I KNEW JOHNNY IN PERSON AS MY FATHER HAD A WESTERN TV SHOW IN THE KNOXVILLE,TN MARKET AND HE CAME TO A COOKOUT IN 1986 AT OUR BACKYARD AND I ATE BARBEQUE WITH HIM.I WAS AROUND MY LATE 20S AND HE WAS A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN ME. HE WAS SO SMART AND DOWN TO EARTH. I COULD TELL HOW SENSITIVE HE WAS WHEN HE PLAYED WITH MY Great Dane DOG IN THE BACKYARD FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. HE LOVED NATURE AND ANIMALS AND THE MOST SINCERE PEOPLE DO. WHAT A SPECIAL PERSON HE WAS. REST IN PEACE JOHNNY.
One of the most beloved humans beings and of course entertainers in the world. A true kind and loving person and an authentic cowboy. R.I.P. my brother.
I guess we’ll never know the answer to that, but he and his high school sweetheart met again when they were in their 40s, and got married 5 years later, when children were no longer a possibility.
I was probably 4 when I started watching The Rifleman. My mom cleaned houses, and I went with her, so I watched TV to stay out of her hair. I grew up on The Rifleman and The Price is Right. It was an old black and white show, but was better than pretty much everything else on TV. 'Mark' was my first ever crush.
I had such a crush on Johnny! I loved to hear him sing, and still do......what a wonderful voice. So sad to know that Alzheimer's ruined the last bit of his life, and that he's gone. He was very much loved and I know he is very much missed.
I love his voice and style and his comping. He seems to be a very deep person and would have loved to talk with him. Has a personality that you already feel lack you know him.
LOVE JOHHNY.AS A ACTOR AND A GREAT SINGER.YOU BRING BACK MEMORIES JOHNNY..AT MY AGE I STILL WATCH YOUR SHOW THE RIFLEMAN.GREAT ACTOR .AS IS WONDERFUL CHUCK CONNERS...GOD BLESS YOU....
I first viewed this video about a year ago. I've viewed it about approx. 15 times since and each time I watch it, tears come to my eyes...and I'm a 48 yr. old married guy. Just beautiful Johnny.
This is Beautiful!!!☺️🙏🏻❤️💙God Bless Johnny Crawford and all that pertains to him. All his sweet family and friends that are seeing to his health and happiness🎶🥰🎶🥰🎶🥰🎶
i attended the same acting classes in college with david. i can't believe i came upon this post. amazing. i love this song and your singing of it. thank you johnny crawford for this moment...so many memories.
I remember reading about David Huffman's death. It made me so very sad but at the same time proud that he tried to help someone and lost his life doing so. I loved him in "Ice Castles" and "St. Helens". I know he did so many more movies and TV shows, but those were my personal favorites. RIP Mr. Huffman. Thank you, Mr. Crawford for doing this for him.
How delightful! I only came to discover The Rifleman a couple of years ago. I thought he was one of the most talented child actors I'd ever seen. I didn't know he also sang! What a gifted performer he was. I was sad to hear of his illness and death. But I am glad for all the video available, so new generations will keep on discovering him.
Watched you all my life, Johnny. Now I'm trying to find a song you sang that was extra beautiful, but it was probably when you were around late teens or early twenties, with a young man's voice. I don't know any words to it or its name, but it was one I'll never forget...and I'm older now. Anyway, you were and are a class act, and you made great TV with great acting, a spiritual side, and a moral to each story. Thanks man. God Bless You.
Wow ...johnny was greatxwithveverything ...being an actor ..singer ..musician ..I watched most of his movies ..riftman ..I love everyone on his movies ..especially johnny !...
Beautiful words and music. Johnny Crawford, I love the way you sang Home. First recorded in 1931 and my # 1 favorite song. Thank you for putting your version on UA-cam. I could hear you sing this over and over the same way you just performed it here.
