Carousel - 1956 - If I loved you duet.
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- Beautiful Duet with Gordon MacRae and Shirely Jones.
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Graduated from High School and saw this with the girl I fell in love with and have loved her for 60 more years now.
Ahhh... Sounds like perfection. :)
😍
Awe!
That brings a tear to my eye. Very best wishes to you both.
U know u aren't alone! My friend and faves of allwys: oliver twist ( who will buy) and sound of music (lonely goatherd)
Nobody can sing this like Gordon MacRae.
Agree 💯 %!!!
Musicals are special, they're movies, but they're movies with so much more heart than ordinary films. I think.
This is not outdated. This music is forever.
Every time I hear this song, I thank the music gods that Gordon MacRae sang this rather than Frank Sinatra.
There is only one God, but I want to ask you what you think about the dude in "Paint Your Wagon", Harve Presnell, who sang " They Call The Wind Maria"---sigh...
Also, he played Leadville Johnny
both on Broadway, (entire run), of "Unsinkable Molly Brown", and the film version in 1964. I saw the movie with Debbie Reynolds.
I guess they weren't making quality so much after that, so, those types of roles diminished
for him, as far as movies go.
I see where he played Daddy Warbucks in touring company; I saw it twice, once in Atlanta, so, I might have seen him.
Was he supposed to be in it? That woulda doomed the film. Not that Frank isn't great. Just not his type of thing, innit?
truth
Carousel. The place where my love for musicals began.
There's a reason this is considered the golden age of film.
Possibly one of the most perfect duets ever written and ...sung....perfectly
There is absolutely no one, no one who could sing a duet of this song the way Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae sang it. No one even comes close. I cry every time I hear the song and watch the video.
I first saw this as a stage play in 1953. Now I'm 81 and blubbering like a baby.
It shows you to become wiser and more sensitive as you age... and I with you! :-)
Me too!
I'm not quite as old as you, but I'm blubbering too!
I saw the stage play too when I was young.
Thomas Vaughan Jones I'm 41 and blubbering like a baby!! Beautiful, classic
People today have no idea of the talent that the stars of the old days had, and how much we loved our old motion pictures.
Rodgers & Hammerstein were absolutely perfect genius together. They gave us so very many gorgeous songs....it just doesn't happen anymore, sadly.
*sigh* from Carousel to Oklahoma, The Music Man, The King and I (Anna & the King of Siam), South Pacific, The Sound of Music....so much of the American Soundtrack from 50s to the 70s was by these 2 gentlemen & some wonderful actors who could actually sing! Definitely part of the fabric of lives from that era.
Except they didn't write 'The Music Man'. That was penned by Meredith Wilson.
I didn't see this film until I was in my twenties, but musicals such as this firmly founded my ideas of what love would be like. My parents story of meeting could have been made into one. And both of them sang beautifully. My brothers were in the orchestras of several musicals (including this one) when I was a young teen. Tragically, my mother would pass away agonizingly close to their 25th wedding anniversary. I worried that something like that might happen to me. My wife, every bit as beautiful and enchanting as Shirley Jones is here, didn't pass away . But 17 years later she chose to leave me. There has been a huge hole in my heart ever since. That was 27 years ago now. SO here I sit, alone for all those years, yet still believing in this kind of magically intense love, quietly crying real tears, thinking of the loss my poor Father had to endure fror24 years, and now his son, an even longer time. I must look and sound pathetic, but there is no one here to see. And I will never stop believing. And at least my Father and I had a lot longer than poor Billy Bigelow. tp experience transformative love, the kind I expect to feel again in Heaven.
🥺💔
I am touched by your comment. Unlike the more popular and uplifting stories of finding love after loss, the darker and quiet reality is that many people never find their special someone-either again, or just never at all. It’s why many of “us” need to escape to an idealized masterpiece of young love such as this song
Absolutely heart rendering. Not a fool at all..Thank you for sharing and God Bless
Heaven is my home too.
My parents took me to see this on Broadway in New York 1956. I was 5. So enchanted.
