Oh my gosh!! I didn't know that he sang. I'm going to scoop up as many of these as I can. Absolutely Wonderful!!!! Thank you coockiestv for uploading and posting this. xo
@RichardElden I don't think I'd go that far, but I can envision an old Vaudeville style cane yanking him off the stage seconds after he started . . . um . . . "singing."
Funny, I expected this to be truly awful, given the spoken word crapfest that is "If". But then he starts crooning like some slightly more melodic Leonard Cohen. Go figure.
If Letterman ever does a top 10 list of things you never thought you would see in your lifetime, seeing Telly Savalas sing would be #1, no matter what the reason. The cigratette is a nice touch too.
It's more of a novelty act. Like when any actor does a charity event or a Broadway show. Just a quality early 80s uptempo country ballad/ German beer-hall schlager.
He occasionally sports a solid vibrato :18
His timbre is better than his tone - at least in the lower growling. That countryfied rasp helps to mask the off-key nature of some notes. And for some voices, an off-key note isn't as jarring.
mafalda 65 This man was and excellent actor!!very masculine!!I CAN hear this song for ever!!!!God bless you always Telly , your loss was very big!! thanks for everything!! beautifull voice Adriana
Ok, I have to honest, I was expecting to laugh at this. This is great. He hasa solid voice and doesn't back away from the song. Keeping an open mind here.
I really like it that Telly likes this song so enough to do his version, and he doesn't sound too bad - not great but he manages I feel. He sounds so enthusiastic and you can tell he is loving just doing this classic. To me, this song itself kind of sells it on its own. It's good to see him here actually. I wonder if this was during an awards show. What a great actor he was. One of the best. Thanks coocksie for posting this. - Paula (formerly PaulinaRena)
Telly was married several times--once to Humpty-Dumpty. You see, the giant cackle took one look at Telly's head and it was love at first sight. "Once I found out he could sing," said Dumpty, "my brain just scrambled." The marriage tragically ended--not by Humpty taking a fall, but during viscious food fight. The Dumpster accused Telly of having thick skin, and Telly accused the oval of having a tough shell. "Grade A THIS," said Telly. In the end, Telly wound up with egg on his face.
Telly had a hard time catching nightcrawlers when he went fishing. He brought a mini garden shovel. When he started digging for the worms, the nightcrawlers immediately identified him as a giant snapping turtle, then inched down their worm holes at warp speed.
Telly always ended up buying stink bait at the local tackle shop.
Wow, I had NO Idea that Telly could say, but I used to have a "little" crush on him, have to admit, he was VERY Sexy, GORGEOUS brown eyes, nice smile, suave, liked the way he sucked on that lollipop (sorry being honest, lol)... "who Loves ya' baby"
I dated a guy who looked like this Telly and he turned me on like there is no tomorrow. He was 6 ft 4 and a major city police sgt. God I could have torn him apart. Telly has the same kind of magnetism.
A little known beauty secret is that Telly shined his dome with Turtle Wax before each performance. Later, after the show, he would drive to the airpot and pay for a spit-shine for his head from the guy who shined shoes. They used real spit on his head--gave it that fresh clean look and new car smell.
Mein Gott in Himmel! I stumbled upon this video, and the last time I heard it was in Gerbach, Deutschland/Germany, near Bad Kreuznach und Morsfeld in 1981. We were at Frau Gertrude's ("Trudy's Gasthaus"), when the jukebox played Telly singing this Don Williams standard. We just about fell out of our chairs! God Bless you Telly, and God Bless the goodhearted of Germany/ Deutschland. Ein hertz fur Deutschland, meine freunden. I miss you!
OK, Telly, here's my order. Pickled tongue, piled high on rye, lettuce wedge, a sprinkling of onion powder, and a large dill to go. And keep your hand off the scale! Last time I paid two dollars for a quarter pound of corned beef I never ordered. And change your apron once in a while. Even the flies are starting to complain.
In fact Don Williams version is much better. But you can't beat Telly's chutzpa to get up there and sing as if he were Frank Sinatra. Especially with a voice like Telly's. Notice the vocals in the background meant to enhance his voice.
