Helen Forrest Sings Harry James Hits--1981 TV
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Helen Forrest sings five of her great hits with Harry James in this rare TV appearance from 1981. The songs include "I Don't Want to Walk Without You," "I Had the Craziest Dream," "I Cried For You," "I've Heard That Song Before," and "You Made Me Love You". James himself conducts the band on his hit "Roll 'Em".
Helen Forest, the best female voice of the big band era.👏🎶🎼♥️
I wish more people knew about her
40 years later and she still sings beautifully.
She was a legend! Imposible imagine the swing without her wonderful voice.
Best big band singer ever! What pipes👏🏻
my favorite out of all of them!
Wow, she was still in remarkable voice here.
She was a legend! Wonderful lady and her smile simply unique.
She was so wonderful. Obviously not of my generation, but first heard her on a local NPR jazz program back in college singing "They Say". Became an instant fan.
She was wonderful,! That´s entertaiment, fellows, nothing to do with the crap we have to listen today!!
She was hot back in the day, still when she sings "I Cried for you", she's young again.
and knocks it out of the park again! Her voice aged great!
Helen Forrestcis one of the best singers ofcall time. None today can touch her.Only Amy Winehouse came close
Without a doubt, the best lady singing with the bands from that magical moment in time
Thanks for sharing.... my favorite of the big band female vocalists.
One of the best crooners of the fourties Big bands.she sang withBenny Goddman and Harry James before her solo career.She was born in 1918 and died in 1999 at81.
She also sang with Artie Shaw, and had million-seller hits with all three.
She deserves better.
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Wikipedia says born in 1917.
I hooked up with Helen Forrest at Reno Sweeney's West Village in ~1978...long time gone, boyo.
I booked her there.
@@aeichler Wow. Long Time Gone. Be well.
NOTE: by "hooked up" I simply meant "Saw Her Performance"....
Love her music. My favorite is I think I heard that song before.
underrated are always the best
Great singers never lose it as fantastic Helen proves. Really nice open interview. Thank you for posting.
Que grandes estos dos Artistas Helen Forrest y Harry James ¡un lujo escucharlos!!🤗👍👍👍
Dos legendas del Swing juntos, es un privilegio oirlos.
The Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest episode aired in 1977. Dick Haymes died in 1980. This episode was part of a five day appearance by the Harry James Orchestra from Feb 2-6, 1981.
That was magic.
So very good!
AWESOME.....After all these years she's still FABULOUS......Thank you for posting this gem.
Really didn't care for Merv except for one thing. He had some great shows that showcased the greats of the big band era. When I was in college he had several programs that had Vaughn Monroe, Freddie Martin, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke and many more. It was several nights. Wish I could find those episodes .
Helen died at age 82 and so did merve
HELEN y HARRY : Un dueto,qué sin poder negarlo,nacieron para que un día se encontraran y formaran una pareja inolvidable,por sus voces.
Excelente!!!!!!!! Voz & Excelente Orquesta, Maravillosa Música.....
Beautiful!
...se echa de menos la GRAN ORQUESTA que la acompañaba..❗️
Fabulosa❗️
I loved her voice,!
Great!
Alan Eichler,
This clip is from an entire week of appearances on the Merv Griffin Show in February 1981.
The appearances included vocals by Joe Williams, Buddy Greco, and Jack Sheldon.
Do you have any of the rest of these shows?
Chuck
Graciasssss
More!!!!!
I wish she had a documentary done here on RUclips being I wanted to know why it was when she died she had been buried in a unmarked grave till someone put together a on line charity and got her a tombstone. I found it so sad that she met such an ending and it lead me to asking what happened to her estate ect. if you have any info that you could share please do ! Thank you !
🎉🎉🎉🎉 WGNJMN❤❤❤❤❤
Alan ,
Do you have any more from these Merv Griffin broadcasts?
Harry James appeared every day of the week of Feb 2-6, 1981?
Thanks,
Chuck Par-Due
Harry James died at age 67 in Las Vegas
I really enjoyed this. Do you have the Dick Haymes portion to upload?
I'll check.
It's fascinating that Helen and Harry wouldn't appear together.
Why wouldn’t they appear together? Was it because of how he treated his wife Betty Grable?
@@johnpickford4222 Read Helen's autobiography.
Godess
5:40 akward (but I love her)
Helen has been my favourite singer since 1953. I think she is best remembered for her work with Artie Shaw. She started to lose it when she was with James. When this was recorded she was well past her best. 'Belt them out' is right. She never did that at her best. This is painful.
Are you crazy?
@@lawrencephelps3181 Are you?
Where are the proper singers now?
Ryan Seacrest & "American Idull" put em outta business...Bastard
Dolly Parton is still here
In answer to the question no one asked...
She was about 23 when she teamed up with Harry James in 1942....
And 63/64 when she did this.
She overdoes the vibrato to the point of it being annoying. Harry had the same problem.
Too much emoting. She had a specific style with James and Shaw, and later she changed her style and dramatized everything way too much. Still one of my favorite singers, but not this style.
NEVER had a clue about her there's no fluid lyrical sense or flow crescendo especially WITH the music and musicians. Don't think she spent time with musicians and jammed. She's white bread and that's why Harry James kept her . Ego you can't sing better than the band leader. HE has to be the top banana
She and James were lovers in the 40's until he met Betty Grable.
Oh Helen, it’s not polite to kiss and tell! I do love your singing but your unabashed willingness to illuminate your affair with Harry isn’t tasteful. A classy woman is demure.
Well, if he wasn’t involved with someone and neither was she then it’s nobody’s business. But if either were seriously involved or married, then yes, discretion should be used to avoid hurting people or if she’s ‘trying to be honest’ just keep quite.
@@johnpickford4222 he was married to Louise Tobin, who had two young babies at home.
I'll have to listen to her actual recordings, but this Helen Forrest is not impressive. She's just too loud. Unfortunately, she seems to have been influenced by singers like that druggie that died of an overdose. Oh, yes, Whitney Houston, but she's not the only loudmouth singer.. I WAS RIGHT: she was much, much better before. Too bad she now thinks that louder is better. It isn't. Too bad she came out of retirement.
Quabledistocficklepo
STFU.
Helen Forrest (April 12, 1917 - July 11, 1999)
As a singer ages, the soft voice and intonation goes first, so one makes up for it by increasing the volume where it is much easier to perform. She did lose a great deal of touch over time, but never a thing in terms of dynamics or pitch.
I read that she had problems with her hearing. Perhaps that's why she sings louder here.
Quabledistocficklepo, Whitney Houston would have been influenced by Helen Forrest, not Helen influenced by Whitney. Besides, in 1981 where was Whitney? Please, do your homework before commenting.