Andrea is a amazing young girl with great voice n every talented actress I'm so proud that u made ur dream come true Andrea keep up the good work n i want to say thanks
I just bought a DVD copy off the internet of 'Rainbow' featuring this amazing young lady as Judy Garland. I have been searching for it since it was first aired on television in the late 1970's. It's just as wonderful as I remembered it !!!! I'll add some of it on here as soon as I figure out how to do so.....Andrea was/is amazing.
It's a nice clean DVD copy but unfortunately it only plays onthe right channel of any stereo playing system (Tv/DVD/Computer/Headphones) but it is still a joy to watch again and again. Andrea is an amazing singer...I would love to meet her in person one day.
I only wish there were more of this today...This is talent..and she was fabulous in Rainbow..I'd pay to see her perform..Reminds of Ethel Merman..now theres a name from the past...She's better..
Wow she's like a miniature, female Frank Sinatra! Not even kidding, how did this girl slip through the fingers of the recording industry? She should have ruled it. Compare her to 99% of today's talentless studio-enhanced twits that make hits these days. Andrea is pure talented goodness.
Why didn't Andrea get a recording deal at this time? Someone should have taken her under their wing a produced her. If they could make records for Sean Cassidy, Kristy McNichol or John Travolta around this time then it's a CRIME no one picked her up and molded her into a radio star. Maybe she just preferred doing stage musicals and more broadway.
I like her big 70s collar and hair she had style and some attitude even then I think she deserved the kind of career that Streisand had, Andrea McArdle really was and is phenomenally talented.
If anyone has any parts of "Rainbow" from 1978 (made for TV movie starring Andrea), it would be great. I have it on VHS but I have no way to transfer VHS over to DVD anymore, and I'm sure Annie fans would love it. This song is from that movie.
this is when she was in that in-between stage, no longer little girl Annie but not quite grown into the beautiful young woman she would become by the early 80s (when she dropped out of NYU to do Jerry's Girls).
Speaking of Kelly Clarkson, Andrea did and still does blow all those American Idol kids AWAY. She deserved that kind of exposure but it was a different era.
I am Andrea's age and I was CRAZY about her and "Annie" back in the day. Re-watching this now makes me see a little Kelly Clarkson in her. I never would have put the two together but I'd now like to see them do a duet!
oh come on..don't be one sided just because she's your idol...or because you love her..i love her singing too...as in crazy love it...but look... she realy looks like a boy...she's very very good though
She doesn't look like a boy. Sure, she has that "tough" look about her, and the strong voice, which was why she was chosen for Annie, but that doesn't mean she looks like a boy.
I was SUCH an Andrea McArdle fan when I was seven, when she was Annie on Broadway! I met her briefly in NYC and almost fainted. It's great to see her that age again.
She is a little older than I am, so yes, in her early forties.
I so remember this performance when she was on Merv Griffin Show. It's funny that she was not all that eager to sing "Tomorrow" for the umteenth time...but did as the troper that she was and is.
she is a snob
hhhhh3A 1 month ago
I love her hair!
xdawgydawg 1 month ago
Not normal. She kicks butt on the stars of American Idol and America's got talent.
sebastianpellegrene 7 months ago
Andrea is a amazing young girl with great voice n every talented actress I'm so proud that u made ur dream come true Andrea keep up the good work n i want to say thanks
lonewolfchick1 1 year ago
i do love this song bcuz Andrea got a great voice her age thanks
lonewolfchick1 1 year ago
From "Rainbow" ... my FAV made for TV movie about Judy Garland!!! Go Andrea!
babybearlv 1 year ago
She's great!
ReviewCam 1 year ago
biganddreamc now thts just rude -.-
TheMaxwell422 1 year ago
What a wonderful voice. Showbusiness. she should've been a bigger star.
ruberto53 1 year ago
@ruberto53 I agree!! Wishing she would have gone on with more songs genres ...
babybearlv 1 year ago
I just bought a DVD copy off the internet of 'Rainbow' featuring this amazing young lady as Judy Garland. I have been searching for it since it was first aired on television in the late 1970's. It's just as wonderful as I remembered it !!!! I'll add some of it on here as soon as I figure out how to do so.....Andrea was/is amazing.
lucycow 2 years ago
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MrGarath 2 years ago
It's a nice clean DVD copy but unfortunately it only plays onthe right channel of any stereo playing system (Tv/DVD/Computer/Headphones) but it is still a joy to watch again and again. Andrea is an amazing singer...I would love to meet her in person one day.
lucycow 2 years ago
She was the best singer and the most natural out of all the Annie's
denisespurlock 2 years ago
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MrGarath 2 years ago
gosh now this is true talent! what talent people had back then!!
dancergir131 2 years ago
I really wish that there was a soundtrack from the film "Rainbows." It was the first film about Judy Garland.
amunrey 2 years ago
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MrGarath 2 years ago
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MrGarath 2 years ago
She's adorable (especially with the curly Annie wig).
ShaiHuludisCool 2 years ago
uh dude I think that's her real hair, which I think is even cooler
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
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MrGarath 2 years ago
Oh all right. That's still pretty cool though.
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
What a beautiful young woman!
jmstudio 2 years ago
I only wish there were more of this today...This is talent..and she was fabulous in Rainbow..I'd pay to see her perform..Reminds of Ethel Merman..now theres a name from the past...She's better..
barbienefouse 2 years ago 2
This song and all of the other standards she sang in RAINBOW were amazing. Her style is so unique...
jennifer82986 2 years ago
Wow she's like a miniature, female Frank Sinatra! Not even kidding, how did this girl slip through the fingers of the recording industry? She should have ruled it. Compare her to 99% of today's talentless studio-enhanced twits that make hits these days. Andrea is pure talented goodness.
tgy55448 3 years ago
What are you talking about? She had her sunshine.
