Jimmy Dorsey Helen O'Connell

[Vercingetorix2006]

She performed this in a scene on a bus (full of GIs) in a movie? Great song, great singer.

[walleyrt69]

OMG---SHE SAID HECK!

[vertxxgg]

southener jive ..she's hottttttt

[walleyrt69]

Jimmy lost his Tupay in her clevage.Someone should have said something.

[melchizedek22]

helen o'connell was my Moms baby sister in Toledo

[Mirealind]

@melchizedek22 who are you?

[melchizedek22]

@Mirealind AMI,iAM,s,AMI

[melchizedek22]

@Mirealind AMI,IAM,s,AMI

[tempest2002us]

Can you please check out my Vocal tributes to legends Satchmo,Elvis and more.Let me know if all the practice since age 13 has paid off 37 yrs later.Please comment and let me know what you think.I dream of Performing with an orchestra.Thank you ,God Bless!!

[fmazzar]

I had a friend named Eddie. He was born in 1921 and grew up a lonely kid with few friends. He memorized the title of every Jimmy Dorsey record, A side and B side and he could sing every one of them.He loved Jimmy Dorsey and the color Green. Because of Eddie I came to listen to the Big Bands and especially Jimmy D. I was born in the 50's but Eddie knew what was best. RIP Eddie.

[RaVeRNaTiOn]

I would rather have her over marilyn monroe, just because she has a beautiful voice

[9S2774X]

Jimmy dorsey楽団とヘレンオコンネルのマッチした演奏と歌声タイ­ムトンネルが有ったらこのようなクラブでお酒をのみたいと思いま­す。

[523adult]

@9S2774X

you're absolutely right!

[roxaneirene]

I met Helen in person. She was so sweet and gracious. What a wonderful singer!

[FlaxenHairedBeauty]

I love this song! Thanks for posting it.

[docpete1968]

What a Song not your regular Tom Dorsey Tune

[mrrxman1]

did helens family ever live in balto,md in the 50's.when i was in my 20's,there was a beautiful lady,who was an entertainer,who would come to visit her parents,across the street.

[jaofrd13]

This Lady is my cousin on my fathers side. She also in the early 60's co-hosted a show called Here's Hollywood with Jack Linkletter, I think this was the first such show about movie stars.

[dkmckinney1]

Helen's great as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[danishjazz]

The titel is My Wubba Dolly, not Rubbar

[MeryChristmas25]

Es una reliquia de la musica. Es interesante ver como eran los artistas de aquella epoca. Gracias por subir este video...

It is a relic of music. It was interesting to see how the artists of that time. Thanks for uploading this video ...

[mncook2008]

`would you stop moaning about about the flower and appreciate the song or the singer singer who is either 90+ or dead like my grandmother whos still alive anyway the song is rather good

[enaj78]

Does anyone have "I Remember You" from the movie "The Fleets In" by Helen and Bob Eberle to post?

[goldenoldiesPete]

Miss O' Connell was a great singer and not to compare her to Ella Fitzgerald who I think is the best female ever, but Helen sounds so great in this song and so much like Ella does when Ella sings A Tisket A Tasket. Rubber Dolly, great song.

[ShammaAA]

Olden day songs are so much more better than nowadays rot.

[trschaefer]

I remember Helen from when she hosted the Miss America pageant. She was always a classy lady. This dress really needs to lose the big black flower!!!

[olafdavila]

You are right. That big black flower is ridiculous. Such an attractive and very stylish lady wearing that flower is inconceivable. I dont know why your comment was rejected.

[joeasmythe]

The female singers nowadays, haven't got the class Helen had, progression sucks.

[conn6m]

This sounds a lot as though its been influenced by the Chick Webb - Ella Fitzgerald record 'My little yellow basket'. Shes even sounding a little like Ella (on that record) in places don't you think.

[vinylseat]

How right you are. Great singer, real class.

[td1238]

Good song! I like it better when you let her get in her little smile at the end, tho'.

[dianamaryflorence]

Helen O'Connell was a great vocalist.

[waynebrasler]

Helen took motherhood very seriously! Raising children while maintaining a high profile show business career is a terrific challenge and Helen had numerous other problems to deal with. She was extremely inventive about getting work--she remained a top-billed singer while moving into television work (including the Today Show of all things) and still traveling to perform. She always looked gorgeous and aged fabulously, in fact never really looking or sounding old. We will always love your Mom!

[lottapaws]

To Mr. Wayne Brasler,

Please know that your mother is still loved and missed. My father, a WWII veteran, always had an innocent crush on Miss O'Connell, though happily married until his death in '96. He sang her songs all over the house, and they are beautiful memories.  She is missed and loved by many, and we thank you for sharing her with us! God bless!!

[joeasmythe]

Helen, you are missed very much, I still have the picture of you that you signed for me. I will always adore you and the songs you sang back in the great old days.

[AZ375719]

I´ve fallen in love with this song ....and singer ! What a great short!

