Wladziu (or Vładziu) Valentino Liberace (/lɪbərˈɑːtʃi/ lib-ər-AH-chee; May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), best known simply as Liberace, was a famous American pianist and vocalist.
In a career that spanned four decades of concerts, recordings, motion pictures, television and endorsements, Liberace became world-renowned. During the 1950s–1970s he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world and embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off the stage.
Liberace, known as "Lee" to his friends and "Walter" to family, was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee suburb, to Frances Zuchowska (August 31, 1892 – November 1, 1980), who was of Polish descent, and Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (December 9, 1885 – April 1, 1977), an emigrant from Formia, Italy. He had a twin who died at birth and he was born with a caul, which in his family, as in many societies, was taken as a sign of genius and an exceptional future. Liberace's father was a musician who played the French horn in bands and movie theaters but sometimes had to work as a factory worker or laborer. While his father encouraged music in the family, his mother was not musical and thought music lessons and a record player to be luxuries they couldn't afford, causing angry family disputes. Liberace later stated, "My dad's love and respect for music created in him a deep determination to give as his legacy to the world, a family of musicians dedicated to the advancement of the art".
Liberace Bio 1988
ABC promo Liberace 1988
TSfilmvault - Liberace (1988) (TV) Clip
Howard Stern/Gilbert Gottfried goof on Liberace 1988
Liberace: Behind the Music
Liberace: Behind The Music - Trailer (1988)
Liberace Good Morning America 1986
Liberace & Scott On Stage In Vegas
Movie review: Liberace - Behind the Music
Liberace: Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful
JOHNNY CARSON FULL EPISODE: Liberace, George Miller, Tonight Show, 1986
Remembering Liberace
Liberace Plays Piano in Final Appearance with Johnny Carson on Tonight Show 1986
Liberace Reveals his Love for Soap Operas on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show
Liberace Bio 1988
ABC promo Liberace 1988
TSfilmvault - Liberace (1988) (TV) Clip
Howard Stern/Gilbert Gottfried goof on Liberace 1988
Liberace: Behind the Music
Liberace: Behind The Music - Trailer (1988)
Liberace Good Morning America 1986
Liberace & Scott On Stage In Vegas
Movie review: Liberace - Behind the Music
Liberace: Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful
JOHNNY CARSON FULL EPISODE: Liberace, George Miller, Tonight Show, 1986
Remembering Liberace
Liberace Plays Piano in Final Appearance with Johnny Carson on Tonight Show 1986
Liberace Reveals his Love for Soap Operas on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show
Liberace in London 1968 Special
Liberace on Smothers Brothers
Liberace In Copenhagen 1983
Rob Lowe on Liberace and Face Lifts
20/20 Interview with Liberace (1981)
Liberace and Phyllis Diller - Phyliss Arrives - The Liberace Show
Liberace Dances - The Blue Danube - The Liberace Show
Liberace Hot Pants Boogie Costumes
Copy of Liberace Museum : Liberace Home In Ruins, ~Devistated by Economy in Las Vegas~
Liberace Music Video & Entrance 1981
1969 Liberace Show Boogie Woogie
Liberace Concert Monte Carlo 1982
Liberace plays Malaguena
Liberace - A Gershwin Medley - The Liberace Show
Liberace in Vegas
Liberace Audience Requests.wmv
Liberace Cooking on Letterman
Liberace about gay rumors
Liberace ex-lover talks about secret affair
'Tribute To Hawaii' - The Liberace Show.
