Dear Vera Goulet, I think I speak for many: Our deepest thanks to you for so kindly sharing the work of your late husband Robert. This is a great memorial to him and a joyful celebration of his life.
Just amazing. I'm a lyric baritone who just recently added this song to my repertoire. We don't hear voices like this on radio or TV anymore. Thank you for sharing.
If not already, you might add to your repertoire the "Frank Butler" songs from Annie Get Your Gun. On Broadway, "Duke of Hazzard" Tom Wopat did a great job vocalizing and emoting that role with melody and manly power, yet tenderness, a la Goulet.
And Camelot (especially his arias "C'est Moi!" and "If Ever I Would Leave You," definitively sung and emoted for all time) and Carousel. And I love his best of all possible sing of "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha. A magnificent baritone, and tenor as apropos.
Came across this a little while ago and been listening to it alot. My father passed a few years ago, and he used to sing this song to us all the time while driving and I never knew where it came from. Brought back alot of memories finding it here.
This is magnificent - there is such a shortage of perfect baritone voices. Now that we have lost Robert Goulet and Howard Keel, what can we do? I sing this song to my kids often, so my four-year-old always refers to the wind as "Mariah."
This is how songs used to sound. The bass and drums didn't drown out the vocals, guitar solos, etc. Some future generation will remaster all the songs which have been remastered during the last 15 or 20 years and find these incredible voices and so much more.
On my last airshow of this season (2013) I played this song as I danced across the skies to entertain the crowd...weather reports the week before indicated stronger than normal winds for the show so I quickly changed the tune to Maria. Of all the folks that sang this over the years Robert Goulet nailed it the best.
I remember seeing Robert Goulet for the first time on TV as a kid outside Chicago. With that voice, the blue eyes, lantern jaw and overall masculine demeanor, I said to my Dad, "I want to be like him when I grow up." Robert Goulet became a kind of role model for me. Of course I didn't become like Robert Goulet because I wasn't blessed with his gifts. He was indeed unique...
My pleasure. I'm just sorry I never got a chance to meet him. Despite his celebrity status, he struck me as a man who would be unpretentious, courteous and friendly in person...
I can't believe I just found this! I grew up listening to Robert Goulet---thought he was so gorgeous and so sophisticated! The voice---never to be beat. Guess I know what I'm doing this evening. Listening to Mr. Goulet's powerful perfect voice. Thank you, Mrs. Goulet, for making this available.
Great song by Lerner & Lowe from their musical Paint Your Wagon performed as only Robert Goulet can. Great to see a performance of his that is new to me even after so many years.
This song resonates very dearly with me, and when Robert Goulet sings it with his booming yet sentimental voice, the spirit of this song is so wonderfully captured. Every year as spring edges closer, I find myself singing this song more and more (along with Brigadoon!). I can’t feel a heavy gust of wind without singing this song or thinking of his beautiful voice. 😁❤️
I just saw Robert singing this song from a 1957 TV program ( he was 24). This video shows the more mature and assured Robert after his Camelot success as Lancelot which launched his career. Great voice on both videos and his earlier video shows the promise of a great career.
Thank you Vera for finding Bob's performance of 'Mariah'. This is the platinum standard for this song. I remember seeing Bob sing this on the Ed Sullivan show all those years ago. I've been looking to find this for yrs. and tonight I've found it thanks to you!
I did not meet bob but I met bobs mother in Falher Alberta... I used to tak to her when she came in to the drug tore at peace river alberta,,, she was visiting him and brought me back a signed picture which i still have
Both the Goulet and Presnell versions are notable and enjoyable, but I actually give the nod to Goulet on this song. His voice has the power of the wind. What a magnificent instrument he had when he first came up.
My wife's great grandmother, who lived out west 1854-1934, was named Maria, and pronounced it Ma-rye-uh. It could very well be that Paint Your Wagon's lyricist and librettist Allen Jay Lerner, born 1918, knew someone of that name and used the pronunciation to evoke the play's time and location. There is always a reason for these things. Lerner's college classmate Leonard Bernstein chose the other pronunciation for his New York based West Side Story.
