"Grandfather's Clock" - Larry Hooper, 1956 Lawrence Welk Show

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

Комментарии • 152

  • @birdofevil7970
    @birdofevil7970 9 месяцев назад +16

    As a small child, I watched the Lawrence Welk show. Larry Hooper was my idol. l tried to imitate his deep voice with my squeaky little boy voice with little success, but l did my best!

  • @stever5279
    @stever5279 2 года назад +49

    Heard this as a boy in grade school during music time. And now for the first time in 57 years I hear it again. I never forgot this song :)

    • @ImoldsoIknowstuff
      @ImoldsoIknowstuff Год назад +6

      Me too! Woke up with it in my head, and couldn't remember exactly how the lyrics went. So I grabbed my phone, opened RUclips, and typed in, "...it was bought on the morn....", that's all, and bugger me! It popped up as though it was reading my mind. Just goes to show, how many people must have this song in their head. Lovely, simple but sad old song.

    • @julieanderson100
      @julieanderson100 3 месяца назад

      I just sang it today with my K-2 students. =)

  • @Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr
    @Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr Год назад +17

    I think Larry would have been more than pleased to know that nearly 70 years later, and way beyond, people would still be enjoying his incredible voice by the miracle of the internet.

  • @Drakelx55
    @Drakelx55 9 лет назад +156

    This man's voice, my god.... It's incredible

    • @bendynamic2150
      @bendynamic2150 5 лет назад +10

      i always wished i could sing like him or Harold Reid of the statler brothers

    • @SirHeadlyy
      @SirHeadlyy 4 года назад +1

      It's so flat :l

    • @citizenerrased
      @citizenerrased Год назад +2

      Listen Felix from Stray Kids :)

    • @patparker774
      @patparker774 10 месяцев назад

      He's really good. But J.D. Sumner ist much better....

    • @MultiKamil97
      @MultiKamil97 Месяц назад

      ​@@patparker774 Larry's voice was much stronger though. JD Sumner maybe could sing lower but he lacked power in his notes.

  • @toddholmes4480
    @toddholmes4480 4 года назад +47

    I swear, the older I get, the more I love this song!

  • @itsme-rt7nz
    @itsme-rt7nz 3 года назад +17

    My sister and I used to beg our mom to let us stay up long enough to see the Lennon Sisters, and so we watched a lot of Lawrence Welk every Saturday night (after our bath). We loved this guy. I don't think we knew his name, but we called him "Lowey".

    • @kenhoyer8601
      @kenhoyer8601 5 месяцев назад +1

      If your were good you could stay up after this and watch Gunsmoke.

    • @itsme-rt7nz
      @itsme-rt7nz 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@kenhoyer8601 Sorry. Two little girls were not interested in Gunsmoke.

  • @이야기의미로
    @이야기의미로 9 месяцев назад +14

    His voice is really awesome. I wish i can sing like him.

  • @VinylForest
    @VinylForest Год назад +14

    My grandmother used to play this song on her piano. We would all join in and sing along with her. It’s great to hear it again.

  • @mikeking7470
    @mikeking7470 Год назад +6

    My very first favorite song! And I was born in 1953! Anytime Lawrence Welk was on I watched, loved the bubbles on the set, too.

  • @jannawalters232
    @jannawalters232 Год назад +7

    Wonderful song and voice! Every single Saturday night, as a child, we watched this show. Mom's favorite. Now I know why.

  • @AFarmerCalledChicken
    @AFarmerCalledChicken Год назад +6

    I… was not expecting that voice

  • @michaelcase8574
    @michaelcase8574 4 месяца назад +3

    This song is what gave the grandfather's clock it's name . Before it the clock was known grnerecaly as a tall case clock.

  • @c.myesska1798
    @c.myesska1798 4 года назад +50

    I use to watch Lawrence Welk with my grandparents. Larry was my grandmother's favorite and of course mine (and the bubbles.) I used to say "There he is", when the camera panned him on the left side of the stand. My grandmother passed in 1962. Thank you for posting Larry so I can still hear him and remember them both.

