Chita Rivera: Pretty For Me on the Hollywood Palace

[dpmclain]

These comments are amazing and have really made me laugh! Midnight shift in Sydney?  Sounds exciting.......Do tell.

[tet43]

Would love to see this in high def!

[wendyverdades]

Chita!

[gayguy666999]

Man was this funny, refreshing and cool!!

[Armachillo]

This is where the Village People got their inspiration from!

[zzindorf]

Peter Gennaro was the house choreographer for the Hollywood Palace, and given all the strutting walks, my vote is for him. Who wrote the song?

[BookerBird66]

Chita Rivera, the woman with no Gaydar.

[esteban78er]

@BookerBird66

don't be ridiculous! clearly the woman who loves faggots. there are many.

[glmiri]

@esteban78er stop saying awful words, we´re in the 21st century.

[1968davidcassin]

thats a cool song and great bit of dancing

[powerfulpowerzz]

what year?

[haroldandmaud0]

This is SPECTACULAR! They dont do them like this any more??

[Toestubber]

That guy in the flares with all the chains around his neck looks like Boyd Rice.

[riyd67]

My god its a drag act from the Midnight Shift in Sydney

[coolsweetgroovy]

too cool

[chita400]

chita is my name poepl call me that

[chockfullonuts75]

Great number. I miss variety shows, guess I am showing my age. I recognize the first dancer she meets as a regular dancer on the Carol Burnett Show. I don't know his name.

[FrontRowGuy]

First dancer (from the Burnett show) is Don Crichton.

[sierria64]

boy i like her dancing ... west side story grooves

[dotsymae]

NOW THAT'S JAZZ KIDS!!!!!

[an7iguy]

Is this song on any album or recording? This is easily the best Chita's voice has ever sounded.

[zzindorf]

So many wonderful steps, use of the head and chest beats, wonderful vocabulary, freedom, passion, HOT HOT HOT, the flavor of 68-88 (when B.H. left NYC, last of the HOT mama dancers.) I wonder who wrote the song? David Winters did a tremendous amount of choreography, he has a website, I think, and he did most of the tv variety shows and celebrity specials.

Jack Cole was the beginning of it all.

Now, why aren't more baby boomer dancers who did this stuff teaching? Is Jaime Rogers the only one?

[torresongs2]

@zzindorf The song "Pretty" was written by the great American Arranger Bob Florence. Jack Jones introduced the song on his 1967 RCA Victor album "Live For Life".

[johnnilesh]

I just saw Chita perform in San Francisco on Thurusday night, Sept. 25 '08 - SHE IS FANTASTIC!!! When I met her after her show, I told her that I watch her all the time on YouTube doing "Pretty for Me". She started to sing "Pretty for me, so pretty for me", and I responded singing "All of the time, you're so pretty for Me!" It was a magical moment; for I was sing with Chita Rivera! She has still got it! She is wonderful! Don't miss her show. Chita - I love you!!

Sincerely,

John-Niles

[evans54]

John Niles- wasnt she great at RRazz Room??

[johnnilesh]

She certainly was! Did we meet?

John-Niles of California

[humbucker01]

love her outfit,especially the boots;Very sexy and over the top!!!

[tomlappin]

and this was before Stonewall!

[ezywonder]

the 60's were so horrible and great. like a hot trick who gives you crabs.

[Khultan]

You must not have been from that era then.

[pandorabangles]

My GOD, she can really SING! Embarrassed to admit it, but I never really knew she had pipes like that! Knew she was a fabulous dancer, but wow - strong voice.

[divalover2007]

very 'beyond the valley of the dolls'..

[oceanbound222]

My God, she can dance. Chita is fabulous

[markdehamelahotamail]

The male dancers are HAWTTT!

[baby43]

Awesome, I looooved the sixties!

[johnnilesh]

Chita Rivera is a S T A R!!!! She and her street trade-shaped back-up dancing men have got it going on! They were all workin' the Hollywood Palace stage that night! Even though the choreography has a Bob Fosse feel to it, whoever did can only thank Chita and her men for making it happen.  They're flawless! Thank you Chita and dancers.

John-Niles

[cbwsit]

I dont know what yall are talking about WEIRD and SCARY.....that was hot!!!!!! HOT HOT HOT!

[Mod60s]

It's hard to beleive that the public went for this stuff? It was considered ok then I imagine. Its a scream now, early Village People as the dancers indeed. Too scary!

[Tecobelli]

She did the weirdest dance routines, totally wacky stuff.

[arabesqueny]

David Winters did most of the choreography for the Hollywood Palace series..

[SZlatkovsky]

The choreography does not look at all like Fosse to me. There were many talented choreographers in Hollywood and elsewhere. The dancer next to Chita in the opening was a regular cast member of the Carol Burnett Show as a dancer and occasional actor.

[Avatar610]

Yes, that's Don Chricton!!

[jonahbegone]

"Can anyone identify the dancers or choreographer?"

Juul Hallmeyer!

:)

[Pookatube]

Who was played by none other than Dave Thomas of SCTV

[jonahbegone]

No, indeed. Juul Hallmeyer, the great wardrobe designer for SCTV, was played by himself. You don't recall "Lola Heatherton's Especially Special Christmas Special?"

[theaterbear]

Really? I think it looks like early Fosse. Reminds me of "I'm a Brass Band" in several places.

[kewlbean]

My guess is that Jerome Robbins did the Choerography. Interesting fact is how similar the Rob Marshal choerography fom Spider Woman is to this.

[DanRobSo]

Gay!  Gay! Gay!

[dbmcvey]

I love this number--I'm just shocked it was on TV in the 60s.