Get kids off their computers/phones & playing musical instruments, does not matter which. Before cable tv & internet we learned an instrument at school. Learning to read music is another form of art. Who is with me on this?
Hi Susan, I totally agree. This all-day-computer-staring does something bad to the brain, I'm sure. I learned to play the viola still at age 19 and have only had the nicest encounters and much fun with it. Even played Dvorak's "New World Symphony". Knowing how to play an instrument is like being in Paradise. 🎼🎵🎹🎷🎻🎻🎻🎻🥁🎺🎶.
@@cathrinrehder6652 I totally agree with you. A colleague of mine strums on her guitar every single day for different amounts of time according to her schedule. But never a day goes by that she is not playing something. Dvorak sounds complicated. Bravo to you. Keep playing & enjoying.
@@cathrinrehder6652 It also makes me think of actors from the 30's & 40's like Bob Hope etc. they all learned to dance as after school activities or on Saturdays, whether they liked it or not, but ultimately it was the best thing for them.
@@susanford2388 Yes, exactly. A good example is Liberace who also knows how to sing and dance. (Not in this video, but in others) His singing voice is lovely, and his dancing even topped Sammy Davis jr. in one video, you find it on YT. Where do you live, Susan ? I live in Hamburg, Germany. 🤗
My Grandmother knew Liberace. She'd hail "yoo hoo, Walter!" He'd spot her in the crowd and say "hello, Ernestine!'. He came for Thanksgiving once, lovely evening, and appreciated that she had no piano
I met a woman recently who went to a couple of dozen of his concerts. Liberace got to know her and even socilaised with her a few times. She said he was an incredible person, very kind and thoughful at all times. She said he seemd to have this aura about him. He certainly affected a lot of people with his genius and fun nature.
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 - October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and his version of "Sixteen Tons." Władziu Valentino Liberace[nb 1] (May 16, 1919 - February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor.[2] A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to the 1970s, Liberace was the highest-paid entertainer in the world,[3] with established concert residencies in Las Vegas, and an international touring schedule. Liberace embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, acquiring the nickname "Mr. Showmanship."
menofairy I remember as a child watching Liberace on T.V. He showed one of his rings to a lady in the audience and said 'have a good look; you paid for it!' The audience loved him. He could get away with anything.
W.Lightning..He was such a grand virtuoso before his time..If only he had been born one generation later, he would have been able to "come-out" , and been so comfortable within his life..rest now, peacefully, Lee !! Our world misses you so !!
I loved the way Liberace would ask to see a lady in the front row with a huge diamond ring, and he would make the comment, wow, what a nice starter kit!!
Liberace was truly a wonderful pianist, & fun entertainer, when he came on you would think all the glitter, well I dont no how this is going to go. But at the end you would be allways Amazined.
When I was a kid my mother and father would put his show on and I would not like it I thought it was to boring and dry. Now that I'm older I can appreciate him and his talent and I truly truly love him and I love his music . He was truly the best and a very classy gentleman.. I wish that I could have hung out with him in his sun room at his home and talk and just enjoy his sweet personality. Really great person. Surely talented indeed.
Had the priviledge of seeing Liberace in Hershey years ago, and shaking his hand, and seeing the "family jewels"! What a great time!! He was truly talented!
he is one of the few greatest. i lilke jerry lee lewis and his cousin mickey gilley and also the the marx brothers, chico and harpo. such skill and joy in the way they play. they played to entertain. first and foremost. like liberace, jerry lee too. most of todays musicians want money first.....
Larry DeWein, We'll, not the best pianist ever. He was a showman of the highest caliber and knew how to "sell" classical and popular music to a wide audience many of whom were introduced to classical works due to him. Victor Borge, also a world class comic entertainer using the piano as the vehicle to perform his humor was a world class professional classical concert artist who performed with professional orchestras throughout Europe. He sort of fell into being a comedian by accident. Read about it. He was a better player than Liberace, but that wasn't Liberace's interest. He a consummate showman. Both if them had their own tv shows. Look both up on RU-vid.
Liberace grew up in West Allis WI a suburb adjacent just west and south of Milwaukee. I was raised in Wauwatosa WI adjacent to the west of Milwaukee and I was a lot younger than Mr. Liberace. Every year my high school would put on a fund raising variety show. I was a reasonably decent player so I decided to audition with a tricked up serious classical piano piece inserting various "children's tunes" and do a Liberace knock-off. He was very much of the current culture so everyone "got" it. My mother was a Northwestern University piano graduate and helped me finesse the little tunes into the act. I came out on stage wearing a tux, carrying a candlelabra. Part of the "shtick" was not being able to light the candles with my matches along with a little physical clumsiness ala' Victor Borge, getting seated and settled at the grand piano. Apparently it was received well enough that the theater teacher had me play in the second night's program also. That was my one and only foray into musical comedy.
Would love to have been friends with Lee, he was such a sweet man. Incredible talent! I love how his taste in fashion rubs off on people when he's a guest on their shows. :D Where Liberace goes, glitter shall follow.
My grandmother took me to see him as an 8 year old. I have played the piano since I was 4. He really was my idol. People have never appreciated his talent!!!
To hell with the critics. What do they know? Classical critics would often bash Liberace when he played classical pieces by renowned composers of whom the critics never even saw because these composers were long dead. If you want to go to a recital and listen to a performer play Chopin--fine. If you want to be entertained by someone who actually looks like he’s enjoying playing the piece then go see Liberace. The man could play!!!
How about that! I knew Ernie could sing. We probably had most of his albums! But I honestly never knew he could play the piano! What a great look back at a better time!
many years ago my friends and me saw Liberace perform in a huge auditorium in the state of Rhode Island. He was absolutely wonderful and to this day he is missed.
Man I really missed out on Liberace when I was young - really just now getting acquainted with his music and performances now, for the first time. Back in the 70s and 80s, no one I knew would have been caught dead listening to anything other than hard rock music; to listen to anything else would have been 'gay'. Looking back now, I lament having missed out on being exposed to this man and his gift. Glad I get to enjoy it them now.
In a story about Liberace, it said he often posed as a cab driver and dropped visitors off in various locations in Vegas. The people were just in awe of the best impersonator of Liberace they ever knew, driving them around. The fact is that it was actually Liberace and not an impersonator. lol
Years ago, I visited the "Liberace Museum", Las Vegas. It is long closed. Sad. You really have to love this guy. Showmanship? No equal. Style? Well he had it. He was giving the public what they wanted. A GREAT entertainer. He brought classical music to people, in way that nobody has done since. Popular music? That too. there will never be an equal anytime soon.
We enjoyed the Liberace Museum, more than anything else in Las Vegas. My son and I got to play Liberace's piano, and it was the manager who invited us to do so.
THANKS FOR SHOWING ERNIE FORD AND LIBERACE PLAYING THE PIANO. NEVER KNEW ERNIE COULD PLAY THE PI-ANO! DO YOU KNOW THE YEAR OF THIS SEGMENT?THANKS. I LOVE HIM SINGING SIXTEEN TON. HE WAS SO FUNNY AS COUSIN ERNIE ON I LOVE LUCY!
+Vickie Wyant Neither did I, and I've read his son's biography of him. Two fabulous entertainers here. When Ford sang seriously his bass-baritone was about as good as it gets.