    • @jacquelinepelasky6664
      @jacquelinepelasky6664 3 года назад +5

      I also watched with my grandmother and am carrying on the tradition with my grandchildren, thanks to PBS. Larry was grandma's favorite, and then mine. My grands (4 and 5) are huge Cissy and Bobby fans. Thanks for posting your memory, allowing me to share mine.

    • @chuckjohannessen3330
      @chuckjohannessen3330 3 года назад +4

      I to watched Lawrence Welk with my Grandma. Man I miss those times. Never thought how much it would mean to me.

    • @alyssakeezer8681
      @alyssakeezer8681 Год назад +2

      I did as well. Watched it at my grandmas house and it was her favorite. I liked the dancers and pretty girls and their flowing dresses while they danced. She passed in 73.😢

  • @702ringo1
    @702ringo1 3 года назад +16

    He was always my favorite on the Lawrence Welk show. He had such a friendly smile and a warm personality and he was really good on the keys. He is greatly missed!

  • @genataylor460
    @genataylor460 Год назад +5

    Oh, how this brings back memories. Our family of six always sat together to watch this show every Sunday. When I was in the Army in 1968, and stationed at Ft Ben Harrison, Indiana, Mr Welk and his band were performing at the Indiana State Fair, at the time I attended it with a boyfriend.

  • @mrbubblejones
    @mrbubblejones 10 лет назад +32

    The first time I ever watched this show was when Mr. Hooper came on and played this version. God, it was amazing.

  • @duntalkin
    @duntalkin 7 месяцев назад +4

    I gotta admit that this is my favourite version of this song 🎵 🎉❤😊

  • @billrose2083
    @billrose2083 2 года назад +4

    When I was young and learning to play base clef music, Larry's brother, Jim Hooper, taught me a great deal. Jim Hooper played in the Naval Academy Band. I never met Larry but I spoke with Jim about him often. Good old days....

  • @StonesAndSand
    @StonesAndSand 3 года назад +6

    My daddy's grandfather clock has been tucked away in a corner here at my house for years. I've been wanting to sell it, just to gain some more floor space. After hearing this song for the first time, I'm now having second thoughts.

  • @jennyleishman9617
    @jennyleishman9617 Год назад +2

    I love my grandfathers clock never tire of hearing this old song…

  • @BaileyTheFox2
    @BaileyTheFox2 4 года назад +12

    His voice is so deep!

  • @DrMorpheus
    @DrMorpheus 5 лет назад +7

    I might well have seen this show when I was all of 3 years, ten months old. Some memories stay with you.

  • @davidmarkham4891
    @davidmarkham4891 7 лет назад +36

    This is a treasure ! Thanks for sharing

    • @Naminski1a
      @Naminski1a 7 лет назад +1

      That song reminds me of Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

    • @cuber-e6z
      @cuber-e6z 4 года назад +1

      No dur

  • @suebanks7851
    @suebanks7851 8 лет назад +21

    Mr.Hooper is still one of my favorites from the show,i enjoyed family night watching this show through, the 60's
    and 70's till the end,Lawrence Welk show still airs on Saturdays on PBS channels hosted by Mary Lou Metzger or Bobby Burgess,cherished memories from this show...thank you for sharing video

  • @missjoshemmett
    @missjoshemmett 6 лет назад +14

    Love this song. It was demanded by letters that he do it once a year on the show!

    • @nicolasaleksandra6722
      @nicolasaleksandra6722 2 года назад +1

      That is a great voice and i do enjoy his songs while having a glass of wine for me, so tell me where are you originally from..

  • @bandini22221
    @bandini22221 6 лет назад +10

    I remember this when I was a kid.

  • @jeffreybarker4193
    @jeffreybarker4193 11 месяцев назад +5

    Love Larry Hooper he was the best.

  • @KCODacey
    @KCODacey 2 года назад +4

    I used to listen to this on a 45 RPM at my grandmother’s home. Repeatedly. I haven’t heard this in over 50 years. Thanks for posting.

  • @robertbrooks7001
    @robertbrooks7001 3 года назад +7

    Outstanding gentleman!

