You'll Never Walk Alone - R&H's Carousel 1956

[DebsTasha45]

Her husband just died, and you expect her to sing?

[DebsTasha45]

She has such a rich voice

[cmoz88]

I just can't get enough.

[boru25]

Here was me thinking this was only the song for Liverpool.

[thereds1959]

Why are you lot talking about the most hated team in Britain for, when you can listen to the best KOP song ever, yeah i can see the manc's trying to steal another KOP song!

[Bluejeans0701]

This number may be a great anthem for the victims of the March 11 earthquake in Tohoku, Japan. Each line is really convincing and encouraging. I am a Japanese; I fully realize how terrible the situation has remained in the last three weeks. I would like each victim to hear this song and keep walking with their heads high. I truly appreciate the whole world's interest in the disaster.

May Tohoku recover soon and may we enjoy its beauty before long.

Many Thanks from Japan.

[Jellybeantiger]

LOL poms claiming this song hehe.

Around for a long time before you lot stole it.

LMAO.

For the record,Man United sung it first at a funeral service for their team who went down in the plane crash.

Gerry's version is ghey as.

[TheHorse70]

@Jellybeantiger Ha Ha Ha BULLSHIT!!!!!!! For the record ............. there is no record of Man U singing it at any ceremony, Some old lady claimed it was first sung in Old Trafford but upon further investigation it was concluded that the particular game she said it had been sung no-one present there could remember it being sung and even if it was possible the way she said it was sung, exactly like the Rogers/ Hammerstein version that it would be impossible for thousands of people to sing it .

[Jellybeantiger]

LOL poms claiming this song hehe.

Around for a long time before you lot stole it.

LMAO.

For the record,Man United sung it first at a funeral service for their team who went down in the plane crash.

[EnchantedMind0]

This was one of the most moving and beautiful things I've ever seen on a movie...amazing song, staged, photography, performance...truly moving

[alenaduhur88]

LIVERPOOL:D

[luky7s]

i can't understand the words they're singing

[LeoOwnsWwe]

LIVERPOOL FC YNWA

[TheStockwell]

@LenaDelovely You are absolutely correct. I was thinking of the original play by Ferenc Molnár' - "Liliom" that is the basis for "Carousel." The accidental/suicidal death of Liliom/Billy is one of those things that gets fooled around with in each adaptation, as are several elements of the play. There's a good Wikipedia article on "Liliom" about it. Pretty interesting.

[apRilL11994]

one of my best friends sang this song for her voice recital..it was beautiful

[xlank04]

why is she crying :( *sniffs and starts crying too* T_T

[sicon67]

@xlank04 ....because her husband and the father of her unborn child has just been killed....

[bookworm266]

I had no idea this song came from a musical... I thought it was a hymn...

[Phidelio2]

Breaks me out in Goose Bumps EVERY TIME!!

[magpie4321]

God I love it!!!

[contaigious]

This was my grandparents' life song...my grandfather just passed away, and they played it at his funeral. I can't watch without crying.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@contaigious You can't get a much better life song. This is also absolutely the best version. Claramae Turner was a marvellous singer. Every time you hear this will remind you of your grandad. Best!

[swimrgirl10]

this is the first movie that actually brought me to tears...that was years ago but never the less this is a timeless musical, very well done indead.

[Pfennig53]

This was my mother's favorite song. She died at the age of 47 and this song will always mean so much to me. It is a lesson too many people don't understand but should! Life is so short and all of the petty things should be chucked away where they belong. Remember...you are given only so much time on this earth and you should be making the best of it while you are here. So stop the bullshit and give yourself a chance to live before it's too late.

[ndm707]

Great song, great movie.  Thanks for uploading this video. I love Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae on this movie & in Oklahoma also. They were the best musical movie couple.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@ndm707 What about Claramae?? She was great also.

[slotte88]

Eyesk8er..what? We are trying to bring back the same type of music...as for spelling...there is different lingo similar to shorthand in this generation. If you can get the word out, there should be a musical performance for our generation (50 and over). These performances were chersihed.

[jurrassicsparks]

good to hear songs that arent in soprano.The old musicals were classics.Nowadays everybody seems to to have to sing as high as possible.Some of us have lower voices and it would be nice for a trend to be lower.These musicals will never die,Oklahoma,Carousel,South Pacific, The King and i,My fair lady.Can you imagine a rapper musical?

[libbychecks]

@jurrassicsparks No, I cannot imagine a rapper musical. 

But I can imagine the great musicals going on for decades.

One of the problems is that it really takes a lot of time, planning and attention to details to make a musical. Tyler Perry may reach that goal but not so certain that it will keep going once Andrew Lloyd Webber retires.