Khultan 3 years ago
Why didn't Andrea get a recording deal at this time? Someone should have taken her under their wing a produced her. If they could make records for Sean Cassidy, Kristy McNichol or John Travolta around this time then it's a CRIME no one picked her up and molded her into a radio star. Maybe she just preferred doing stage musicals and more broadway.
george2397 3 years ago
I like her big 70s collar and hair she had style and some attitude even then I think she deserved the kind of career that Streisand had, Andrea McArdle really was and is phenomenally talented.
tommmysmith 3 years ago
she looks like a boy but he voice is amazing.
bfs7999766 3 years ago
If anyone has any parts of "Rainbow" from 1978 (made for TV movie starring Andrea), it would be great. I have it on VHS but I have no way to transfer VHS over to DVD anymore, and I'm sure Annie fans would love it. This song is from that movie.
wen6pak 3 years ago
this is when she was in that in-between stage, no longer little girl Annie but not quite grown into the beautiful young woman she would become by the early 80s (when she dropped out of NYU to do Jerry's Girls).
Speaking of Kelly Clarkson, Andrea did and still does blow all those American Idol kids AWAY. She deserved that kind of exposure but it was a different era.
littlebigplanett 3 years ago
I am Andrea's age and I was CRAZY about her and "Annie" back in the day. Re-watching this now makes me see a little Kelly Clarkson in her. I never would have put the two together but I'd now like to see them do a duet!
xxxAriusxxx 3 years ago
i'd take Andrea looking like a boy in a minute over the skanky, no talent teeny boppers that are out there today.
ZiggyStardust0627 3 years ago 3
agreeed! and i really don't think she looked like a boy, the hair is weird and that was the style.
ExAxLxPx12 3 years ago
oh come on..don't be one sided just because she's your idol...or because you love her..i love her singing too...as in crazy love it...but look... she realy looks like a boy...she's very very good though
tegoy666 3 years ago
we all sort of looked like that in 1979. its kind of refreshing to see a 13 year old that doesn't look like a 25 year old coked up divorcee.
testykitty 3 years ago 2
That's rad! And so true. Funny!
DianneCarter 2 years ago
She doesn't look like a boy. Sure, she has that "tough" look about her, and the strong voice, which was why she was chosen for Annie, but that doesn't mean she looks like a boy.
ShaiHuludisCool 2 years ago 2
Hey Andrea! You are the best Annie there has ever been! =]
Maryrox321 3 years ago 4
she doesn't look like a boy now!!!
bigandreamc 3 years ago 5
ya. andrea dosen't look like a boy.
Maryrox321 3 years ago
Boy, Girl, whatever she's pretty cool, either way.
DianneCarter 2 years ago
@bigandreamc yes she does
samarcangel1956 1 year ago
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she looks like a boy...hehe
tegoy666 3 years ago
don't be mean to Andrea! She dosen't look like a boy!
Maryrox321 3 years ago
haha she kinda does, with the suit and the hair, but she doesn't now!
gabey123 3 years ago
Dare I say she did better at that song than Judy Garland?
seanandsophia 3 years ago 2
She has an amazing set of pipes! When you compare all of the Annies of the years, she is still the best.
curly208 3 years ago 13
she has a crazy side mouth
pattypeppermints 3 years ago
love it!
amuttnamedcindylou 3 years ago 2
I was SUCH an Andrea McArdle fan when I was seven, when she was Annie on Broadway! I met her briefly in NYC and almost fainted. It's great to see her that age again.
She is a little older than I am, so yes, in her early forties.
AnotherJean 4 years ago 9
AMAZIING but she kinda looks like a boy
laurenY0 4 years ago
She was on the Disney Christmas parade a few years ago and she was still amazing like before!
u2beuser2 4 years ago
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she's lik really old now isnt she...?
holrin29 4 years ago
not reeli, proly like in her 40s, you'll get there quicker than you think lol
Sshelly34213 4 years ago
She has a very good voice , i seen her in rainbow the movie about Judy Garland that was very good show !!
mjb519 4 years ago 5
i wish u were still the age you are in this video
pinkeypie16 4 years ago
wowo that is great i love it!!!! u rock
pinkeypie16 4 years ago 2
I so remember this performance when she was on Merv Griffin Show. It's funny that she was not all that eager to sing "Tomorrow" for the umteenth time...but did as the troper that she was and is.
amunrey 4 years ago 2
I love it at the end: "Thaaat's true, yes I do, indeed I do, you know I do!!" It's like, whoa Andrea, relax hon!
aaah1 4 years ago
That is how the song is written. How can this be the first time you heard this song.. I'ts a classsic..
mgmbacklot 4 years ago
was this after annie or before annie ?
CarliitOsGiirl 4 years ago
this was after annie , annie was her big break this was the Gabel song from Rainbow where she played Judy Garland
Cornhead262 4 years ago
in 79 i thought her hair was the bomb
fattyfactcats 4 years ago
haha yeah ryan sheckler jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk she was sweet!!!!!!! :) <3
pinkeypie16 4 years ago
thank you so much for posting this! She had the best voice of any child ever! wish there were more postings of her singing
beezer63 4 years ago
I love the old clips of Andrea. What a voice!
prosk8er66 4 years ago
I know!!!
iluvchocolate411 4 years ago
i luv her! I am like her number 1 fan!!!
Maryrox321 4 years ago
Thank you so much, she's amazing!!
keiwata262 4 years ago
Great, please post more old Andrea clips.
scappimiller 4 years ago 2
Awesome, a prodigy.
Blendre 4 years ago
I will miss you Merv!!
bigandreamc 4 years ago 2