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  • She is Good... but Judy Garland was the great talent! The better on the world!

  • This woman is eccentric, even by today's standards.

  • Thank you for posting this clip from Ms. Hutton's movie, "The Stork Club" . In spite of everything that has been said about her personal life, I like her. Her last interview with Robert Osborne was to me quite revealing. There was no guile, nothing fake or self-serving about her responses. She was just Betty, someone who was once at the zenith of stardom and who now knew that loving and being loved was all that really mattered.

  • @dayfan1962 I couldn't said it so well....you nailed it!!

  • THANK YOU!

  • Class.

  • She makes me so darn happy.

  • i'm 17 too and i don't suffer from "special snowflake" syndrome and assume i'm special and different because i like betty hutton.

  • Love the female voices of the 40's Betty Hutton, Anita O'Day, Dinah Shore to name a few.

  • How could you beat this woman for sheer entertainment?

  • I'm sorry I hadn't heard of her before tonight. I already love her.

  • I'm 17 years old too! Betty is the absolute best, and this is one my one favorite numbers. Music has gone down the drain!

  • My 2 sisters married a doctor and a lawyer... I guess my indian chief is somewhere out there :)

  • Why are comments from 17-year-olds so popular on this vid?

  • Beyonce, take a lesson. "Run the world" makes me vomit after listening to music like that.

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  • Love this woman and adore this song. When I was listening to Fly Fly Away from the new Catch Me If You Can musical, I just about fell out of my chair laughing at "people only saw the doctor, lawyer, indian chief".

  • im tired of people who are like IM 17 and i like this. or im 12 I love this song. im 13.5 i love this stuff. well im 21 and I say NO ONE GIVES A DAMN!

    ...back to little rain in the facceeeeee

  • @hep2jive I'm 3 and a half and I like your comment.

  • @wkunzelman1 ahahahah!

  • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.....My favorite Betty film of all. Catch it if you can. How that film ever got made in that day and time and through the censors...pure genius!

  • gosh she is beautiful

    

  • Powerful, personality-packed, and listen how cleanly she nails those notes. No Auto-Tuning needed here, baby! Although she didn't get great scripts very often, she always had first-rate songwriters in her corner, and it's those songs that make her sound ever-fresh and vital. Most other female singers of her generation had voices that made them sound like somebody's mother, but Betty at her best has hardly dated at all.

  • Sir(s): "If I may, I would like to admonish you NOT to cross-up your Professions, so that NOBODY around anywhere is crossed-up Up-Stream in the Creek without a paddle....so to speak. Also, I am most glad that I, I, JAMES HOWARD DAY (JR.) did NOT BECOME "Dead Man Walking" like they apparently wanted, tried, & failed to make Me become." This is a True Statement to the Reader(s). Thank U. --J.D.

  • The music was written by Hoagy Carmichael, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was published in 1945.

    The biggest-selling version of the song was recorded by Betty Hutton on June 29, 1945. The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 220.The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 6, 1945 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.

  • 2:56 YouTube video: Betty Hutton singing her #1 hit in 1945: Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief.

    February 26, 1921: birth of Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007).

  • This just never gets old.

  • She can dance! love her :0)

  • I absolutely love this gal....she was fabulous in everything she did. So sad that her life went so out-of-control due to external influences. She was such a talent and so darned beautiful. Her family should be ashamed for their lack of involvement in her life in the later years.....what goes around comes around....Karma, baby.

  • There she goes again with that beautiful wink again.

    Girls don't wink like that anymore do they?

  • .....critical acclaim from organizations liek MGM, Billboard, etc....rate Judy Garland as the greatest performer in the history of show business...I agree....but Betty Hutton, which was not her real name..see IMDB or Wiki......remains a nuclear explosion of talent that hit the earth, and we will never be the same.......

  • Sir(s): I believe that this wonderful song of Miss Betty HUTTON shows how to keep all vital professions like they ought to be conducted. She also helps Us as the American Nation to keep in good with Our Eifel Friendship as it stands, or all that remains of it so well developed over the years, between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and WESTERN GERMANY, present-day DEUTSCHLAND. Thank you. Have a Nice Day. Godspeed.

  • Hey fans,check out Betty doing "Old man Mose" and "Murder,he says"

    Nobody does a song like she does...she gives 100%..plus a big WOW factor.

  • I "belt" this song every chance I can get!!!!!

  • Sir(s): If I may, a this Date and Time, state here and attest that in reference to Ms. Betty HUTTON, namely, "This is a woman regardless of whatever the ARMY or AIR FORCE NCOA says, for all it is is "Say, Say" AND "Yes-Man Organization." And now, Thank you. Merci. --J. D., SATX 78202 U. S. A.

