Guy Mitchell, Four Lads--TV Hit Medley, 1981
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2025
- Guy Mitchell, backed up by the Four Lads, sings several of his classic hits, including "Heartaches By the Number," "My Heart Cries For You," "Pittsburgh, PA," "The Roving Kind," "Sparrow in the Tree Top," and "Singing the Blues," in this rare TV performance from 1981.
NOW 86 I STILL A SUPER FAN OF ALL!!! IT IS WHY I AM BACK!!!
This was a rare appearance that propelled him into performing again on a regular basis. Hence any nerves he may have had this might. Thankfully I got to see his show in 1992 in Australia and met him after the show. Thorough gentleman. He was the same in 1994 on another visit to Australia. Wonderful performer.
Playing this to my Mum, Shirley Davis who is now 86. She ran his fan club in the 50’s and she’s mesmerised. This is wonderful.
A most underrated singer and entertainer. Had a very good voice that's makes you want to singalong.
His singing was mediocre at best, but when I was 6 and he sang 'Truly Fair' he became my favorite singer; he had a knack for choosing unusual hit songs with good tunes.
Actually he was more popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa than he ever was in the US.
@@rogerpropes7129 He didn't choose any of his songs. It was Mitch Miller who produced him and Ray Conniff who did that.
learned this guy from new vegas. Glad I found this
Madge Lane?
@@Biogeology When someone refers to "New Vegas" they refer to a popular game from 2010 which features songs from the 50's as its soundtrack.
Nice trip down Memory Lane. TY!
Oh wonderful happy days
Fine singer, looking remarkably young in this clip!
Yeah that's really impressive. I originally thought this was a clip from the late 60's because he looked a bit older but not enough to make me think it was filmed 3 decades after his first hits !
Thanks Guy, for all those happy, novelty songs in the early fifties and thanks also to Bob Merrill for writing most of them!
My aunt bought all his records and played them at family Christmas parties. I remember every single one, quite remarkable as I would have still been a baby or a toddler at that time. When my parents moved, we never went to the parties any more - I was six then. His music made a massive impact on me.
Tengo 83 años, gracias Guy Mitchell, por tus canciones en esa época en que todo era alegría y felicidad fines de los años 50 y principios de los 60.
His career was soaring just about the time I was born. I listened to Singin The Blues, Pittsburgh, PA and Feet Up a million times on my little record player at age 5 or 6.
AT 80 I SO RECALL MEETING THE LADS IN HI SCHOOL AT LOCAL STATION IN LAWERENCE, MA. & GUY 'S INFECTIOUS VOICE & MANNER PERMEATED MY TEEN YEARS...I SO LUCKY!!!
As a kid growing up in the late 60s and early 70s, my parents had a record collection of all these singers and groups from the 50s. I remember hearing Guy Mitchell and the Four Lads as well as many other artists. I remember one record collection was from Lucky Strike, I think it was called Remember How Great. Brings back a lot of memories
Absolutely amazing,this is so underrated,i dont now why.
in 81 he still looked young.
Michael Mcgee Yes he looks like , 60
Nah dude, he looks as if he is in his late forties at worst.
My man looks like he's in his late 20s
For a guy that had an alcoholic problem during the 70's ...he looks damn good!!!....give him credit!!!
Yes even in his early 30s he looked the same nothing changed HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBERRRR
He still looked so young 🙄💗
Yes, he certainly did.
He did. Think he was about 56 here.
I was about 7 years old when Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was a big hit on the radio & Guy became one of my favorite singers with hit song after hit song , his voice was always there on the radio serenading with his great voice. What a Guy!
I fell in love with Guy,when he did a concert at an amusement park. in Massachusetts. I was 8 or 9. He always had a great voice. AND he was absolutely ADORABLE!!
@@karenkatmom3635 That means that you are probably older than I am.
AWESOME.... I grew up listening to Guy Mitchell music as my Mom loved him and funny that I ended up loving his music too... I have very fond memories of all these songs as I would sing them with my Mom around the kitchen table of a night.... RIP GUY MITCHELL
I saw Guy several times at the Empire Theatre in Glasgow in the late 50s and met him backstage on one occasion. He had a fantastic voice.
He was best mates with my mum and I got sent to his ranch in 1980 ... I had no idea who he was 🤣 its not since he died that I found out !
He was fantastic person ! Couldn't beat me at gin rummy tho pmsfl
There is a singer in Hurghada Egypt who is the image of him and has the same voice ! Goose bumps !
Superb performer ❤An absolute joy to watch...
He was the most loyal loving person ever
Met him and got his autograph way back when at Clark's Music in Syracuse NY...thought he was cute...
😉
All my life,, I thought, my dad, who was a singer wanted to b sinatra or Matt Monroe, and I seenow that he probably aspired to their level of @sopistication@ but everything in his cadnce, his gestures, was based on Guy Mitchell. He loved Guy, but always wanted to be @as good@ as Sinatra or Munro - I think he was aiming at the wrong things. Guy Mitchell is the best.
You probably meant Vaughn Monroe, powerful baritone singer of the 40s and 50s
The sound of Guy Mitchell was so much a part of the 50s. "My Heart Cries For You" was my mother's favorite song. I only wish I had thought to ask just what it meant to her; by the way she sang along with the record, though, it surely meant a lot. Too late now, for so many things.