I also can't imagine that cigarette helping his throat any. See how he put his hand to his mouth to cough after he took a drag.
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Now, I know I'm cool. And you know I'm cool. And I know that you're cool. But I'm just REMINDING you that you're cool because, hey, you already know that. So be cool like me and get the VIP treatment even though my voice sounds like I got razor blades in it and a face you'd find over the deli counter, serving corned beef and large pickles.
I love his style..
TututL 4 days ago
LOL at Telly Savalas one of the most epic humans that have ever lived!
MrDeltoidFTW2 1 week ago
Great performance. Love Telly Savalas.
Unforgettable KOJAK.
asheghetamf 2 weeks ago
Like a Boss.
bausparer04 1 month ago
This song was 30 years ago no.33 in the german year-end-charts #telly #savalas
LittleSweety 1 month ago
heute darf nur noch helmut schmidt im tv rauchen. ;-)
bertanel 2 months ago
Today he would be eaten by those Health Organisations
ElectricGuitarManPL 2 months ago
DON WILLIAMS
batterista72 2 months ago
ich bin dein fan, baby!
pantera9624 2 months ago
Entzückend Baby :-)
Paulkreindlband 2 months ago
Nagyon jó hangja van, volt és lesz! Telly örök:))))))))))
fridolin0216 3 months ago
oh please, Kojak is your gig. Not singing
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Great actor, Great voice, can't sing,.... (still love the man dough)
Deposneek 3 months ago
I can't stop singing with Telly
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Oh my gosh!! I didn't know that he sang. I'm going to scoop up as many of these as I can. Absolutely Wonderful!!!! Thank you coockiestv for uploading and posting this. xo
sleepytimegalz 3 months ago
@sleepytimegalz What a Great Share & Post...Thankyou sweetie..xo
anitashelby 3 months ago
@anitashelby You are very welcome my friend....xoxo
sleepytimegalz 3 months ago
maravilloso actor !!de los grandes !!siempre te recordare tus canciones me facisnan Donde estes eres de los grandes Adriana mafalda
65mafalda 3 months ago
Nagyon szép hangja volt/van/lesz!!! Ő örök!!!
fridolin0216 4 months ago
R.I.P.
bwl123 4 months ago in playlist 0
I heard this song for the first time in 1984, before youtube era. Then I lost it - thanks for youtube, now I found and I can enjoy!
Arkenu2003 5 months ago
@RichardElden oh come on, have a coke and a smile
64fairlane305 5 months ago
I love how he lights a smoke during the middle of the song. Now that's style!!
TheBaylorbarrister 5 months ago
wow,he has had a good voice as a singer... and i have the 5th season of "Kojak"....
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@RichardElden I don't think I'd go that far, but I can envision an old Vaudeville style cane yanking him off the stage seconds after he started . . . um . . . "singing."
Karen12777 6 months ago
Felejthetetlen a dallama,és egyáltalán... Ő maga is!
fridolin0216 6 months ago
tak ,tak złamano wiele serc ;on też ,odszedł a szkoda wielka szkoda ,wspaniała piosenka ,dziękuję i pozdrawiam ....;
STAN611000 6 months ago
Kojack is Excellent
MrDesgti 6 months ago
Wow .. I grew up watching Telly. He's been gone 17 years already and I just find out how good he was at singing.
Butterball121252 7 months ago 2
Unexpectedly good!
lmussaw 7 months ago
FELEJTHETETLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fridolin0216 7 months ago
Never knew he sang. Beautiful voice
SilentGabrie 7 months ago
Funny, I expected this to be truly awful, given the spoken word crapfest that is "If". But then he starts crooning like some slightly more melodic Leonard Cohen. Go figure.
