Forget the showmanship, the outfits, the schtick, Liberace had a way of arranging the songs from the great American Songbook like no one else could ever do. His show stopper version of You Made Me Love You was a real tear jerker. His genius of the way he arranged the songs and then the order he played them built his show to a crescendo that was spectacular. A gigantic talent forever in the annals of showbusiness.
A rare gift for anyone to arrange someone else's music or music we've become accustomed to hearing and making it better, richer, more memorable to define one's desired self expression. Chopsticks, no one gave that simple 2 finger tune such a symphonic depth of elevation, masterfully fantastic.
He had such a charisma and talent that you couldn't help but admire his talent and kindness and of course I love his flamboyant, sparkly clothes and rings and pianos.
All the joy and happiness this man brought to the world and you go on and on about nothing but trash talk...when not one of you is/was ever fit to even carry Liberace's suitcase. Let this great man RIP and just enjoy his gift to us all...the music...his talent...his kind soul....
I found Liberace by accident and I'm trying to find everything and watch everything here on youtube. Thank you for sharing...he was a very gorgous man and piano-player and he had a great sense of humor!!!!
Oh my gosh I'm gonna cry. I remember him singing this.....my aunt had it sung at my uncle's funeral in the 90's and I thought we'd sob our eyes right out of our heads.....this version is especially evocative. What an amazing entertainer.....truly an icon.
I came to know Liberace's remaining family and friends well. I stayed in his Palm Springs home in the 90s. I shared a correspondence with his beloved housekeeper Gladys for many years. She did not like Scott Thorson. Gladys was like a second mother to Liberace and an amazing woman. Her love and loyalty towards Liberace was never failing. She stood by his memory until her recent death at 100 years of age. There was not a person I met who did not weep in memory of Liberace's kindness to others.
i'LL BE LOOKING @ THE MOON, AND I'LL BE SEEING YOU...............GOODNIGHT LEE & THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES...........YOU'L ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL ABILITY TO PLAY THAT PIANO.....
Back in the '50's, I used to watch his TV show. I said to my mother, "mom, I want to play like Liberace. I began lesson at the age of 8. I took lesson for about 8 yrs. I can't play like Liberace, but I'm still trying at the age of 66 and I also give piano lessons. Liberace emitted chills when he played.
@@balto4Thank you for your comment; I just listened again to this video, it really is a beautiful version, and with Lee I always discover little details again and again ... how he bows to the audience when they start applauding ... so nice and friendly. And he means it.
I haven't seen the HBO film and I doubt I will watch it. Many seem to think that Liberace was a "tortured soul". He was not. Not at all.He was well loved and respected by those who cared most for him. I saw a private video of his sabbatical to the Pokonos Mountains weeks before he died.He was very ill, but he was also very much at peace with himself and the world he was about to leave. If you can judge a person by his family and friends, then yes, Liberace was one of this world's kindest souls.
I've been to many of his shows in Vegas and one of his last public concert appearances in Austin and he was always sincere in his love and appreciation for his audience. Liberace was a genuine person.
Bill King, I agree, too much is made of his personal life and people miss whats in front of them and that was the fact he was a tremendous performer. He was probably not the greatest ever pianist ( but prob still in anybodys top 5 )....but he used his IMMENSE talent and wrapped it around his incredible ability to connect with his audience through his showmanship......thats what makes someone a great performer. There will never be anyone like Liberace again which is a great pity.
my Moms peers loved him, i was too young to be judgementative..meanwhile people like Dad,who was a musician, but never played a keyboard like Lee, were so jealous of Liberace...wonderful stuff...i 'll be seeing you
Even though Liberace had a some what sad life off stage when you saw him on stage you should smile, because that what he wanted. Anybody can read the book Scott wrote and see the movie and still just think of Liberace as a wonderful man and brillant performer because that's also what he wanted. Nobody's perfect. Scott may have written the book to make money but he told Howard Stern he didn't get much, but he didn't say how much. Liberace didn't turn gay, that's the way he was.
I have loved him since I was a very little Boy.. I did not know what Gay was.. Today I miss him very much.. He was the Pianist and could play like no other.. A Sweet Soul as well.. Full of love..
I saw the man live and in person at one of his shows. I had no idea then that he was gay or not. It just didn't matter. The man was entertaining to the max, and he had an odd and extremely rare quality about him, that made you believe that he was performing ONLY for you, as if no one else was in the room. What an extreme gift he had. Maybe not the finest pianist ever, but certainly, the finest entertainer, ever !!! WONDERFUL !
