Not A Day Goes By - Bernadette Peters

[TheMusicguy68]

BERNADETTE PETERS: A Totally Incredible Performance here by Ms. Peters! Moving!

Filled with Emotion and Passion! Beautifully Sung! Pure Perfection! It doesn't get better than this performance! Pure greatness!

[jtad121]

My school put on this production last Spring. This is by far one of my favorite shows. I wish it were better known, and this song in particular is simply magnificent.

[cevonall195754]

WOW! What an emotionally moving song. I love it and listen to it over and over.

[TheMusicguy68]

PERFECTION BY BENADETTE PETERS!

BERNADETTE PETERS- PURE GENIUS HERE!

What can be better than an artist like Bernadette Peters with a beautiful operatic voice + passion and emotion as though she is living this song. Bernadette's performance here is a work of beauty! Incredible! Haunting! Lovely!

[jefflevin7]

PURE MAGIC! A great performance!

Truly this is a great touching beautifully sung and interpreted version of this song!

I love Broadway Theater and Great Performances! Bernadette Peters, right here delivered an incredible and beautiful performance! Flawless! Sung with great beauty and passion! I am almost awestruck by how moving this performance is!!

[RobertEllis2010]

Whoever made a comment about her voice cracking:

As a professional singer/ actor myself, I know that there are many times we INTENTIONALLY make our voice crack. It helps her to be convincing as an actress, because this character is SO upset, it's natural for the voice to crack. She performs this song flawlessly.

[oofahman]

Hard to believe she's over 60!! That's what good living does for you!! Makes you ageless and she's just so darn cute! :)

[mmwiz]

Just exquisite. Every phrase, every note so beautifully nuanced that this performance captured my complete attention. It is hard to even imagine that a song could be sung so beautifully.

[wntoply6]

bernadette gives a very powerful rendition to this beautiful torch song.

another rendition that is just as powerful is the one carly simon did on her 1980 (i believe) album called 'torch"

check it out, not only is the song performed brilliantly by carly, but so are a number of other songs that are not from ms simon's typical regular song book.

[Treemeadow]

her 2008 performance- she was in tears...

Since her husband passed away in2005- this song has become oh so much more real for her.

[BOomeek]

@emopinata12345 I completely agree.

[DrKnows721]

Holiday, Franklin , Streisand and now I add Peters . . . . These are the only women in entertainment who have ever made me cry . . . . and although this is and older version of her singing this song I still say Brava to Ms. Peters . . . . . (still sniffing )

[boynamedalexxx]

@DrKnows721 Well, she still sings it today, and it's gotten even more emotional.

[disney1678]

3 people have no souls...

[hjpieman]

why no facebook link?

[MajorFilmMusic]

Oh God... I may have just had multiple musical orgasm.

[YourFaceWillDie468]

@MajorFilmMusic I can identify with you.

[redsteelchair]

Bernadette is perfect.

[redsteelchair]

Bernadette is perfect.

[haffaboy7]

There are singers who are technically near flawless who the public has never heard of. There are pop singers who couldn't carry a tune to save their life.

Then there are performers like Bernadette Peters who are not the most gifted in range or pitch, but know how to emote on stage, which is why people will continue to pay to watch her perform live. She has a very good, not great voice, but when combined with the ability to reach out and connect with the audience, it's magic.

[Cheezluvr12]

@haffaboy7 Beautifully said, I don't think anyone could have said it better. :)

[snag2772]

Ummmm....to the untrained ear I'm sure it's "flawless," but to those of us with better training - she cracked on the B# but it's okay if you didn't notice it...no need to get all defensive

[Bluebaritone]

@snag2772 B sharp? wouldn't it be easier to just say C, its the same thing

[emopinata12345]

@snag2772 Yeah, I caught that too. But I think it's the imperfections that make her performance real and beautiful. :)

[billyjazz1]

@snag2772 I'm a trained jazz pianist playing over 40 years. It;s seems obvious that you're just looking for some attention. Not only was her performance flawless, if she cracked ( I didn't hear it), it was her emotional interpretation. Also,no musician would say B#. They would say C which is the enharmonic equivalent of B#.

You would only use that if you were in the key of C# ( which has seven sharps) You should stick with Hip-Hop or Pop where you can fool more people.

[BOomeek]

@carr0760 She did lose someone. She married a man in 1996 at the age of 48 (she waited all that time) and then he died in 2005 in a helicopter crash after only nine years of marriage. It makes the emotion in these video so powerful.

[emopinata12345]

@BOomeek I remember watching one of her concerts in 2008, and when she sang this song, she was in tears...and so was I. :`( It's so sad, and so beautiful. When a performer puts so much emotion into her craft, beautiful things come to life, and it truly inspired me.

[Falln4DarkAngel]

Is it me or does the music not match the key she is singing? Is this intentional?