Liberace Live in Las Vegas from # 1 Liberace
Liberace I'll Be Seeing You Live
Liberace in London Classic Concertos
Liberace Entrance in Las Vegas Only the way Lee Could do it Featuring Scott Thorson
Liberace Live Without Music
Liberace MD I'll Be Seeing You
LIBERACE Live in Las Vegas
Liberace live in Las Vegas
Liberace live and in person 1983
Liberace Chopsticks
Liberace Plays Live for Life (Vivre Pour Vivre)
BOBBY CRUSH: The making of LIBERACE LIVE FROM HEAVEN PART 1
Liberace Chopsticks.wmv
Liberace Boogie Woogie
Liberace in Heaven - Saturday Night Live
Rhapsody In Blue - Jon England; a tribute to Liberace "Live"
Liberace interview - Good Afternoon - Thames Television
Liberace on Oprah Winfrey Show (Interview with Performance)
Liberace - interview at the London Palladium - 1980's
Michael Douglas Interview #2 -- Gay Aspects of LIBERACE (2013) - BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Extended interview Scott Thorson
Liberace 80's Interview
Liberace Lifestyle
2002: Liberace's lover speaks out
How did Liberace die? BBC
The Last Time Scott Thorson Saw His Ex-Lover Liberace - Oprah: Where Are They Now? - OWN
Matt Damon Interview #1 -- Reason for joining LIBERACE (2013) - BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
'Behind the Candelabra' Interview: Matt Damon Says 'Candelabra' a 'Dream Role'
Debby Reynolds Interview -- LIBERACE (2013) - BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
What's My Line? - Frank Lloyd Wright; Liberace; Peter Lawford & Paul Winchell [panel] (Jun 3, 1956)
What's My Line? - Liberace; Paul Anka [panel] (May 31, 1964)
Michael Jackson Gay - Says Scott Thorson Liberace's Boyfriend - Behind The Candelabra
The Jack Benny Program S04E07 - Liberace Show - Watch Comedy Series Online
What's My Line? - Liberace; Buddy Hackett [panel] (Dec 23, 1962)
The Liberace Show 1950's
Hollywood Palace 3-11 Milton Berle (host), Liberace, Cesar Romero, Joey Heatherton, MacGuire Sisters
Opie & Anthony Liberace
Hollywood Palace 4-20 Sammy Davis Jr.(host), Liberace, Mickey Rooney, Kaye Stevens
You Bet Your Life #55-24 Liberace; Groucho sings "I Love a Piano" (Secret word 'House', Mar 8, 1956)
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The Muppet Show S03E05 Liberace
LIVE FOREVER: REMASTERED DVD
(i Wonder Why) You`re Just In Love[Kenneth:]
I hear singing and there's no one there
I smell blossoms and the trees are bare
All day long I seem to walk on air
I wonder why
I wonder why
I keep tossing in my sleep at night
And what's more I've lost my appetite
Stars that used to twinkle in the skies
Are twinkling in my eyes
I wonder why
[Sally:]
You don't need analyzing
It is not so surprising
That you feel very strange but nice
Your heart goes pitter patter
I know just what's the matter
Because I've been there once or twice
Put your head on my shoulder
You need someone who's older
A rubdown with a velvet glove
There is nothing you can take
To relieve that pleasant ache
You're not sick
e kiss a-kiss a-kiss a-kiss away all our cares,
The player piano plays that good old razz-a-ma-tazz.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues.
They're the best I've ever heard,
When they play the ragtime jazz,
It makes me wanna cuddle, I wanna honey puddle,
I wanna say "skiddy-woo" and "razz-a-ma-tazz."
It's that ever-lovin' old piano roll
I get a funny feelin' down in my soul
So keep on syncopatin', while I keep palpatatin'
That old piano roll blues.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues.
Sittin' at an upright, my sweetie and me,
We're pushin' on the pedals singin' sweet harmony.
I wanna hear it again, the rinkety-tink,
We cuddle closer it seems.
We kiss a-kiss a-kiss a-kiss away all our cares,
The player piano plays that good old razz-a-ma-tazz.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues, you'd better believe it,
When I was a young man courting the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me with tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came my way
As time came around, she came
When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words and a clover ring
But if you could examine the goods they bring
They have little to offer but the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly whites
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
Now on the sidewalk, sunny morning
Lies a body just oozin' life
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be oh Mack the Knife?