He's been gone almost 30 years? No, it doesn't seem to be that long ago at all, not even 20 yrs, but ... I guess it's because he was larger than life, a grand performer, an exaggerated personality--not in a bad way--that captured attention everywhere he sashayed, with flair, exuberance, sincere warmth of communication his unconscious expression projected for love, to give & to receive.
Venus Spa And Patsy Cline would be 84. She was only 30 when she died in that plane crash. Just getting into her prime. We lost a national treasure on March 5, 1963.
He only wanted to please his fans 110%. His personal life was his and no one else’s. Scott Thortenson plays the pitty card, but a gold digger is a gold digger....
My mom and dad saw him several times at the Las Vegas Hilton and loved it. The shows were always sold out so it's no surprise he was making 400k a week back in the 1970s.
He was great, a wonderfull performer. He always give me some nostalgia when I listen his songs. And of course I am so intrigated on knowing who would be that "chinese acrobats from Taiwan"...
I always Loved Liberace even as a child.He had a weekly show that I did not ever miss.He was one Class act.He never said an ill word against anyone.Never did a thing that wasn't class.He played the piano like noone else could.To this day I miss him.There will never be another man or musician like him.
I only ever met Liberace once as a child here in Australia. In the early 90s I was invited to play at celebrations in Las Vegas in honour of him. As a result of that, his remaining family and friends invited me to Palms Springs - the invitation was extended me to stay there whenever I was in the US. I stayed there in 1990, 1992 and 1994. I knew his sister, his housekeeper and members of is entourage. His best friend became a father to me. These people were the kindest people you could ever meet.
You are very fortunate to have met Liberace......at the risk of being repetitive I thank God for people like you...people who actually have stories to tell about Liberace's goodness, his generosity, his humility...one thing that told me a lot about how people loved him was 'What's My Line'..he admitted to being in a band and the lady on the panel said something like the only person I can think of in a band getting those kind of screams is Liberace!
God Bless You as well...so good to hear from someone who knew Liberace...I love him dearly but he died when I was young...such a genuine man...thank you for keeping his memory alive...and countering crap with truth....
He was a deeply religious man and the church across from his home in Palm Springs owed its very existence to him. I was blessed to be invited to stay in his Palm Springs villa "The Cloisters" during the early 90s after he had passed away, by his remaining family and friends. I did not meet one person, even just a passer by in Palm Canyon drive who did not have some story to tell of Liberace's kindness and who did not shed a tear in the telling. The man was a saint!
I always enjoyed watching Liberace perform on stage. He may not have been the greatest of piano players by some person's standard, but l always felt he enjoyed entertaining people and that in itself made him great. There will never be another Liberace.
I was once shown a private video of Liberace's sabbatical to the Pokonos Mountains with friends. It was made just weeks before he died. He was very frail but in good spirits and, as you say, at peace. He wore a smile on his face the whole time as he always did. On his way there by car Liberace said that the one thing he wished for most was to see some deer. I was told that on the first morning after arriving in the Pokonos, he woke to see a deer at his bedroom window looking in at him!
I count myself lucky to have seen Liberace in Las Vegas (not sure the hotel) when I was a lad of about ten. Even seeing "Behind the Candelabra" (and assuming it's accurate) doesn't dampen my enthusiasm or appreciation of his showmanship and of the fact that I cannot watch Liberace without smiling. God bless Lee!
Not long after Liberace passed away, I was at a celebration in honour of him with his sister Angie. This clip was played and I have never seen anyone weep over the loss of a loved one as did Angie weep over her brother Liberace. Liberace was the kindest man this world will ever know. The greater gold he wore was in his heart and what a heart it was! When in residence at his Palm Springs home, every Friday he would go to the church across the way and feed the underprivileged who gathered there.
I met Debbie Reynolds when she received the first Liberace Legend Award. Actually, I sat at arm's length from her - we shared the same dining table with other members of Liberace's entourage and friends. On my wall in my music room here is my invitation to the event which I later sent to her requesting that she sign it and send it back to me, which she did. Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the floor on learning she was to be in the movie.
He was indeed a deeply religious man and one of the kindest souls the world will ever know. Yes, he did have a chapel to Saint Anthony in his Palm Springs home. The home, called "The Cloisters" was the one in which he chose to leave this world. I stayed there in the early 90s. A piece of Paradise that was peace on earth . Blessings!
I started out just to thumbs up you...can't click so have to comment...but got carried away...God Bless YOU and Liberace....and those who refuse to define a wonderful showman, a generous giving man, and a very decent human being by a book and movie that should have been left in the sewers of Scott Thorson's mind....