So I'm sound asleep 3:00 am my dog wakes me up. By the time I roll out of bed and let lucybelle out to pee,I decide to make a cup and just stay up. Nothing on TV but those stupid tommy copper commercials, the nutrition bullet, some weight loss scams and chuck Connor,the riffleman. I watch it till it ends and I wonder whatever happened to the little boy that played his son. I google it,read a wiki,find out his name was Johnny Crawford and that he went on to do a lot of interesting things including make some music. I UA-cam Johnny Crawford and here I am. I freegin love the Internet and I grew up i Johnnys era so the inter webs was a Litte hard to get used to considering I listened to 8 tracks and watched black and white TV. Anywho,you sing great and youve had an exciting life Johnny Crawford. Glad your still doing well.
Ah, so sorry Johnny, to hear of your fate. I watched you when I was a kid and you were a kid, and from what I know of you, you cast a little light wherever you went. And that is the best part of you.
Wow. Beautiful voice. Wish I'd discovered this while he was alive. Sympathies to his family. Just saw that this was dedicated to his friend actor David Huffman. I also loved David. I lived in San Diego when he was murdered by an illegal immigrant. David was chasing the teen who had broken into an RV and the teen stabbed him to death. Sorry for Johnny's loss of a friend and sorry for the passing of Johnny. Everything I read shows he was just as nice as he came across in The Rifleman.
Illegal immigration has been a serious problem in the United States for quite some time and now it's deliberately been made worse than ever. Likely that scumbag who murdered him has since been released. The biggest stain on the Reagan legacy is that he got nothing from the Democrats for that amnesty he gave them beyond a wink and a nod that this problem would be fixed and not a God damn thing has ever been done and it's metastasized into a full-blown cancer today. If Reagan had dealt with this in 1986, it never would have be come an entitlement in so many people's minds where they feel they have a right to come into America and be taken care of on the backs of American citizens like they feel they do today.
Johnny was a interesting guy and had many things he liked and would be such fun to have as pal to hang with thanks to Metv for all the old shows they run!! RIP JC 🙏
The song was composed by Peter van Steeden in 1931 along with Harry and Geoffrey Clarkson. Crawford is one of many artists who've covered this classic composition. Its a piece that would've made even George Gershwin jealous.
we just love Johnny Crawford. From the Rifleman to young Johnny singing in his youth to present day. God bless you Johnny for being you. with love the Valdez family
Grew up in Los Angeles, graduated Westchester High. I was in A Cappella Choir and since, have had a deep appreciation for so much music! I love this song, I love the music of the 20’s-30’s... popular songs. And btw, your pretty much pitch perfect to my ear.. loved it!!!
Absolutely WONDERFUL singing and playing....GReat dedication here Johnny....I grew up with you on TV....You were a definitely a "fav" of mine.....GREAT JOB here and thanks fort this post.... Ken from Orlando, Fl.
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I wish I could have met him in person, what a talented man we lost. RIP Johnny.
I KNEW JOHNNY IN PERSON AS MY FATHER HAD A WESTERN TV SHOW IN THE KNOXVILLE,TN MARKET AND HE CAME TO A COOKOUT IN 1986 AT OUR BACKYARD AND I ATE BARBEQUE WITH HIM.I WAS AROUND MY LATE 20S AND HE WAS A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN ME. HE WAS SO SMART AND DOWN TO EARTH. I COULD TELL HOW SENSITIVE HE WAS WHEN HE PLAYED WITH MY Great Dane DOG IN THE BACKYARD FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. HE LOVED NATURE AND ANIMALS AND THE MOST SINCERE PEOPLE DO. WHAT A SPECIAL PERSON HE WAS. REST IN PEACE JOHNNY.
He grew to be a handsome man. Now he looks like this in heaven. Rest in peace Johnny
And he’s reunited with Chuck Connors,his best friend.
He'll be a kid again in heaven.
