Toni Tennille - How High The Moon

[Axeminister5]

I had no idea this was out there. Wow, very cool stuff, I'm amazed.

[RSBSTEADICAM]

As of 2011 "How High the moon" is now 69 years old! Still fresh as always, Yea Les!

[Karlpetry]

Great performance! A treasure, congrads Toni.

[jabez36]

how come they never show the bassist?! thats the whole song right there hahaha

[terrryc]

Imagine her doing this song with John pizzarelli.....

[Inzolity]

aint got shit on mary ford and les paul

[ahz123]

@Inzolity but who does?

[Inzolity]

@ahz123 Ah, good point! :)

[enoboye]

@Inzolity  Totally!

[alliecat1941]

Did any of you guys see the cartoon...........where the astronauts reach the moon and see a woman lying there and one looks at the other and say is shock........omg..its Alice Cramdon!!!!!!!!!LOL

[savida34e]

That beautiful voice, who will take her place?

[raiphdude7]

Who are the two guitarists? The one on the left is KICKIN ASS

[btflash55]

@raiphdude7 you should see the original version by les paul....hes awesome.

[fordude60]

Toni does a great job with Les Paul and Mary Ford's classic. And she still looks great too!

[143AC]

MY God! She can still perform a great Tune! Thanks for this classic rendition Ms.Tenille and God Bless You Dear Lady!

[roadyrider]

Oooh, Very nice rendition! I had never seen this one before.

[clean3]

It's amazing, inspite of the sophistication of modern recording techniques and playing etc....this still does not have the impact or feel of the original....Les was unique! RIP Red.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Reminds me of Les Paul & Mary Ford's rendition of this tune.

[quait]

awesome! my dad was the guitarist on the left (Bill Jenkins). :D

[tncrtt]

@quait .... who is on the right. Is that Phil Spectre

[2lucien]

Playing this on a Fender is an insult to Les Paul.

[TheFRiNgEguitars]

@2lucien hahahaha!! I don't think Les Paul would have cared! I'm a Gibson guy but I like Fender too!

[bowslap]

Ah, hell....Les and Leo Fender were friends from way back. I doubt any hurt feelings were inflicted on Les....although I will admit it's weird hearing/seeing most of the lead lines played on a Strat.

[mdm172]

@2lucien

I see your point. And I play Fender axes.

[NotTooObvious]

i watched that show every week. toni will be 70 this year, she looks amazing still.

[thegreenhornet95]

I'm sorry if we got off on a bad note. I do agree with you that Toni DOES look amazing.

[coolsweetgroovy]

you go

[coolsweetgroovy]

Wow I can't believe it she still looks fabulous

[Forestski]

Shit! Toni can sing!! Love her!

[thegreenhornet95]

I love her too!  Her singing is very soothing!

[myraj34dd]

That's nice, but I disagree. They have deprived the world for the child {or children} that they could've produced are the the only ones that could've been.

[myraj34dd]

What really chaffs me is that they don't have kids but "obl" & the drug "gangstars" procreate like bunnies!

[generatrix999]

Toni came from a musical family.

She was born in 1940

[sparwood8]

Only because you weren't around back then. I like the 50's outfit

[mdm172]

@sparwood8 Actually 40's outfit

[TheFRiNgEguitars]

Toni is a futuristic bionic creation from "Blade Runner" without an expiration date, my God!!! ... just luv this retro Les Paul, Mary Ford-esque rendition!

[myraj34dd]

I wish that they'd had kids, Cap & Toni are depriving the future world of real talent!

[TheFRiNgEguitars]

Yeah we need to populate the world with more of them!

[jr6020]

This is a great big band vocal of a classic. The horns provide the big jazzy sound and spice up the vocal. One question, is that the infamous Phil Spector playing guitar at the start (the guy on the right)?...Jim, Columbus, OH

[Gorfalamu]

Toni, you've come so far from the days of stock theater at Autonetics that you really have reached the moon.  Grace would be so proud. I know I am.

Stellar performance!

Gant

[HowIQuitCrack]

freakin cool over dub vocals

[jmeansb]

this reminds me of the blue opera singer in the 5th element... scary funny fun lol.. milli vanilli-ish.. but i guess if you're into that 80s synthesized sound than it works for you... it was cool. I don't know about her givin r&b vocalists a run for their money tho.... two completely different styles...