I AM here because of that 'movie' which I consider to be a an insult to Liberace...so disappointed in the stars who played roles in it...thought they were Liberace's friends...this movie was disgusting and a total let down. I watched it thinking that it would be about Liberace's climb to the top...a bit of history...instead it just dragged his name thru the mud 25 years after he died. The one good thing about it is the renewed interest in a 'one of a kind' entertainer and generous genuine man.
I adored Liberace! I am glad that Michael Douglas brought this man back to life! He ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT!!! LOVED the movie.It was VERY touching at times, and proves ALL couples have their issues.Sorry theirs had to end. I believe Scott and Lee REALLY did love each other.
LEE, you were a great entertainer that touched our hearts...my Mom and Dad were crushed to know he had died of AIDS, not because of anything associated with being gay, but because they didn't want such a fate to be associated with their friend....he was in our living room for years and my Dad always rolled his eyes and said, "that guy is laughing all the way to the bank..."
Thank you Dina. As to the foreclosure of his Las Vegas Estate, I have no full knowledge as to why. The Museum on Tropicana also closed. The Vegas home has had several owners since he passed. It was being rented out for wedding receptions at one stage. His legacy has not lasted as he wished for it to. The person in charge of his estate at the time of his death was at one time also in charge of the museum. His name was Joel Strote. Perhaps he'd be best to answer the question. Blessings to you!
I am glad you value him as a great talent and an incredible personality. It is I who now thank you for that. You would need to know me before accusing me of pretending to know anything. In the National Library of Australia there is an archive in which are housed the many letters Liberace's personal friends and his housekeeper Gladys wrote me over the years that have since passed. I personally knew those closest to Liberace who loved him dearly,his sister Angie, even his accountant. Blessings!
What is this fascination with my age? I remember Liberace from the 60s, saw him in concert as a child. I begged my parents to take me. We had very close to front row center seats. He spotted me in the audience and in between songs waved and said "hello, little girl". I will never forget that moment. Even a child was not immune to his charm! I do remember the word nincompoop and I am preretirement age. Ha, you do the math!! Never ask a woman her age!
Across the way from Liberace's Palm Springs home, there is was small church. It's still there I believe. Every Friday, that church would open its doors to receive less privileged people and feed them. Whenever Liberace was in residence at Palm Springs, he would cook meals and take them to the church across from his home and help to feed the people who had gathered there. He would serve them their meals. That church, for the time Liberace was alive, owed its existence to him. Blessings!
Hopefully the world will come to realise just to what extent how wonderful he was.He never spoke an ill word of anyone. Nor did he subject the media or any throng of journalists to a "melt down" as many a celebrity do today. He carried himself with grace and an inner sense of clam at all times. He generated to others a feeling of peace like no other celebrity this world has ever known or will ever come to know again. Blessings!
Phyllis Diller adored Liberace. To her, he was an angel. She once sent me a copy of her own composition "Phyllis's Fugue" which you can hear her play for Liberace here at RUclips in 1969 with a letter and two signed photos. As you know she passed away recently. She was loyal.
"GLAM" would have been the preferred typo as in "GLAMOUR" for that is what he was, a man of great goodness and glamour. Blessings ever to you jaytotheel :)
Liberace's foundation for the performing arts awarded many scholarships to music institutions across the US. Lots have benefitted from his altruism. I met Cary a couple of times. He asked me once to send him Danny La Rue's biography. Just how that came about, I can't recall, but I searched it out for him and sent it on returning to Australia. He wrote me back a nice letter on Liberace's own letterhead from the Vegas Villa. His handwriting was very similar to Liberace's own, almost identical.
Cont'd : That they themselves were so kind and caring towards me and treated me as if I was the special person amongst them is a reflection of their own relationship with Liberace and how he treated them. The private man, as did the public persona that was Liberace, always put others first. He never once not cared for others with a loving and true heart and it was an enormous heart of gold. He was one of the gentlest souls this world will ever know.
I have seen that episode of "What's My Line". I think he might have appeared twice on that show at various times. In 1971, Lady fairfax held a reception at her stately home for him. A friend of mine who was going to it, took with her a nun who had been badly burned in an accident. When Liberace was told she was there he requested a private audience with her and she was escorted into the library away from jostling fans and the press to meet her. He spent quite some time with her.
Point well taken. He was a clever fellow. When young supported his family near Milwaukee through the great depression playing in saloons. Parleyed his above average competent piano playing with tricks, flamboyancy, folksy self-deprecation, and cornball jokes into one of the most successful show biz careers ever. "I'm no Horowitz, but face it, Horowitz is no Liberace."