So wonderful. Every October my dad would take mom from Chicago to NY on one of his business trips. He would do his work stuff and she would shop in the days. At night they would go to the Met and "take in the shows." (This was before you needed a second mortgage for Broadway tix.) One year they finally took me and my brother and sister and we saw The Music Man. Decades past. Dad and Joey gone, my sister working in Tokyo. Mom was 100 and living with me. We watched The Music Man on TCM one night. The next morning she didn't wake up but I thought "Well, she went out on a good night."
This is the most beautiful song ever written for a musical. I can’t listen without crying. The music just goes straight to your heart.
No one can ever replicate the genius, talent, magic, joy & happiness of the words & music of Rodgers & Hammerstein!
I'm finding I have the same problem (in tears).
Such wonderful memories R H movies were the best I'm 75 and still get excited to hear them ❣️❣️❣️
It is very beautiful, you are right
Richard Rodgers who wrote Carousel said t hat Carousel is his favorite musical. Mine, too!
Gordon Mcrae what a voice it could crack glass he has a voice like no other .
He was so underrated. Personally, I don’t think any singer of his time or since had the same combo of technical skill and feeling.
This song meant so very much to us, my husband use to sing it to me. Unfortunately he passed away many years ago but I still sing it myself and the tears start. It is the most beautiful, sad, heart rending song I have heard and Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones put so much feeling into it that you can,t help but cry. It will last forever, and sung when Ipass away.
A lovely song, sad one, but I try to remember good things,
@@georgeorwell5596 YES George, I have never heard such a beautiful song sung so perfectly. It still makes me cry. Audrey Harrison
When I read your words it touched my heart. I am a guy who grew up in the 50's from Brooklyn, NY. I can remember my aunt & uncle. who lived in the apartment house across the street singing many, many songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, this one in particular. That has stayed with me for the past 60 years or so. Anyway, when I hear this song now I think of them and my mom & dad. All the adults of my generation back then are gone now, its just my wife & me. My wife is suffering with stage 4 cancer and at times my heart is soothed by this song.
I trust in God for everything and thank Him for giving me a wife for the past 56 years.
God bless you Audrey and may the Lord comfort you always and it's ok to shed some tears over your wonderful memories.
Bob
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To be honest, Audrey - you made me well up just reading your comment, bless you for sharing a little piece of your heart.
Her face, her hair, that voice, that dress. Could there be anything more perfect.
mysterioso 100 -- 'Twas The Golden Age....BRAVI from San Agustinillo, Oaxaca !
In those time people learned how to sing. Not like in the musical right now.
@@Kiarinadia -- We live in very different, inferior, times...but we value the Past's obsession with Quality.
Nothing that's better. But many other women stars from the Golden Age who've been a very close tie: Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler, Janette Mcdonald, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Deanna Durbin, Doris Day, Cyd Cherise, Esther Williams, Jean Harlow, Thelma Todd, Carol Lombard, and many others. I've seen many films from the era in the past few years with each of the above mentioned stars, films I didn't really know much about until a few years ago, I'm certainly glad that I've discovered them
No, probably not.
There will never be anyone who will create as wonderful music as Rogers & Hammerstien.
Dan Menefee You Just never know but you maybe right. With soaring musical arrangements and playful lyrics, tough to find it in today’s theatre climate.
Hollywood or Broadway does not even produce musicians, composers and songwriters today who have the caliber and quality of people like Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and Leowe(Alan Jay Lerner) who were the creators of shows like An American in Paris and My Fair Lady.
Unfortunately.
A better n kinder life then.
I had forgotten what a beautiful voice Shirley Jones had and want a stunning beauty she was. Gordon MacRae's voice with Shirley Jones' voice was the perfect combination for this and other wonderful songs written by Rogers and Hammerstein back when very gifted people wrote music and lyrics. I am so glad to have lived through that period.
shirley jones mimed to mary martin the best unknown movie singer google mary martin
I didn’t realize this. Shirley Jones had a beautiful voice. Why would they dub Mary Martin?
@@wolfwind1 I don't believe Mary Martin's voice was dubbed in. Mary Martin didn't sing nearly as well as Shirely.
Mrs Partridge be da bomb!
"I Think I Love You"
with Kieth, Danny, and Laurie...
It doesn't get too much bettah than dat!
Sounds NOTHING like Mary Martin! Dat's a lotta BS!
One of the most beautiful tunes.