NakedReporta 7 months ago
Nagyon határozott pali lehetett!!!
fridolin0216 7 months ago
Nem tudom megunni, mert egyszerűen lehetetlen!!!!
fridolin0216 7 months ago
Telly nagy kár, hogy már nem vagy közöttünk!!!
fridolin0216 7 months ago
he was hot..
kaabe41 8 months ago
he is hot
kaabe41 8 months ago
Don't care what anyone says I think this is cool.
amibabsorfred 8 months ago
He was a great actor and musician.R.I.P.
hooliiisdewayne 8 months ago
what a Style !! I was attracted by his style.
naazbd 8 months ago
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amibabsorfred 8 months ago
Goodbye Telli!!!
kulhanek49 8 months ago
Minunat!
mary4031 8 months ago
Csodálatos és pótolhatatlan Telly Savalas!!!
kulhanek49 9 months ago
Im turkish but i love telly savalas one of the greatest greeks ever born, who loves ya telly i think we all do R. I. P SIR.
britturk123 9 months ago 2
hmm, wonderful voice
vixxxx123 9 months ago
Nagyon-nagyon jó szám! Kár, hogy Telly már az égben van!
kulhanek49 10 months ago
Kojak sucked lolly pops ... why in his singing career did he move to ciggys ?
Love his cops and robbers rolls ...his singing was never one of my concerns ... I was into Debby Harry :D
Scrinthe 10 months ago
ALEŻ !!!! TEN FACET ZNIEWALA SWOIM UROKIEM !!!!!!!
Super piosenka ...
grazyna195869 10 months ago
he had class and style
1869Joner 10 months ago
Super! Nice and good actor!
Rest in peace Telly!!!
mjln09 10 months ago 2
Nem tudom megunni!! jobb mint az esti mese!!!
kulhanek49 10 months ago
hilarious. He coughs after taking the drag of the cig
bucket752 10 months ago
Nagyon tuti a Telly !!! Imádom!
kulhanek49 10 months ago
I LOVE THIS GUY!
AChannelATYuToob 11 months ago 7
Savalasnak egy " relytélyes " kisugárzása van!!!
kulhanek49 11 months ago
Telly Savalast minden este hallgatom. Nekem Ő adja a teljes kikapcsolódást, a napi pörgés után! IMÁDOM!!!
kulhanek49 11 months ago
Telly Savalas a világ egyik legjobb énekese volt, van és lesz!!!
kulhanek49 11 months ago
If Letterman ever does a top 10 list of things you never thought you would see in your lifetime, seeing Telly Savalas sing would be #1, no matter what the reason. The cigratette is a nice touch too.
Classic.... thanks for sharing.
ThePowerWithinMe 11 months ago
Telly Savalas a világ egyik legjob énekese volt, van és lesz.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kulhanek49 11 months ago
Telly Savalas a világ egyik legjobb énekese volt, van és lesz.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kulhanek49 11 months ago
I never knew he sang and pretty good too.
kit65kat 11 months ago
QUEM DIRIA..... O GRANDE TELLIS SAVALA. MUITO BOM
MrDESTRO01 11 months ago
very nice
222menex 1 year ago
great song
I love it
Fendt9241 1 year ago
This is such a great song, miss you Terry!
pkoene 1 year ago
It's more of a novelty act. Like when any actor does a charity event or a Broadway show. Just a quality early 80s uptempo country ballad/ German beer-hall schlager.
He occasionally sports a solid vibrato :18
His timbre is better than his tone - at least in the lower growling. That countryfied rasp helps to mask the off-key nature of some notes. And for some voices, an off-key note isn't as jarring.
gablio77 1 year ago
My love for Telly will never die!
petershaman 1 year ago
bring memories to my life!!!excelllent!! love his voice and how masculine he was!!
mafalda65
65mafalda 1 year ago
This isn't singing, it's talking.
somewhatlongdong 1 year ago
I just love it when he pauses during the song to light his cigarette and puffs a few smokes. What a guy!