My goodness, what a voice. R.I.P
Anyone listening in 2020 besides me? One of my favorite childhood actors. ❤
I love this young man. Although he is 5 years older than me
I'm listening in 2021! Love this song!
2022
Listening in 2022
Still here 2022 ☺
One of the most beloved humans beings and of course entertainers in the world. A true kind and loving person and an authentic cowboy. R.I.P. my brother.
Soo wonderful.
Beautiful voice.
Rest in peace Johnny Crawford.
The masculine tenderness of another era...! Thank you, Mr Crawford, for this wonderful tribute to your friend.
"Home" -- and that you are. R.I.P., Mr. Crawford.
This song is so beautiful. Johnny has such a beautiful voice.
Adorable on The Rifleman, grew up to be a handsome man, seems he had a good life, glad he shared it with all of us.
I wonder why he never had children?
I guess we’ll never know the answer to that, but he and his high school sweetheart met again when they were in their 40s, and got married 5 years later, when children were no longer a possibility.
Johnny was a very talented musician and singer.
I had such a crush on him when I was in jr high school. I’m 70 now and still love him. I hope he had a good life!
I was probably 4 when I started watching The Rifleman. My mom cleaned houses, and I went with her, so I watched TV to stay out of her hair. I grew up on The Rifleman and The Price is Right. It was an old black and white show, but was better than pretty much everything else on TV. 'Mark' was my first ever crush.
Loved his music. it holds so many wonderful memories.
I'm here😂. I was a faithful Rifleman watcher. I love his songs and voice. Rip Johnny 😢
Just love to watch him sings these !
Love Johnny Crawford great singer and handsome man.
There is so charm in Johnnys voice and in this song too. I cant define what it is exactly, but this beautiful :)
Yes, its dreamy, sentimental and of another realm.
I'm in my 50s but I love watching the rifle man and Johnny is a wonderful actor. Thanks for the memories Johnny ❤️
Making beautiful music; so enjoyable for all!
I had such a crush on Johnny! I loved to hear him sing, and still do......what a wonderful voice. So sad to know that Alzheimer's ruined the last bit of his life, and that he's gone. He was very much loved and I know he is very much missed.
Nicely done Johnny. He was a very talented man. He was a gift to us all👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Beautiful.....He lives forever for those of us who appreciated him so much and in so many ways!!
One of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard on a man. He would have been a major singer in the 20's and 30's. He was born too late.
Johnny's got such a sweet voice. I could Listen to him all day.
Beautiful, simple, and heartfelt.
Wow. It's like a Mills Brothers classic. RIP Johnny.
Really nice performance. I enjoyed it, Thank you.
Wonderful song.
Goodbye Johnny. Of days gone by, when life meant something.
his voice recalls best American singers of all time
There are not too many like you Mr. Crawford; rest in peace
One of the cutest kids I ever seen on the Rifleman.
Excellent! Never knew he had such talent! God Bless you Johnny!
Beautiful! He will be missed and his legacy kept alive for all time! ❤️
Thats what I call a beautiful voice
Great pure version of this song
I love his voice and style and his comping. He seems to be a very deep person and would have loved to talk with him. Has a personality that you already feel lack you know him.
Great voice and superb guitar playing. I remember he sang a song or two on the Rifleman TV series. Bravo!!
I could listen to this every day forever! So beautiful.
RIP Johnny! He's in Heaven singing his heart out!!! ❤️❤️☀️
LOVE JOHHNY.AS A ACTOR AND A GREAT SINGER.YOU BRING BACK MEMORIES JOHNNY..AT MY AGE I STILL WATCH YOUR SHOW THE RIFLEMAN.GREAT ACTOR .AS IS WONDERFUL CHUCK CONNERS...GOD BLESS YOU....
I first viewed this video about a year ago. I've viewed it about approx. 15 times since and each time I watch it, tears come to my eyes...and I'm a 48 yr. old married guy.
Just beautiful Johnny.
