My mother was a fan of Lainie's singing and had 3 of her early recordings from the mid-late 1960's. I grew up listening to them--and fell in love with her voice. Later, in 1973 when I was living in Boston, I went to NYC to visit a close friend. While there, Lainie was appearing at the "Rainbow Room" at "Top of the Sixes". My friend took me to hear her. She mesmerizing, and her voice was still stunning. My friend and I had our pic taken together at our table, and Lainie was kind enough to autograph for me. She was very gracious. A bit later, she sang a medley of tunes made famous by Judy Garland, which were terrific. After the medley, she asked the audience if there was anything they would like her to sing. A lady in the back of the room asked Lainie to sing "My Man" from "Funny Girl." Lainie, without hesitating responded: "I couldn't possibly sing 'My Man,'---it belongs to BS." The room broke out in uproarious laughter!! I'll never forget that special evening 45 years ago. Lainie, thank you for sharing your many gifts as an actress and singer. Only a handful have accomplished what you have!! You're very special! :)
I have never fully appreciated Lainie Kazan until seeing her do such a wonderful job with this great Merrill/Styne song. Classic song, classic performance. And then, as I watched the video further, I had no idea that there would be a tribute to one of my favorite of all musicals: BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS. Robert Young does a great job with it!
She’s had a wonderful career doing exactly what she wanted with the gifts she has. And she still brings honest pleasure to her audience. And she has a buoyant sense of humor, which shines through each and every performance. Lainie Kazan is a true American Master. Not everyone gets to be a superstar. Nor do they wanna be.
She didn't become big because at the time Barbara and her where both joining into Movie and Music she did became famous for while but she wasn't pushing it like Barbara was
@@Melancholie89 Lainie Kazan Interview. In show business, you don't say “good luck,” you say “break a leg.” But one day, when Lainie Kazan was running along the beach with her dog, while taping a TV show, she literally fell and broke her leg.
I think all of the women who covered Barbra or did the show on the road sound really good, nice warm tones none of that nasal sound that a lot of the new girls on Broadway sing with. Can we go back to this style of singing please.
I wish Lainie could have been teleported to the present day to star as Fannie in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. What a beautiful rendition of People.
Ironic that although Lainie was Barbra’s understudy in Funny Girl on Broadway, Mimi Hines replaced Barbra when she left the production in December 1965. Mimi played the role for a year and a half until the show closed in July 1967.
There are songs from Funny Girl and another 1964 musicals likeGolden Boy(Sammy Davis),Ben\Franklyn inParis(Robert Preston),Something more (Barbara Cook) and the success Fiddler on the roof Robert Young introduced th eshow and also sang but not only Lennie Kazan.
Lanie had such control and really was a more personal rendition. Strong vibrato, but i love the color of her voice. And she was and still is a looker. Bravo! The only time she went on for Babs->she called the press to come watch. she got such great reviews that "someone" got her fired. Lanie: I would have done the same thing!
Talk about theater obscurity: understudy Lainie Kazan singing "People" -which she would do for exactly ONE performance when "the star" was finally "out" -15 months ithe run. Lainie went into Eve Harrington mode and made sure members of the press were there. However, unlike Eve, poor Lainie was sacked -by order of "the star."
That's so not true. "The Star" might be described as a extremely power mad ruthless stop-at-nothing-to-get-what-she-wants monster over the years by the press. But to suggest that in the early sixties she could exercise this kind of clout is simply absurd.
That's so not true. Almost everything you, "Michael Pantyhose", wrote was fabricated: Kazan was two yrs Streisand senior, so the likelihood of them getting familiar with each other back at Erasmus hall was slim, thus "they were high school classmates and competitive even then" was totally made up. Another such is Streisand used her clout to have Frances' screen time in FUNNY GIRL butchered: Streisand was too much of a neophyte in Hollywood when she made her first movie. She didn't know a single thing about movie-making, she didn't have any experience before and behind the camera, she didn't have a clue as to what worked and what didn't. More than anything, the moguls in Tinseltown was trepidatious about Streisand's power in drawing people into the cinemas: No matter how able she had been in packing arenas, stadiums in the concert circuit, how highly regarded a Broadway star, how her records had been selling like hotcake, how her TV specials vaulted to the top of the rating, Streisand was still untried merchandise in the movie business. The basket case of Liberace was still too ingrained in memory to forget.
Utter nonsense, propagated and perpetuated by hateful, fabricated gossip. Do some factual, actual research. These silly stories have long since been debunked. Lainie is a talented performer. Despite all the anti-Streisand babble, she had some great opportunities to prove it. And she did. Neither of these two women stood in each other's way. And each created the level of success and recognition that their own individual talent and style deserved.
@@KingTriton1837 That's like saying the Beatles had a better publicist and promoter than The Dave Clark Five. Streisand had a more unique talent, more unique voice and more unique looks. She was destined for immortality. If anyone didn't need help getting publicity in the sixties, it was Barbra.