ALW chose to not film his plays and that hurts musical theater in the long run. Good for the box office is not good for the legacy.

[yorkshiretractors]

this song makes me feel so sad . for 2 reasons . 1st was one of my mums favourites

songs . and the 2 here in this is a song sung at football . we had a fire at bradford city in the 1980s over 100 folk died . this was played all the time on the radio at that time

[libbychecks]

@yorkshiretractors

This song is meant to give you hope. When you feel most alone, you have to realize that you will never be alone.

It is your mission to find out how this is true in your life.

[AkiChan2552]

Yay I got in this play! Im the Captain :D Not a very important role but Im the only Boy Freshman in the play. Yay :D And It's my first play. xD

[parzifal40]

One of the most inspirational pieces of music ever written. It is so beautiful and yet so simplistic in its message....I love this show so much....never failes to bring a tear of sadness....

[MichaelAndyDodds]

Fuck this shit.

[BeppeSapone]

Should be a National Anthem for somewhere

[burnell007]

@BeppeSapone

It is Celtic Park Scotland!

[BloomLewis]

such a sad part.

[slytherin2000]

must learn the words to this song. ekn lite operatic use this song alot when together and i dnt no the verses.

[bleachexile13]

This song is so beautiful. It brings me to tears every time.

[broadwaymelody33]

while i don't care for the film adaptation of this musical, I adore how this woman sings it

[libbychecks]

Claramae Turner was an opera singer. I am so thankful that she agreed to do this movie. Her voice is so perfect for this song.

Thankfully she is still living.  There is a gentleman who has posted other songs by her. He says that he can send letters to her. I was doubtful, but I think it might be better to chance err than to give up the opportunity to tell someone how much I appreciate their talent while they are still with us.

[slotte88]

@libbychecks Dear libbychecks...Please do encourage their response in some way. If I can help out at all, please let me know. I agree would cherish nothing more than two individuals to correspond via their appreciation of one another. Life is too short so please encourage their acquaintenace. Their appreciation of music will be the underlining factor of discusion to carry them through informalities. Thank you, Mary

[MoodyMadam1]

this song is amazing! i wish i could sing it but it is too high,,this is one of the best songs ever!!

[libbychecks]

Moody, just start singing on a lower note.

There is no law that says you have to sing a song on the same note that made it famous.

You can do it! Give it a try.

[slotte88]

Libbychecks...slotte88...would you consider.  Actually...truly amazing song...yes, you do not have to sing on the same cord. ..only the outcome matters at this point. Susan would be famous for singing during this generation. Mary Boland

[slotte88]

Libby....please...we need this for the nation..you have the voice...pay attention....please, ...I will never allow you to walk alone...I'm only Mary O'Boland....we willl meet someday. Mary O'Boland

[slotte88]

No...it was never that it was the faith of fear from the heart...yes, it did have a gospel message...but it wanted you to pay attention to your strength within your self which....how many people truly do in life....Life's ????? If you can tell the story of life....go for it???

[slotte88]

Dear Libbychecks....Thank you for allowing me to hold my head up high.

[slotte88]

I agree with libbycheck...please ask Susan Boyle to sing this song. It would be a hit! It tells the story of what is happening in all countries. Never walk alone you will always have someone beside you. Perhaps a mentor, your boss, co-worker....it is within you!

[KopiteP250505]

Cannot beat this song, sung by Anfield under floodlights with the Spion Kop in full voice! We are IrReGuLaRs!!!!! Y.N.W.A!

[SportIrish]

D'ya think they'll be watching the derby tomorrow? C'mon the Reds!

[libbychecks]

Most of the people who were in this movie have passed on but the two people singing this song are still with us. Claramae and Shirley Jones.

In my opinion, this is one of the best songs of all time and I would love to hear Susan Boyle record it.

[slotte88]

Dear libbychecks...I agree w/you. Please encourage Susan Boyle to sing this song. Ironically, I watched this movie two weeks ago...my job situation changed after 15 years....someone was telling me to pay attention. go figure

[libbychecks]

I will Slotte. I'll keep writing and requesting this song to be on Susan's next CD.

It is perfect for her.

[eyesk8er]

What is with you people? This song is from the musical Carousel, written by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein in 1945. It is sung twice in the musical; Once as shown in this video & at the finale for the graduation. From most of the comments, it is quite clear that music (& spelling) are no longer taught in many schools and that both civility & common courtesy are endangered acts.

[johncliffe39]

hello, I quite agree with your comments about the previous contributors, it's one of my favourite pieces from this fine musical, wish more people on here would appreciate it.

[TK42138]

@eyesk8er

Well said!