  • i am glad to see that people still love betty and the music from days gone by , i love to see comments from younger folk !!! i am 47 and think this is the bomb !!!! music today does not move me like this . great stuff thanks

  • Yes, and for another sickly anachronism, "There's a fish caught in the oars of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's finest boat. Sorry to hear of this of course, and I hope you, Sir, are feeling better about now.... Have a Nice Day, Big Prick-haters. --JD.

  • Betty Hutton was cute & crazy as hell !!

  • Who wouldn't love Betty Hutton?

  • Look closely. The gentleman on the left doesn't quite know the routine.

  • Got any more Hoagy Carmichael?

  • (confidentially I confess) I'm sending the Injun Chief with the tommy-hawk back to Little-Rain-in-the-Face and tell him we like this and we like it loud!!!!

  • She has a great figure, most likely because she is never still when she sings and dances All the time

  • i first got her in my eye in Annie Get Your Gun - i was hooked- i am not depressed while watching her , amazing woman

  • Adorable, irresistible, fantastic!! I'm 17 as well and have seen this song over and over again for the past year or so. Love it! :D

  • An absolutely great preformer.

  • obnoxious,ain't she ?

  • @lebow1 Very!  Hubba Hubba dreary to the extreme!

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!

  • it`s a cryfor help

  • thank you for the clip

  • Amazing performer !

  • just wonderful!!!!!

  • Such a beauty. Such a talent. Such damaged goods too....

  • She was adorable. Wow.

  • A life well lived & a lovely woman.

  • A #1 record for Capitol, among many she did. And I was there when it all happened, having been born in 1940. I remember when this issue came out and "His Rocking Horse Ran Away."

  • Bob Hope may have said it best when he referred to her as vitamin pill with legs. Hutton's enthusiasm and talent are second to none; indeed, if it could be harnessed, the energy crises would be ended.

  • The popular music of this era (roughly 1925-1950) includes some of the greatest ever written. Those who enjoy it will find the radio program "The Swingin' Years," with Chuck Cecil very rewarding.

    On the air since 1956, with a huge collection of music and interviews Cecil made over the years, the program airs Sat & Sun, 0600-0900 Pacific Time (US) at kkjz-dot-org (KJazz).

    Far more than mere entertainment, the program is also a history lesson of those who made this music - and their times.

  • terrific

  • Love her and love this movie. Love the song (by Hoagy Carmichael & P. Webster) and the arrangement by Paul Weston. Vocals are great, but it's Betty and those smooth moves that get me every time. Thanks for posting!

  • Miracle of Morgan's Creek...right?

  • nope the stork club

  • She for sure is the Gwen Stafani of her time I have never seen some one who put every molacule of her being into a song like that. She was the highest paid actress of 1950 by the way. I love her

  • she is a seed of rock and roll

  • Yes! She was a rock singer for the 1940's. Also note, she was the original singer of It's Oh So Quiet, aka Blow A Fuse.

  • Yes she is sporting victory rolls:)

  • Is she wearing victory rolls in this video?

  • betty is just so funny

    i luv it :)

  • "Okay, fellas, hit it!" The great Hutton!

  • If she had to keep still- she'd burst into flame!

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  • LOL did she just say injun?

  • I am 17 years of age as well. And I am absolutley in LOVE with Betty Hutton and other artist's from back in the day. Music in today's day and age is just... ugh...

    I agree with stareleades. WE definitley need more wonderful singers like her. Music today's just all about synthesizers and not actual talent. If you're attractive, and even if you're horrid at singing, you can still get fame. Which is really sad. Shows how times have changed.

    Love ya Betty! :D

  • So true, boy and girl groups are just plastic these days. The old musicals are so much fun and a joy to listen to

  • Not to be repetitive, but I'm 16 and completely agree with both you and starleades. My favorite movies and music are classic masterpieces. People fall for all kinds of trash now, but luckily some of us know how to appreciate the good stuff. And we should be grateful to be able to. ^_^

    Glad to see others here who can enjoy real talent! :D

  • (Khenali25u8) i know exactly what you mean! i'm 16 and there is NOOOO good music anymore. we needa bring this great stuff back. lol

    Betty Hutton is the the greatest there is! she was one of the most talented people ever. and a beautiful person she deserved every bit of fame she got and alot more.

  • Talented! and so adorable.

  • i love this betty hutton was great , great song

  • I think Betty was the one element that made swing music complete.

  • Aww I love Betty Hutton. She is so my favorite old time singer/actress. This song is adorable!

  • Was Betty Hutton the blonde singer on Miller's Kalamazoo ??

  • It was Betty's sister Marian who was with the Miller band.