Re minds me of my dear husband so young and crazy we were oh so happy
Irene... he would thank you from his heart ❤️
He was so goood.
Can't help but wish he'd included his utterly stupendous, larger than life Knee Deep In The Blues single in this set. But quite frankly, I'm more than grateful for whatever video clips have survived. I saw him once at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (1993) and met him and his wife after the show. He was PHENOMENAL live and a world class gentleman. He is greatly, greatly, greatly missed.
And he still looks great here.
He was one of the best singers at thzt time
I met Guy at CKFH Toronto where I worked.Also met Eartha Kitt there.Those were the days!
.......And that was the talent.
This show took place in the Waldorf=Astoria Grand Ballroom just before a major renovation and restoration back to the Art Deco style of the 1930's when it first opened. just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. 😊
Very cool
If I am remembering correctly was from the first 1950s music salute that PBS ever did. The theme was a salute to Mitch Miller, who guided the careers of all the entertainers featured.
Thanks so much for posting this. Wish PBS would play the entire show again. I remember the Lads joined Guy here as he was having trouble with his voice, seeming to lose it at times.
Others appearing were Frankie Laine, Rosie Clooney, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Dinah Shore and I think Tony Bennett. And the program closed with all singing to Mitch, thanking him for his help as head of Columbia Records.
I watched this show back in 1981. (Don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOLOLOL).
The other Mitch Miller star who was on the program was Johnny Mathis. He and Rosemary Clooney and Tony Bennett found out the hard way what the consequences could be for not recording the songs Miller picked for them. When Bennett told Miller that he just couldn’t record a “hillbilly song” like Hank Williams’ “Cold, Cold Heart,” Miller replied, “Okay, I’ll just tear up your contract.” When Clooney balked at “Come On-a My House,” Miller said to her, “You’re fired!” When Mathis insisted on recording jazz arrangements, Miller told him that he had no “definition” as a singer because he was imitating Billie Holiday and Lena Horne recordings. He handed Mathis demo recordings of twelve new ballads and told him to pick four. All four became top-ten hits. On the other hand, he saw and heard the potential in the young U.K. singer Albert Cernik. Miller told him that “Al” was not a good first name to have in the U.S. because Al Alberts was the lead singer of the Four Aces, and that “Guy” was a popular name because of Western star Guy Madison. When Cernik asked what a good last name might be, Miller said he could use his (Miller’s) first name and become “Guy Mitchell.”
I was lucky enough to see Guy in 1984 on a UK tour, he sounded very much the same as he did here but he said he was suffering with a heavy cold. He seems non to confident of the words in places, guy did have serious alcohol problems in the 70's maybe that explains the voice problems better. He was a big favourite of my mum and though hearing him on numerous 78's the first album I bought aged about 10 was his greatest hits. 40 odd years later I'm still a huge Guy Mitchell fan.
These medleys were often put together just for the TV shows and he probably didn't have ample rehearsal time.
OldiesAl Is it just me or was he an underrated singer?
He was massive in the 50's especially in the UK were he kept his popularity to the end of his life, he is one of my all time favourite artists
OldiesAl Thanks for your reaction, indeed it was a fantastic singer, im 13 and my favorite singer is guy mitchell
You have great taste for a young fella, I was 10 when I bought my first Guy Mitchell album and have loved him ever since that was over 40 years ago
He seemed to enjoy life. Read he enjoyed horse riding in Australia, although he had accident there. He came to Somerset, England and played golf. Many entertainers spend long hours waiting in hotels or in theatre dressing rooms, Guy didn't if he could find something else to do.
Liked seeing the string musicians clap their hands at the start of the song the roving kind and clap their hands to singing the blues.
Their instruments wont fit on those songs so yeah
Mitch Miller pre Singalong be like MYYYY HEEEEART CRIIIIES FOR YOUUUU!
Absolutely Brilliant!
A class act!
Definitely 🥰
I thought he had died in the late 50's. Never heard about him after that. I remember him when I was a child.
He died in 1999.
He retired and ran a cattle ranch.
He slept in my bed in 1978 ... I wasn't there I was in boarding school 😩
@@phredl sort of ... he had a cattle ranch in Boise idaho then his horses passed away .. beau was the last to go
Arrangement of My Heart Criea For You especially key change make it souns '81 ballads
Still very good Guy.
Excelente cantante
I was there he was my unca
Hope this verson of Heartaches by The Number is in fallout
Frankie Busseri of the Four Lads doesn't look happy to be a backup singer...lol
thats it, im playing again fallout new vegas!
Theory: What if Frank Sinatra sang the songs Mitch Miller offered him, he will be like this guy and he'll not be famous cause' he will lose fame by the 60s where he had a lot of hit songs.
His voice is gone. Must be a heavy smoker.
Irregardless I still would put him up against any of the crap that's out there today...
He didn't smoke ... he drank
He never smoked 🚬! Ever
Guy never smoked 🚬 in his life
I thought he sounded good here. The sound man needed to turn up his mic because the instruments overpower him
My favourite singer when I was a teenager. I saw him several times at the Empire Theatre in Glasgow and on one occasion I met him backstage.