[tipple1933]

I also think this is one of the greatest songs ever writen & for those who have lost a loved one, as I have it means a lot

[19darnoc52]

@eyesk8er : Hi. I've been unsuccessfully trying to find a clip of this song as it was done at the end of the movie during the graduation scene you describe. Do you know if it's available? Thanks.

[eyesk8er]

@19darnoc52 To find the graduation, go to youtube & type "Carousel end of the movie.avi"

[19darnoc52]

@eyesk8er Thanks!! It's almost too much to watch and yet absolutely irresistable.

[magpie4321]

@eyesk8er I love it!!!

[gustavia001]

@eyesk8er Very well stated.

[hablerz]

Na i prefer Gerry and the pacemakers version :P

[IlikeSk8terguys69]

this is by far the best version i have ever herd besides the one i heard on american idol

[JaneBailey01]

every year our chamber singers would sing this for graduation.I'm a senior now and they changed the song to For Good from Wicked.ugh it pissed me off

[marlowespirals]

LAAAME. Tell your choir director she sucks. This is THE classic graduation song!

[gd6464]

Scousers have had the song since the 1960s; if anything, your team stole it from us!

[thesp467]

I'm auditioning for Americas Got Talent with this in a few weeks wish me luck.

[Brihemianrhapsody]

Good luck

[superalihare]

Believe it or not........ Borrussia Dortmund pardon the spelling) have it as their signature song. Was watching a game against Hansa Rostock and the song came belting out along with the english subtitles which popped up for our German cousins to sign ze song.

Scousers nick anything..... even the kop is named after a place in South Africa.

[nikki12077]

singing this in my chior.i love this song

[MIGUEL2005LIMA]

tears...... wonderfull song :Bravo Rodgers!!!! Bravo Hamerstein!!!!!

[doitanywayz]

and LFC fans claim it as there own making out the song belongs to them.... typical!!

[fastertortoise2]

we av adopted it- we haven't nicked it lol

[TheElizadolittle]

Definitely one of the greatest broadway musical ever...please upload the entire film...pls....

[Luc22a]

my belated dog loved Broadway songs her favorite was this one, no kidding she would sit and listen

[MIGUEL2005LIMA]

@Luc22a  como se llama tu perro?tomale un video para verle escuchando musica.

[NavaeraGreenleaf88]

This song has been raped by Lee Towers. This version is so much more beautiful

[magpie4321]

Best version ever!

[greymon23]

This song is one of the undying songs to exist. One of the best singers here in the Philippines won a major singing contest using this piece. Try to look for this song performed by Regine Velasquez.

[Lizzabelle2011]

I LOVE THIS!

Using it to auditon in a few days! AH!

[snowfire1239]

YESH!!!finally a good version of this song...man yur a life saver!!..and not the kandies!!!...we have to ding this sng for voices of harmoney auditions..i two days...WISH ME LUCKKKK!!!!.....GOOD luk..hhaa

[mjpk6269]

Niagara Falls!!!! I defy anyone with a heart NOT to shed at least one tear.

[iluvvince07]

I sang this song at my grandma's funeral almost 10 years ago. It's so hard to watch this movie now because I cry the whole way through it. It's one of my favorite Rodger's and Hammerstein shows. i miss you Grandma<3

[RubyVonBlau]

I love this movie. I wish someone could upload it.

[tapaulin]

get it from Amazon

[parohelo]

"Carousel" is without the slightest doubt one of the great masterpieces of the American Musical. I saw this movie many many years ago on the day of my 18th birthday and I have cherished this movie ever since. In my opinion Claramae Turner gave the very best rendition of that immortal song. Thank you so much! After all those years it still moves me to tears.

[Juliaflo]

'Carousel' is one of the great masterpieces of The American Musical because it was created during the 'ampersand era'.

[lovedarlingjulie2435]

o ya! i forgot! that is true!

[ShadowsGathered]

This movie came out the year I was born... I didn't see it until I was 9 years old... this song still makes me cry the same way it did the first time I saw and every time since... markhalbert is right... it's powerful, inspiring, and uplifting.

[markhalbert2008]

Powerful, inspiring, uplifting.....

[magpie4321]

Perfection!!!!

[ttbrcvts]

I grew up thinking Gerry Marsden wrote this (yes, I am a Scoucere!)

[Ballerinabbz]

wahts the story of caroseul?

[magpie4321]

Ballerin, get the DVD, starring Shirley Jones and Gordon McCray

[bze2nlz]

Ballerinabbz--Without spoiling the whole plot, it's basically about a very nice girl who marries a punk loser. But he gets one chance to make things right. (A good library would have the dvd--it is really worth watching!)

[micajo21]

I was born before this was made yet my daughter and I love this movie. Thanks Mom!