@@KingTriton1837 I disagree. Streisand is an original, a talent that comes once in many genrations. She would have succeed no matter what, a voice like hers couldn't be denied. Lainie's singing is great. But there is something ethereal about Barbra's singing that is so natural, un-manufactered, real that's set her apart from everybody else. And she never worked on her voice, it's totally natural. The girl didn't even want to become a singer! Even though I don't believe in God, she has a God given gift.
Singers seem to 'own' certain songs. Lainie's rendition of 'A house is not a home' is simply the best. But then there is Barbra singing 'The kind of man a woman needs'. Who else would even try. Just superb.
The amazing gift of UA-cam: the fact that these incredibly rare clips are available for eternity to be seen. What a thrill.
Yes! I remember seeing this as a kid. I never thought I'd see it again.
Beautiful rendition!
What a voice. A superb rendition of this song
My mother was a fan of Lainie's singing and had 3 of her early recordings from the mid-late 1960's. I grew up listening to them--and fell in love with her voice. Later, in 1973 when I was living in Boston, I went to NYC to visit a close friend. While there, Lainie was appearing at the "Rainbow Room" at "Top of the Sixes". My friend took me to hear her. She mesmerizing, and her voice was still stunning. My friend and I had our pic taken together at our table, and Lainie was kind enough to autograph for me. She was very gracious. A bit later, she sang a medley of tunes made famous by Judy Garland, which were terrific. After the medley, she asked the audience if there was anything they would like her to sing. A lady in the back of the room asked Lainie to sing "My Man" from "Funny Girl." Lainie, without hesitating responded: "I couldn't possibly sing 'My Man,'---it belongs to BS." The room broke out in uproarious laughter!! I'll never forget that special evening 45 years ago. Lainie, thank you for sharing your many gifts as an actress and singer. Only a handful have accomplished what you have!! You're very special! :)
For me this wonderful actress can be anyone...Irish, Italian, Jewish, and the best of mothers, Greek. She's so talented.
I didn't realize Lainie sang so well. This is lovely.
Same! What an excellent voice!
I have never fully appreciated Lainie Kazan until seeing her do such a wonderful job with this great Merrill/Styne song. Classic song, classic performance. And then, as I watched the video further, I had no idea that there would be a tribute to one of my favorite of all musicals: BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS. Robert Young does a great job with it!
Lanie is not Barbara and Barbara is not Lainie . What a wonderful lady, Awesome 👏 👏👏👏👏
And you are not a Streisand fan when you can't even spell B A R B R A .
LAINIE!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MAN?
I would have gone with Lainie any day of the week!!!!!
💚💚💚💚💚💚
Lainie Kazan is a beautiful woman...and talented
The current producers should revisit this.
Lainie and Mimi Hines clearly illustrate that this standard is attainable without needing to be Barbra
I Just Love Her!
Gorgeous voice!
She was always a great choice. She has a great voice
Beautiful Voice..Love you Lainne..Star Producer
She was wonderful and classy. Perfect to do Funny Girl. Hard shoes to fill and she could! Her own talent! Her own voice!
Beautiful, lovely and unique
Thank you so much for this. Please post more of the early work of the great Lainie Kazan.
Please post much more early works of Lanie Kazan. She, was 'magic'. Thanks...
She could really sing. I don't know why she wasn't a bigger star.
Because she couldn't sing well enough. Plus she gained 200 lbs.
She’s had a wonderful career doing exactly what she wanted with the gifts she has. And she still brings honest pleasure to her audience. And she has a buoyant sense of humor, which shines through each and every performance. Lainie Kazan is a true American Master. Not everyone gets to be a superstar. Nor do they wanna be.
She didn't become big because at the time Barbara and her where both joining into Movie and Music she did became famous for while but she wasn't pushing it like Barbara was
she did Playboy in 1970, broke her leg during the shoot, got fat and never lost it. she wasn't superstar-material since then.
@@Melancholie89 Lainie Kazan Interview. In show business, you don't say “good luck,” you say “break a leg.” But one day, when Lainie Kazan was running along the beach with her dog, while taping a TV show, she literally fell and broke her leg.
great show. wish to see more of it. thanks for uploading it
Thank you for the posting!
I think all of the women who covered Barbra or did the show on the road sound really good, nice warm tones none of that nasal sound that a lot of the new girls on Broadway sing with. Can we go back to this style of singing please.
She is so beautiful, and talented. AMAZING!!!!
yay lanie ! i admire u so.....
Very talented lady
Beautiful singing!
I wish Lainie could have been teleported to the present day to star as Fannie in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. What a beautiful rendition of People.
Wow, I’m shocked. Period. Next to Streisand that’s the best rendition of people I’ve ever heard. What a magnificent voice.
Ironic that although Lainie was Barbra’s understudy in Funny Girl on Broadway, Mimi Hines replaced Barbra when she left the production in December 1965. Mimi played the role for a year and a half until the show closed in July 1967.
That's right! Mimi is one of my clisest friends. Wonderful lady!!
There are songs from Funny Girl and another 1964 musicals likeGolden Boy(Sammy Davis),Ben\Franklyn inParis(Robert Preston),Something more (Barbara Cook) and the success Fiddler on the roof Robert Young introduced th eshow and also sang but not only Lennie Kazan.
