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
11 ай бұрын
And maybe a bit if insanity. But definitely brilliant!
@lorrainemaurice532
10 жыл бұрын
oh lee, you had such a quiet, spontaneous and decent sense of humour. what a gentleman in music this world has lost.
@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
3 жыл бұрын
Liszten hear.
@NSStudiostheAnimator
2 жыл бұрын
@@silverstrike6048 r/woosh
@SlimShady40
Жыл бұрын
The joy Liberace exudes when he plays is so infectious. Absolutely 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
2 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!
@janettgrady2394
5 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!!!
@AnnaHerrick
4 жыл бұрын
These old ones are the best!
@thomashogan16
3 жыл бұрын
Who couldn't love him? He was beyond belief. So full of energy and love for his audience.
@jillmarschall3277
Жыл бұрын
He was the greatest pianist to ever grace this earth.
@georgeloveday9674
11 ай бұрын
Saw his show twice. He was a great entertainer.
@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
3 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.
@dogman4100
5 жыл бұрын
Virtuosity on display. Wonderful.
@JustFixIt99
5 жыл бұрын
After years of watching this, that left hand still absolutely amazes me... just incredible
@markhayes6407
8 жыл бұрын
A real showman and awesome pianist.
@MusicalMissCapri
7 жыл бұрын
Definitely. :)
@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.
@JonathanAllen0379
6 жыл бұрын
The greatest ever, period. Nobody else even comes close.
@camelia9802
6 жыл бұрын
The best pianist in the World ever
@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.
@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.
@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
@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.
@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..
@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?
@avuncular300
4 жыл бұрын
Quite spectacular.
@Equinsu_Ocha69
2 жыл бұрын
"Thank you for your wonderful welcome" Nobody talks like this anymore
@eyelutalulu7266
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing !!! Literally dancing off his chair!!
@davidbatterson4634
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Unbelievable. The Master.
@STEAMBOLTANNIE
11 жыл бұрын
WOW such speed and clarity. and no mistakes, truly amazing
@aidaquintana7515
5 жыл бұрын
Lord have mercy.... this man was unique... one of a kind for sure. Yessssss.♥♥♥♥♥♥
@skylermccloud78
7 жыл бұрын
he was the best pianist there ever was
@johndean958
8 жыл бұрын
Just love his playing and his personality shows so much fun and love for life.A brilliant man.Thanks.
@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
2 жыл бұрын
And looking at the camera.
@paulm7941
11 жыл бұрын
Yes a true master. We are in need of such natural showmanship.
@MISisback
12 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a piano player play so fast before or since. Absolutely amazing.
@psw4763
4 жыл бұрын
Always a gentlemen and great and talented entertainer
@tijnhilhorst
5 жыл бұрын
You can see, he’s enjoying the song himself as well.😉 A wonderful man and such a great talent!
@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
@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.
@pchabanowich
10 жыл бұрын
His piano rolls from the late 20s were peerless. His was a lavish and joyous talent.
@MooPotPie
6 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..
@jeffneis553
2 жыл бұрын
No one can ever tell me he wasnt the GREATEST pianist and ALL AROUND SHOWMAN !!
@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.
@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.
@313pookie313
11 жыл бұрын
absolutely amazingly talented man
@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
@georgekauffman2189
6 жыл бұрын
He was simply the best !
@wheresthegovernance4350
5 жыл бұрын
He was AWESOME!
@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.
@151disc
11 жыл бұрын
INCREDIBLE!!!
@raydisilvestro5102
4 жыл бұрын
Truly gifted! Simply amazing.
@dillonheimerl5683
4 жыл бұрын
I dont think ive ever seen someone's hands just....flat out explode like his did. Just....wow.
@AndreaElizabeth100
6 жыл бұрын
Wow! He plays the piano so fast I've never seen anyone play like that before.
@jerseyscampi
13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! He will always be the king of the keyboard, such skill
@brbro1869
10 ай бұрын
... More like The Queen of the Keyboard. (This is high compliment coming from me, and I think 'Lee' would approve of it... 😊)
@wurly164
6 жыл бұрын
At the hardest part he looks at the camera and winks, he is having more fun than we are
@pamelafrancis4476
5 жыл бұрын
The best!
@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!
@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.
@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...
@ChrispyNachos
3 жыл бұрын
If spongebob was made in the 1950’s
@annabelle4709
6 жыл бұрын
Perfection!
@terrydean2225
7 жыл бұрын
pure genius!!!!!!!!!
@werksdesign
12 жыл бұрын
Many others simply play the piano. Liberace owns the piano.
@MikeBlitzMag
2 ай бұрын
Actually Debbie Gibson owns the piano. She bought Professor Liberace's piano at his estate sale. And she's done that instrument justice.
@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.
@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
@larryaldrich4351
Жыл бұрын
Liberace's lots of fun to watch. Awesome showmanship.
@charlottelong8154
4 жыл бұрын
He was magnificent!
@John-em8jn
2 жыл бұрын
What an Amazing Pianist !
@mariettabaardt6240
5 жыл бұрын
This man was a genius. Such an entertainer.
@barakah08
6 жыл бұрын
Inspirational 😍
@alicer6786
7 жыл бұрын
Good grief this guy was amazing!
@MrJoeybabe25
6 жыл бұрын
They don't have entertainers like him anymore!
@waynedanberry
8 жыл бұрын
AWESOME! Piano Shredding in The '50's!
@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
@CraigSutMusic
11 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.
@skylermccloud78
7 жыл бұрын
the king in his natural habitat
@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
@juanmonge8
7 жыл бұрын
Charisma. don't know what it is but he had it in spades.
@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
@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.
@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?
@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.
@jkdm7653
5 жыл бұрын
In the 1950s he had a weekly half-hour TV show...loved it!
@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.
@JLNeis
2 жыл бұрын
THE BEST OF THE BEST, MUSICAL GENIUS, LEE YOU WE RE GREAT.
@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
@MISisback
13 жыл бұрын
I'm speechless at his speed....
@iseeolly9959
5 жыл бұрын
Haha!....made me laugh out loud with joy...wonderful fun. X
@mjSnap
11 жыл бұрын
Bar none, the greatest pianist who ever lived!
@honkytonkpiano
11 жыл бұрын
Fantastic arrangement and superb playing. Thank you for posting this.
@noahvoegtly9471
8 жыл бұрын
This guy was awesome
@lianelayman7577
8 жыл бұрын
+Noah Voegtly I'll say!
@bethmiletti9540
9 жыл бұрын
My brother played the accordion, and won contests, but never had a lesson in his life. He just "picked it up." Another brother played the violin. Again no lessons. It was during the Big Depression, and nobody could afford lessons. And for me? I can't even play jingle bells.
@fredfloyd34
Жыл бұрын
What a talent...I just love his happiness...
@johnmacleod921
6 жыл бұрын
Love this. Marlain
@magic672
3 жыл бұрын
A hologram Liberace would be fun to see I'm concert!🎹🎹
@dorothyrichter1680
8 жыл бұрын
One of the few performers who didn't have a drug addiction simply because he couldn't do that on drugs!! Hell, I can't play that and I'm sober!
@garygordon2572
10 жыл бұрын
He was great.
@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 KZitem . that's the only other version I've heard that's near this fast.
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