Lee already had aides when he made final appearance. I will never understand this illness, but I love the guy. So kind and so generous. He took his Mom everywhere he went. RIP
I knew Phyllis Diller had died but until recently didn't know how close she was to Liberace...I loved the lady...and she was a TRUE lady...funny, not obscene...she WAS loyal and Liberace's friend...just a wonderful lady...hope to God no one makes a movie about whatever crap they can dredge up about her...sorry...I know that won't happen but still so angry at that book and movie...I am going to search youtube for that Fugue...it was interesting to find that Phyllis was a pianist:) Thanks Phillip!
I am German so excuse my mistakes in grammar. I have never known liberace untill the film "Liberace - Behind the Candelabra" on cinema. So I had to figure out how Lee seems to be - well was- in real life and I found out that he had a great sense of humour and was very kind. But I see without knowing anything about him before that it was obvious that he was gay and do you know what I like him. It is not important how someone lives his personal life, but it is important how someone behaves!
I could not agree more. Just because he was a product of the 50's he had to hide it from the world. Then come the 70's with Elton John and Freddy Mercury, also very flamboyant and very gay, but they seemed to be accepted. Leave Liberace alone to rest in peace. He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people! Simply put, there will never be another one like him and I mean that in a good way.
I started a new position as an apartment manager and was working close to 60 hours a week for quite awhile after the accident. Now I remember, I never got to see the news, just sleep!
Gladys had started to write a book at one stage, but the co-author, from memory, cheated her of the funding that was to see the book in print. I am not 100% sure of the details. Liberace referred to Gladys as his "second mom". to help recoup her losses and to restore something to Liberace's memory, she released a commemorative silver coin on which there is an inscription from her to Liberace.
Really? It surprises me that it would be taking place after so many years. That seems odd. As I said, I only met Cary a couple of times and those meetings were very brief and over 20 years ago. Liberace's housekeeper Gladys, who was like a second mother to him, had planned on writing a book and began to do so with a co -author, but it never came to pass. Gladys was an angel and wrote me often after I returned to Australia. She lived to be 100years of age! She's with Liberace now.
I agree with you 100%. I am especially disgusted that Debbie Reynolds was a part of it all. She received the first "Liberace Legend Award" in las vegas back in the early 90s. It was an honour the Liberace Museum bestowed upon her in his memory. I was there at the celebrations and I met her. Many stars owe something of their success to Liberace as I am sure in part does Miss reynolds. She has fallen from Grace.
I heard that he spoke of being inspired by a book titled "The Magic of Believing". And that this was referenced in a documentary biography on his life by A & E in 1995. I would really like to see that documentary or the other documentary biography on his life.
The inscription on the coin I have which she gave to me reads: "Lee : I can recall a million reasons why I loved you like a son. A man of many seasons, your second mother I'd become. With love, Gladys" Gladys also gave me some of Liberace's "street" clothes : a shirt with diamond studs and the like as well as other things. Liberace's close friend Vince Fronza, who became like a second father to me, once sent my mother a pair of diamond stud earrings.
He was such a special man, always seemed to be glowing with joy when playing for his audience.
Forget the showmanship, the outfits, the schtick, Liberace had a way of arranging the songs from the great American Songbook like no one else could ever do. His show stopper version of You Made Me Love You was a real tear jerker. His genius of the way he arranged the songs and then the order he played them built his show to a crescendo that was spectacular. A gigantic talent forever in the annals of showbusiness.
A rare gift for anyone to arrange someone else's music or music we've become accustomed to hearing and making it better, richer, more memorable to define one's desired self expression. Chopsticks, no one gave that simple 2 finger tune such a symphonic depth of elevation, masterfully fantastic.
He had such a charisma and talent that you couldn't help but admire his talent and kindness and of course I love his flamboyant, sparkly clothes and rings and pianos.
All the joy and happiness this man brought to the world and you go on and on about nothing but trash talk...when not one of you is/was ever fit to even carry Liberace's suitcase. Let this great man RIP and just enjoy his gift to us all...the music...his talent...his kind soul....
I found Liberace by accident and I'm trying to find everything and watch everything here on youtube. Thank you for sharing...he was a very gorgous man and piano-player and he had a great sense of humor!!!!
I felt refreshed and whilst watching he makes you forget all the evil in the world.. Just beautiful x
Oh my gosh I'm gonna cry. I remember him singing this.....my aunt had it sung at my uncle's funeral in the 90's and I thought we'd sob our eyes right out of our heads.....this version is especially evocative. What an amazing entertainer.....truly an icon.
I came to know Liberace's remaining family and friends well. I stayed in his Palm Springs home in the 90s. I shared a correspondence with his beloved housekeeper Gladys for many years. She did not like Scott Thorson. Gladys was like a second mother to Liberace and an amazing woman. Her love and loyalty towards Liberace was never failing. She stood by his memory until her recent death at 100 years of age. There was not a person I met who did not weep in memory of Liberace's kindness to others.
i'LL BE LOOKING @ THE MOON, AND I'LL BE SEEING YOU...............GOODNIGHT LEE & THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES...........YOU'L ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL ABILITY TO PLAY THAT PIANO.....