[shadale524]

I love this song. Besides this one, my favorite rendition is by Aretha Franklin...she brought a lot of soul to it.  Rogers and Hammerstein were absolute genuises.

[ndm707]

This was the saddest scene in Carousel. What a beautiful voice & a lovely song. Thanks for uploading.

[LeoOwnsWwe]

lfc 4 life ynwa

[stix2507]

whenever i hear this song, I get tears in my eyes. it never fails to move me.

[04greenkk]

This is the the best version of the song, hands down. Rogers and Hammestein to perfection. :)

[webon411]

Don't let those idiotic soccer fans hear you.

[swanningaround]

webon What has this got to do with soccer? Strange comment.

[renard801]

Some football fans from Liverpool have adopted this song as their own. They sing it in unison at football matches. Actually, it can sound quite inspiring sometimes!

[swanningaround]

renard. You are correct. The Liverpool fans couldn't have chosen a better song for inspiration. Another great inspiration song is the German "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!". I like this one too.

[TheStockwell]

Huh? What? Duh? But...? That's like saying a great inspirational song is Rogers & Hammerstein's classic "When You Walk Through a Storm Hold Your Head Up High." When did "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" become a song? It's the opening line to a verse written and set to music by Beethoven, sure, but it's not the title of anything. Sorry, but I'm really picky about silly crap like this. I apologise!

[swanningaround]

The Stockwell. The song is called "I left my heart in San Francisco" is the name by which that song is commonly known. It also happens to be the start too. This song is called "I'll never walk alone". The other one is called "An die Freude".

[TheStockwell]

Dear Swanning: Okay, I'm baffled. I misread "Another great inspiration song is the German "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" as meaning there is an inspiring German song titled "O Freunde...!" "An die Freude" is a poem set to music by Beethoven - the lovable lug - and "O Freunde, etc!" are the introductory words Beethoven pounded out to GET to the Schiller poem. It's NOT just the codeine talking - I'm confused! And I LIVE in San Francisco - how'd we get from Vienna to Tony Bennett? YARG!

[swanningaround]

The Stockwell. I just mentioned that "I left my heart in San Francisco" was a song, which is also inspirational, was dedciated to Claramae Turner, who is associated with "I'll never walk alone" (see this clip). Tony Bennet was one of the singers of "I left my heart in San Francisco.". I agree with you that Beethoven's music is inspirational too.

[TheStockwell]

SwanningAround: I consider "I Left My Heart . . ." to be a love song, a specific one that isn't inspirational the way "YNWA" is. Those "little C

cable cars" don't seem (to me) as universal as "the sweet silver song of a lark." Beethoven's music, yes; no question about that. And, since you obviously know your classical singers, you'll probably understand my thinking Mahler's "Um Mitternacht" is one of THE inspirational songs. Again, it's my personal taste. I's been fun reading your comments.

[swanningaround]

TheStockwell. You are quiite correct. Somehow my thoughts were a little sidetracked. I only bought up "I left my heart in San Francisco" as Claramae Turner was associated with it, and she appears in this video. I agree that many things Mahler are inspirational including "Um Mitternacht". Thank you also. :)

[slotte88]

Yes...why did Rodgers/Hammerstein even adapt the song from the original...and, why did Frank Santra sing the same. It's only the people who pay attention to the songs and lyrics that understand.  Pre-1950.

[TheStockwell]

It's interesting how the song has taken on a completely different meaning than it originally had. On one hand, it's almost a church hymn to some. On another, it's a song about unstoppable team spirit. In "Carousel," it's sung to cheer up a young girl whose low-life boyfriend abuses her, gets her pregnant, and then commits suicide after a failed attempted robbery. Yikes! Opera singer Renee Fleming sang it at the 2009 Obama inaguration.

[libbychecks]

You'll never walk alone...is the meaning and the message. You can think about that for the rest of your life and it will take on new meaning each time it comes to mind.

I've heard this song for over 50 years and it has always been relevant.

[GAZONO]

absolutely right xxx

[enjoi552]

just some fans? nah mate, ALL Liverpool fans.

a fuckin' classic, YNWA

[SammySteele]

There are so many wonderful covers of this song, but none of them are as soulful or heart-felt as this one.

[jackinla8]

Shirley Jones was sweetly beautiful and this singer is exceptional

[Bigman240]

WOW! What a great singer!

[magpie4321]

Makes me cry every time I hear it!

[magpie4321]

This tears your heart out!

[nostalgicmermaid]

love this song

[ebonie058]

i just love this song.......i sung it evrynite whn we were doin rehearsals for my musical...:)

[PrincessVioletWeasel]

Simply wonderful :D thanks for posting!!!