Jim Bailey Impersonates Judy Garland on The Ed Sullivan Show
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- Jim Bailey impersonates Judy Garland with "The Man that got Away" on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Performed on Novemeber 29th, 1970.
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I remember as a kid watching this with my mom, who adored Judy Garland. Mom was in tears over Jim's wonderful tribute to Judy.
Not an impersonation - a loving tribute. Bravo.
the whole performance is amazing. but when he sings "the dreams you dream" and goes up a bit on the end of dreams just before you? that is so spot on! 0:52
also, when he sings "because" at 0:26. outstanding and, quite frankly, a little eerie!
and lest we forget that little stumble at the beginning. absolutely superb!
This was a night that I WILL NEVER FORGET! I was & will remain spellbound, Back then I was 15 years old. Now at 60 I have remained a devoute Jim Bailey follower & am happy to say that because of his mgr; Stephen Campbell I was fortunate in becoming a friend to both of them. I was even lucky enough to become Jim's escort to & from the stage for his later years when ever he played California. Fortune even flew me out to Las Vegas to help in Barbra & Judy's shows. Well Stephen, it can truly be said that no matter the high or even getting through the lows of his success words cannot express my gratitude for your bringing this all about with one lovely introduction to Mr. Bailey, a true man that I will never forget!
Sincerey, Randy McDonald
Randy McDonald Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I too, am 60, and I too remember that performance. As a kid I never missed the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday night growing up in Indiana. Wonderful to hear the positive impact he had on your life. Jim Bailey was a true professional.
OH..what stories you must have..Jim Bailey was beyond amazing
Thank you for sharing this!!
Please do a memoir or even better, a RUclips video, describing all the fun you had!!
I would pay, happily, to hear it!!
Jim Bailey was completely and utterly fascinating......BEST. He passed away on May 30, 2015.
the first time I saw him do Judy Garland was on the Merv Griffin Show. It was so accurate it was shocking. It was almost like Judy had risen from the dead. I've never been more knocked out by any performance.
I've seen Jim Bailey perform in person. It was truly amazing! I feel very fortunate to have seen him; I will never forget the experience! May he rest in peace.
❤🎉 Bless you.
Judy's vibrato, power, and emotion -- they are all there in Jim Bailey's stunning performance.
He was the best. Nobody can match his genius.
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Amen to that
I was so happy to have been able to see him live
Anen
Omg ..Jim Bailey ..He was Wonderful! Seen him many times..RIP :(
Wow. He is absolutely amazing. At first I thought he was lip-syncing to Judy.
I had dinner with jim Bailey (he was our houseguests after a London performance) in a restaurant in Godstone, he sparkled even off stage having the whole restaurant eavesdrop on his every word. He was magical.
When I was in my early 20s, I went and saw Jim..A 2 Hrs Caberet Show ..His Judy and interacting with us actually brought tears to my eyes. He was spot on, he belted like nothing I've ever heard before....his mannerisms , speaking voice, he truly channeled her...
you are very fortunate and lucky to have experienced that!
Consider me blown away.
Still the epitome of Judy tribute acts. Jim, we love, adore and salute you and your work. You're immortal, and for all the right reasons ❤️
I never heard him sing until hearing these recordings first time this evening and it's like I can't believe what I'm hearing he's so amazing! I could've gone to a concert of his years ago in Minnesota but didn't thinking no one could ever come close to Judy. Too much for words! Thanks for sharing this video!
The only time I saw him wasat the Wilshire Ebell and behind me in the audience was Debbie Reynolds who throughout the whole performance was gasping from amzement. So was I I to tell the truth. My mouth was agape the whole time at how accurate his portrayal was and that amazing voice. Wow!
orlando de la paz. I was at that performance with my father. We were both amazed!
Jim Bailey is so talented. So many spot on voice impressions, the illusion of the actresses he copies, so well done! I only discovered him via Night Court reruns. He is fantastic!
The dedication to exacting the most convincing portrayal of a giant of a personality paid off in a remarkably genuine rendition of this otherwise inimitable performance belonging to Judy Garland.
Huh?
omg! what talent!!! dead on performance!
In 1991,I and my friend Frank saw him perform as Judy Garland at Hamburger Mary's(a restaurant nightclub) in San Diego Jim was fantastic and did all of Judy's songs.We drank a few Long Island ice tea's and had a ball.