Back in the '50's, I used to watch his TV show. I said to my mother, "mom, I want to play like Liberace. I began lesson at the age of 8. I took lesson for about 8 yrs. I can't play like Liberace, but I'm still trying at the age of 66 and I also give piano lessons. Liberace emitted chills when he played.
An absolute gem...I could listen to Liberace all day (and night!)
Tkns for this posting...
..I could not agree more....heavens got one hell of a piano player!!!!
He is such a handsome and elegant man. And what a beautiful song. Sends chills down my spine.
I agree 100%. I always found him attractive and a class act. This was beautiful
@@balto4Thank you for your comment; I just listened again to this video, it really is a beautiful version, and with Lee I always discover little details again and again ... how he bows to the audience when they start applauding ... so nice and friendly. And he means it.
@@cathrinrehder6652 Yes he was so genuine,he loved his fans they meant everything to him. He was so kind to everyone
Truly a class act. 🎹
I haven't seen the HBO film and I doubt I will watch it. Many seem to think that Liberace was a "tortured soul". He was not. Not at all.He was well loved and respected by those who cared most for him. I saw a private video of his sabbatical to the Pokonos Mountains weeks before he died.He was very ill, but he was also very much at peace with himself and the world he was about to leave. If you can judge a person by his family and friends, then yes, Liberace was one of this world's kindest souls.
I've been to many of his shows in Vegas and one of his last public concert appearances in Austin and he was always sincere in his love and appreciation for his audience. Liberace was a genuine person.
Bill King, I agree, too much is made of his personal life and people miss whats in front of them and that was the fact he was a tremendous performer. He was probably not the greatest ever pianist ( but prob still in anybodys top 5 )....but he used his IMMENSE talent and wrapped it around his incredible ability to connect with his audience through his showmanship......thats what makes someone a great performer. There will never be anyone like Liberace again which is a great pity.
I too watched his TV show. I still remember this song. I also saw him in concert and he was a truly gifted entertainer.
Maybe I am not sophisticated enough to get the point of 'Behind the Candelabra' but to me it was demeaning to a great and talented man...
my Moms peers loved him, i was too young to be judgementative..meanwhile people like Dad,who was a musician, but never played a keyboard like Lee, were so jealous of Liberace...wonderful stuff...i 'll be seeing you
One of the greatest losses of my life--and I never actually knew him. I'm still in love with him.
Even though Liberace had a some what sad life off stage when you saw him on stage you should smile, because that what he wanted. Anybody can read the book Scott wrote and see the movie and still just think of Liberace as a wonderful man and brillant performer because that's also what he wanted. Nobody's perfect. Scott may have written the book to make money but he told Howard Stern he didn't get much, but he didn't say how much. Liberace didn't turn gay, that's the way he was.
I have loved him since I was a very little Boy.. I did not know what Gay was..
Today I miss him very much.. He was the Pianist and could play like no other..
A Sweet Soul as well.. Full of love..
Total Class Act!
There will never be another like him.
I saw the man live and in person at one of his shows. I had no idea then that he was gay or not. It just didn't matter. The man was entertaining to the max, and he had an odd and extremely rare quality about him, that made you believe that he was performing ONLY for you, as if no one else was in the room. What an extreme gift he had. Maybe not the finest pianist ever, but certainly, the finest entertainer, ever !!! WONDERFUL !
He's been gone almost 30 years? No, it doesn't seem to be that long ago at all, not even 20 yrs, but ...
I guess it's because he was larger than life, a grand performer, an exaggerated personality--not in a bad way--that captured attention everywhere he sashayed, with flair, exuberance, sincere warmth of communication his unconscious expression projected for love, to give & to receive.
First Last And now Elvis has been gone 38 years. Doesn't seem possible. He would have been 80 back in Jan.
+First Last If he was alive today, Liberace would be 97. Amazing how fast time flies.
Venus Spa
And Patsy Cline would be 84. She was only 30 when she died in that plane crash. Just getting into her prime. We lost a national treasure on March 5, 1963.
Venus Spa no he would be 98
First Last ...and a16 year old boy!
Good ol Lee.....what a wonderful talent in many ways 💞 certainly glad to have had him in the LGBTQ community 🌹
He only wanted to please his fans 110%. His personal life was his and no one else’s. Scott Thortenson plays the pitty card, but a gold digger is a gold digger....