Check out "Local Musician Performs 'C'est Moi' from 'Camelot' " and tell me what you think. Mr. Goulet went to heaven on the same day as my son, and this performance is a tribute, being the best "Goulet" I could muster. Please, be generous; it was, after all, recorded on a cheap "cell phone"! Thank you.
Couldn't figure out what you meant than I realized you you referring to Clint Eastwood "I Talk To The Trees" in reply to turnoutjim comment. That's funny!
True. It should be the Irish Mah-ray-ah, not the Italian Ma-ree-ya. But it is always sung correctly. English was a phonetic language up until the time of Shakespeare, so they should have had it correct, and the composer did, but whoever wrote the liner notes didn't get it.
Anything but the disastrous 1969 film version of Paint Your Wagon is better. Robert Goulet and Harry Belefonte were two of the best singers to do They Call The Wind Maria, in my opinion.
+Celluloidwatcher Indeed the film was disastrous, even with all the wonderful talent that was in it. Glad you like Robert's rendition. Please keep visiting my husband's channel. Vera Goulet
+ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Hello. It is a pleasure, and an honor, to speak with you. Please see my comments under the "If I Loved You" page on UA-cam. Thank you so much.
+ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Harve Presnell, the same person that sang it in the Broadway version, repriesed iy for the film. The movie might not have been so good. But Harve Presnell was wonderful, just like he was on Broadway.
Dear Vera Goulet,
I think I speak for many: Our deepest thanks to you for so kindly sharing the work of your late husband Robert. This is a great memorial to him and a joyful celebration of his life.
Just amazing. I'm a lyric baritone who just recently added this song to my repertoire. We don't hear voices like this on radio or TV anymore. Thank you for sharing.
If not already, you might add to your repertoire the "Frank Butler" songs from Annie Get Your Gun. On Broadway, "Duke of Hazzard" Tom Wopat did a great job vocalizing and emoting that role with melody and manly power, yet tenderness, a la Goulet.
Tim, I am so happy you like my husband's performance.
Robert Goulet owned the Broadway stage in shows like this.
And Camelot (especially his arias "C'est Moi!" and "If Ever I Would Leave You," definitively sung and emoted for all time) and Carousel. And I love his best of all possible sing of "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha. A magnificent baritone, and tenor as apropos.
Robert Goulet in his prime vs. Harve Presnell in his prime?
I'd say we all come out winners.
Came across this a little while ago and been listening to it alot. My father passed a few years ago, and he used to sing this song to us all the time while driving and I never knew where it came from. Brought back alot of memories finding it here.
He had an absolutely beautiful voice! Whatever song he sang sounded wonderful!
This is magnificent - there is such a shortage of perfect baritone voices. Now that we have lost Robert Goulet and Howard Keel, what can we do? I sing this song to my kids often, so my four-year-old always refers to the wind as "Mariah."
Thank you. They were all Robert's friends and are having a blast in that heavenly saloon choir.
Thank you for your comment. So happy that you appreciate my husband's talent.
The days when singers SANG without "eating" the microphone! What a fabulous voice!! R. I. P......
A great singer out of Canada
Thank you for sharing that. I so loved Mom Goulet. I miss them both very much.
Thank you for all your great uploads - I am having a better day because of you
This is how songs used to sound. The bass and drums didn't drown out the vocals, guitar solos, etc. Some future generation will remaster all the songs which have been remastered during the last 15 or 20 years and find these incredible voices and so much more.
Oh Christian, that is so sweet. Thank you. Robert is smiling down upon you from his window up above.
Harve Presnell did a great job with this song also. He sang it in the 1969 movie, Paint Your Wagon.
Thank you Vera. Brings back a lot of good memories
How cool! Thank you for sharing that Ed.
Wonderful song, and Robert Goulet's performance is amazing!
Besides having a great voice, I always thought his eyes were beautiful 👏🏻🌟❤️‼️
On my last airshow of this season (2013) I played this song as I danced across the skies to entertain the crowd...weather reports the week before indicated stronger than normal winds for the show so I quickly changed the tune to Maria. Of all the folks that sang this over the years Robert Goulet nailed it the best.