Damn that's one of the best drag impressions I've seen. Judy is the goat.
I saw Jim live in London a few years ago not long before he passed, He was truly amazing, it was like Judy was there right in fornt of me on the stage, awesome guy
Amazing
Legendary
In a Judy Garland impersonation concert he would beat Judy Garland
Jim was incredible .
Wow This was groundbreaking.........
What a great performer so talented!
This is spooky. My God, he's Judy Garland.
He actually does a better Streisand than Garland...
Pure genius.
I love Jim (may he rest in peace), I have watched many of his Judy stuff on youtube, and many all different levels of magnificence. This was off a little. I could not fathom what was off, then i realized, maybe Jim was so nervous that his eyes fluttered every two seconds. None of his other renditions was he so fluttersome. Jim was still wonderfully marvelous, but those eye lids kept lashing out. Judy probably would have laughed hysterically.
Perfection!
blow my mind..wow
Imagine if Jim Bailey were alive today and in his 40's he would have been the perfect actor to play Judy in the movie, Judy...instead of Renee Zellweger. And a gay man winning an Oscar playing a female gay icon would have been very meta. If only.
As a gay woman and a feminist I would have preferred Jim too...probably Judy would have too
The voice! Is amazing
A wonderful performance and should be pointed out that female impersonators back then were very brave individuals. Today Drag is common place and I suppose in a way that's a good thing.
He was good...VERY good. This is the first time I heard of him.
AMAZING!!! One of my fave JG pieces!
I just saw this on Ed Sullivan. Amazing! I don't usually notice these kind of acts but I recognize talent. 😂
I just saw him on Ed Sullivan also. Immediately remembered seeing him, mostly in the 70s. He was great!
Genius.
I'm glad I found this video, marvelous really!
JIM WAS JUST STUNNING AS JUDY! HE NEVER BROKE THE ILLUSION DURING HIS PERFORMANCE! STANDING OVATIONS !,
It says November 29th 1970, so (if true) that is only 18 months after Judy herself actually died. He actually got much BETTER at doing Judy than this in the 70's and 80's. He seems to be blinking a lot here for some reason, and the skirt is much too short [so we have to assume its an incarnation of Judy how she would have looked in 1970] but apart from that its very good! I saw Jim Bailey (doing Judy) live at The Café de Paris London in about 1990 and it was the GREATEST live act I have ever seen to this day! (And I've seen Liza Minnelli about 10 times).
This was Jims first ever national T.V. performance. ( he had performed on the Childrens hour in the 50's.) He told me he didnt know whether to do Judys early 60s ( t.v. show0 look or late 60's ( Valley of the dolls.) This was so popular though because Ed Sullivan put him on again a couple of months later.
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he's very good I was suprised
I saw Jim perform Judy and on a different occasion Barbra. His performances were mesmerizing. He showed up to a Christmas party I hosted back in the 80s.. I'll never forget that either.
Judy met Jim and he spent time at her place practicing with her to records. She wanted her JimJudy to be the best.
Del Cee Jim said that Judy, after seeing him impersonate her in a show, told him she hadn’t realised she was that pretty. She obviously approved of his performance, and was a compliment to Jim.
Now this, I never knew
One of the greats of the Old School of Drag in which more or less 10 divas were interpreted by all drag queens. Nowadays, drag is more rambunctious, more political, with greater individual expression, but this is where it all began. Thank you, Jim Bailey....you have not been forgotten.
She didn't waddle, in fact she was well planted on the floor. But that voice is quite extraordinary!
This was when his judy was very early on. His performances got better with time. Liza Minnelli once told Jim "please don't ever stop performing, how else would I see my mother?". I think that's the highest praise you can get especially with Liza seeing countless queens TRY to do what her mom did. This was 1970, look at some 80s and more current performances. Sadly lost Jim not too long ago.
Lol right! Also what’s with all the blinking?
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What???? My goodness, where have I been all this time for not knowing this amazing artist? 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
i know, right? ditto!
Saw him twice in San Francisco, , seeing the show live was unbelievable.
Wow. Amazing
Best
I lived and worked in Vegas in the 70’s and would go to see him whenever we could…..the guy was amazing.