Made the movie and told his side and Liberace is no longer to defend his side. Two sides to every story...
My mom and dad saw him several times at the Las Vegas Hilton and loved it. The shows were always sold out so it's no surprise he was making 400k a week back in the 1970s.
He was great, a wonderfull performer. He always give me some nostalgia when I listen his songs. And of course I am so intrigated on knowing who would be that "chinese acrobats from Taiwan"...
Rest in peace dear man.
NOBODY did it like Liberace...
NO ONE ever will again.
Keep a light in your heart shining for him. He deserves it. Blessings!
Great video from one of the greatest showman of all time.
Wish I'd been able to see him live. What a talented man.
I always Loved Liberace even as a child.He had a weekly show that I did not ever miss.He was one Class act.He never said an ill word against anyone.Never did a thing that wasn't class.He played the piano like noone else could.To this day I miss him.There will never be another man or musician like him.
I only ever met Liberace once as a child here in Australia. In the early 90s I was invited to play at celebrations in Las Vegas in honour of him. As a result of that, his remaining family and friends invited me to Palms Springs - the invitation was extended me to stay there whenever I was in the US. I stayed there in 1990, 1992 and 1994. I knew his sister, his housekeeper and members of is entourage. His best friend became a father to me. These people were the kindest people you could ever meet.
A true showman with tremendous talent.
This song always makes me smile.
You are very fortunate to have met Liberace......at the risk of being repetitive I thank God for people like you...people who actually have stories to tell about Liberace's goodness, his generosity, his humility...one thing that told me a lot about how people loved him was 'What's My Line'..he admitted to being in a band and the lady on the panel said something like the only person I can think of in a band getting those kind of screams is Liberace!
Thanks for posting these I love Liberace
Now look what the world has - Justeen Bleebler? Smiley Myrus? Are you kidding me?
Yes. Pretty sad what we call "talent" these days.
Yup. The good music is gone....at least for now.
wow..I love that song! first time to see this Man.....RIP!
God Bless You as well...so good to hear from someone who knew Liberace...I love him dearly but he died when I was young...such a genuine man...thank you for keeping his memory alive...and countering crap with truth....
Beautiful !!!...I think I'm going to cry...
He was a deeply religious man and the church across from his home in Palm Springs owed its very existence to him. I was blessed to be invited to stay in his Palm Springs villa "The Cloisters" during the early 90s after he had passed away, by his remaining family and friends. I did not meet one person, even just a passer by in Palm Canyon drive who did not have some story to tell of Liberace's kindness and who did not shed a tear in the telling. The man was a saint!
It can´t be any better, than his beautiful music.
my aunt toke me to see him in 1983 Hilton in Las vegas, that was first time I had seen him and what show marvelous,
I always enjoyed watching Liberace perform on stage. He may not have been the greatest of piano players by some person's standard, but l always felt he enjoyed entertaining people and that in itself made him great. There will never be another Liberace.
I played that piano on display as Australian Liberace style showman entertainer. Rest in peace beloved friend liberace
I was once shown a private video of Liberace's sabbatical to the Pokonos Mountains with friends. It was made just weeks before he died. He was very frail but in good spirits and, as you say, at peace. He wore a smile on his face the whole time as he always did. On his way there by car Liberace said that the one thing he wished for most was to see some deer. I was told that on the first morning after arriving in the Pokonos, he woke to see a deer at his bedroom window looking in at him!
I count myself lucky to have seen Liberace in Las Vegas (not sure the hotel) when I was a lad of about ten. Even seeing "Behind the Candelabra" (and assuming it's accurate) doesn't dampen my enthusiasm or appreciation of his showmanship and of the fact that I cannot watch Liberace without smiling. God bless Lee!
Not long after Liberace passed away, I was at a celebration in honour of him with his sister Angie. This clip was played and I have never seen anyone weep over the loss of a loved one as did Angie weep over her brother Liberace. Liberace was the kindest man this world will ever know. The greater gold he wore was in his heart and what a heart it was! When in residence at his Palm Springs home, every Friday he would go to the church across the way and feed the underprivileged who gathered there.
I met Debbie Reynolds when she received the first Liberace Legend Award. Actually, I sat at arm's length from her - we shared the same dining table with other members of Liberace's entourage and friends. On my wall in my music room here is my invitation to the event which I later sent to her requesting that she sign it and send it back to me, which she did. Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the floor on learning she was to be in the movie.
Your music is so good
Hehe, he did indeed. What a great artist. One can not stop smiling.
Love this guy!
He was indeed a deeply religious man and one of the kindest souls the world will ever know. Yes, he did have a chapel to Saint Anthony in his Palm Springs home. The home, called "The Cloisters" was the one in which he chose to leave this world. I stayed there in the early 90s. A piece of Paradise that was peace on earth . Blessings!