[Falln4DarkAngel]

@Falln4DarkAngel oh nvm it just sounded different

[homeschoolveggie]

Chills. She is amazing.

[evans54]

well done but voice a little too pushed

[tauber2]

@evans54 Agree. I prefer her interpretation better in the youtube video here: /watch?v=5kMlQgyz834

[crorrfreefly]

Peters absolutely nailed this, no question. oddly, the best moment for me is at 2:12 when the trumpet comes in. just a flawless complement to Peters's achingly gorgeous vocal

[buhbuhbilly]

It's really interesting to see her performance of it here and at the 80th birthday concert celebration. I think she obviously is fantastic here, but after a very specific experience in her life within the past 5 years (look it up), she has changed the song completely. The song has something there that it used to not have, and she's even better. I love her so much..

[carr0760]

@buhbuhbilly I absolutely agree...even just between this and the 1998 performance in London...there's a huge difference. I don't know if she lost someone in that time...but perhaps it was even as simple as getting married and imagining losing that person...and then...well....we know what happened then....

[michaelsmorrison]

On My Street

On my street

Love is important

we miss people when they die

We laugh and cry

we stand on the beach

and wait for tomorrow...

M.S. Morrison

[Luchino]

Just saw here today in "Night Music." WOW!

[michaelsmorrison]

On My Street

On my street

Love is important

we miss people when they die

We laugh and cry

we stand on the beach

and wait for tomorrow...

M.S. Morrison

[brolobear]

Peters is a walking masterclass on how to present a song. Put yourself in the emotion and deliver. Sometimes being still is the most thrilling thing you can do. She's still...then a few frustrated arms on "day after day" then she "hugs" herself...and holds that for the rest of the song. Brilliant.

[michaelsmorrison]

On My Street

On my street

Love is important

we miss people when they die

We laugh and cry

we stand on the beach

and wait for tomorrow...

M.S. Morrison

[MrGWSprague]

Steve Martin hit that..

[MrGWSprague]

Steve Martin hit that..

[MickeyT1129]

ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.

[pattiecake11]

This song always makes me cry! Just beautiful!

[nilltep2]

Damn this young lady sings her little ass off

[seanmd80]

1:19 gives me chills every time.

[chickenpeasandrice]

i dont think shes the best tbh... the opening was flat.

[billyjazz1]

As great as ever. I've been watching and listening to her since the 1960's. Sondheim calls her flawless. She is.

[25gogirl]

Not a day qoes by....

[TheTravelingbard]

man. Steven Spielberg's name must really carry some weight if he got her to do the voice of Rita on Animaniacs!

[MsBettathanU]

The top woman on Broadway. Forever. Hands down.

[jjk9mexdf]

sublime

[LateNotes]

great.

[MzCharmedFan0214]

listen to all her renditions of this song.

particularly in this order. watch this, then her royal festival hall concert, then ,which is her boston pops version in 2007.

She's been through a lot over the years and it's really taken a toll on her when she sings this song.

She owns this song.

[pianomags]

@MzCharmedFan0214 i didn't think there were any "mistakes" in this, or any of her stuff. It's musical theatre, not Purcell.

[pianomags]

@MzCharmedFan0214 My aim was off by 1 - it was in reply to the guy before you mysterious 1961

[shycuteguy35]

@MzCharmedFan0214 What has she been through?  I know nothing of her personal life. But I've watched this and the Royal Festival clip. Both different and yet both stunning. This one is a bigger, more powerful performance, the other is more subtle and emotional.

[MzCharmedFan0214]

@shycuteguy35 Um, both her parents have passed away. And in 2005, her husband of 9 years was killed in a helicopter crash.

[BernadetteAlwaysWins]

This was by far the best performance in this Sondheim appreciation concert, and that says a lot since there were some excellent performances, such as Glenn Close's "Send in the Clowns" and Patti LuPone's "Being Alive". All of the other songs together weren't as good and heartfelt as this. Long live Bernadette!!!

[CorinaJoanBlack]

Oh my god. I loved her when I was 5 watching Cinderella, but now... Shiz she is amazing.

[xXstaywithmeXx3]

when she sings "until" at 2:40 i start crying everytime...god i cant believe shes 62

[janbay37]

This is my all time favorite version of this song!!

[vdwest4592]

Peters, a first rate actress and singer has an impressive "body" of work.

[vdwest4592]

Peters, first rate singer and actress, that is easy on the eyes. I have seen her work.

[vdwest4592]

She is a first rate singer ,actress, being easy on the eyes is a fringe benefit. I have seen several of her performances and acting. For example, the Martian Chronicles, All in The Family.

[vdwest4592]

She is a first rate singer and actress, being easy on the eyes is a fringe benefit. I have seen several of her performances and acting. For example, the Martian Chronicles, All in The Family.

