Ray Conniff - Golden Earrings - 1963 - live

[JOVI965]

bueno...siempre Ray connif en todos los tiempos...siempre siempre...

[lilarose1941]

Ray Coniff passed away not too long ago. I saw him and his orchestra and chorus when they performed for Oregon State University's homecoming about 1960. It was AMAZING! Voices were mixed into the orchestra. I will never forget that night! I used to own most of the Ray Coniff albums.

[TheSeeker0131]

My Grandfather played this song (I mean played it with a guitar), and a family friend played violin. 2:30 in the morning after everybody went home. Doing research to get him to play it New Year Day. Pretty good song, but the age of the tape made it difficult to make out.

[ALEJANDRAMOTA1]

DANIELMARCHIADV: SIGO ESPERANDO PARA VER SI PUEDES SUBIR TODO ESTE DISCO CON SU RESPECTIVA PORTADA, QUE HACE HONOR A LA MUSICA, VOCES Y AUTOR.

[McLushi]

isn't it a pity that cannot see the faces clearly anymore ?

[JetstereoHonduras]

How melancholy. Delightful. Conniff is missed, so very much. Thank you.

[bellini7verdi]

buen gusto y harmonia.toda una leccion de clase vocal.cuando se ama el trabajo.y cuando se nace para ser diferente.y unico.

[ALEJANDRAMOTA1]

Esta melodìa bellìsima la oì durante el trabajo de oficina en 1960, y en honor a mi jefe de entonces, q.e.p.d., la escucho con mucha nostalgia.

danielmarchladv: Ojalà pudieras subir todo este disco que es hermosìsimo.....Gracias

[hayeswp]

@ALEJANDRAMOTA1 Recuerdo a mi abuelo a jugar esto en la guitarra y mis tías cantando las palabras cuando yo era un niño en la década de 1960. Trae buenos recuerdos de la familia y el tiempo perdido.

[ALEJANDRAMOTA1]

@hayeswp I hope people like you keep on posting this type of music. Sad memories because, as you say, parents, childhood, neighbors, schoolmates and my boss at that time (r.i.p) and the lost time that never will come back....wow, tears are rolling down my face!

But, what about the rest of the album and its cover? Please!

[paulostroff99]

Fabulous!

[exider2009]

BEUATIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­

[Turokkks]

Una joya este video

[juglarlocogmail]

awesome

[TLogan1027]

Big fan of the Ray Conniff Singers! Does anyone know the names of the singers?

[sammipink]

loved ray conniff he was one of the greats r.i.p. ray

[hajune]

I had a feeling that Ray had a strong background in classical music and likely learned from the very best how to arrange music in that haunting and amazing sound. Learned he was with Artie Shaw. Artie, simply put, was the best at arranging music / especially the big band sound. We are blessed that a Ray Conniff came around and shared his talent with we mortals. Nobody like him.

[Unixilandia]

Purrete: I think Juan Garcia Esquivel from Mexico also used human voices as musical instruments, but certainly Ray Conniff was the first to succeed with this concept on recordings. (to my knowledge). I too am a huge Ray Conniff fan, God Rest His Soul....

[Olancho61]

That was a real genious of music. In my beloved Honduras, we still play his beautiful and amazing creations. In my house, there was several LPs. of Ray Conniff. It was delightful to listen to those beautiful songs.

May He Rest in Peace. And may he never be forgotten.

Love

[rwb010109]

There is only one Ray Conniff,,nothing compares to his arrangements,,,and singers and orchestra<<RWB

[oropesinoa]

Escuchar este GRan MUsico Contemporaneo es, para mi reencontrarme con mis tiempos muy jovenes, alla en el Cusco-Peru del los 60's creo, Extraordinario!!!

[havisham3]

Ive allways loved this song.

Conniff tends to get lumped in with other groups such as James Last, under the disparaging term Muzak.Connif was much more than that he was a very gifted arranger and a great innovator,some of his best work would include ,Cheek To Cheek,All The things You Are,Strange Music,etc the man was truly a musician's musician .His marriage of the voice and musical instruments is very clever,he stands head and shoulders above the likes of Last.

[hajune]

havisham Amazing insight you have. Well wrtten! I give you an a+

[kellyadvent]

first song i heard ray conniff singers sing was For all we know(we shall never meet again) for me still one of there finest. The other i like is Come Saturday morning from the love story album

[chenwenhua2269]

Such a haunting song! I also have an LP of this song played by the stanley black orchestra of england. But this version of Ray gives me the chills. Awesome thanks for posting.

[harpingo]

The instrument similar to the clavietta is a Melodica made by the Hohner Co.

[bodjieeva]

I was born 1959 but i always heard this song from my father.

[54spiritedwill54]

This is such a pretty song

[David2Rogers]

A wonderfully done song by Ray Conniff and Chorus. The clavioletta is haunting.