  • @deanedavies3612
    @deanedavies3612 3 года назад +5

    Love that deep bass voice that Larry Hooper had.

  • @jimblue39
    @jimblue39 5 лет назад +14

    Just saw this entire episode last Saturday night. Love those old Lawrence Welk shows. Thank you for uploading this. Lawrence sure had a knack for finding great talent, their were so many wonderful and talented people on his show. Plus, they were just "nice" people.

  • @thomasa.bradley6292
    @thomasa.bradley6292 5 лет назад +19

    What a fabulous song sung by a fabulous voice and talent.

  • @brytonwallis4817
    @brytonwallis4817 18 дней назад +1

    This is the first grandfather clock cover that I’ve not seen someone comment on the fnaf 2 puppet in the comment section
    And this dude tone sounds the closest to the repeating “har” in the fnaf beat box lol

  • @Masonishere2828
    @Masonishere2828 5 месяцев назад +2

    we are making it to 6am with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

  • @gunnarthorsen
    @gunnarthorsen 3 года назад +28

    The song was composed in 1876 by Henry Clay, who also composed the Civil War song, "Marching Through Georgia". It's a sad song about a clock that seems to know when the owner will die. Here's the last verse, which isn't heard here:
    "It rang an alarm in the dead of the night -
    An alarm that for years had been dumb;
    And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight -
    That his hour of departure had come.
    Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
    As we silently stood by his side;
    But it stopped short - never to go again -
    When the old man died."
    Now for a few details behind the story: the old man in the song was a Norwegian farmer in the midwestern United States named Sven, and he was mighty thrifty, he hated to waste anything. When he was on his death bed, with the clock ticking in the next room, his family came in to be with him for the last time. Sven said to his wife, "Inge, is that you?", and she replied, "Yes Sven, I am here." Then he asked, "Is our son Lars here with you?" and she said, Yes, Sven, he is here with me." "And what about our daughter Elsa, is she here?" "Yes Sven, Elsa is here, we're all here with you." Then old Sven opened his eyes, looked off into the distance like he saw a vision, and said with his last breath, "Inge.....if the whole family is here.......why is the light still on in the kitchen?"
    And the clock stopped. :)

  • @kenhoyer8601
    @kenhoyer8601 5 месяцев назад +3

    A wonderful a wonderful.

  • @suraijoy4448
    @suraijoy4448 8 лет назад +24

    Ларри Великолепный. Обаяние и волшебный тембр

  • @AlexeyShSpb
    @AlexeyShSpb 7 месяцев назад +3

    Почему так мало просмотров? Это прекрасно!

  • @Knappa22
    @Knappa22 3 года назад +4

    I didn't expect his voice to be so deep!

  • @Massev6871
    @Massev6871 Год назад +5

    What a bass tone!

  • @BiPolarExpress1225
    @BiPolarExpress1225 6 лет назад +7

    Wow.. what an amazing voice. kind of calm and soothing.

  • @andrewvelonis5940
    @andrewvelonis5940 6 лет назад +7

    I never heard of this guy before, but wow what a voice. BTW, there is a 3d verse to that song.

  • @lorenzfreimann
    @lorenzfreimann Год назад +2

    ŁZY SAME SIĘ CISNĄ DO OCZU szczególnie kiedy do tych 90 lat już tak niewiele zostało

  • @clawingbearwade4120
    @clawingbearwade4120 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this.

  • @EmpowermentKids1009
    @EmpowermentKids1009 Год назад +1

    My grandma used to play this song all of the time 🥹❤

  • @davemaurmann123
    @davemaurmann123 3 года назад +3

    Love this! Thank you, Richard

  • @Thejaka2009
    @Thejaka2009 6 лет назад +6

    Wonderful

  • @melanigaster
    @melanigaster 6 лет назад +9

    Great voice!! Can anyone do this now? I doubt it. I love it.

    • @1946lynne
      @1946lynne 3 года назад +1

      I’ve sung it to all my kids and grandkids.

  • @tomasfernandez6487
    @tomasfernandez6487 9 лет назад +4

    I wish I could have met my grate grandma Mr. Hooper 😏 His voice is amazing

    • @alexlovely609
      @alexlovely609 5 лет назад +2

      Tomas Fernandez what??? Great grandma mr hopper??

