their garage - if there's one thing I can't stand it snobbery and one-upmanship. People who try to pretend they're superior. It makes it so much harder for those of us who really are ;)

She has a magnificent mellow voice with a lot of power........ Bravo..... Patricia........Perfect voice for this song......and what a tremendous movie THE SOUND OF MUSIC.........INDEED....!!!!!!!!!!!

Stunning...I knew Dame Patricia could sing....but not like that. Such a great all round performer. 💖💖

I am totally floored... I had no idea! This is the best version I've ever heard, even though I've always been partial to the one in the movie. Wow. She truly is a Bouquet!

Dame Patricia Routledge is England’s national treasure! There is no one like her!

Lovely, a favorite song of mine, wish I could “sing”, like my mom could! She also was a mezzo soprano, but never did anything with that “gift”!