  • "injun and his tommy-hawk"  XD gotta love the 40's

  • I'm 17 and I think Betty is just a breath of fresh air

    we need more like her in the 21st century :)

  • do agree.

  • @stareleades

    Same here, sister!

  • hi stareleades nice to see young people like yourself interested in this music ** betty hutton had a sister named marrion who sang with glenn miller & on stage she also was a ball of fire

  • Still love this song. Thanks betty,

  • thank you! someone i know referred to betty hutton as proto-rock and roll. i can see that, when she gets a yelling.

  • as much and a swell known as betty is for her role in annie get your gun, (and i love all the songs in it!!) this is still my favorite song of hers!!!! so thanx for posting this video!!!

  • I'm one of the musicals fans for whom Judy Garland is a favorite, but I have plenty of love for Miss Betty Hutton, as well. Also love her singing "Murder, He Says." TY for this clip.

  • There is a new Book on Betty Hutton, it is called "Rocking Horse" by Gene Arceri...Just came out. I love the book. I recommend it..

  • I just now finished reading that book, too. Now I understand Betty so much better than I did before. She was quite a gal. (And thank goodness for Father McGuire!)

  • well, i'm manic, too, and need lots of attn...and love to sing..i love this kind of comedy..not looking for variety..but i wish if she had done more if she wanted to stay in the limelight....

  • Betty Hutton wasn't neglected during her active career-she was one of the TOP singer/actresses of the 40's-including a classic comedy by Preston Sturges. Despite her beauty, she went for brassy vocal antics, self-parody,& nearly manic comedy. She seemed desperately eager to please. In "Sunset Blvd," the studio chiefs suggest Bill Holden turn his script into a "female baseball movie" since "Paramount is always looking for Betty Hutton vehicles." Once she quite films, she plunged into obscurity.

  • Good summation of Betty Hutton's career. Awesome talent, but boy could she come on strong.

  • Weird video, but cool.

  • Interesting how in those days, singers often sang songs even though the words clearly indicate they were meant to be sung by the opposite gender. This is a good example.

  • back then entertainers weren't so crazy about songs...you'd often hear 3 or more singers singing the same one...they each had different arrangements so they all sounded different...now one singer would sue another because they "stole" their song

  • I just loved Betty when I was a little girl ... I wanted to grow up to be like her. I miss her!

  • She is so talented and beautiful. I bet she did the best she could to raise her kids, and hopefully someday she will appreciated by family. We love her.

  • Does anyone know why her 3 daughters would not have anything to do with her, and neither of them went to her funeral? That is so strange, no matter went on between them, she was still the women who gave them life, and deserved that last respect.

  • In interviews late in her life she said she wished she had been a better mother. She didn't seem to blame her kids for the way they felt. Sad.

  • well she shouldn't blame her kids if she was a lousy mother.yes,it is sad though.

  • You raise a facet of Hutton's life that is painful to this day for her fans. Yes, her life had its peaks abd valleys! Maybe more valleys than peaks. I was in college in Rhode Island at the time she bottomed out and ended up in some low level job at Salve Regina, there in Newport. Loving friends kept up with her, whichis the good news, friends Bob Hope and Benay Venuta. Very painful memories for all of us!

  • Correction. Her first low level job in Rhode Island was at a rectory in Portsmouth. She ended at Salve Regina seeking a degree from that Newport institution of higher learning.

  • I've been tracking this lady and she is amazing, I love her voice and those dance moves. I never knew how she was but now I want to know more she's fantastic.

  • Wow! I'm impressed! She is amazing. This is the first time have ever seen her. I have heard of her and know she is the elder sister of Marian Hutton (Glenn Miller singer) But I never had the opportunity to experience her talent until now. Is she more poplar in film than radio? Thank you for this great peice!

  • Betty was one of the most popular movie stars in Hollywood between 1942 through 1952. Actually, she was two years younger than her sister. Read about her on the net, you will find that her life was like a movie as well. She passed last year at the age of 86.

  • She is the best!!! =]

  • One of the most exuberant musical performances ever committed to film...millionth time I've seen/heard it, and still...WOW!

  • MAN! She had a voice!

  • Perhaps the most versatile singer I have ever heard.(As well as dynamic).

  • I would play this record on our Victrola constantly when I was around 3 years old...haven't heard it in around 55 years!

  • It is so sad that she wasn't appreciated more by Hollywood... I love the tribute that Robert Osborne gave her on TCM.. Bless that man..

  • Betty Hutton: one of the best in movies in the 1940's.

  • Her dancing makes me happy. But boy she's mimicking Virginia O'Brien's deadpan for a few verses

  • You know, you are right! Love both of them!