  • @WYATTMusic
    @WYATTMusic Год назад +2

    great song

  • @BlokeOzzie
    @BlokeOzzie 8 лет назад +5

    Man I remember this guy singing "The Reluctant Dragon". Great voice.

  • @anacarmen384
    @anacarmen384 2 года назад +2

    Love this oldie

  • @alyssakeezer8681
    @alyssakeezer8681 Год назад +3

    Fisher Price brought me here lol. It was the song in their little clock toy. Loved it.

  • @fiigo12
    @fiigo12 Год назад +5

    Mmmm yes this was the song that played in the prize corner at fredrick’s fancy ballroom

  • @fre0nx675
    @fre0nx675 5 лет назад +4

    Was not expecting that

  • @edmondscott7444
    @edmondscott7444 Год назад +2

    Great.

  • @isaiasaguirre342
    @isaiasaguirre342 Месяц назад +2

    We're getting mauled by the Puppet with this one

  • @Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR
    @Les-OZZYTHEOSCAR 3 года назад +5

    I love this song. I don't know where I first heard it from as I'm 49, and have only ever heard the first verse. It's great to hear the rest. It just suddenly popped into my head today and I thought I would just see if it was on RUclips. Wow.......there it is . Thank you .

  • @nombreoriginal616
    @nombreoriginal616 4 года назад +7

    Hello mr.Afton

  • @jandeband
    @jandeband 8 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome ❤❤❤

  • @themoichannel6009
    @themoichannel6009 10 лет назад +6

    iron plated voice box that man had. wow.

  • @dancebandleader
    @dancebandleader 8 лет назад +7

    I think I like this arrangement better than the the 1960 recording.

  • @rugby8-Philadelphia
    @rugby8-Philadelphia Год назад +1

    My Mom sang this to me, as did my Grandmother.
    The recording we had was Tennessee Ernie Ford.
    Wow. Such clear memories of being 4 years old - 1960
    🥰🥰🥰

  • @hectorjesus143
    @hectorjesus143 4 года назад +6

    Guys, we need to wind up the music box.

  • @ziziroberts8041
    @ziziroberts8041 3 года назад +2

    All the verses 😊

  • @ghostblade7061
    @ghostblade7061 8 лет назад +79

    He's got a voice that makes Darth Vader sound like Michael Jackson

  • @fosuapapabi6279
    @fosuapapabi6279 7 лет назад +2

    waooo voice of voice

  • @starlast5947
    @starlast5947 4 года назад +5

    Might or might not have found this while in a deeeeeepppp FNAF internet whole...

  • @tposecat2276
    @tposecat2276 5 лет назад +4

    This is an old song since it was filmed in black and white

    • @jeromewysocki8809
      @jeromewysocki8809 3 года назад +1

      It was filmed in black and white because it was a television show, and color television was not quite ready for commercialization yet. Black and white television was the standard until about 1964.

  • @OldFoxes
    @OldFoxes 8 лет назад +20

    Бас божественен. Сейчас, то ли бабы таких не рожают, то ли хз... Слушаю и наслаждаюсь

    • @andrewbasta3164
      @andrewbasta3164 6 лет назад +3

      Glenn Miller из американцев - ещё круче. Да и в своём отечестве пророков достаточно. Владимир Миллер, например, сам ого-го-бас, и проект сделал "Три баса-профундо", там многие побывали. Тут на RUclips есть.

    • @LOWERINCE
      @LOWERINCE 5 лет назад +2

      Такой голос большая редкость

    • @diakark
      @diakark 2 года назад +1

      @@LOWERINCE ага)

    • @diakark
      @diakark 2 года назад +1

      Рожают, но единицы! (

    • @diakark
      @diakark 2 года назад

      Согласен, скорее всего сейчас правда бабы не могут таких родить! :'(

  • @cowboykody6775
    @cowboykody6775 5 лет назад +2

    B side ,A side was Calcutta 45rpm record

  • @fatimazohrajbilou2619
    @fatimazohrajbilou2619 3 года назад +1

    Wow

  • @New3DSLuigi364
    @New3DSLuigi364 3 года назад +3

    I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE MARIONETTE SINGING HER FAVORITE SONG!!

