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

tonight we have the star of stars Broadway's leading lady brassy sassy and classy Ethel Merman the parts I've played upon the stage were cast in a similar mold brassy and classy and tough as nails but alway he's with a heart of gold it was Annie and Edie and Hattie and Burrell and Beau Lawson and Reno and Rose Lucy oh babe all right gangsters mom who always wore the damn disclose when the curtain goes up and the world applauds it's a wonderful thrilling thing and I'm thankful to all of those loveable brazo for the fun they gave me who say folks are dumb we're rightfully and departed still there for me as Candido and was come centrally looks like us could never fuss with school with books and Lorna still we've gone from A to Z no and what comes naturally you don't have to know how to read or write when you're out to the pillar of the pale moonlight you don't have to look get up them to find what do you think so the phone what is odd is my dad comes centrally that comes naturally do it what comes back whatever for the White House the Appel watching time enough by what where's the Oh don't divert got no pearl till I think at night got no mansion got no yacht still I'm happy with what I got I got and the last night and with the Sun in the lawn and the moon in evening I find life is just a bowl of cherries now and surreal your work you you say you worry about but you can make you know when you go what's up keep on repeating it the sweet things in life you might just long cherry rose yourself that your Big Shot sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes the hard way I'd like to tell you how it all happened to me I was working in a theater in Brooklyn New York called the Brooklyn Paramount Theater proper dice well it was a stage presentation house by that I mean that the feature film was shown about six or seven times a day and in between the showing of the feature film there was a stage show and I was a young girl singing it in that stage show and I thought I was pretty good well anyhow at that time they were casting for a show called girl crazy Miss Ginger Rogers had already been signed as the star of the show a man by the name of Benton Fred Lee was producing it mr. George Gershwin was writing the music just for the IRA writing the lyrics well the talk about this gal singer got around and one day unbeknownst to me mr. freely came over to the Brooklyn perryland and as we say in our profession he caught my act well I guess he's what I was pretty good too as the next thing I knew he had contacted my agent my agent and I and mr. Feeley went up to see mr. Gershwin mr. Gershwin lived at Riverside Drive and 74th Street overlooking the Hudson River and not only was i and/or of meeting the great George Gershwin I was an oral the apartment building Syed I'd never seen anything as tall as that because I was a young gal living in the story along Island with my parents where I was born anyhow but we go to this beautiful roof garden George Gershwin had one side of it and his brother I had the other side they had the whole thing all sewed up all to themselves and we're ushering in to this beautiful living room and after a little conversation with mr. Gershwin he sat down with the piano and he played three songs which I eventually wound up singing in the show because fortunately I got the part but the point I'm trying to make is this ladies and gentlemen that he was this great man this great genius humble man and me a complete unknown at the time he said something to me which I will never forget as long as I live he said miss Merman if there's anything about these songs that you don't like I'll be most happy to change and you know you never change a note in a Gershwin tune only how this next song I'm going to sing for you is one of the songs that he played and this is the song that really put me on the map I got rhythm in green faster I got my man who could ask for anything more oh no my man around my front door look at me Mom anything ya'know smoothie I'm a boy yar no meaning I'm in boobie I don't what what say let's me buddy someone say let's be what maybe while be drama they up stop anything good all the two one anything today it was bad today likewise today a days late today those guys today even women rise today I just Silesia galore and though I thought I'm grateful answer I know that I found any Watterson well Burpo let yourself go boys be swings through my driggity it's hilarious if government 11 pistol Sixto funny you're a stranger moves comfy from another town I'm a stranger myself here isn't it buddy here is indeed smile and the body and Fire I had a ha a dream about you baby I had a dream but it's gonna come true they think I ran through what what baby yo is well you're right Oh three line come power ani Oh no kidding stand the world again I know you will be I can tell what just you wait Lavie sorry everything's falling or by everything's I was everything every you

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Keywords: ethel merman, Waldorf Astoria New York (Hotel), Hits, Tony Bennett (Musical Artist)

Id: UUGkFDQ42hA

Length: 13min 23sec (803 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 23 2014