This musical was my father’s favorite. His favorite song was You’ll Never Walk Alone
If this dosent bring a tear to your eye your hearts stopped beating.Memories of a magical youth when age was a long way off .
Shirley Jones was very underated as a singer. I had forgotten how good she was.
Nobody will ever be able to sing this as good as Gordon. He was just pure magic.
I first heard this when l was young, l was struck by it's beauty. I am now turt 79 soon, it still is magical to my ears. I recently lost my wife of 50 years, it reminds me of when we first met, years ago.
@@godfreygilmour8497 Im sorry about your wife❤
Dick Haymes I believe has the best rendition. i heard it before I saw this video, So I may be biased!
@@vincentjaime181...I went to listen to Haymes' version and..I CAN'T agree with you.🤷
A beautiful tear-jerker. Love Gordon and Shirley together.
I'm 76 and it stills brings tears to my eyes and heart.
A classic musical-theatre duet penned by the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein and brought to life by the iconic Shirley Jones and Gordon Macrae.
@@allenjones3130 Wow, thanks for that recap🙄
This is opera quality American music.
Sublime and elegant.
My mum and I used to watch this when I was a kid. Lost my mum to dementia last November. Watching this with tears but also a smile xxx
There is absolutely no one, no one like Sirley Jones and Gordon MacRae who can sing this duet as well as they did. I cry everytime I hear this and watching the video.
mary martin was the singer shirley jones mimed
There is no one but Gordon macrae who can sing this and any other beautiful music
First saw this on black and white TV in the sixties...I was only 12 and was totally mesmerized by the whole thing...still gets to me at 70...
This is ultimately my favorite musical ever and my favorite song by two beautiful Singers Gordon MacCrea and Shirley Jones! God given voices ❤❤
The orchestration is wonderful.
Yes, Rogers and Hammerstein were geniuses! Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae were just marvelous in “Carousel”. Their voices are for all time and all generations!
Who says men don't cry? This song is so emotional it always makes my eyes well up with tears.
Oh yeah... 😭
Yes indeed
Yes, same here.
Richard Rogers said the music from Carousel was the most beautiful he had written in his lifetime
lynnyoga, he was right.
Oh, he was right.
He wasnt wrong, beautiful❤
@@nicolaperren9493I don't think I have seen this before.
Indeed the lovely ''If I loved you'' is truly inspirational writing.
Absolute magic. These two can never be replaced, they ARE Billy and Julie.
The minor keys throughout and the stunning lyrics of this piece make it one of the most beautiful and heart wrenching love songs ever written. Nobody could do it better than Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones! Thank you, Mr Rodgers and Mr. Hammerstein!
Absolutely heartstopping, it’s timeless❤
Agreed ❤❤❤.
I'd love to hear Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson take a crack at this song.
Gordon MacRae and Shirely Jones had such great chemistry. Both in this and in Oklahoma.
I agree. You said it better thankyou
This classic song beautifully sums up the human condition - wishing, hoping, wanting to believe while bravely struggling in a vast pit of doubt and fear. How glorious it is to be human!
Shirley and Gordon were perfect in their roles as Julie and Billy. This scene is incredible. I could watch it over and over. Rogers and Hammerstein were brilliant composers. "If I Loved You" is such a beautiful song. It's so touching. Amazing performance by two seasoned professionals, Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones. The ever talented Shirley Jones mentioned in an interview that Frank Sinatra was supposed to portray the role of Billy Bigielow and then bowed out. One of the producers asked Shirley to get a hold of Gordon MacRae so he could take over the role of Billy and the rest is history. CAROUSEL was an amazing movie with a superb cast. I've been singing "If I Loved You" a lot lately. Can't help myself. ♥♥♥♥Love this song so much!!!!
The sweetness of Shirley Jones' face and singing voice has never been equaled.
Utter perfection , two beautiful people singing one of the best songs ever written
been watching this film after my mom introduced it to me when i was 7, im now 16, and i think that more of my generation should have the same love and respect i have for films like this..
This is the most beautiful love song ever written IMHO. And Shirley Jones and Gordon McRae really sell it!
Still moved by this passion-sixty-five years later (and still delighted to be married and to be a father and grandfather).
Watching these clips from these clips give me tears and chills.They were so beautiful.The music the people.