Masterful
Unreal
Night Court brought me here... what a talent omg!!!!
I wish he was here still I'd ask him as this seems much later than the year after she died !
I think he was incredibly talented. We have to remember that studying a person's affectations was more difficult in 1970. So perhaps he had studied or been more familiar with later performances from Judy Garland. For me it was a bit too frenetic and twitchy which isn't really how I remember her on stage. That said, Jim Bailey was an amazing artist.
fabulous entertainer
I read somewhere that when Judy saw Jim "do" her, she remarked, with her usual self-deprecating humor, "I had no idea that I was so pretty!"🌈
Wow!!!
I read somewhere that when Judy saw Jim "do" her, she remarked, with her usual self-deprecating humor, "I had no idea that I was so pretty!"
Wow, he was good.
Please, please post the whole song, not just the first half! Thank you!
This was VERY ahead of it's time!😮 just out of the 60s...showcasing a transvestite on mainstream TV! 😮 70% of American households would have been exposed to something they would never ever see!
Amazing vocal copy.
❤🎉
I prefer not to watch the video part of this, scrolling down into the comments to hide the window up at the top.
Hearing the voice by itself is a revelation. Without seeing Bailey I can see how closely he comes to sounding like Judy Garland.
I saw JIM perform JUDY.. he truely became her ..vocally spot-on..the problem I had was
In heels JIM was a good 6ft tall ..........
In Tennessee this video would need to be age restricted. If done in public this performance could result in a prison term of 6 years.
The earliest genuine cross-dresser on TV.
was that really him singing? I'm thinking yes but not sure. he might be lip syncing to Judy.
+Jensen Merréll no he is not lip syncing...he really could sing and studies the singers voices he was impersonating......he nailed barbara striesand & phyllis diller (voice & mannerisms)....but to me judy not at all in voice or mannerisms.....not that it really matters he was a very talented performer n clearly took time to study the women he was going to impersonate and barbara in her hey-day was a tough act to follow n i think it did it with class & grace....
Chase Jackson his Judy Garland was beyond compare, Liza even preformed with him a couple times as mother and daughter.
I saw his one woman show as Judy Garland it was called "A night with Judy" and NEVER ONCE did he break character in any way shape or form. Jim Bailey will forever be remembered as probably THE Supreme female impersonator!!
its so accurate its scary
genius
This is how i imagine Judy at 48 in 1970 IF She hadn't passed in '69 at 47
Tragically, the dead giveaway (other than her being dead of course) was that Judy was not in this kind of shape, physically or vocally during her final days.
Omg sounds exactly like liza in the belts
Uncanny
SOFA how about releasing whole video clips instead of snippets of performances and whole Sullivan shows !
What a FABULOUS female impersonator
Take a shot every time he blinks
He is almost better than Garland herself.
Not the look so much but the vocals? Wow!
That's a guy??!! 😳
Yes, type in Jim Bailey Bio.
He looks a LOT like Lucy.
JIM SAW HIMSELF AS AN “ILLUSIONIST” NOT AN IMPERSONATOR! HE WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN ALL THESE COMMENTS OF HIM BEING AN IMPERSONATOR! PLEASE REMEMBER JIM BAILEY AS A “GREAT ILLUSIONIST” HE NEVER BROKE THE ILLUSION OF THE PERSON HE WAS PERFORMING AS. IT WAS ALWAYS “ JIM BAILEY AS “JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT”
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Holy Smokes....drag was good enough for Ed. Sullivan..
OMG that's not her????
This can't be 1970 I think it's much much later !
It was 1970.
Is he singing? Or just lip syncing?
He sounds more like Liza Manelli.
He pronounces some words very oddly....
He opens his mouth and I know it’s not Judy Garland right away. Still very entertaining. His Barbra is better. But his best is without a doubt Phyllis Diller.
He great but too earnest. No irony like Craig Russell.
The blinking is awful...stop
He stopped.
He looks more like Liza than Judy.
Doesn't have her facial expressions. His mouth is to closed for Judy
You are very nitpicky
@@charlenemack7040 no just a super fan
@@rileyjane9396 you know I’m usually a pretty kind person and I left you a very nasty message so I do apologize ☺️
@@charlenemack7040 that's ok, ur right though when it comes to ppl I admire I watch very closely at every detail
truly terrible : (