[rnv09]

WellI am having a night of memories of the songs I loved and still do as I grew up,there are certain songs we all will carry with us to the end of our time on earth.

[lredmon]

..."Golden Earrings" was written by Victor Young, a composer who worked for Hollywood mostly, for the film of the same title, "Golden Earrings"..with the lead actors Marlene Deitrich and Ray Malland. The film was produced about 1947. Its an excellent film with this song as its theme...and a great dance scene. The third actor escapes my mind now but he sang the song in the dance scene...a fine stage actor of the Forties. You can get a copy of the fine film off one of the BitTorrant sites...VUZE.

[Purrete]

The 3d man you are mentioning is Murvin Vye who played Zoltan the gypsie's leader and who sings this sad song.

If you don't mind, Ray's last name was Milland, he was born in the UK with the name Reginald Alfred Truscott-Jones and is up to now, 2009 the one guy from only two that won an Oscar and a Cannes the same year with the same movie, before Jon Voigt with "Midnight cowboy."

[lredmon]

PURRETE...thank you. Ray Millard was an excellent actor and was in several memorable films.

[tojour]

Midnight Cowboy was John Barry's no?

[tojour]

Lovely!

[hajune]

I miss this type of music. Ray Coniff was a genious. Thanks for posting.

[juld1304]

Congratulations, danielmarchiadv . There is no word to express the feeling, when I saw this video clip. Please share with us, all this memories. R.I.P. Mr. RAY CONNIFF, God bless you for your work and music.

[jovanav]

Thank You 100000000000000000000000000000­00 times for this!

[jay85251]

Such a wonderful and haunting melody. It does bring back memories of years past when Ray Coniff was so popular and had so many songs with such a unique blend of choral and orchestral styles. Thank you for preserving and sharing his music for all to enjoy.

[SteveCarras]

apologies for the last comment ,it is playing now. very pretty.

[Purrete]

Hope you are related to Anton Karras, my favorite little cymbal musician from Orson Welles' "Third Man."

[SteveCarras]

Wish I was..more luckier than if it were Alex Karras..

[SteveCarras]

Standard or high quality, the presentation sucks. I mean, what happened to the video?

[bryson55]

Does anyone know if there is another group that does the same kind of music? Ray was my all time favorite.

[tojour]

Perhaps not a group (other than the Christy Minstrels) but the Music of Ennio Morricone and Francis Lai have this essence. In fact the clavietta, which he plays here, is an Italian influence/instrument.

[danielmarchiadv]

By the way, search for "Midnight Lace Ray Conniff" here on You Tube, and listen what Ray says about the clavietta.

[tojour]

Hi, Yes, i am familiar with that video. In fact, I made it a FAVORITE many months ago. There is a contemporary instrument (forgot the name) sold here in the U.S. that is almost comparable to the clavietta... 37 or 42 keys. Wonder how you have been able to locate these videos...long lost. Thank you for sharing these...

[Purrete]

Ray Connif was the only one that combined strong trombone and trumpet sounds with rhythmic, human voices with no words separating the male and female sections. As far as I know, nobody took over the idea once Ray was gone. The only one that comes close but in only certain themes is James Last.

[hajune]

Thanks for info Purrete. he was a genious at doing such.

[hajune]

hauntingly beautiful

[rwb010109]

Such a very tallented man and group,,sadly missed. RWB

[David2Rogers]

This is such a pretty song, and done with feeling.

Thanks

[jesemus33]

thank you SINCERELY

[rnv09]

Beautiful song that my Grand Mother sang in Russian.

[Zanziver1325465]

in Russian????? isn't it an english song?

[jalearica]

I'm speechless! This was the first time I enjoyed this song and I already love it!

[lilarose1941]

I was privileged to see Ray Conniff and the entire orchestra and chorus at Oregon State University Homecoming 1960. Very advanced staging and mixing.

[marcovales]

Simplesmente, MARAVILHOSO! Quanta saudade!

[permut20]

The best!!.

Thank you from Spain.

[Lockemeister]

Beautiful and haunting at the same time. The man was a genious. The singers are amazing! The last note of the song is incredible!

[hajune]

super good he was something special

[mentecultural]

When these soloists sang, the world and God were very much pleased! Nothing to say. Simply wonderful!

[yousinantube]

This is the best and the most valuable memory of Ray I've ever seen. It's a diamond like documentory. It's historical! He's my favorite. Still it's a great pleasure for me to listen him in Turkey...

[mishpanta]

Cuanto talento !!! Maravilloso video, muchas gracias.

Que voces calidas y perfectas !

Carlos / Argentina

[aronettoconiiff]

Maravilhoso!!!

[salmonaguilera]

Cual es Ray Conniff en el video?

[danielmarchiadv]

Ray Conniff é quem apresenta a canção e está tocando clavieta.

[MrAlexprm]

@salmonaguilera ninguno de ellos es ray coniff , si no sus coristas