Happy Happy 100th Birthday Gordon MacRae! What a voice you had! You were a good actor too in this film, Oklahoma and all those you did with Doris Day. Thank you for leaving them behind.
Yes I agree love Gordon macrae beautiful voice and handsome man
i love this part of the film. it's so magical.
They certainly don't make musicals like this any more. Such a beautiful song.
The last big screen musical I saw was Greatest Showman. Loved it
yes your right, they really don't make musicals quite so sexist anymore :)
joking btw, i love carousel, despite its outdated flaws
@@dollyrocksubliminals9702 Outdated flaws? So... then the so-called "flaws" are acceptable now?
Speaking of flaws, it's *you're.
@@suchabadkitty1293 jesus, no need to be so pedantic. firstly, the youre was probably my spellcheck bc im not stupid i just can't be bothered to type properly. secondly,, yes, it has flaws, its flaws being outdated morals.
why the heck are you so pressed about my comment? I literally said I love the film,,
When music was music and when singers could really sing. Simply THE BEST.
I met Gordan at the Royal Villa in Raleigh, NC in the late 1970s. What a wonderful man. No celebrity airs, just a man having a drink with two guys in a bar. Just an ordinary guy with a glorious voice, This video is incredible!
Nobody will ever be able to sing this duet the way these two can
You're exactly right.
Nope, but if you ever get a chance, listen to Patrick Wilson singing a brief version of this song for the patrons in a little piano bar in NYC. Just charming. It's on UA-cam.
My Favourites also the original stage stars from 1945 John Raitt and Jan Clayton sing this wonderfully too
You should definitely listen to Jessie Mueller and Joshua Henry in the 2018 revival cast. While they may not top this, their voices are angelic and the magic in this scene was incredible live.
I agree wholeheartedly! These two vocalists and actors are iconic. 🥰
My Mum aged 92 has dementia - it's one of the few things she responds to. "Oh, it's very sad isn't it".
My mother has dementia, too, but I sing the old songs to her and she can sing them back beautifully, even though she doesn’t remember what she had for breakfast. She love these old musicals, and we used to watch them together.
Dementia is very sad 😢 my wife and my twin sister both have it 😢
So so sad 😢
Gordon is just wonderful in this musical, particularly with Shirley. What a voice he had. I used to belong to The Friends of Gordon MacRae. Wonder what happened to them? The words “we don’t count at all”. We do! Thank you for this and to Rogers and Hammerstein too. RIP❤️🙏🇬🇧
This was my mum’s favourite musical. This and ‘You’ll never walk alone’ were her most favourite. Even in the last stages of her dementure, bedridden, she still remembered the songs and tried to sing them. RIP mum. X
Shed a tear, for your Dear Mum ❤
I bought the collection of Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals to listen to them with my mother, who also suffered from dementia. Appreciation of music is one of the last memories to be lost.
it does not get any better than this!!!!
This is the only movie that brings tears to my eyes.... You'll Never Walk Alone... incredibly emotional 💜
Perhaps the greatest ending in all musicals.
Simply Beautiful.
Shirley Jones had such an angelic face while Gordon MacRae was rakishly handsome, both with the most beautiful voices ever. Together, they were magic.
In a word: Magnificent!
Always called this: "10 minutes of Hollywood magic."
Wonderful.
As a songwriter I consider this one of the most beautiful songs and song ideas ever conceived. And the singers are right up there too.
Rogers and Hammerstein Were American treasures and I am so thankful Hollywood made these wonderful musicals so we will have them always. Did you notice that a lot of their songs are in waltz time. Shirley's voice was at it's peak in this movie but always perfect.
Gordon's singing is amazing! He handles every move, note to note , with legendary art and athleticism.
Off you would go in the mist of day ...😢 one of the most beautiful songs ever written
midst of day.
@@ericgrosch8073 Mist of day....I thought is correct. I Googled the lyrics to be sure. You are wrong.
I wasn't even born when this song was written, but nothing in my lifetime can compare with this beautiful song.
I was never a huge fan of Carousel, however, this is my absolutely favorite piece of all musicals. Only geniuses could write music like this!!!