KaraLarson26 1 year ago 7
I just tore off my ears.........
patrickg58 1 year ago
Malaka!!
aleko77 1 year ago
S U C K S !!!
wagsouza 1 year ago
@wagsouza
How old are you dear ????????
rmarylou19 1 year ago
@wagsouza who ?
nyamcz 1 year ago
As a singer he made a great KOJAK
bearriver666 1 year ago
some real cool guy! RIP Telly
rofomolotschio 1 year ago
Thank you Telly for making us proud all over the world...Long live HELLAS!!!!
tzogreekwarrior6 1 year ago
HAVING A CIGARRETE IN HER HAND, AND SINGIN!!. I NEVER LOOK THIS JAJA. GOOD VIDEO!!..BUEN VIDEO!!
pabloalcohol 1 year ago
he had the lollipops! loved kojack.
ringbolt9 1 year ago
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was eine coole Sau
riozoerb 1 year ago
Coolest Ernst Stavro Blofeld...and sings well too :)
I really never did not knew that Telly Savalas sings that song.
tuksikene 1 year ago
super
andiarirafi 1 year ago
super
wlodek1944 1 year ago
Cool Locke ;-)
UNOBA88 1 year ago
Cool Locke ;-)
UNOBA88 1 year ago
0:27 lollipop?? nah, just a cigarette
elefou 1 year ago
Ma perfekcyjny głos i klasę. A w tej piosence śmiem zaryzykować stwierdzenie, że lepszy od oryginału.
fiolek1983 1 year ago 12
@fiolek1983
W zupełności się z Tobą zgadzam. Fantastyczne wykonanie. Aktorów z taką klasą jest niestety coraz mniej...
jadan1302 4 months ago
papieros jest OK
zbyniu47 1 year ago
super !!!!!!!!
Chr1st0ph3rs 1 year ago
Beautiful, classic song. I must have listened to it at least ten times over today while browsing the newslinks section of Stormfront. :)
+1
Remorselesslymine 1 year ago
@Remorselesslymine HAHAHAHAHA!!!
gablio77 1 year ago
@gablio77 That's a weird reaction. XD
Remorselesslymine 1 year ago
dreadfully wonderful
TheMaestroB 1 year ago
mafalda 65 This man was and excellent actor!!very masculine!!I CAN hear this song for ever!!!!God bless you always Telly , your loss was very big!! thanks for everything!! beautifull voice Adriana
65mafalda 1 year ago
Nie wiedziałam że miał taki suer głos !
55marusia 1 year ago
I think the billboard says it all..... 'Fokus'
Enough said.
jono546 1 year ago
Niezapomniany Kojak :))) no i pięknie śpiewa również :)
Betinka21 1 year ago
Unvergessen! Super!!!!!!
herzerl1960 1 year ago
Nice song!!! thanks
cadoc09 1 year ago
I just love that he has to clear his throat after lighting up his ciggy.
Classic Kojak!
Squirrlyburt 1 year ago
Telly - wspaniały aktor, a Jego głos i urok .hm....prawdziwy mężczyzna ! Brawo!
Myszka35 1 year ago
Hey
who loves ya Baby we did for several years KOJAK lives forever in out hearts thanks Telly for all you gave us
Don
JAFO1950 1 year ago
Minunat film**********
TheMScaracola 1 year ago
KOJAK chante tres bien , belle chanson de NANA MOUSKOURI , tres charmante version par MONSIEUR TELLY SAVALAS , merci
raymondfredenucci 1 year ago
Telly is timeless!
theloudhalo 1 year ago 3
Imi place de mor...
mary4031 1 year ago
@mary4031 si mie:)
crinaromania001 1 year ago
Yup, one of the coolest..
nemonix85 1 year ago 3
Ależ ten facet ma urok !
Zhyvilla 1 year ago
well i wish i cud sing as good
ballygeale1 1 year ago
Telly is beter actor then singer but ......Anna
hissphillips 1 year ago
Don't smoke if i may asque you
dezutterluc01 1 year ago
Madame, Sie sind hier bei Telly und Telly ist der Mann, in den ich -wenn ich eine Frau wäre und es mich nicht gäbe- mich verlieben würde ;-)
1arbiterelegantiarum 1 year ago
Telly was the golden greek!
mamboviv 1 year ago 2
How do you say 'I'm going to stuff your browneye with my big, fat, Greek meat-whistle" in Greek...
olbigdik 1 year ago
DONT LOVE YOU BABY! GET A REAL JOB.
