Teresa Brewer

[MrBrewsterNY]

I'm quite sure that the pianist in question was Ray Bloch, who was the orchestral leader of the Ed Sullivan Show, which at the time was called The Toast of the Town. He'd frequently be called upon to accompany an artist and was a fine pianist in his own right.

[GSMusicMoments]

According to the Teresa Brewer Center this is Ed Sullivan's Toast Of The Town on Feb 5, 1950. I doubt that's Jimmy Durante, and there's nothing about her being on a Four Star Revue.

I'm trying to look up all her Sullivan appearances that are on DVD but it's not clear.

Thanks Hollywood Memoir.

What do you say?

By the way this is before hair permanents were invented.

[BarerMender]

Who's the dancing guy? His style looks familiar.

[PublicRadioWorldWide]

The original recording of ''Music! Music! Music!'' by Teresa Brewer hit no. 1 on the charts the second week in March 1950 and stayed in first place for four consecutive weeks.

[hmachine]

I first heard this song on a great compilation, called Cookin': Choice Cuts From The Famous Fifties. It's only $18 dollars on itunes for 73 songs. I highly recommend at least previewing it.

[pthibeault171145]

pas récent mais bon quand même

[BuzzLOLOL]

.. It prolly is Jimmy Durante, his TV variety show debut'd at this time, he was on TV semi-weekly alternating with Danny Thomas every other week... Danny Thomas and Teresa Breuer/Brewer were both from here in Toledo, Ohio... the way Teresa nosed up to the piano player in this video indicates this is the piano player's show... and Jimmy was also famous for his piano playing...

[TroyOi]

@BuzzLOLOL I thought it was Durante at first, but when you see the guy's profile at 00:40. the famous "Schnozz" just isn't there.

[EasyAce]

I could be very wrong but the piano player at the opening of this clip looks an awful lot like Jimmy Durante . . .

[617AV86892]

Ace you are way off ! But he's got the look , but that is not him . I thought it was the Schnozz also when I first watched it. But this guy ain't got the schnoz

[EasyAce]

Well, I did say I could be very wrong. Personally, I'm relieved---that song remains a first-class piece of garbage that was WAY beneath Teresa Brewer's talent . . .

[617AV86892]

Ace this was one of Brewers legacy hits ... a little nasaly but OK to me. Thank goodness for sites like YOUTUBE, VEOH, HULU, FANCAST , CRACKLE, RETROVISION TV, CLASSIC CINEMA ONLINE and other sites are all I need for the classic moves , TV shows, Videos, Etc. , The crap on TV and Movies are amatuerish and untalented. I saw commercial for Matt Damon as the CIA agent who hates America is typical of the crap out of Hollywood, although he should win an Oscar for portraying a hetrosexual.

[EasyAce]

Even Teresa Brewer herself dismissed stuff like "Music, Music" and "Ricochet" as "from my ootsy-poo period." I wouldn't exactly call that her proper legacy. Far more proper is her legacy as a very effective and top-of-the-line jazz singer, after she spent a period of semi-retirement raising her children. As a matter of fact, she was the last vocalist to record with Duke Ellington before his death (the album was released on Columbia as "It Don't Mean a Thing." I agree about most TV and film today

[jor99912]

@EasyAce I've never heard that Brewer music period! I thought she was dead (retired), I think I was in the War Vietnam. And Ellington's Big Band sound was at that time Different!

I SEARCHED YOUTUBE and nothing!

It's all over AMAZON!

Guess I'll Have to spend some money!.

[EasyAce]

@617AV86892 I've been using Veoh a lot for vintage television. Most of the time they're pretty good and the stuff is well kept.

[jor99912]

@EasyAce That's Hoagy Carmichael!

Just Kidding, it's JIMMY, the HAWKE BILL!

[EasyAce]

@jor99912 Damn---I wish it WAS Hoagy Carmichael. Clip would have been worth even more, nothing against the Big Beak . . .

[imusfan48]

Litttle 'Tessie Brewer', from Toledo, Ohio.

Didn't she get her start on the 'Arthur Godfrey Show'?

[EasyAce]

She caught her first break when she was a winner on another radio show, the legendary Major Bowes Amateur Hour---she toured with the Bowes company for a few years before moving to New York full-time and entering a round of talent shows (not the Godfrey show) that led to her first recording contract. Good thing, too---knowing Arthur Godfrey, he'd have found a way to destroy her when she hit big.

[sadmaniskillingyou]

i bet she was a great fuck

[617AV86892]

I'll bet your mother was too!

[f4q1r]

FUCKING HELL!! now I know where my nintendo polyphonic bg sounds come from.. anyway nice song ..:D <3

[stephghoul]

whats the name of this song!!! love it!!

[Kind67]

@stephghoul

"Music, Music, Music" I think

[RabbitEarFran]

What a nostalgic feeling! :)

[TheKalela69]

I love this song! I used to listen to it in ALBUM (remember those?) when I was a kid. I played it for my 5 year old granddaughter. I also played her Frankie Laine's Tell Me A Story!

[prospectus91]

Wow! What a powerful voice!  Love this song and had to check her out on youtube. Thanks for posting this great clip!

[check2theline]

Great stuff, my mom sang these songs under the abby label before being married was allowed under thier label. I wish I could hear my mother sing these songs to me one more time.

[Grifiki]

1954? I was just a teen ager?

[jonneyd]

kinda sounds like the annette fucnicello version but that version is way better ...annete hope u r ok ....you are in my prayers everday and so is my mom she has ms too

[richardterrell]

When I was in Junior High School many years ago in music class this one of the songs we learned.

[lvrjuicycouture]

hahhaha

[lvrjuicycouture]

koolioooo ima do this 4 my tao ###

[remy1976remy]

Great version. Teresa Brewer was very famous in Chile (1956-1962).

Youtube search for ELVIS ROCK DISCO 45 and VIVA EL ROCK AND ROLL and you will see an honoring to this one and others singers of that era.

[w0ndercharlie]

I just saw her in the muppet show and i hadda finsd out who she was, cooooooooooool!

[w2k3r2sp2]

nice, very nice.

[tenderfoot44]

This is my first love. I was 5 or 6 years old and I sang it all the time.

[crexcrex71]

Believe it not, this song was banned from been played on Irish National Radio at the time it was popular. The offending lines were "I'll do anything for you anything you want me to" Much too suggestive for our delicate Irish ears at the time.

[rhpositive2002]

LOve those long skirts. Not.

[fromthesidelines]

This was from the "FOUR STAR REVUE", featuring Jimmy Durante as host (he's playing the piano while Teresa sings), in the fall of 1950.

[geosilver]

Very enjoyable performance. Where is this from please?

[kap008]

This was from the "FOUR STAR REVUE", featuring Jimmy Durante as host (he's playing the piano while Teresa sings), in the fall of 1950.

[geosilver]

thankyou.

[mmmrazor]

Is that Peter Genarro dancing?