PAT SUZUKI sings "SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE" with FRANK SINATRA & NATALIE WOOD 1958

After a spectacular entrance by guest star Natalie Wood, and a typical exchange of guest-star banter, Frank Sinatra introduces his other guest star, PAT SUZUKI, who brings down the house once more, with her second number of the evening, Johnny Mercer's standard "Somethings Gotta Give" in this sequence from the second half of "The Frank Sinatra Show," which aired on May 23, 1958, The dynamic Ms. Suzuki earned her star in Broadway Heaven that same year, when she introduced the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic "I Enjoy Being a Girl" as nightclub entertainer Linda Lowe in the original production of "Flower Drum Song," for which she received a Theatre World Award. The best-selling RCA recording artist [her chart-topping LPs include "Miss Pony Tail," "Broadway 59," "Looking At You," "The Many Sides of Pat Suzuki," and others] nicknamed "Miss Pony Tail" received a Grammy Award nomination for her LP "Broadway 59." She guest starred on many television and radio variety shows of the day, including "Toast of the Town" [aka ""The Ed Sullivan Show"], "The Dinah Shore Show," "The George Gobel Show," "The Dick Clark Show," "The Jack Paar Variety Show," "The Jerry Lester Show," "Startime," "The Mike Douglas Show," "The Red Skelton Show" and "The Frank Sinatra Show," as seen in this rare clip. Ms. Suzuki made history on more than one occasion: On December 22, 1958, her portrait, alongside "Flower Drum Song" costar Miyoshi Umeki, with the American Flag as a background, appeared on an iconic "Time Magazine" cover; she sang at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration; and she appeared opposite Pat Morita in the first TV sitcom starring an Asian-American family, Mr. T. and Tina. Ms. Suzuki costarred with close friend George Takei, "Star Trek's" Mr. Sulu, in Frank Chin's "The Year of The Dragon" on PBS. Ms. Suzuki is active in supporting Asian-American rights. In 2005 she received rave reviews for her moving performance in the Los Angeles premiere of "Manzanar: An American Story", an epic work which commemorated the World War II Japanese American internment camp experience and explored the evolution of civil liberty in America, directed and written by Philip Kan Gotanda, composed by Jean-Pascal Beintus, David Benoit and Naomi Sekiya, narrated by Senator Daniel K. Inouye, in which Ms. Suzuki costarred with Olympic skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, Sab Shimono and John Cho, at UCLA s Royce Hall in 2005. and continues to perform. In recent years, The Legendary Pat Suzuki has also starred in such notable New York events as "Two By Two": The Richard Rodgers Centennial Concert [directed by and costarring original cast member, Tony-nominee and Theatre World Award winner Walter Willison], as Bloody Mary in "south Pacific": In Concert at Lincoln Center [also on CD], "The 61st Annual Theatre World Awards" at Studio 54, and in "Broadway Originals In Concert" at Town Hall.

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• Pat Suzuki
• Frank Sinatra
• Natalie Wood
• Broadway musical
• Theatre World Award
• Flower Drum Song
• Johnny Mercer
• Rodgers and Hammerstein
• Grammy Award
• Miss Pony Tail
• Japanese
• Asian-American
• gay interest

[kweniwastada]

Great indeed,a pleasure to see

[BroadwayGoldnAge]

I'm so glad you liked the clip! And I'm sure Pat is going to be thrilled to know she has a new fan in Holland, as well!

[ninjasuzuki]

Bravisimo!

[BroadwayGoldnAge]

Thanks so much!

[realfredwithtires]

Natalie was so GORGEOUS! I know it was scripted but they are both so natural...bend an elbow on occasion...you Mata Hari!

LOVE IT!

[BroadwayGoldnAge]

The Golden Age of TV definitely had class, didn't it? And you're right -- back then they knew how to make scripted dialogue seem natural, perhaps because they didn't pretend it wasn't scripted -- makes today's shows pale in comparison!

[1985nicole]

wonderful ! thanks for posting !

[DoctorScuba]

Pat Suzuki...a REAL singer! what a strong set of pipes

[raqsrus]

What a joy to watch, I'm interested in hearing more Pat Suzuki material & Natalie Wood has long been a favourite. Thanks for posting this.

[BroadwayGoldnAge]

And really full of pizazz for a kid her age, too, wasn't she? Glad you enjoyed the clip.

[alvastarr1]

She she was still only nineteen years old.