  • You are one sick puppy

  • She was just amazing in Annie Get Your Gun

  • I agree. But then again, Betty was always good since she would give us everything she had in all of her performances.

  • I love Betty Hutton's voice. She was also so incredibly adorable and she's way too underrated.

  • What's this movie from

  • The Stork Club.

  • What a sweetie.

  • I own this movie. Betty Hutton was a one of a kind talent.

  • I'm crazy about this clip! She was a bright shining star and her joy radiates right off the screen. It breaks my hear that her personal life was so troubled. Fortunately, so many of her on-screen performances are preserved for us to enjoy. I hope you're having fun with the angels in heaven, Betty!

  • Betty Hutton is amazing and I'm addicted to this song! Thanks for posting!!!!

  • Heaven recently got a beautiful angel....loud but incredible!!! She's one in a million...just seems to have so much fun when she performs......THANKS FOR POSTING!!!

  • She is really good, but i still like Judy Garland and Julie Andrews better. But, just my opinion. ;*)

  • Jewel could handle the vocals and the look, but the acting and dancing might be another story.

  • LoveHowardBanister's comment is sad but true. For starters, for someone to try to emulate Betty Hutton, she would first have to take up Tae Bo or Turbo Jam just to get the spring and bounce that Betty once had. Then there are the intense voice and dance lessons etc.

  • No one today can do that.

  • Super

  • Hubba hubba Hutton still swings. Kilroy was here.

  • As to the idea of Kate Blanchet playing Betty Hutton in a biopic I can't say that I agree. Renee Zellweger favors Betty the most. Plus she did well in Chicago-but= does she have the talent? As a matter of a fact, does anyone these days has half the talent that Betty had?

  • She is so fun! I didn't know about Betty either. Thank you for posting.

  • She was so good. She was a great actress and it's sad that she passed away awhile back. Her movies are always so fun and full of energy, and her songs were great, especially "I wish I didn't love you so"...heartbreaking.

  • awesome song!

    she's so cute when she dances haha

  • Have you heard her do Bushel and a Peck? Its great.

    Is Lauren Hutton related to her?

  • I swear, I remind myself of her. HAHA! I love this woman! and this song is amazing. What movie is it from?

  • I think it's the Stork Club.

  • I can't believe I lived all these years without knowing Betty Hutton! I feel like this is the beginning of a great love story for me...

    Thank you sooooooo much for this video!

  • I love Betty Hutton and i think she's been very underated...she deserves to be up there with the rest of the greats.

  • this is an awesome song, im hooked on it!

  • I wonder when Kate Blanchet will do a movie about her.

  • i loove this song sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­o go damn much <3

  • I love this video clip! Her voice, the way she dances and her beauty. I watched it several times before I actually noticed her back up singer/dancers. Betty Hutton was so unique! They don't make them like her anymore.

  • She had the comic talent & timing of Lucille Ball, and could REALLY sing! I wonder why she walked away from her career? She could have been a big TV star if she'd wanted it.

  • Don't forget Betty Huttons sister was Marion Hutton who sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. You can see Her in the movie Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade.

  • Add to that, you can type in youtube 'Glenn Miller people like you and me' or 'Glenn Miller Kalamazoo' then click Search button, and here's Marion Hutton performing some of her greatest songs.

  • I think she's also a cousin to female bandleader Ina Ray Hutton. Actually, Glenn Miller thought Betty was more talented, but that Marion would be easier to handle. Both Betty and Marion had emotional problems and drug and alcohol dependencies.

  • what actress then, didn't?

    I don't mean to sound sarcastic or anything, but honestly, most of them do. Judy Garland, too.

  • I remember Ms. Hutton from "the Greatest Show on Earth". Thought she was just an actress. WOW.

  • The only other entertainer that could match Betty Hutton's energy and talent level was Mickey Rooney, another once-in-a-hundread-year phenomena.

  • As Bob Hope said she 'was a vitamin pill with legs'!

  • Good stuff...

  • G. Her stare in the beginning of this song reminds Virginia O'Brien.

  • So this is where Bette Midler got her style!

  • Miss Betty Hutton was the Bees Knees & all that jazz....NO ONE before or since compares to her...Marvelous talented lady..Tragic Life..

  • I haven't seen this movie, but I really like this song. Thanks for posting this video.

  • Betty Hutton was great in this movie, "The Stock Club" -- and Barry Fitzgerald was wonderful too. Wish they made movies like this nowadays. Betty had it all, she was good at singing, dancing, and comedy. rmaldrich

  • I trust you mean "The Stork Club"

  • She sure did. I wish I could of met her also..

  • ysabella brave eat your heart out

  • this is ace!