FWW7450 1 year ago
Ok, I have to honest, I was expecting to laugh at this. This is great. He hasa solid voice and doesn't back away from the song. Keeping an open mind here.
john92165 1 year ago
Wow spelled backwards...I never knew that Telly sang.
rcdgtx1 1 year ago
go on telly
ballygeale1 1 year ago
Uwielbiam tę piosenkę zarówno w wykonaniu T.Savalasa jak i rodzimego"Gangu Marcela".
Beautiful country song.Amazing singer.
46teri 1 year ago 2
yeah thats good
amatorekpa50 1 year ago
Best cop show ever
jimhow1 1 year ago
wheres ur sucker?? come on now cigarettes are now not the cool!! lol
wisers001 2 years ago
Super aktor świetny głos wspaniała piosenka nic dodać nic ująć!!!!!
Bona901 2 years ago 2
Wspaniała piosenka, wspaniały facet !
Zhyvilla 2 years ago
I really like it that Telly likes this song so enough to do his version, and he doesn't sound too bad - not great but he manages I feel. He sounds so enthusiastic and you can tell he is loving just doing this classic. To me, this song itself kind of sells it on its own. It's good to see him here actually. I wonder if this was during an awards show. What a great actor he was. One of the best. Thanks coocksie for posting this. - Paula (formerly PaulinaRena)
twinPaula12 2 years ago 3
Super KojaK....
Adel290 2 years ago 2
Savalas alias kojak mi-a marcat oarecum copilaria iar melodiile lui sunt extraordinare.Vei fi vesnic in amintirea mea.
unroman67 2 years ago 8
This was a Don Williams country song...
Smarkflea 2 years ago 2
Kojak forever.
jerrypis 2 years ago 7
Thank you for sharing!
Fröhliche Grüße aus Tirol
;-)
NiceOldBoy 2 years ago 5
........
mary4031 2 years ago
super!
mary4031 2 years ago 4
He couldn't sing but at least he had a go.
PeterFirthFan 2 years ago
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mary4031 2 years ago
Zawsze z rozkoszą słucham tej piosenki.
Zhyvilla 2 years ago 4
I wonder who got Telly's Smurf collection when he died.
firstblob 2 years ago 2
Telly was married several times--once to Humpty-Dumpty. You see, the giant cackle took one look at Telly's head and it was love at first sight. "Once I found out he could sing," said Dumpty, "my brain just scrambled." The marriage tragically ended--not by Humpty taking a fall, but during viscious food fight. The Dumpster accused Telly of having thick skin, and Telly accused the oval of having a tough shell. "Grade A THIS," said Telly. In the end, Telly wound up with egg on his face.
firstblob 2 years ago
I thought this was going to be another murder case for Kojak, but credit where it's due, he does not bad
judgedredd123 2 years ago
Super !!!
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gornicki11 2 years ago
Did not know he sang! Pretty good
viv062540 2 years ago 5
Loved his Kojak series but not a bad singer too.
Thanks Peter for the send.
Geena
geena6 2 years ago 12
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Telly gave me the finger. That's why he doesn't have one of his own.
bestifusedbynov9 2 years ago
Świetna piosenka! Bajeczna! Najlepsze wykonanie! Ech!
polandcento3 2 years ago 2
He couldn't sing that well but attractive and appealing...YEAH!!! :)
1Th1617 2 years ago 10
Telly had a hard time catching nightcrawlers when he went fishing. He brought a mini garden shovel. When he started digging for the worms, the nightcrawlers immediately identified him as a giant snapping turtle, then inched down their worm holes at warp speed.
Telly always ended up buying stink bait at the local tackle shop.
firstblob 2 years ago
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Crap.
PeterFirthFan 2 years ago
You can find Telly's likeness here in Chicago at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in the snapping turtle tanks.