  • @aydenshmayden539
    @aydenshmayden539 4 года назад +3

    How’d he make his voice do that

  • @dmitriy7460
    @dmitriy7460 7 лет назад +3

    Класс

  • @biggali
    @biggali 5 лет назад +5

    This is the opposite version of Maple's, it is deeper with proper English.

  • @ruthbagtong2005
    @ruthbagtong2005 8 лет назад +3

    [1956]

  • @hands_0n543
    @hands_0n543 4 года назад +3

    I have seen a severe lack of FNaF comments, good, good, let's keep this gem pure

  • @doominickjackson5359
    @doominickjackson5359 2 года назад +2

    did he singed it to the marionette?

  • @megatron984
    @megatron984 4 года назад +2

    Yooh THIS IS LIKE FNAF LIKE I HEARD IT FROM TIKTOK

  • @SuperOldandSlow
    @SuperOldandSlow Год назад +1

    It was not for nothing Larry Hooper’s nickname was “Bullfrog.” When he sang, it was like a tuba with legs on stage.

  • @UnniG
    @UnniG 2 года назад

    🌹🌹🌹⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏💫☺️

  • @ancientastronut9915
    @ancientastronut9915 3 года назад +1

    "Wunerful, wunerfula"

  • @account5003
    @account5003 4 года назад +3

    RIP voice actor of darth vader

  • @Aner61
    @Aner61 Год назад +1

    if larry hooper made good music:

  • @Thecryingbean
    @Thecryingbean 2 года назад +1

    Lady charlotte emilius the fourth

  • @Naminski1a
    @Naminski1a 7 лет назад +6

    Five Nights at Freddy's 2 brought me here.

    • @alexlovely609
      @alexlovely609 5 лет назад +2

      Naminski fnaf 2 did this song??

    • @singang5280
      @singang5280 5 лет назад +3

      The haunted Flame yep this is the puppet’s music box but its just the music. It doesn’t have the lyrics in it.

  • @thihal123
    @thihal123 6 лет назад

    What's the singer's name?

  • @ironmatic1
    @ironmatic1 11 месяцев назад

    kinda weird how he gives all those eighth notes for nothing at the start

  • @biscuitsandgravy616
    @biscuitsandgravy616 11 месяцев назад

    :)

  • @jixly
    @jixly 4 года назад +3

    this is such a dark song-
    it's not really surprising that im here though xD
    (im saying i like dark things)
    but im here wondering why such a dark song is for kids! like why?

    • @dianafrost936
      @dianafrost936 3 года назад

      There's a Twilight Zone episode bases on this song. It's called 90 years Without Slumbering..

    • @richrauch
      @richrauch  3 года назад

      When I was in the first grade, the teacher played the song for the class and it became an instant favorite of mine. What a fascinating, spooky story it tells.

  • @양태양-s6e
    @양태양-s6e 5 лет назад +3

    this voice like darthvader

  • @keithammleter3824
    @keithammleter3824 Год назад +1

    This was probably considered quite good - until the Everly Brothers got hold of the song.

  • @Alaska-Jack
    @Alaska-Jack 6 лет назад +1

    Lol

  • @timothyjordan5731
    @timothyjordan5731 3 года назад

    Mr. Grinch?

  • @leyubar1
    @leyubar1 3 года назад +3

    I wish he would sing it a bit lower

  • @RCALivingStereo
    @RCALivingStereo 5 лет назад +2

    Sounds like Ken to me

  • @UhTyGovoryaschayaRyba
    @UhTyGovoryaschayaRyba 2 года назад

    ZZ

  • @notdead5458
    @notdead5458 7 лет назад +2

    FNAF

  • @SirHeadlyy
    @SirHeadlyy 4 года назад +1

    Dand his voice is so flat

    • @nashvilletennessee3194
      @nashvilletennessee3194 4 года назад +1

      This is the second time you have posted this here! Please go away Russian troll!