[slowpokecat]

How come that era gets Helen and we get Brittany? Unfair.

[nickladey]

@slowpokecat she was butifull RIP Helen

nick

[dkmckinney1]

@slowpokecat Don't forget Miley!

[ronetteloverz]

@slowpokecat . Because they had class back then. Brittany is trash. Today's society

has no class, so we get Brittany and her trashy friends.

[docpete1968]

@slowpokecat I totally agree LIFE IS A BITCH AND THEN YOU MARRY ONE !!!!!!!

[ShammaAA]

@slowpokecat

I so agree

[duroche53]

@slowpokecat You can say that again!

[talochIV]

@slowpokecat No, it's NOT! Whomever's running this show gets the joke and likes showing us what we greenhorns missed. BUT, the flip side is that we can prove our worth and bring back those golden days, IF we;re strong enough and bold enough to let the rest of the world know that we Americans are the bomb, and will DROP it, when we need to. Remember, friends, the country is NOT the government and 2012 is COMING!

Geo

[talochIV]

@slowpokecat Because they paid the price. Face it, bro. We've had it easier than any generation in human history. There was bound to be a cost and the cultural decay we're experiencing is it. But we're the same people we were back then. We'll fix this. Better days ahead, man. Count on it!

[walleyrt69]

@slowpokecat Oh,how the world has went backwards.

[carvenstud]

Miss O'Connell also co-hosted the Miss Universe Pageant along with Bob Barker from 1972 to 1980. After she left, the pageant had several female co-hosts over the years but none ever came close to matching the charm and elegance that Miss O'Connell had. What a classy lady she was.

[music1831]

@carvenstud You don't have to listen to CRAP like Brittany,Beyonce,Lady Ga Ga.Just turn off & listen to some good music.

[AtmaRising]

so good...unreal

[Halo101st]

Helen is so beautiful. Combine that with a perfect voice for Big Band sound and you have a killer combination, and she definitely was that. What a talent.

My mother remembers meeting and speaking with her at length one night in one of the hotels where Helen was singing. Mom doesn't remember the name of the hotel, but she said she sat and talked with Helen for a very long time about "girl things." She said Helen was "so sweet and had a wicked sense of humor." Both were in their early 20's, then.

[Georgewos]

Thanks for answering. I loved Her smile and those dimples. It must have been hard travelling on the bus going from show to show but always trying to look and sound Your best. No fancy busses like they have now.

[Georgewos]

What was that big black thing on Her dress. Was She showing too much cleavage. In the 1950's I remember they would put a flower in the front of the womans dress if they did show too much. Especially in the gowns Faye Emerson wore.

[Mirealind]

It was a beautiful red flower. The dress was just like that-no coverup. Mom was a very modest woman at all times. In those days, female singers, unless they were also dancers, were not allowed to move much other than to sway or use hand gestures.

[Mirealind]

this is really great to see all of you here enjoying the woman i knew as Mom. she was an amazing woman and a great entertainer. she has been my role model for many many aspects of my life.

again, if any of you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

[starworth1]

I met her when we were doing a telathon in Albuquerque NM. it was in about 72 or 73. I was in awe. she sang beautifully as ever, and looked marvelous too. it was a dream come true for me because I was only 3 years old when she started with Jimmy Dorsey. never thought I'd ever get to meet face to face such an icon

[tfsdeth]

shes so beautiful

[hammelby]

Swell preformance, what a beautifull chick.

[Reichssender]

Das hier war aber 1939 und nicht in den 1940ern.

[ReverendOleson]

I loved the 40's......Sweeter and kinder indeed...

[joeasmythe]

This brings me back to a sweeter, kinder America. They were great days and thank you for giving us this incomparable songbird to see and hear again

[redskiesfan]

Helen was as cute as a button and I loved to hear her sing. Now I get to SEE her sing too. Thanks so much for sharing with all of us.

[Mirealind]

this is/was my mom!!! thank you for sharing this clip.

[pariskatois]

I took my mother to see your mother in 1980 when she was doing "4 GIRLS 4," with Rosemarie, Rosemary Clooney and Margaret Whiting. What a show! I went back alone and watched it again. How blessed you are!

[traditionalpop]

there just isn't enough about helen o'connell on the internet. I wrote a little blog on traditionalpopstandards and wrote her.

you know this song "rubber dolly" was included in a Pia Zadora song in the 1980's called "the Clapping Song"

this is awesome. :)

what a talent. :) the page can be found at the below address just remove the ) between the address and the com and add a dot.

thanks for posting this song.

traditionalpopstandards)com/he­len-o-connell-green-eyes/

[Vercingetorix2006]

Great! Thanks for posting this...the first time I saw her sing this song was a clip from a movie where she was singing for GIs on a bus-if I remember correctly.

[hebneh]

Aw, heck! You can have the two!

[jamesdean062879]

I love this one!!!

[leonbix27]

Genial

[bubba9166]

What a beautiful woman (and talented singer) Helen O'Connell was. Thanks for sharing.