I remember seeing Robert Goulet for the first time on TV as a kid outside Chicago. With that voice, the blue eyes, lantern jaw and overall masculine demeanor, I said to my Dad, "I want to be like him when I grow up." Robert Goulet became a kind of role model for me. Of course I didn't become like Robert Goulet because I wasn't blessed with his gifts. He was indeed unique...
Awww, that is so sweet.Than you for your for your comment. Vera Goulet
My pleasure. I'm just sorry I never got a chance to meet him. Despite his celebrity status, he struck me as a man who would be unpretentious, courteous and friendly in person...
Wow! Never heard that song done any better and crisper than that!!!!!
Almost perfect vocal technique. He crooned so much in later years, I'm delighted to hear him using his full instrument.
How could there be any "thumbs down" to this one??
+Nextaxpro E R Rocky The thumbs downers must have tin ears.
A voice in a million
So beautiful! Makes my heart soar.....
I can't believe I just found this! I grew up listening to Robert Goulet---thought he was so gorgeous and so sophisticated! The voice---never to be beat. Guess I know what I'm doing this evening. Listening to Mr. Goulet's powerful perfect voice. Thank you, Mrs. Goulet, for making this available.
Ahh, this makes me so happy.
An amazing voice and talent!!!
I love his voice.....he was an inspiration to many!!
My husband sings just like him....and his feature role was Man of La Mancha!!
Thank you Vera for sharing these wonderful tunes from Robert. He was truly a voice second to none, and I can remember listening to him growing up.
What a voice...first heard Robert Goulet about 25 years ago...I can't sing to save my life but if I could I woule like to sing like RG.
Same here! Such power. Next lifetime.
I saw him on an episode of big valley today he played a traveling medicine show preacher
Lovely! Such emotive singing. What a professional!
When I hear Mr. Goulet's recordings I remember, as if it were yesterday, the time I went to one of his performances. What a rich natural voice!
I'm sure I return here to replay this performance more than just about anything else on youtube. It's just so exceptionally good.
Great song by Lerner & Lowe from their musical Paint Your Wagon performed as only Robert Goulet can. Great to see a performance of his that is new to me even after so many years.
One of the very best!!!!!!
what a good memory!
Thank you Hugh for your wonderful comment. Much appreciated. Robert would have enjoyed hearing that four-year old refers to the wind as Mariah.
Always a pleasure to hear him sing a voice so rich and deep
At UA-cam check out his singing in the musical Carousel.
I loved Robert's early singing days when he sang in full voice. Exciting stuff.
Oh, this song takes me back many, many years...I still love it....
Thank you Bones, he truly was unique.
Powerful,stirring, awesome voice.bravo!
Robert Goulet got his big start in Camelot as Sir Lancelot. He sang this song for his audition.
Inspiration! Pure.
So happy to read your comment and that this brings good memories to you.
This song resonates very dearly with me, and when Robert Goulet sings it with his booming yet sentimental voice, the spirit of this song is so wonderfully captured. Every year as spring edges closer, I find myself singing this song more and more (along with Brigadoon!). I can’t feel a heavy gust of wind without singing this song or thinking of his beautiful voice. 😁❤️
I remember "Blue Light"! Mr. Goulet played an agent behind German lines in WWII in that show. It didn't last long, but it was good!
Wonderful. Love me some Robert Goulet. He's right up there with Frank, Sammy, Deano, Bobby, and the rest.
He's higher.
Awesome singer such a voice
I just saw Robert singing this song from a 1957 TV program ( he was 24). This video shows the more mature and assured Robert after his Camelot success as Lancelot which launched his career. Great voice on both videos and his earlier video shows the promise of a great career.
Thank you Vera for finding Bob's performance of 'Mariah'. This is the platinum standard for this song. I remember seeing Bob sing this on the Ed Sullivan show all those years ago. I've been looking to find this for yrs. and tonight I've found it thanks to you!
The actual spelling of this song is Maria.
wonderful singer loved his music
So happy to hear that Debra.
Vera Goulet
great voice
Great voice. I remember this show as a kid my mom let stay up late to see His show.