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i wish Lainie did more poetry like "Night Song" or "Song Without Words"
Bravo Lainie! Still wish I knew why they let you go from See Saw and opened with Michelle Lee instead. It should have been you.
I liked her song on the King of Queens "You can lick that lollipop mister but you can't lick me".
She's also very good!
Beaches!
Lanie had such control and really was a more personal rendition. Strong vibrato, but i love the color of her voice. And she was and still is a looker. Bravo! The only time she went on for Babs->she called the press to come watch. she got such great reviews that "someone" got her fired. Lanie: I would have done the same thing!
I didn't know the Bergmans wrote a musical on Broadway!
Lainie is a very good singer...but Barbra gift is that her singing "seems" effortless.
It's a waste of time comparing LK to BS. Both are total gems.
GEORGOUOS VOICE
Babs was right to be intimidated by her.
Barbara should have let her have her moment
Lainie may have been Streisand's understudy.... I love some Ava St. Claire 😍
Actually she was !
🎵You can lick my lollipop 🍭 Mister - But ya can’t lick me!🎵
She’s ALWAYS had a beautiful voice ❤
Robert Young introduction? Where is thus from?
Why didn't she take over for Striesand when she left the original Broadway cast? Does anyone know?
She got notoriety from her one performance when Babs was sick so she took advantage of other lucrative offers.
Who’s the guy at 5:59?
Lainie has a warmer personality than Barbra. I suppose Streisand is technically a superior vocalist, but Lainie is a far more likeable actress.
You suppose?
Don't agree.
Saucy vixen...
I remember finding my father's stash of Playboy magazines. Lainie was featured in one issue. Dare I say it -- she made a big impression.
Talk about theater obscurity: understudy Lainie Kazan singing "People" -which she
would do for exactly ONE performance when "the star" was finally "out" -15 months ithe run. Lainie went into Eve Harrington mode and made sure members of the press were
there. However, unlike Eve, poor Lainie was sacked -by order of "the star."
That's so not true. "The Star" might be described as a extremely power mad ruthless stop-at-nothing-to-get-what-she-wants monster over the years by the press. But to suggest that in the early sixties she could exercise this kind of clout is simply absurd.
That's so not true. Almost everything you, "Michael Pantyhose", wrote was fabricated: Kazan was two yrs Streisand senior, so the likelihood of them getting familiar with each other back at Erasmus hall was slim, thus "they were high school classmates and competitive even then" was totally made up. Another such is Streisand used her clout to have Frances' screen time in FUNNY GIRL butchered: Streisand was too much of a neophyte in Hollywood when she made her first movie. She didn't know a single thing about movie-making, she didn't have any experience before and behind the camera, she didn't have a clue as to what worked and what didn't. More than anything, the moguls in Tinseltown was trepidatious about Streisand's power in drawing people into the cinemas: No matter how able she had been in packing arenas, stadiums in the concert circuit, how highly regarded a Broadway star, how her records had been selling like hotcake, how her TV specials vaulted to the top of the rating, Streisand was still untried merchandise in the movie business. The basket case of Liberace was still too ingrained in memory to forget.
Utter nonsense, propagated and perpetuated by hateful, fabricated gossip. Do some factual, actual research. These silly stories have long since been debunked. Lainie is a talented performer. Despite all the anti-Streisand babble, she had some great opportunities to prove it. And she did. Neither of these two women stood in each other's way. And each created the level of success and recognition that their own individual talent and style deserved.
She went on for 2 shows. The Wednesday Matt and the Wednesday evening and then gave her 3 weeks notice.
Not true
She's technically wonderfully, but lacks the...don't know...pizazz that Barbra Streisand had at that moment!
Kate Johnson I strongly disagree. If anything, she had more than Miss Streisand. Streisand had a better publicist and promoter.
@@KingTriton1837 That's like saying the Beatles had a better publicist and promoter than The Dave Clark Five. Streisand had a more unique talent, more unique voice and more unique looks. She was destined for immortality. If anyone didn't need help getting publicity in the sixties, it was Barbra.
@@KingTriton1837 I disagree. Streisand is an original, a talent that comes once in many genrations. She would have succeed no matter what, a voice like hers couldn't be denied. Lainie's singing is great. But there is something ethereal about Barbra's singing that is so natural, un-manufactered, real that's set her apart from everybody else. And she never worked on her voice, it's totally natural. The girl didn't even want to become a singer! Even though I don't believe in God, she has a God given gift.
She’s pretty good. Styled right after Streisand’s. The real shame is streisand abandoned what made her a legend by 1968.
Totally agree, I detest Barbra as a person.
Superior to Streisand in so many ways.
Sorry, but not hardly.
Singers seem to 'own' certain songs. Lainie's rendition of 'A house is not a home' is simply the best. But then there is Barbra singing 'The kind of man a woman needs'. Who else would even try. Just superb.
QUITE THE TALENT!....WHERE DID SHE GO? AT LEAST TO ME....
My Big Fat Greek Wedding and that Adam Sandler movie?
She was in a well-written but unsuccessful sitcom with Dan Laroquette in the 90s (80s?).