Such a beautiful soul.
I started out just to thumbs up you...can't click so have to comment...but got carried away...God Bless YOU and Liberace....and those who refuse to define a wonderful showman, a generous giving man, and a very decent human being by a book and movie that should have been left in the sewers of Scott Thorson's mind....
I've just seen the items being auctioned. There's a lot there. That's amazing! I see most have been sold. Blessings!
I AM here because of that 'movie' which I consider to be a an insult to Liberace...so disappointed in the stars who played roles in it...thought they were Liberace's friends...this movie was disgusting and a total let down. I watched it thinking that it would be about Liberace's climb to the top...a bit of history...instead it just dragged his name thru the mud 25 years after he died. The one good thing about it is the renewed interest in a 'one of a kind' entertainer and generous genuine man.
I adored Liberace! I am glad that Michael Douglas brought this man back to life! He ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT!!! LOVED the movie.It was VERY touching at times, and proves ALL couples have their issues.Sorry theirs had to end. I believe Scott and Lee REALLY did love each other.
He really made everyone feel good..What a entertainer he was...
LEE, you were a great entertainer that touched our hearts...my Mom and Dad were crushed to know he had died of AIDS, not because of anything associated with being gay, but because they didn't want such a fate to be associated with their friend....he was in our living room for years and my Dad always rolled his eyes and said, "that guy is laughing all the way to the bank..."
Thank you Dina. As to the foreclosure of his Las Vegas Estate, I have no full knowledge as to why. The Museum on Tropicana also closed. The Vegas home has had several owners since he passed. It was being rented out for wedding receptions at one stage. His legacy has not lasted as he wished for it to. The person in charge of his estate at the time of his death was at one time also in charge of the museum. His name was Joel Strote. Perhaps he'd be best to answer the question. Blessings to you!
Thank You!!!! In reading this it's really all I can say:)
I am glad you value him as a great talent and an incredible personality. It is I who now thank you for that. You would need to know me before accusing me of pretending to know anything. In the National Library of Australia there is an archive in which are housed the many letters Liberace's personal friends and his housekeeper Gladys wrote me over the years that have since passed. I personally knew those closest to Liberace who loved him dearly,his sister Angie, even his accountant. Blessings!
WLADZIU LIBERACE WAS CLASSIC AMERICAN FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE
What is this fascination with my age? I remember Liberace from the 60s, saw him in concert as a child. I begged my parents to take me. We had very close to front row center seats. He spotted me in the audience and in between songs waved and said "hello, little girl". I will never forget that moment. Even a child was not immune to his charm! I do remember the word nincompoop and I am preretirement age. Ha, you do the math!! Never ask a woman her age!
Across the way from Liberace's Palm Springs home, there is was small church.
It's still there I believe. Every Friday, that church would open its doors to receive less privileged people and feed them. Whenever Liberace was in residence at Palm Springs, he would cook meals and take them to the church across from his home and help to feed the people who had gathered there. He would serve them their meals. That church, for the time Liberace was alive, owed its existence to him. Blessings!
Hopefully the world will come to realise just to what extent how wonderful he was.He never spoke an ill word of anyone. Nor did he subject the media or any throng of journalists to a "melt down" as many a celebrity do today. He carried himself with grace and an inner sense of clam at all times. He generated to others a feeling of peace like no other celebrity this world has ever known or will ever come to know again. Blessings!
Hi Phillip, Are you still around ? You always write such nice comments about Liberace, but I have not seen any lately. 🤗 Regards from Germany
@@cathrinrehder6652 Yes, I am :) Thank you for those kind words. Blessings!
Phyllis Diller adored Liberace. To her, he was an angel. She once sent me a copy of her own composition "Phyllis's Fugue" which you can hear her play for Liberace here at RUclips in 1969 with a letter and two signed photos. As you know she passed away recently. She was loyal.
"GLAM" would have been the preferred typo as in "GLAMOUR" for that is what he was, a man of great goodness and glamour. Blessings ever to you jaytotheel :)
Liberace's foundation for the performing arts awarded many scholarships to music institutions across the US. Lots have benefitted from his altruism. I met Cary a couple of times. He asked me once to send him Danny La Rue's biography. Just how that came about, I can't recall, but I searched it out for him and sent it on returning to Australia. He wrote me back a nice letter on Liberace's own letterhead from the Vegas Villa. His handwriting was very similar to Liberace's own, almost identical.
