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Ethel Waters was a brilliant jazz vocalist, who deserves to be better known to our present generation. This song from the film "On With The Show" was recorded for Columbia on May 14th, 1929.
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Robert F. Kennedy's widow Ethel and son Max discuss their support of Barack Obama. Visit http://www.VoteForCh ange.com to look up your polling location for the election on Tuesday.
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Ethel Waters sings Eyes On The Sparrow. Song from the 1952 movie "The Member of the Wedding" With Ethel Waters as Bernice Sadie Brown; Julie Harris as Frankie Addams; and Brandon De Wilde as John Henry.
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Ethel Merman
"Do I Love You"; "You Do Something to Me"; "I Get A Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter)
From: VAI DVD 4299
Cole Porter An All-Star Tribute -- The Bell Telephone Hour 1964 (plus bonus tracks Bell Telephone Hour 1960)
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At request, I've uploaded a second Ethel Waters song: this unforgettable version of "Stormy Weather", recorded for Brunswick on May 3rd, 1933. She was accompanied by a brilliant studio orchestra including Tommy Dorsey on trombone and his brother Jimmy on clarinet.
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We all know Merman did a fabulous job singing "Gypsy," but how was her acting?
Could she have pulled off the film or was she too over the top?
Here's audio of some of her dialogue scenes from her final performance - March 25th, 1961.
Judge for yourself!
Julienne Marie plays Louise.
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A rarely seen clip, and perhaps Merman's final film performance, this is Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Carol Channing and Della Reese performing, "I'm The Greatest Star" from Funny Girl on an episode of "The Love Boat," known as the Broadway Follies Episode.
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Mary Martin
Ethel Merman
The Legendary Duet (excerpt)
from: VAI DVD 4292
Mary Martin
Ethel Merman
Their Legendary Appearance on
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
June 15, 1953
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Rare footage.
William Frawley & Vivian Vance (as Fred & Ethel Mertz) sing "Carolina in the Morning" at the Anti-Defamation League 40th Anniversary Dinner held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. 1953.
Not sure of the origins of this segment of footage, but it was probably made for TV broadcast locally in D.C.
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Here's Ethel Merman performing the Number "Anything Goes" with original set design and choreography. This was part of the tv show "Musical Comedy Tonight", hosted by Sylvia Fine Kaye and broadcast in 1979.