Love this song😘
I did not meet bob but I met bobs mother in Falher Alberta... I used to tak to her when she came in to the drug tore at peace river alberta,,, she was visiting him and brought me back a signed picture which i still have
My dad would get his guitar and sing this song around the campfire.
great singer thanks for sharing
One of THE GREATS!
I was Stationed at Custer Hill in Kasas And this song fits to a Tee.... Thank you
Great song! Unsurpassed Robert.
I could help but laugh when I found this since my name is Mariah!!!
exactly and thanx Vera for this and others you posted here. Robert has an amazing voice.
Wonderful!
Thanks: A treat.
Both the Goulet and Presnell versions are notable and enjoyable, but I actually give the nod to Goulet on this song. His voice has the power of the wind. What a magnificent instrument he had when he first came up.
Every time I meet anyone they always tell me, "Did you know that they call the wind Mariah?"......And I'm like..."Yes, ....I know...."
Mine is spelled Moryah but its pronounced the same, and I get the same thing all of the time!
🤣
Apparently he sang this for his "Camelot" audition.
i always loved this song and the singer aint bad either. wink wink.
Amazing !!
Great guy. . . I used to get my hair cut with him @ Les Fulgams house in hollywood
Hermosa interpretación!
My wife's great grandmother, who lived out west 1854-1934, was named Maria, and pronounced it Ma-rye-uh. It could very well be that Paint Your Wagon's lyricist and librettist Allen Jay Lerner, born 1918, knew someone of that name and used the pronunciation to evoke the play's time and location. There is always a reason for these things. Lerner's college classmate Leonard Bernstein chose the other pronunciation for his New York based West Side Story.
I have always enjoyed the Kingston Trios version. Roberts version is big like the West was!
Just watched your sons video. He is pretty good.
WOW!!!!!
fantastico , gran voz
CBC one channel back in the early sixties , rappint years
i might be mistaken but i think i remember this performance on the ed sullivan show when it aired.early 60s?
moving!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol they call me the wind!
"Paint Your Wagon" is not disaster of a movie! It was made to not be taken seriously.
thank god for youtube.
Check out "Local Musician Performs 'C'est Moi' from 'Camelot' " and tell me what you think. Mr. Goulet went to heaven on the same day as my son, and this performance is a tribute, being the best "Goulet" I could muster. Please, be generous; it was, after all, recorded on a cheap "cell phone"!
Thank you.
Couldn't figure out what you meant than I realized you you referring to Clint Eastwood "I Talk To The Trees" in reply to turnoutjim comment. That's funny!
yes eastwood WAS in the movie,but he didn't sing THIS song. he DID sing "i talk to the trees".
vera,was this from the ed sullivan show? i think i remember watching it when i was a kid.
it's just not fare!! Nobody should look so great and have a voice like that.
I love the song. It is disappointing though that the incorrect spelling of Maria is used.
True. It should be the Irish Mah-ray-ah, not the Italian Ma-ree-ya. But it is always sung correctly. English was a phonetic language up until the time of Shakespeare, so they should have had it correct, and the composer did, but whoever wrote the liner notes didn't get it.
blue light partisans in france ww2 7 or 8 episodes?
no. i believe his name was harve presnell. you can find it on YT.
Live tv.
Yes, Clint Eastwood was in the movie, and the song he sang was, "I Talk to Trees" I was thinking it was Mariah...
Anything but the disastrous 1969 film version of Paint Your Wagon is better. Robert Goulet and Harry Belefonte were two of the best singers to do They Call The Wind Maria, in my opinion.
+Celluloidwatcher Indeed the film was disastrous, even with all the wonderful talent that was in it. Glad you like Robert's rendition. Please keep visiting my husband's channel. Vera Goulet
+ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Hello. It is a pleasure, and an honor, to speak with you. Please see my comments under the "If I Loved You" page on UA-cam. Thank you so much.
Likewise and will cheek out your comments. VG
+ROBERT GOULET THE MAN AND HIS LEGACY Harve Presnell, the same person that sang it in the Broadway version, repriesed iy for the film. The movie might not have been so good. But Harve Presnell was wonderful, just like he was on Broadway.
brings back my childhood and listening to my father sing, thank you
Good lawd - he was so good looking as a young man 💋 - he was good in Beetlejuice 😝