Beautiful voice!
RIP Johnny, wonderful singer and Actor
This is Beautiful!!!☺️🙏🏻❤️💙God Bless Johnny Crawford and all that pertains to him. All his sweet family and friends that are seeing to his health and happiness🎶🥰🎶🥰🎶🥰🎶
I just found this. I love it!!!!!!
Never out of tune with a pleasant voice. Besides being a magnificent little cowboy he was cut out for many things in life. R.I.P.
This beautiful song resonates with me. I enjoyed Johnny Crawford’s rendition. ❤️
i attended the same acting classes in college with david. i can't believe i came upon this post. amazing. i love this song and your singing of it. thank you johnny crawford for this moment...so many memories.
Johnny this is beautiful!
Johnny it was great meeting you today...what an honor. You have not changed you still have a beautiful heart
Johnny has such a pretty voice of yesteryear
Magnificent!!!
Simply..... Beautiful✨✨
What a beautiful man...i mean he is just gorgeous....and that voice!! He has the sweetest voice ever....i love johnny crawford!
Can't get enough of Johnny Crawford's voice/music. Gosh, God bless him.
Johnny Crawford should have been born in the 1920s with the music he sings
Maybe he was in a previous life.
Now that's some good stuff right there. Love it!!
I remember reading about David Huffman's death. It made me so very sad but at the same time proud that he tried to help someone and lost his life doing so. I loved him in "Ice Castles" and "St. Helens". I know he did so many more movies and TV shows, but those were my personal favorites. RIP Mr. Huffman. Thank you, Mr. Crawford for doing this for him.
Really enjoyed this song...sadly the music industry seems to be completely lost today
Very Beautiful Johnny!
GREAT VOICE GREAT TALENT/HANDSOME MAN/WOW!!!!
How delightful! I only came to discover The Rifleman a couple of years ago. I thought he was one of the most talented child actors I'd ever seen. I didn't know he also sang! What a gifted performer he was. I was sad to hear of his illness and death. But I am glad for all the video available, so new generations will keep on discovering him.
Lovely melding of voice and song. Johnny, your sense of music and lyric is captivating.
Lovely man! R.I.P JOHNNY You will be missed.⚘💕🌷🎵🌹🎶♥️💜🦋
That's pretty damned impressive. 70 yrs old here, so of course I'm familiar with The Rifleman.... Thanks JC!
Watched you all my life, Johnny. Now I'm trying to find a song you sang that was extra beautiful, but it was probably when you were around late teens or early twenties, with a young man's voice. I don't know any words to it or its name, but it was one I'll never forget...and I'm older now. Anyway, you were and are a class act, and you made great TV with great acting, a spiritual side, and a moral to each story. Thanks man. God Bless You.
Maybe Cindy's Birthday.
@@santinarainey9644 or "Cindy's Going to Cry"? Check out his playlist on UA-cam.
He was a tenor not so much a baritone.
This young man was so cute and such a good actor. I loved. Him when. He was young with such a big beautiful heart. Love always a fan
Grew up watching him as a kid, enjoyed his singing as well.
WHAAAT A GORGEOUS VOICE MAN.
Wow ...johnny was greatxwithveverything ...being an actor ..singer ..musician ..I watched most of his movies ..riftman ..I love everyone on his movies ..especially johnny !...
great song great video Johnny's just wonderful!!! love him awesome man just as Chuck Conners. both were superb on the 'rifleman'
Beautiful words and music. Johnny Crawford, I love the way you sang Home. First recorded in 1931 and my # 1 favorite song. Thank you for putting your version on UA-cam. I could hear you sing this over and over the same way you just performed it here.
I saw that play in San Diego in 1985!
Thanks for sharing.
really nice song and rendition!!!
Lovely old song. Thanks for your faithful, evocative interpretation. Beautiful. "After You've Gone is a treat, too!
Beautiful, Johnny...