[CalicoatMaker]

I love her. What a wonderful person, inside and out. All you R&B bitches, GTFO, you cant sing! TONI TENNILE PWNS YOU!

5 stars

[thegreenhornet95]

I agree. If possible, I'd give Toni 6 stars. In fact, I'd give her all the stars in the world. She rocks! I love her too!

Well said, she's truly a wonderful person inside and out. She warms my heart!

[thegreenhornet95]

I agree with you 100% that Toni Tennille is a very wonderful person, inside and out! I love her too! She is my heart!

[coolsweetgroovy]

very ggod song toni still rocks

[Forestski]

Awesome! Toni is a wonder!

[spitfire9b]

Dear lord, please let some sound engineer combine Toni's voice with Les Paul's guitar for this and other Les Paul

songs.

This version is still terrific. Thanks

for sharing!

[somethingj]

this song is brilliant!!!!! I always liked captian and tennille but I will have go back into her back catalog and order some of her big band music thanks for the post :o)

[ROUTE66OLDIES]

Where is the captain oin all this??

Did he "jump ship"???

[Saci890803]

How does she do that I can hear 3times her voice????like a Toni choir.:).)anwys, thats a good song, whoever sings it..

I LOVE this retro style, woww, d old times, I even wasn't alive!!

[thegreenhornet95]

I think it's some kind of special effects.

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[800pieds]

No offense taken. I think her arrangements on this song will probably be received better by people in the US. Leaning on the pop side, it's always a risk that it appeals less to international audiences. Maybe that's a bit over-simplifying, but that's my 2 cents.

[800pieds]

Although I don't discuss your opinion (like me you're entitled to one), I find the whole artificial side (effects on the guitars, dubbed voice and the like) too much for conveying emotion.

[andrewenn17]

Stupid electronic additions to her voice. Awful. Listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing this song. She can sing.

[extremehustle]

You have a lot to learn about music. Ella screwed this song up royally. Listen to Les Paul and Mary Ford do the song.

[800pieds]

I'm sure I have a lot to learn about music. That doesn't mean you know more, but that's another (worthless) debate. It's the first time I hear that Ella screwed up that song though. So I listened to Les Paul's version. I understand your point if your reference for judging Tenille's is that one. Both, though, sound too much like American pop to me. I'm more a jazz fan.

[extremehustle]

lmao...les paul's version.....son, les paul wrote the song...forget it, you're a waste of my time...tootles

[800pieds]

I'm not discussing who wrote it (in which case Wikipedia says you're wrong, but since that's not the point...). I've got examples of songs where the cover was better than the original anyway. I'd like to hear how you think Ella screwed the song, though. With artistic arguments if such a thing exists.

[andrewenn17]

You are a fool. It was written by Morgan Lewis with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton for the Broadway Musical Two For The Show (first performed in 1940). YOU are the waste of time, just like this version of the song =)

[800pieds]

So should we vote down people's comments when their opinion is not the same as ours or when they say offensive things? I don't think this was offensive, andrewenn17 so I'll vote you up again :-).

[nicsfan4ever]

This is wonderful!! Toni does an outstanding job on this song as she does on everything she sings, she makes it her own, a Toni Tennille original which is always great!

[andrewenn17]

This is terrible. Is it some kind of joke?

[Truth614]

Right on Sammy Nestico for such a great arrangement!

[fronio88]

How come Toni never did a album with Donald Fagen ???

[dwc0]

Now there's an idea!!

[misshley]

This is the first song on Toni's Moonglow CD.  I remember when I first got the CD and played it for the first time and hearing this song. It was quite special and it still is - and so is Toni. She's quite special.

[misshley]

Happy Birthday Toni!

[turntapzap]

Home girl gots mean skills.

5/5

[oldguitarguy]

Very tasty guitar parts.

[colonelcorn56]

Toni is fantastic as usual. Thanks Toni We miss you. Thank god for You-Tube.

[ricombrie]

She does a nice version of this standard!!!

Does someone know if she actually recorded this?

[misshley]

Yes she did record this. You will find it on either her "More Than You Know" CD or "Moonglow".

You are absolutely right, it is a nice version!

[jamierourketen]

this is a recording,she is miming to it.

[misshley]

That's okay.

[misshley]

That is quite okay. She's a good mimer.