[vdwest4592]

She is a first rate singer and actress. Ms. Peters being easy on the eyes is a fringe benefit. I have seen several of her performances and acting. For example, the Martian Chronicles, All in The Family.

[vdwest4592]

She is a first rate singer and actress. Ms. Peters being easy on the eyes is a fringe benefit. I have seen several of her performances and acting. For example, the Martian Chronicles, All in The Family, etc.

[rawmark]

Yes, Bernadette is an amazing phenomenon. She's had an amazing life of success, love and loss. She's been in my thoughts ever since I heard that she lost her husband to a tragic incident. No matter how old she gets though, here's one fellow yid who will have a crush on her until we both pass away. What a voice!

[ilovepattilupone]

SOO GOOD!! Just think... this was almost TWENTY years ago! And she still looks and sounds just as good as she does here!! Hearing her perform this is absolutely breathtaking!!

[bookshop]

This is probably my favorite performance ever of a single Sondheim song. Oh, Bernadette. Happy Birthday, Steve. <3

[howrseroxs15]

Man, this song is amazing and so is she. I hope I do well on my audition. There's no way I could come as close to her talent, though.

[tellmewhatsahappenin]

It's from the musical "Merrily We Roll Along"- i'm sure you could find it in the sheet music book from that show.

[thatduffgirl]

Bernadette is an interesting phenomena. She has this wonderful career, and everyone loves her. She gets standing ovations just for showing up, yet she continues to work, and grow, and give performances that are honest and real. Too many other great singers become hollow parodies of themselves, but Bernadette is just as relevant today as she was 30 years ago. Check out her Gypsy! I cannot believe that she is in her 60's, she transcends the confinements of age.

[rowlrich]

What a talent..... WOW!

[DivaBehavior]

Brilliant interpretation of the song. Any actress can illustrate sadness and sing this song with a "sad" look on her face. It takes a truly talented actress to show the deranged, disgusted, and jaded agony that the song is about.

Sondheim + Bernadette = Perfection.

[mikern2001]

You know she is not just singing this song, but has felt every second of it.

[dirtyblondny]

she lives in the song. that simple. not many can do it.....

[benchumley]

This is what it means to BE the music.

You should really get the DVD of this show, if only to see this song full-screen...for fully half of the number, her eyes are welling up. Every time I see it, I think that she could burst into tears at any moment. Incredible. Just incredible.

[samgc68]

A very good friend of mine died a few years ago. Her best friend, a phenomenal singer, happened to have sung this song at a concert a short while before, so it's always had a certain resonance for me. Bernadette is brilliant in this performance, and listening to this helps me remember my friend in a beautiful way, and I can't even express how grateful I am for that.

[snag2772]

I think the fact that bernedette knows how to sing something with emotion even if she doesn't hit the note....perfectly shows a real actor!

[mysterious1961]

@snag2772 I totally agree. also I would much rather hear tiny mistakes rather than a lip sync!

[Nightwing20]

@snag2772 ummm... excuse me but what note didnt she hit exactly? This performance is FLAWLESS!!! Rather... it takes incredible skill to match Sondheim... and she nailed it!

[katsboy22]

At 2:37 she is at the peak of what it is to be femininely beautiful the whole thing is gorgeous but that moment is what every man who's old enough to know that the love a good woman is all you really need in life should be looking for, soft and womanly but strong also.

[AtLastOnTheGround]

I so agree with you. God really broke the mold when He made Bernadette - She is SO beautiful, SO talented, SO sweet and genuine. What a special woman.

[TONYFROMWESTSIDE]

Bernadette you make me love musical theatre even more every time i hear and see you perform. Thank, you, Thank you, Thank you. till the days go by............................­.......

[AtLastOnTheGround]

My god she is SO beautiful! Perfection, as usual.

[almadora]

i know this sounds like an odd request, but does anyone have the late 80's recording of michael crawford doing this one?

[alexzandriamh]

it's on his "From the stage and screen" album.

[thechicksdomination]

amazing. beautiful. perfection!

[prettykitty93]

just wow.

[baabaagreensheep]

amazing. mesmerising. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[TheReturnOfStephan]

This performance STILL rips my heart out!!!

BRAVA, Bernadette!!

[RonClint]

I own the vhs and loved Dorothy Loudon , Madeline Kahn and this moment !

[yemyem2006]

Nice performance but i thought the voice should be a little softer for this song. But i still love this song none the less!

[markleics]

I agree: (what I consider to be) the definitive version of another devastatingly beautiful song from the one and only Stephen Sondheim...

[discodust]

is this in the original key?

and i agree, this is an amazing performance! not to mention always awesome hair. ;D

[lustertheleopard]

This may be my favorite performance of my favorite song. EVER. Thank you for putting it up!