I never actually seen Carousel but I do like this song and You'll Never Walk Alone
Tom , I absolutely agree with you.Without ‘If I Loved You’ I would never watch this movie again.The plot makes me feel nauseated.
I don't like the plot that much, but the music is wonderful.
I enjoyed the movie immensely. Along with Brigadoon, my favorite musicals. There was a magical feeling in both films. The other scene I liked the most in this was the 'June is busting out all over' scene. The dancing and choreography were unbelievable!
@Tom Terreri - you are probably right in a way but i do not think i would like to listen to einstein or newton doing this.
This song is too beautiful
So very beautiful and talented. I wish Hollywood would make movies like this again.
I remember going to see this film and loved this song. There was something so special about this song.
So beautiful a piece.
Achingly beautiful...almost too beautiful to listen to. Tears come... for both the beauty of the music, and the astounding talent of these singers
Reminds me of a girl I met in a geography class and have loved her since
Exactly what I feel whenever I hear this. Almost too beautiful to stand.
I realize that you posted your comment 3 years ago, but I am just discovering this amazing artist and I couldn't agree with you more...
"achingly beautiful"
Same here, tearing up. Such wonderful movies and actors back then. Sigh...movies were a wonderful adventure, a social activity the entire town would turn up to each Friday or Saturday night.
Sooo true.
One of the most beautiful songs of R&H, in my opinion.
What glorious voices those two had. Perfect for this musical. And for OKLAHOMA, too!
Glorious,One of the most beautiful songs ever written!!! Stands the test of time!!
The ABSOLUTE BEST!! No one does it better than these two. 💗💗💗
This is a beautiful scene from Carousel.
Gordon MacRae--one of Hollywood's best voices--and a hunk and a half. Those puppy dog brown eyes, boyish grin, and sturdy physique makes me melt. Sigh.
windstorm1000 - Me too! He looks good on a horse as well - Oklahoma!
windstorm1000 One of the best-looking and talented men ever.
Agreed. GMR is gorge 💕
There was charm and beauty and first-rate singing by Gordon MacRae who was America's finest Baritone in Musicals while Shirley Jones added sweetness to
an era when this country recognized quality in more ways than one.
... but afraid and shy is the saddest phrase in the song. We always regret what was not said, rather than what was spoken.
Just beautiful. And wishing for the times again, for everyone.
One of my favourite musicals with the great voice of Gordon MacRae and the lovely Shirley Jones
Beautiful song, and what a handsome couple.
Did Shirley Jones know how lucky she was when she got this part and got to sing one of the most beautiful love songs in Musical theatre? Billy Bigelow, a complicated character, so well played and sung by Gordon MaCrae. What a voice! Good direction too!
Shirley auditioned for Rodgers and Hammerstein, and was chosen by them at 18 years of age.
A beautiful song, performed by two of the most beautiful voices EVER to grace a movie screen. Excellent!😊⛪
Absolutely!! Richard Rogers lives!!
Simply exquisite.
Absolutely love Gordon MacRae. Beautiful voice and sooo handsome.
He was phenomenal. It's a terrible shame he died of throat and mouth cancer from being such a heavy smoker.
So so perfect..most beautiful song ever written
Gordon MacRae is an amazing singer.... one of my favorite!!!
I was thrilled by this song, as a teen and still am!!!!!! I was smitten with Gordon McRae
SOOO perfect - touching, demure, passionate, thrilling, innocent - modern singers note this is how it should and used to be done!
His voice was so beautiful 😌
Shirley Jones was beautiful and so talented! Loved her in The Music Man too!
Nobody could come even close to match Gordon , the rise and fall of that beautiful baritone voice sends shivers down my spine .Bill
60 years old, and it's still moving. I don't usually like musicals but I can watch this over and over
Two of the greatest voices in the musicals of Rogers and Hammerstein.
Billy gone much too soon. What a beautiful voice.
The best rendition of a female singer. Done by the beautiful and charming Shirley Jones. Her emotionally sweet sounding natural voice is amazing.. unmatched.. nobody has even come close.
Well Julie Andrews was absolutely fantastic
There are so many versions of this song. This is one of the best.
My favorite song of all time. Not just musical theatre-wise. This is my all time favorite.
Watched this movie with my dad and sister sue the good days ❤️❤️❤️