The wonderful Brilliant Robert Preston,Brought so much Happiness to Theatre and films goers,Will we ever see performances like that again, Thanks for the memories xx
i was lucky enough to see mr preston live in a performance of "mack and mabel" during the show's pre-broadway tryout tour, when i was about 9 years old. i had been captivated by bernadette peters in one of her appearances on the carol burnett show, so my dad took me to see m&m when the show came through town. thanks for that wonderful memory, dad.
A couple of minutes of research reveals (if you can trust the Internet) that the title of this song is "I Died a Thousand Deaths"... ...and that the composer was Igor Peshkowsky... ...a.k.a. Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky... ...the birth name of the late, great Mike Nichols!
Robert Preston was a truly unique and multi-talented man. Most people recall his Music Man, but take a look at his work in All the Way Home with Jean Simmons. PHENOM!!!!!!
He was so great in that movie all the way home that I cannot picture anyone else playing his role . It was such a wonderful and unique movie I'm convinced it is probably one of the most overlooked films of all time
For those interested, on IMDb, An Evening With Carol Burnett (1963 special), for music on the show Ken Welch is listed as creator and musical director. He worked with other entertainers in his career, so likely wrote this song. The show only starred Carol Burnett and Robert Preston.
@@StevenTorrey for what it’s worth, I checked IMBd. Ken Welch is listed as the creator/writer of the musical numbers. The writer of the special itself is listed as Igor Peshkowsky. This was possibly Mike Nichols, although his birth name is actually spelled differently.
Wow, great! Glad there's still an audience to post it. I'm pretty old and it became part of my youtube algorithm because I was reminiscing The Last Starfighter in which he played Centauri
This was back in the era when CBS had a stable of composers or freelancers to write original songs for performers. Billy Barnes was such a person, and he wrote many of the movie take-offs on Burnett's weekly show.
That was really great 😄 I adored Robert Preston from the age of around 6 when I first saw one of his films on TV, but I always got really upset because he died in so many of them 😢 I hated Joel McRae for years after I saw him shoot Robert Preston in a film 😠😃
Gosh, do you have anything else from this special??? I've been waiting 50 years to see this!!!!!!! I had a huge crush on Preston after seeing him in The Music Man, but my mother wouldn't let me stay up late to see this Burnett special and I cried myself to sleep! I have been waiting all these years to see something from this, and I thank you SO MUCH! Do you have the entire show? Please???
I did see this show when it was first broadcast. AND since I had a reel-to-reel audio tape recorder which was attached to the family TV's speaker, I recorded it and played it back many times. Unfortunately, the tape finally died, but I remembered most of this number as well as Carol telling how as a kid she used to sing Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddie songs (with her singing the man's part) when she wasn't doing the Tarzan yell. I also would love to see more from Carol's first TV special, not to mention as many old clips from the Garry Moore show as anyone can find and upload to RU-vid.
Sings Along To The Night Of The Mountains Sung By Robert Preston & Andrea Libman Performer: Robert Preston Performer: Andrea Libman Vocal: Robert Preston, Andrea Libman
Jett Rink: That you love Robert Preston is a sad commentary that the first thought is homosexuality not an appreciation of this wonderful talented man. Now there’s a woman named “Mortal Clown” that also loves Robert Preston so maybe the two of you can hook up over your mutual for Robert Preston. Unless of course by using the name “Jett Rink” you are alluding to a dubious sexuality similar to the actor that played Jett Rink in the film GIANT, namely James Dean
This performance was in 1963. Rex Harrison did this technique in the original My Fair Lady production on Broadway in 1956. Preston did it in the Music Man premiere in 1957. Richard Burton did it in Camelot, which premiered in 1960. I suspect it’s at least as old as vaudeville, probably much older. Follow up: although some people credit Rex Harrison with having invented it, as I expected, it was a technique being used in Germany in the 19th century, and probably grew out of the more singing-ish technique used in operas, operettas, and oratorios called recitative. No idea when similar techniques may have also emerged in non-European cultures, though. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprechgesang
