I remember reading the postscript that Shaw was badgered into writing, Eliza indeed married Freddy, and together they borrowed money from Colonel Pickering so they could open a flower shop.
I loved JB as Sherlock Holmes. But when I saw the film My Fair Lady, I was blown away. Whether that was his singing voice or not. He was just gorgeous *swoon*
I enjoyed this movie but I absolutely adored Jeremy Brett's performance - what a handsome talent! If there are otherJeremy Brett fans reading this - wasn't he fabulous as Sherlock Holmes inthe PBS series? May he rest in peace.
She did, though. George Bernard Shaw said in the notes of the original play that she did marry Freddy and have a flower shop just as she wanted. The relationship between her and Higgins was always meant to be platonic, as much as they loved each other.
Absolutely. Higgins and Eliza’s story works so much better as unrequited romantic love on his part. By the time he realizes how he really feels, it’s far too late.
I'm gonna get in trouble for saying this , but too bad, here goes. I love this song , I love this character, I love this actor. I simply must say of all the men I've ever been attracted to he is my first pick. He is handsome in the extreme, has a noble bearing, this regal stature, perfect posture, gorgeous features, excellent speech patterns..... you name it, he's got it. I had this tremendous crush on him for several years, and I'm not a groupie, but I will say I'm a fanboy, and a hopeless romantic. He was just so beautiful, we'll miss him sorely, God bless and rest his soul. Ok I'll stop gushing now, apologies.
Lol.....at 14, saw the film in its original premier...on a 70mm screen. And had an instant 'crush' on 'Freddie'...and if I were a 'Newsie' in Edwardian Times, that would be the demeanor of a Man, would 'shine-for'....agreed apply with all of your descriptions..and had...Freddie just oozed that 'Oxford, Upper class' Studness, that just quietly 'Roars'.
Lol you silly cows... he's a total idiot. Unable to find a job, he got just a childish crush and behaves like a 14 years old. But he's good looking so Eliza should choose a total bloke... LOL
this was my beloved mums favourite song from her favourite musical, sadly she died in 1987,listening to it brings tears to my eyes, god bless you mum I miss you so much.
Jeremy Brett is my favorite actor/singer.He has everything any man would want to have -- good looks, talented and very successful. Too bad he died young at 61. May his soul be in heaven!!!
Although Im a guy and this is sort of known as a chick flick...I love this movie and song. I have watched MFL at least a dozen times. It never ages...Classy, clever, comical and thoroughly endearing. It was my moms favorite movie and after she passed in 2008, its a piece of her I keep with me...And always will.
samuel kirk I'm what I call myself a manly man and a large truck driver at that.Isay a guy who loves this movie and song is a REAL man because a real man has a lot of class! I'm sorry about your mom.Just be reassured she is still with you in spirit and you'll see her again.God Bless!
Appreciate the kind words my friend. This is truly one of the greatest musicals ever with equal parts romance, humor and style. Thanks again rockerdriver.
Samuel Kirk: The beauty of movie classics like this is that even guys like ourselves can enjoy and envelop how these films enrich our lives........and they hold a special place in our hearts especially because our mothers also shared our enthusiasm in these classics. I lost my mother in 2013 and I share your sentiment. My mother was a 1930's - 1950's singer/dancer. In her later years we enjoyed watching old classics and musicals together. One of my favorite Audrey Hepburn classics is Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is a movie that changed my life. In a world full of such acrimony it is comforting to know that guys like you are gifted with true feelings and respect for art and music that otherwise would stigmatize us. No matter what anyone thinks, you keep enjoying the classics. Thanks.
Perhaps in the future don't call movies "chick flick". It's a sexist term. BTW a movie that deals with emotions, love and has songs in it is not "lame" (as the use of "chick flick" suggests). Don't men also have emotions and fall in love too?
+HyperCriticalCritic When I first saw the film I was amazed she didn't go with Freddie. Then at the end it made some sense otherwise the whole deal with Higgins was inconsequential.
This was the "song of the show" - apparently Rex Harrison tried to have it cut! Thank goodness it was needed to fill in between scenes or , due to his strong influence and importance, Rex could have had his way
When she mentioned how her aunt bit off the spoon, She completely done me in. And my heart went on a journey to the moon, When she told about her father and the gin. And I never saw a more enchanting farce Than that moment when she shouted "move your bloomin' ".... I have often walked down this street before; But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before. All at once am I Several stories high. Knowing I'm on the street where you live. Are there lilac trees in the heart of town? Can you hear a lark in any other part of town? Does enchantment pour Out of ev'ry door? No, it's just on the street where you live! And oh! The towering feeling Just to know somehow you are near. The overpowering feeling That any second you may suddenly appear! People stop and stare. They don't bother me. For there's no where else on earth that I would rather be. Let the time go by, I won't care if I Can be here on the street where you live.
They just don't write lyrics like this anymore, do they?... Sigh! "Does enchantment pour out of every door?" ... No it's just from a Lerner & Lowe score!
I have this score on my iPod and every time I listen to this song, I swoon knowing that Prince Phillip is actually singing. Jeremy Brent was perfectly cast as Freddy, but I squealed like a little schoolgirl when I finally figured out the identity of that familiar, romantic voice. Mary Costa (the voice of Sleeping Beauty) claimed that she and all her friends had major crushes on Bill Shirley. I can imagine why...
Greetings from Lima, Perú. ... And after singing for Miss Doolittle, Jeremy Brett throws out his top hat, puts on his deerstalker cap and his Inverness cape, joins Edward Hardwick (Dr Watson) and goes on to Godolphin Street to resolve the mystery of The Second Stain. ;D Thanks.
@Lonestarry Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes! I have recently discovered the 80's series on netflix and I'm so in love with him!! I would never ever have thought of him in this role, but is shows what a good actor he was! He was simply delicious. Sorry my reply is so tardy, but I am a newcomer to the Jeremy Brett "fan club." LOL!
@Lonestarry Right you are, Lonestarry! Classically handsome yet just "geeky" enough to play the love-struck Freddy to the hilt! He was marvelous in a supporting role that added so MUCH to the film. The Lerner & Lowe score for My Fair Lady is wonderful and "On The Street Where You Live" has always been my favorite song in the show.
My mom's (R.I.P.) favorite movie, she bought it when it came out on vhs in the 90s. It became my fave too. I was maybe 10 and felt my first...desirous feelings (in other words, a sexual awakening)...watching Freddy. I never told my mom he was my first movie crush! Looking back I wish I had, since he's just the kind of guy she would want for me. :)
I know I may sound sappy, but it's so sad that Eliza Dolittle didn't get to marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill, instead of Professor Higgins! I mean, after all, Freddy is this sweet, charming, romantic person and Higgins is mean! :*(
WITHOUT A DOUBT! THE ONLY SHERLOCK FOR ME! @ 6 yr.s OLD, I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED BY MY CONFLICTING FEELINGS FOR JEREMY BRETT & JOHN LENNON!!! THEN DOCTOR DOLITTLE & I COULDN'T GET OVER REX HARRISON OH MY! THEN GENE WILDER JUST DONE MEE IN AS WILLIE WONKA!!! SOMEBODY HAD SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DO BY THEN!! MY LOVE FOR MR. BRETT'S MASSIVE TALENT REMAINS. THANKS ALL :D
Beatiful. I always swoon at this part of the film. I have a friend in England I've always longed to meet, so this song hits me deeply. Thank you for the video, much enjoyed.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Mr. Brett, was lovely with this contemplative romantic gothic air on his face, in the late english victorian high society, these tender & serious gestures with penetrating gaze. Great and handsome actor. In Sherlock role; it seemed it was made for him, and it was perfecting. He could sing so well, why dubbed?. A "chaskepearian" theatre actor?; the street, the flowers, the streetlight, the buildings; what a beautiful scene!!!, extremaly romantic.
+madamerotten , the studio told him not to tell anyone. He was actually very unhappy about it, and revealed the secret himself in the 90s, when the restored version of the film was released. The tried to also hush up the fact that Hepburn had been dubbed, but it was too obvious, and the cat got out of the bag. Ironically, there was no need to dub him at all, as he had a great voice. Just search youtube for actual videos of him singing.
magdavogelsang ___Thanks for that. I can certainly believe that, based on some of the terrible stories I've heard about studio management. Why can't these people just give credit where it is due?
On this day in 1958 {June 27th} Vic Damone's "On The Street Where You Live" reached #1 on the United Kingdom's NME chart Two years earlier on April 21st, 1956 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it peaked at #4 and spent almost a half-year in the Top 100 {25 weeks} Also in 1956 two other versions of the song charted; Eddie Fisher reached #18 & Lawrence Welk took it to #96 And eight years later in 1964 later Andy Williams recorded it & his version peaked at #28 RIP Mr. Fisher & Mr. Welk
I always thought it was Jeremy Brett singing this song for years and tho' I love this rendition, I wonder why Jeremy didn't do his own singing as he is a singer for this movie. I also love Vic Damone singing the song, too! Pleasant surprise that it came on right after, I recognized his voice as I was such a fan of Vic's a long time ago.
+peoniesido , He was actually very unhappy at being dubbed. The studio though his (lovely) voice was too "mature" for Freddy, so they dubbed it, and forbade him from telling anyone. He revealed the secret in the 90s when the film was restored.
He did sing the very first part (at the before before housekeeper opened it). If you listen carefully, it's clear it is two different voices. I also don't understand why he wasn't allowed to sing the whole song.
Reading posts. I often questioned if the rendition of On The Street Where you Live was Jeremy Brett. I'm crushed - Not Jeremy. Frankly. I'm a big fan of Jeremy Brett of Sherlock Holmes British TV. Bonus to realize he was Freddy in My Fair Lady. One of my all time favorite Broadway songs/ballads of all time. Vic Damone has a beautiful recording of this song.
What an incredible irony. Jeremy Brett (who turned 30 during the filming of My Fair Lady) was dubbed because his singing voice was considered too mature for the character of Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The dubbing was done by Bill Shirley, who was 43 at the time...
a glittering gem from a bygone era when Broadway musicals and their cinematic adaptations were meant to make people feel good, not depress them and Al Hirschfeld immortalized them in pen and ink. I always suspected Jeremy Brett was dubbed. So, Bill Shirley was the male counterpart of the legendary Marni Nixon.
It was a different man (Bill Shirley) who actually did the singing? I am crushed. It was too good to be true, that Brett would be so handsome AND have such an engaging, brilliant voice. Brett sure did a wonderful job of lip syncing.
it's sherlock holmes!!!!!....the original one, though the actual actor did have a nice voice...but they dubbed over it regardless, as did audrey hepburns, and natalie wood in west side story.
She should have ended up with this guy, I was so pissed that she ended up with that arrogant, controlling, misogynistic asshole Henry Higgins and not this beautiful gem of a man who sang On the Street Where You Live and accepted her exactly as she was
@@3mdick plus if you read the essay written by George Bernard Shaw for the orignal play that Eliza gets married to Freddy and open a flower shop together.
I randomly met the most amazing and beautiful girl I think I've ever seen a few weeks ago, I know exactly how Freddie feels! It feels nice to unexpectedly fall in love, basically I'm here watching this because I wish I could sing this myself (albeit not in front of her house, that would just be weird lol).
The idiots thought it best to cut out his (gorgeous) voice b/c they found it too "mature" for Freddy and so we get this obvious dub instead. Neither Brett nor Hepburn were pleased to put it mildly.
+xhaxha ....I heard and saw on youtube Audrey Hepburn singing the songs and i'm glad that she was dubbed by Marni Nixon as Audrey isn't a singer, but she shouldn't feel badly as she got the part she so wanted, i feel that Julie Andrews should've got the part but nothing can be done to correct that now.
+peoniesido Singing was a major part of the role - had they told her from the start she would be dubbed, she might have passed. Instead she worked for weeks on the songs and then without warning, both her and Brett were informed indirectly their voices weren't to be used.
+peoniesido I think the feeling was that Audrey was much more the kind of beauty they were looking for, and indeed, I feel the movie was made for her. Her voice was actually used in one of the songs quite effectively.
Julie Andrews should have been cast instead of Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady". Julie Andrews is a "triple threat" talented act, and it made no sense to give the part to Hepburn instead just because she had a "bigger" name during this time period. Oh well, Julie Andrews still went on from being a "nobody" to one of the biggest and most renowned stars in the movie industry after all.
I remember reading the postscript that Shaw was badgered into writing, Eliza indeed married Freddy, and together they borrowed money from Colonel Pickering so they could open a flower shop.
I loved JB as Sherlock Holmes. But when I saw the film My Fair Lady, I was blown away. Whether that was his singing voice or not. He was just gorgeous *swoon*
I enjoyed this movie but I absolutely adored Jeremy Brett's performance - what a handsome talent! If there are otherJeremy Brett fans reading this - wasn't he fabulous as Sherlock Holmes inthe PBS series? May he rest in peace.
I love and adore Jeremy Brett !
Me too!😊
...... well ....here goes..... Me Three....
I loved him as Freddie! I adore him as Sherlock Holmes ❤️
Yes, he was so beautifully, incredibly ENGLISH!😊😊😊😊 And bloomin' handsome🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have forgotten that he could sing so well. Incredible.
She did, though. George Bernard Shaw said in the notes of the original play that she did marry Freddy and have a flower shop just as she wanted. The relationship between her and Higgins was always meant to be platonic, as much as they loved each other.
Absolutely. Higgins and Eliza’s story works so much better as unrequited romantic love on his part. By the time he realizes how he really feels, it’s far too late.
If Jeremy William Huggins Jeremy Brett) appeared outside my door even singing this song in his own voice, I would be more than delighted . . .
I’d marry him in an instant 😂❤
Absolutely a beautiful song! One of my all time favorites.
I may faint and never wake if a man were to go and sing this outside my door at night.
sparkleavery Then I guess he'll just have to wake you, Sleeping Beauty. ;)
Katie Rose Wells You what's ironic is that I think that the guy who sang this, sang for Prince Phillip in Disney's Sleeping Beauty 😊
Actually it was Bill Shirley. lol
So you'd die?
I'll be over this evening.
I'm gonna get in trouble for saying this , but too bad, here goes. I love this song , I love this character, I love this actor. I simply must say of all the men I've ever been attracted to he is my first pick. He is handsome in the extreme, has a noble bearing, this regal stature, perfect posture, gorgeous features, excellent speech patterns..... you name it, he's got it. I had this tremendous crush on him for several years, and I'm not a groupie, but I will say I'm a fanboy, and a hopeless romantic. He was just so beautiful, we'll miss him sorely, God bless and rest his soul. Ok I'll stop gushing now, apologies.
Ty Nash Agree with absolutely everything you said! Jeremy Brett was in a class by himself! What an astonishing man!
See Jeremy Brett (RIP) as Sherlock Holmes, BBC. You will love it.
The definitive Sherlock Holmes. Absolutely brilliant.
Lol.....at 14, saw the film in its original premier...on a 70mm screen. And had an instant 'crush' on 'Freddie'...and if I were a 'Newsie' in Edwardian Times, that would be the demeanor of a Man, would 'shine-for'....agreed apply with all of your descriptions..and had...Freddie just oozed that 'Oxford, Upper class' Studness, that just quietly 'Roars'.
@@stanochocki8984 when I was little I had two different crush, Sherlock Holmes and freddie. When I realize they were the same actor I was overjoyed
I felt in love with this actor ever since I saw this movie for the very first time long time ago when i was 17
The actor Jeremy Brett is amazing.
Jeremy Brett was so handsome.
So hoping that Eliza ended up with Freddy.
+sashaqueenie She did marry Freddy in the original version ("Pygmalion").
I know that, which is why I am so pissed that they changed the ending.
Lol you silly cows... he's a total idiot. Unable to find a job, he got just a childish crush and behaves like a 14 years old. But he's good looking so Eliza should choose a total bloke... LOL
My parents owned this album and as a child this was always my favorite song. It still is. CHILLS.
I can listen to this song all the time
What a perfect voice & so very handsome !
Lovely Jeremy Brett, the better Sherlock of the History ❤️ and an adorable partner for dear Audrey. Thanks for sharing.
This was a beautiful scene from a truly beautiful movie. I think "My Fair Lady" was one of Warner Brothers best movies.
FYI, Freddy's singing voice was done by Bill Shirley aka Prince Phillip from Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
I KNRW HIS VOICE SOUNDED FAMILIAR!!!!!!
Damn, damn, damn. Thanks for breaking my heart. Where is Bill Shirley.?
@@jbeaupre1800 Cashed his chips in 1989.
What an amazing voice Bill Shirley had
This is such a beautiful song from a great movie
this was my beloved mums favourite song from her favourite musical, sadly she died in 1987,listening to it brings tears to my eyes, god bless you mum I miss you so much.
Jeremy Brett is my favorite actor/singer.He has everything any man would want to have -- good looks, talented and very successful. Too bad he died young at 61. May his soul be in heaven!!!
this is so enchanting! exactly how falling in love feels. i simply adore the freddy eynsford-hill version, even if it was dubbed.
It is a great voice and gives so much emotional power to this song.
Although Im a guy and this is sort of known as a chick flick...I love this movie and song. I have watched MFL at least a dozen times. It never ages...Classy, clever, comical and thoroughly endearing. It was my moms favorite movie and after she passed in 2008, its a piece of her I keep with me...And always will.
samuel kirk I'm what I call myself a manly man and a large truck driver at that.Isay a guy who loves this movie and song is a REAL man because a real man has a lot of class! I'm sorry about your mom.Just be reassured she is still with you in spirit and you'll see her again.God Bless!
Appreciate the kind words my friend. This is truly one of the greatest musicals ever with equal parts romance, humor and style. Thanks again rockerdriver.
Samuel Kirk: The beauty of movie classics like this is that even guys like ourselves can enjoy and envelop how these films enrich our lives........and they hold a special place in our hearts especially because our mothers also shared our enthusiasm in these classics. I lost my mother in 2013 and I share your sentiment. My mother was a 1930's - 1950's singer/dancer. In her later years we enjoyed watching old classics and musicals together. One of my favorite Audrey Hepburn classics is Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is a movie that changed my life. In a world full of such acrimony it is comforting to know that guys like you are gifted with true feelings and respect for art and music that otherwise would stigmatize us. No matter what anyone thinks, you keep enjoying the classics. Thanks.
this is not a chick flick
Perhaps in the future don't call movies "chick flick". It's a sexist term. BTW a movie that deals with emotions, love and has songs in it is not "lame" (as the use of "chick flick" suggests). Don't men also have emotions and fall in love too?
Enchanting! My Fair Lady is full of many moments like this! 🎭
i knew a mother who loved this movie, especially this song. she used to sing this when ever it came on. lol
Oh my. What a BEAUTIFUL LOVELY VOICE! OH MY GOSH! My heart...
Funny how in the movie this romance never materialized. Too bad, I love this song. One of the best musicals ever made.
Agreed I always said that had she gone with Freddy in the film it would have been completely out of left field.
+HyperCriticalCritic When I first saw the film I was amazed she didn't go with Freddie. Then at the end it made some sense otherwise the whole deal with Higgins was inconsequential.
My favorite movie. Love the music!
Truly beautiful music that warms the heart!
This was the "song of the show" - apparently Rex Harrison tried to have it cut! Thank goodness it was needed to fill in between scenes or , due to his strong influence and importance, Rex could have had his way
Love this song so much. It is so romantic! Give me a crooner any day.
When she mentioned how her aunt bit off the spoon,
She completely done me in.
And my heart went on a journey to the moon,
When she told about her father and the gin.
And I never saw a more enchanting farce
Than that moment when she shouted
"move your bloomin' "....
I have often walked down this street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I Several stories high.
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour Out of ev'ry door?
No, it's just on the street where you live!
And oh! The towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near.
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear!
People stop and stare. They don't bother me.
For there's no where else on earth that I would rather be.
Let the time go by, I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live.
They just don't write lyrics like this anymore, do they?... Sigh! "Does enchantment pour out of every door?" ... No it's just from a Lerner & Lowe score!
OMG beautiful.......esp the end!
I have this score on my iPod and every time I listen to this song, I swoon knowing that Prince Phillip is actually singing. Jeremy Brent was perfectly cast as Freddy, but I squealed like a little schoolgirl when I finally figured out the identity of that familiar, romantic voice. Mary Costa (the voice of Sleeping Beauty) claimed that she and all her friends had major crushes on Bill Shirley. I can imagine why...
Greetings from Lima, Perú.
... And after singing for Miss Doolittle, Jeremy Brett throws out his top hat, puts on his deerstalker cap and his Inverness cape, joins Edward Hardwick (Dr Watson) and goes on to Godolphin Street to resolve the mystery of The Second Stain. ;D
Thanks.
Yes he's a great actor.
Just love listening to this song. Randomly sing it round the house . Haven't seen the film in years but still remember the song so clearly .
What a wonderful song. My Fair Lady has always been my favourite film.
I have loved this song since the first time I heard it decades ago. Thank you for posting it!
Quite simply, a superb song.
I fell completely in love with him in this song 😫💘
@Lonestarry Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes! I have recently discovered the 80's series on netflix and I'm so in love with him!! I would never ever have thought of him in this role, but is shows what a good actor he was! He was simply delicious. Sorry my reply is so tardy, but I am a newcomer to the Jeremy Brett "fan club." LOL!
Absolutely loved it...♥️🎶😍
@Lonestarry Right you are, Lonestarry! Classically handsome yet just "geeky" enough to play the love-struck Freddy to the hilt! He was marvelous in a supporting role that added so MUCH to the film. The Lerner & Lowe score for My Fair Lady is wonderful and "On The Street Where You Live" has always been my favorite song in the show.
I will say, though Freddy's part was small, it left the audience wanting so much more. This is a great actor's choice in a supporting role.
My mom's (R.I.P.) favorite movie, she bought it when it came out on vhs in the 90s. It became my fave too. I was maybe 10 and felt my first...desirous feelings (in other words, a sexual awakening)...watching Freddy. I never told my mom he was my first movie crush! Looking back I wish I had, since he's just the kind of guy she would want for me. :)
Not bad for a man lip syncing, he’s gorgeous loved Jeremy Brett
He did sing the first part, before the housekeeper answered the door. That was Brett singing. The rest is someone else.
I know I may sound sappy, but it's so sad that Eliza Dolittle didn't get to marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill, instead of Professor Higgins! I mean, after all, Freddy is this sweet, charming, romantic person and Higgins is mean! :*(
Thank you. My mother loved this song. Me either. !!!!
I think you mean me too
Lovely interpretation!
WITHOUT A DOUBT! THE ONLY SHERLOCK FOR ME! @ 6 yr.s OLD, I WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED BY MY CONFLICTING FEELINGS FOR JEREMY BRETT & JOHN LENNON!!! THEN DOCTOR DOLITTLE & I COULDN'T GET OVER REX HARRISON OH MY! THEN GENE WILDER JUST DONE MEE IN AS WILLIE WONKA!!! SOMEBODY HAD SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DO BY THEN!! MY LOVE FOR MR. BRETT'S MASSIVE TALENT REMAINS. THANKS ALL :D
Beatiful. I always swoon at this part of the film. I have a friend in England I've always longed to meet, so this song hits me deeply. Thank you for the video, much enjoyed.
Thebestversionofthisong
Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Mr. Brett, was lovely with this contemplative romantic gothic air on his face, in the late english victorian high society, these tender & serious gestures with penetrating gaze. Great and handsome actor. In Sherlock role; it seemed it was made for him, and it was perfecting. He could sing so well, why dubbed?. A "chaskepearian" theatre actor?; the street, the flowers, the streetlight, the buildings; what a beautiful scene!!!, extremaly romantic.
Dubbed because they thought his voice sounded too old for Freddy.
Expander the e, yo
@@jacquigriffin5973 Maybe because he was baritone, not tenor.
Adore this movie!
No one but Vic Damone can do justice to this beautiful song
Thank you for providing both versions of the song. Delightful.
You'll be great :) awesome song choice.
Is Jeremy brett the actor who played Sherlock Holmes ?
Yes he was.
Yes! The very best Sherlock Holmes EVER! Wonderfully quirky.
+Bill Hicks Yes, and unfortunately he often took false credit for the vocalization, which is, in reality, dubbed by Bill Shirley.
+madamerotten , the studio told him not to tell anyone. He was actually very unhappy about it, and revealed the secret himself in the 90s, when the restored version of the film was released. The tried to also hush up the fact that Hepburn had been dubbed, but it was too obvious, and the cat got out of the bag.
Ironically, there was no need to dub him at all, as he had a great voice. Just search youtube for actual videos of him singing.
magdavogelsang ___Thanks for that. I can certainly believe that, based on some of the terrible stories I've heard about studio management. Why can't these people just give credit where it is due?
I think this film should have got an Oscar instead of the sound of music
But, this film did win an Oscar, for Best Picture of 1964. "The Sound of Music" won the Best Picture Oscar of 1965.
His voice gives me chills 😍 can a man sing about his wonder in me?
I'm in love with this song and with this movie and with it's magic atmosphere and I'm totally in love with Audrey
Yes yes a thousand times yes!! I miss him so much X-(
Una de las mas bellas comedias musicales,
What a song , what a talent 👏🏻bravo
wow what a nice music
On this day in 1958 {June 27th} Vic Damone's "On The Street Where You Live" reached #1 on the United Kingdom's NME chart
Two years earlier on April 21st, 1956 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it peaked at #4 and spent almost a half-year in the Top 100 {25 weeks}
Also in 1956 two other versions of the song charted; Eddie Fisher reached #18 & Lawrence Welk took it to #96
And eight years later in 1964 later Andy Williams recorded it & his version peaked at #28
RIP Mr. Fisher & Mr. Welk
I always thought it was Jeremy Brett singing this song for years and tho' I love this rendition, I wonder why Jeremy didn't do his own singing as he is a singer for this movie. I also love Vic Damone singing the song, too! Pleasant surprise that it came on right after, I recognized his voice as I was such a fan of Vic's a long time ago.
+peoniesido , He was actually very unhappy at being dubbed. The studio though his (lovely) voice was too "mature" for Freddy, so they dubbed it, and forbade him from telling anyone. He revealed the secret in the 90s when the film was restored.
He did sing the very first part (at the before before housekeeper opened it). If you listen carefully, it's clear it is two different voices. I also don't understand why he wasn't allowed to sing the whole song.
Reading posts. I often questioned if the rendition of On The Street Where you Live was Jeremy Brett. I'm crushed - Not Jeremy.
Frankly. I'm a big fan of Jeremy Brett of Sherlock Holmes British TV. Bonus to realize he was Freddy in My Fair Lady.
One of my all time favorite Broadway songs/ballads of all time. Vic Damone has a beautiful recording of this song.
Indeed.,That's why it's my favorite!
Cuando uno ama tambien quiere la calle donde vive tu amado.cancion preciosa❤
What an incredible irony. Jeremy Brett (who turned 30 during the filming of My Fair Lady) was dubbed because his singing voice was considered too mature for the character of Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The dubbing was done by Bill Shirley, who was 43 at the time...
No, I don't think it was about "mature", but rather different kind of a voice. Shirley was tenor and Jeremy was baritone. And they wanted a tenor.
a glittering gem from a bygone era when Broadway musicals and their cinematic adaptations were meant to make people feel good, not depress them and Al Hirschfeld immortalized them in pen and ink. I always suspected Jeremy Brett was dubbed.
So, Bill Shirley was the male counterpart of the legendary Marni Nixon.
It was a different man (Bill Shirley) who actually did the singing? I am crushed. It was too good to be true, that Brett would be so handsome AND have such an engaging, brilliant voice. Brett sure did a wonderful job of lip syncing.
Ha, Brett had very engaging voice, it is true :)
the original man who can't be moved.
Singing Sherlock a big fan of this actor.
This song reminds me so much of how I felt when I first fell in love with a girl
Inolvidable My Fair Lady ,
Love his voice.
Evidently Brett claimed the song for some time, but finally admitted it was the voice of Bill Shirley.
Yes, the studio forbade him to tell anyone, but he revealed the secret himself when the film was restored in the 90s.
ROMI, Whose recording is after the Jeremy Brett clip that you added on to continue the song? Dave B
Yes, Jeremy Brett was so wonderful as Freddie and Sherlock. He had a good voice, but in My Fair Lady his singing was dubbed by Bill Shirley.
Una de las canciones mas bellas del sXX!
it's sherlock holmes!!!!!....the original one, though the actual actor did have a nice voice...but they dubbed over it regardless, as did audrey hepburns, and natalie wood in west side story.
She should have ended up with this guy, I was so pissed that she ended up with that arrogant, controlling, misogynistic asshole Henry Higgins and not this beautiful gem of a man who sang On the Street Where You Live and accepted her exactly as she was
The ending was obscure. She did return to Higgins but on a different level - certainly not romantic. She became "one of the guys", as it were.
@@3mdick plus if you read the essay written by George Bernard Shaw for the orignal play that Eliza gets married to Freddy and open a flower shop together.
@@rzionrnrzfm5925 oooh didn't know that. Good to know! I was referring to the movie.
I knew you didn't see it and I just wanted to call it to your attention. I didn't feel you were correcting me. Apologies not necessary. Regards.
I randomly met the most amazing and beautiful girl I think I've ever seen a few weeks ago, I know exactly how Freddie feels! It feels nice to unexpectedly fall in love, basically I'm here watching this because I wish I could sing this myself (albeit not in front of her house, that would just be weird lol).
This song makes my heart hurt
My favorite song from MFL. Only time I wish I was a boy, just so I could play this character!
this song is so absolutely yummy......it's classically romantic and beautiful:)
Aaaah, Freddy is such a creeper. But the cutest, sweetest doggon creeper in history! ♥
He was stalking women before Twilight made it cool!
Thanks for uploading this. It's our school musical this year and auditions are next week. Gotta learn this song
Vic Damone, our Daddy+ had his long playing records!
The idiots thought it best to cut out his (gorgeous) voice b/c they found it too "mature" for Freddy and so we get this obvious dub instead. Neither Brett nor Hepburn were pleased to put it mildly.
+xhaxha ....I heard and saw on youtube Audrey Hepburn singing the songs and i'm glad that she was dubbed by Marni Nixon as Audrey isn't a singer, but she shouldn't feel badly as she got the part she so wanted, i feel that Julie Andrews should've got the part but nothing can be done to correct that now.
+peoniesido Singing was a major part of the role - had they told her from the start she would be dubbed, she might have passed. Instead she worked for weeks on the songs and then without warning, both her and Brett were informed indirectly their voices weren't to be used.
+peoniesido I think the feeling was that Audrey was much more the kind of beauty they were looking for, and indeed, I feel the movie was made for her. Her voice was actually used in one of the songs quite effectively.
Nah. Hepburn was signed on because of her box office power. She was really quite inadequate for Eliza. She wasn't guttersnipe enough.
Julie Andrews should have been cast instead of Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady". Julie Andrews is a "triple threat" talented act, and it made no sense to give the part to Hepburn instead just because she had a "bigger" name during this time period. Oh well, Julie Andrews still went on from being a "nobody" to one of the biggest and most renowned stars in the movie industry after all.
You're welcome. Good luck in the auditions.
j'adore cette chanson normal si j'aime l'acteur!!!^^
Wow ❤
to me this is the one and only version … END OF SUPERB
Bill Shirley is also the voice of Prince Philip (singing & speaking) in the Disney animated masterpiece "Sleeping Beauty".
I didn't know that!! Sleepy Beauty and My Fair Lady are some of my favourite movies.
Thanks! :)
Thank you for the info !!
Glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.
sad that they dubbed peoples singing voices in this movie except for Rex Harrison. audrey can sing and she's pretty good!
Not as good as Marni Nixon, who sang for her here, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Natalie Wood in West Side Story.
Jeremy Brett also had amazing singing voice, but for some reason they dubbed him too. :c
0:03 - 3:49 Fine performance by Jeremy Brett (the one and only Sherlock IMHO)
3:50 - 6:26 The best song for "Mad Men" season premiere 😉