So I'm sound asleep 3:00 am my dog wakes me up. By the time I roll out of bed and let lucybelle out to pee,I decide to make a cup and just stay up. Nothing on TV but those stupid tommy copper commercials, the nutrition bullet, some weight loss scams and chuck Connor,the riffleman. I watch it till it ends and I wonder whatever happened to the little boy that played his son. I google it,read a wiki,find out his name was Johnny Crawford and that he went on to do a lot of interesting things including make some music. I UA-cam Johnny Crawford and here I am. I freegin love the Internet and I grew up i Johnnys era so the inter webs was a Litte hard to get used to considering I listened to 8 tracks and watched black and white TV. Anywho,you sing great and youve had an exciting life Johnny Crawford. Glad your still doing well.
Very sweet....he is friends with my brother. Love ya!
Regina Williams do you know how he is doing?? I just found out today...🥺
I am a big fan ! thank you !
love you johnny great song .
Loved Him 100%! SINGING AND ACTING!!!!!!
The WHOLE WORLD LOVED MARK MC CAIN!!! SUCH A GREAT CHILD ACTOR!! LOVED HIM MISS HIM
Ah, so sorry Johnny, to hear of your fate. I watched you when I was a kid and you were a kid, and from what I know of you, you cast a little light wherever you went. And that is the best part of you.
Wow. Beautiful voice. Wish I'd discovered this while he was alive. Sympathies to his family.
Just saw that this was dedicated to his friend actor David Huffman. I also loved David. I lived in San Diego when he was murdered by an illegal immigrant. David was chasing the teen who had broken into an RV and the teen stabbed him to death. Sorry for Johnny's loss of a friend and sorry for the passing of Johnny. Everything I read shows he was just as nice as he came across in The Rifleman.
Illegal immigration has been a serious problem in the United States for quite some time and now it's deliberately been made worse than ever. Likely that scumbag who murdered him has since been released.
The biggest stain on the Reagan legacy is that he got nothing from the Democrats for that amnesty he gave them beyond a wink and a nod that this problem would be fixed and not a God damn thing has ever been done and it's metastasized into a full-blown cancer today. If Reagan had dealt with this in 1986, it never would have be come an entitlement in so many people's minds where they feel they have a right to come into America and be taken care of on the backs of American citizens like they feel they do today.
Johnny was a interesting guy and had many things he liked and would be such fun to have as pal to hang with thanks to Metv for all the old shows they run!! RIP JC 🙏
very Beautiful ~
The song was composed by Peter van Steeden in 1931 along with Harry and Geoffrey Clarkson. Crawford is one of many artists who've covered this classic composition. Its a piece that would've made even George Gershwin jealous.
Wow..I knew he sang but this is something else....beautiful...just beautiful.
I wonder how old he was here.
Approximately 39
@@frankpaya690 thanks
I remember his big hit when I was kid. Today is Cindy's Birthday. He had a terrific voice.
Johnny you make my heart go pitter patter. realy you do
Beautiful song! RIP John! 😇
Loved you then
Love you now.
we just love Johnny Crawford. From the Rifleman to young Johnny singing in his youth to present day. God bless you Johnny for being you. with love the Valdez family
Beautiful song by Johnny...🙏❤😪
awesome-smile Johnny-I love it!
Grew up in Los Angeles, graduated Westchester High. I was in A Cappella Choir and since, have had a deep appreciation for so much music! I love this song, I love the music of the 20’s-30’s... popular songs. And btw, your pretty much pitch perfect to my ear.. loved it!!!
WORLD-CLASS... TASTEFUL... TUNEFUL... DELIGHTFUL...
Beautiful, Johnny!
Such a beautiful voice.
Absolutely WONDERFUL singing and playing....GReat dedication here Johnny....I grew up with you on TV....You were a definitely a "fav" of mine.....GREAT JOB here and thanks fort this post....
Ken from Orlando, Fl.