[TVHello]

Ok this is cool...rocker guitarists blended in with a Saturn 5! Why is there no Moon Base Alpha in 2007!!!

[richmeister1]

Those metal guitar players impress me.......Maybe the long hair IS just a ploy....

[800pieds]

A forgettable version.

[tennille1998]

What do you mean by that?

[MANFROMMARS46]

Tennille98 firstly, you'll love dwc0, he's obviously a Toni fan. Secondly, this version which I like is based on the Les Paul and Mary Ford (1950 I think) multi-part version which is one of my favourites. It stayed top of the US charts for 9 weeks. Beat that 50 cents, sorry two bits.

[800pieds]

Sorry tenille that I took so long to answer. I've been browsing for versions of this song, after listening to Ella Fitzgerald's. I'm simply saying that this one will leave no mark in history. She doesn't bring much to the song, that's my opinion.

[vgiangvian]

haha its funny how people analyze this as if they know jazz inside in out...if they did they would know that jazz is all about makin it your own...thats what the chick did..i dont dig it that much...but that doesnt mean shes doin it the "wrong" way lmao

[tennille1998]

She did it just fine.

[musicom67]

Any relation? LOL! You are right she was fine.

[tennille1998]

I don't believe there is any relation. I'm just a true, devoted fan of Toni.

What does LOL mean?

[MANFROMMARS46]

I asked my poledancer that question. I also looked it up in Wikepedia. LOL used by teenagers means lots of laughs or laughter or laugh out loud. It can also mean lots of love too apparently. There are other things I don't understand like xD and =P but I can't be bothered to find out. It's probably all text speak. We're breeding a generation of illiterate morons.

[ehalofan]

My favorite version Pat Suzuki's. I first heard her version in Biloxi Blues and fell in love with it ever since. Pat has a beautiful voice!

[musicom67]

She looks silly. Ok, so she can do Mary Ford harmonies with herself....Those two guitarists suck tho...Les Paul is in his nineties and ready to roll in his grave when he gets there after this performance!

[tennille1998]

She does NOT look silly! The song sounds just fine!

[AlphaTroll84]

This doesn't sound right as an uptempo piece; it's a ballad. The vocals are all right, and the guitarists are good.

[tennille1998]

It sounds just fine.

[markcontreras]

she sang all the parts? (previosly recorded obviusly)

[rocketmanla]

everything on Solid Gold was always lip synched. This track is from the 1986 LP "All of Me," on the cd called "More Than You Know" released in 2003.

[tennille1998]

You are so right. I have the CD. I also have her Moonglow CD which is kind-of the same as her "More Than You Know" CD except for 2 songs. "More Than You Know" has the song, "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me", but not "Moonglow". However "Moonglow" has 2 songs "They All Laughed" and "Honeysuckle Rose" which are not on the "More Than You Know" CD. I'm glad to have both.

[fost6586]

ticket 88 you nailed it.

[fost6586]

this is a awesome

[yankeeG]

I do believe that is the one and only Late Great Danny Gatton on the Strat Guitar there. Not sure who was on the Les Paul. Nice version, kids.

[rocketmanla]

thanks for posting this, I'd never seen it before. Toni's voice is amazing.

[tennille1998]

Yes it is! Her voice is very amazing.

[timmyb1965]

cool to hear her range showcased with her tripple track self made harmony

[ticket88]

Thanks to Les Paul and Mary Ford who wrote and produced this song in the 50's. The Music industry as we know it would not be the same without all of their innovations.

[MANFROMMARS46]

You are absolutely right Ticket88. Les Paul developed the first solid guitar as well as multitracking (or multiparting as he preferred to call it). I have Les and Mary's version of this great record as one of my favourites. It's just fabulous.

[vandamme514]

Love the song! Toni rocks!!!

[tennille1998]

You are so right!!!

[MANFROMMARS46]

Actually I think Toni looks bloody sexy in this and I can't really pay her a bigger compliment. I also think that she sings it well so yah boo sucks to the knockers and boo boys.

[tennille1998]

She does look good.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

She's actually pretty good without the Captain.

[robynpippins]

I love this video, Toni sounds great.

[dreamchaser728]

What a great video. Toni is beautiful, and her voice... WOW! How gorgeous!

[tennille1998]

You are so right!!!