Cont'd : That they themselves were so kind and caring towards me and treated me as if I was the special person amongst them is a reflection of their own relationship with Liberace and how he treated them. The private man, as did the public persona that was Liberace, always put others first. He never once not cared for others with a loving and true heart and it was an enormous heart of gold. He was one of the gentlest souls this world will ever know.
He did what he came to do and is now somewhere magical.
I have seen that episode of "What's My Line". I think he might have appeared twice on that show at various times. In 1971, Lady fairfax held a reception at her stately home for him. A friend of mine who was going to it, took with her a nun who had been badly burned in an accident. When Liberace was told she was there he requested a private audience with her and she was escorted into the library away from jostling fans and the press to meet her. He spent quite some time with her.
Point well taken. He was a clever fellow. When young supported his family near Milwaukee through the great depression playing in saloons. Parleyed his above average competent piano playing with tricks, flamboyancy, folksy self-deprecation, and cornball jokes into one of the most successful show biz careers ever. "I'm no Horowitz, but face it, Horowitz is no Liberace."
Wonderful :)
Lee already had aides when he made final appearance. I will never understand this illness, but I love the guy. So kind and so generous. He took his Mom everywhere he went. RIP
Man he was a real nice Dude man and I abide to this man.
I knew Phyllis Diller had died but until recently didn't know how close she was to Liberace...I loved the lady...and she was a TRUE lady...funny, not obscene...she WAS loyal and Liberace's friend...just a wonderful lady...hope to God no one makes a movie about whatever crap they can dredge up about her...sorry...I know that won't happen but still so angry at that book and movie...I am going to search youtube for that Fugue...it was interesting to find that Phyllis was a pianist:) Thanks Phillip!
I am German so excuse my mistakes in grammar. I have never known liberace untill the film "Liberace - Behind the Candelabra" on cinema. So I had to figure out how Lee seems to be - well was- in real life and I found out that he had a great sense of humour and was very kind. But I see without knowing anything about him before that it was obvious that he was gay and do you know what I like him. It is not important how someone lives his personal life, but it is important how someone behaves!
Lovely. God bless him.
I could not agree more. Just because he was a product of the 50's he had to hide it from the world. Then come the 70's with Elton John and Freddy Mercury, also very flamboyant and very gay, but they seemed to be accepted. Leave Liberace alone to rest in peace. He brought a lot of joy to a lot of people! Simply put, there will never be another one like him and I mean that in a good way.
Bravo!!
che classe!come si fa a non amare quest'uomo?...per sempre LEE
I started a new position as an apartment manager and was working close to 60 hours a week for quite awhile after the accident. Now I remember, I never got to see the news, just sleep!
With all his riches, he seemed to be terribly lonely. Such is the life of many great stars.
Pris - I would love to have that program if you still have it.
Kevin
Gladys had started to write a book at one stage, but the co-author, from memory, cheated her of the funding that was to see the book in print. I am not 100% sure of the details. Liberace referred to Gladys as his "second mom". to help recoup her losses and to restore something to Liberace's memory, she released a commemorative silver coin on which there is an inscription from her to Liberace.
Really? It surprises me that it would be taking place after so many years. That seems odd. As I said, I only met Cary a couple of times and those meetings were very brief and over 20 years ago. Liberace's housekeeper Gladys, who was like a second mother to him, had planned on writing a book and began to do so with a co -author, but it never came to pass. Gladys was an angel and wrote me often after I returned to Australia. She lived to be 100years of age! She's with Liberace now.
Es un genio como pianista, cantante, simpatía y creatividad.
Matiza bueno pianist si pero cantante ?
Blessings!
Very well said, thanks
I agree with you 100%. I am especially disgusted that Debbie Reynolds was a part of it all. She received the first "Liberace Legend Award" in las vegas back in the early 90s. It was an honour the Liberace Museum bestowed upon her in his memory. I was there at the celebrations and I met her. Many stars owe something of their success to Liberace as I am sure in part does Miss reynolds. She has fallen from Grace.
I heard that he spoke of being inspired by a book titled "The Magic of Believing". And that this was referenced in a documentary biography on his life by A & E in 1995. I would really like to see that documentary or the other documentary biography on his life.
The inscription on the coin I have which she gave to me reads: "Lee : I can recall a million reasons why I loved you like a son. A man of many seasons, your second mother I'd become. With love, Gladys"
Gladys also gave me some of Liberace's "street" clothes : a shirt with diamond studs and the like as well as other things. Liberace's close friend Vince Fronza, who became like a second father to me, once sent my mother a pair of diamond stud earrings.
"I wish my brother George was here." A famous quote by Liberace.
I wouldn't speak so soon. According to findadeath, Liberace "was a deeply religious man, and had a chapel built in his Palm Springs home".