I also heard he was fond of bullheads. Coincidence? I don't think so.
firstblob 2 years ago
Wow, I had NO Idea that Telly could say, but I used to have a "little" crush on him, have to admit, he was VERY Sexy, GORGEOUS brown eyes, nice smile, suave, liked the way he sucked on that lollipop (sorry being honest, lol)... "who Loves ya' baby"
DERedhead65 2 years ago 5
What a talent! I had no idea! Rave on Telly!!
kdrucs 2 years ago 3
Wonderful entertainer and no pretention. You were a class act baby. Think I'll watch my Kelley's Heroes Dvd now.
swans1997 2 years ago 3
Nice movie;-)
flensi 2 years ago
Telly,moja mlodosc.....a serce wedruje samotnie do dzis...
dantelle54 2 years ago
I dated a guy who looked like this Telly and he turned me on like there is no tomorrow. He was 6 ft 4 and a major city police sgt. God I could have torn him apart. Telly has the same kind of magnetism.
FunNotNuts 2 years ago 2
love it
wickednapa 2 years ago 4
A little known beauty secret is that Telly shined his dome with Turtle Wax before each performance. Later, after the show, he would drive to the airpot and pay for a spit-shine for his head from the guy who shined shoes. They used real spit on his head--gave it that fresh clean look and new car smell.
firstblob 2 years ago
Brilliant, I love it. He;s sexy, charasmatic and has a killer smile! Oh I miss REAL men.
lenbris 2 years ago 3
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what about same antismoking laws ??
arka67 2 years ago
Yeah, Blofeld is singing^^; great
pexperte 2 years ago
Mein Gott in Himmel! I stumbled upon this video, and the last time I heard it was in Gerbach, Deutschland/Germany, near Bad Kreuznach und Morsfeld in 1981. We were at Frau Gertrude's ("Trudy's Gasthaus"), when the jukebox played Telly singing this Don Williams standard. We just about fell out of our chairs! God Bless you Telly, and God Bless the goodhearted of Germany/ Deutschland. Ein hertz fur Deutschland, meine freunden. I miss you!
BearyHairy 2 years ago 2
last night i watch kojak and notice his krippeled finger , now i can stop looking at it
cyphersadoka 2 years ago
He has got an unpayable smile.
I'm sad he is dead already.
DasFadenkreuz 2 years ago
Come to think of it ,he should of had the king size lollipop instead of lighting a cigarette.
Schnappi1936 2 years ago
Ah ,"Loved Kojak"
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Vialmaje 2 years ago
OK, Telly, here's my order. Pickled tongue, piled high on rye, lettuce wedge, a sprinkling of onion powder, and a large dill to go. And keep your hand off the scale! Last time I paid two dollars for a quarter pound of corned beef I never ordered. And change your apron once in a while. Even the flies are starting to complain.
firstblob 2 years ago
Don Williams Version is better!!
GsindlFan 2 years ago
In fact Don Williams version is much better. But you can't beat Telly's chutzpa to get up there and sing as if he were Frank Sinatra. Especially with a voice like Telly's. Notice the vocals in the background meant to enhance his voice.
I also can't imagine that cigarette helping his throat any. See how he put his hand to his mouth to cough after he took a drag.
firstblob 2 years ago
En France il y a un dictopn qui dit :"les goûts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas !" Chacun choisit ce qui lui plaît !!
Vialmaje 2 years ago
Telly's head in the corner pocket.
firstblob 2 years ago
This guy. I dunno. Kinda weird. Kinda scary.
TheJay1985 2 years ago
Immer wieder gerne gehört ...
Jerryberlin 2 years ago
lights a smoke while singing hehe
diveplane 2 years ago 4
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Now, I know I'm cool. And you know I'm cool. And I know that you're cool. But I'm just REMINDING you that you're cool because, hey, you already know that. So be cool like me and get the VIP treatment even though my voice sounds like I got razor blades in it and a face you'd find over the deli counter, serving corned beef and large pickles.
firstblob 2 years ago
You like to eat, right? Right!
firstblob 2 years ago
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