Some of Manie's Friends, Part 2 of 10

[dkeon1414]

Eddie Fisher had one of the most pleasing voices of his generation. He will be greatly missed by all those who appreciated his vocal skills.

[fromthesidelines]

Three weeks after this aired, NBC cancelled Eddie's bi-weekly series (and ended George Gobel's show for the season as well, since he alternated with Fisher on Tuesdays) because they decided they weren't going to have a "controversial" figure entertaining people while he "entertained" Liz Taylor and Debbie Reynolds at the same time. I believe they got him off the air with the old "remember the morals clause in your contract" gambit....

[guygrand2]

@fromthesidelines

But he never knew where the beat was. His sense of time (or lack of it) was legendary among musicians

[Swiftsg51]

I am a niece of Manny Sacks. Thank you so much for putting this on Youtube. Uncle Manny was an amazing man. I loved him dearly and still miss him to this day. Gratefully, Swiftsg51

[fromthesidelines]

Jack Webb produced "PETE KELLY'S BLUES" (an adaptation of his 1951 radio series and 1955 feature film), starring William Reynolds in Webb's original role of "Pete Kelly", a jazz trumpter usually mixed up with murder and "The Mob" in 1927 Kansas City. Liggett & Myers [Chesterfield] sponsored the series during its brief NBC run {April-September 1959}, hence the reason for "plugging" their sponsor.

[CarlDuke]

If there has ever been a better voice on a singer of popular songs than Eddie, I have yet to hear it. Eddie and Dinah were very friendly and both were proteges of Eddie Cantor. Cantor liked to tell the story of how he was auditioning

Dinah for his radio program and gave her a lsit of 10 songs to sing. He said that halfway through song number 2 he had decided to use her, but had her sing the entire group. He then added, why not, there was no charge.

[andersonchap]

Eddie Fisher's singing was just about perfect.

[dungareedoll1]

I remember this show, it was on a Tuesday night when Eddie Fisher had his own show, it was preempted for this special. I think his voice was still great at that time, despite what was going on in his private life. I guess a lot of the life and spark went out of him after he became involved with Liz. Or maybe he was going for a more mature performer. Regardless, I still love him to this day.

[missalex84]

Wow its interesting to see Eddie Fisher sing here. This is 1959 when his career was going very much downhill. His voice is still spectacular, but he seems to have lost something. He seems tired-and I know by this time he had been on "Dr. Feelgood's" injections for years-He just looks like he aged a lot over just a few years. In 1952-1956,at the height of his popularity, he was so cute and seemed to have more life in him. In this clip, he doesn't seem the same. But his voice is still fabulous!

[jayeffdee]

Delighted to find this. Eddie Fisher proving yet again what a fine beautiful singer he is.

A great song by a great singer.

[mostliketa]

Great song by Eddie Fisher. Thanks for posting.