George Liberace & His Orchestra Perform 'The Peanut Vendor'

A 1959 recording of George Liberace & His Orchestra performing a masterful arrangement of 'The Peanut Vendor'. George Liberace was elder brother to Walter Valentino Liberace; the highly acclaimed pianist. "Brother George" (& members of his orchestra) often accompanied Liberace on his 1950's television programme 'The Liberace Show'. In addition, George served as music director for the 'The Liberace Show' (1952-55) & later managed the Liberace Museum/Foundation until his death in 1983. George is playing the maracas on the album cover displayed in this video.

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[SUPERMANfromMETROPOL]

@johnnydollar01 this is important, because if it is before the first elvis-record, then it is a real sky-scraber!

[hotsickle]

We used to have that same album when I was growing up, but it got allscratched. Thanks! :{)

[johnnydollar01]

Correction: search for george liberace. The crownstar search term won't work on iTunes.

[johnnydollar01]

Good Peanut Vendor, but it's not from 1952. Close to late 50s, since nobody was recording in stereo in '52. You can download the entire album in stereo from iTunes: search for liberace and crownstar. But sample first; one of the downloads is mono, the other is stereo.

[SUPERMANfromMETROPOL]

This is clearly the dawn of the hypnotoad-groove, which was to peak decades later in the disco-maxi-single-haze!

[SUPERMANfromMETROPOL]

With a brother like that

you can´t go wrong in music-business.

This is absolutely super, and if it is before 1956 it is also blazing upfront.

I wonder where exaxtly the difference in vibe-sync was between Walter and George. It would be interesting to know. We certainly know the concordia-part, and it was super super super!