There's a tugboat down by the river don'tcha know
Where a cement bag's just a'droopin' on down
Oh that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Mack he's back in town
Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
Now Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry
Oooh Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town.
Aah I said Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town
And I'll be seeing you,
In all the old, familiar places,
That this heart of mine embraces,
All day through.
In that small cafe,
The park accross the way,
The children's carousel,
The chestnut trees, the wishing well,
I'll be seeing you,
In every lovely summer's day,
In Everything that's light and gay,
I'll always think of you that way,
I'll find you, in the morning sun,
And when the night is young,
I'll be looking at the moon,
e kiss a-kiss a-kiss a-kiss away all our cares,
The player piano plays that good old razz-a-ma-tazz.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues.
They're the best I've ever heard,
When they play the ragtime jazz,
It makes me wanna cuddle, I wanna honey puddle,
I wanna say "skiddy-woo" and "razz-a-ma-tazz."
It's that ever-lovin' old piano roll
I get a funny feelin' down in my soul
That old piano roll blues.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues.
Sittin' at an upright, my sweetie and me,
We're pushin' on the pedals singin' sweet harmony.
I wanna hear it again, the rinkety-tink,
We cuddle closer it seems.
We kiss a-kiss a-kiss a-kiss away all our cares,
The player piano plays that good old razz-a-ma-tazz.
I wanna hear it again, I wanna hear it again,
The Old Piano Roll Blues, you'd better believe it,
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
I've lived in my own way
And found that there's a price to pay
And I felt the emptiness
Without Your tenderness
Now before You I confess
Here is all I have to give
I offer up this life I live
I am sincerely Yours
Now in all sincerity
I give You all of me
I am sincerely Yours
This prodigal is standing here
Now with all my senses clear
For all You gave to me
I spent it foolishly
You've been waiting patiently
Here is all I have to give
I offer up this life I live
I am sincerely Yours
Now in all sincerity
I give You all of me
I am sincerely Yours
Now I feel the weight on me is lifting
You've washed away the past
And now there is a new day dawning
As long as I keep holding
As long as I keep holding fast
I am sincerely Yours
Sincerely Yours
Here is all I have to give
I offer up this life I live
I am sincerely Yours
Now in all sincerity
I give You all of me
I am sincerely Yours
Here is all I have to give
I offer up this life I live
I am sincerely Yours
Now in all sincerity
I give You all of me
Jesus, I am sincerely Yours
I am, I am sincerely Yours
I am sincerely Yours
Here am I with you in a world of blue
And we're dancing to the tango we loved when first we met
While the music plays, we recall the days
When our love was a tune that we couldn't soon forget
As I kiss your cheek, we don't have to speak
The violins, like a choir, express the desire
We used to know not long ago
Three coins in a fountain,
each one seeking happiness,
thrown by three hopeful lovers...
which one will the fountain bless?
Three hearts in a fountain,
each heart longing for its own;
there they lie in the fountain,
somewhere in the heart of rome.
Which one will the fountain bless?
which one will the fountain bless?
Three coins in a fountain...
through the ripples how they shine.
just one wish will be granted;
one heart will wear a valentine.
Which one will the fountain bless?
which one will the fountain bless?
Three coins in a fountain...
through the ripples how they shine.
just one wish will be granted;
one heart will wear a valentine.
Coda:
Gigi, am I a fool without a mind
Or have I merely been too blind to realize?
Oh, Gigi, why you've been growin' up before my eyes?
Gigi, you're not at all that funny awkward little girl I knew
Oh, no, overnight there's been a breathless change in you
Oh, Gigi, why you were tremblin' on the brink
Was I out yonder somewhere blinkin' at a star?
Oh, Gigi, have I been standin' up too close or back too far?
When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you the way you are?
Oh, Gigi, why you were tremblin' on the brink
Was I out yonder somewhere blinkin' at a star?
Oh, Gigi, have I been standin' up too close or back too far?
When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire?
And I'll be seeing you,
In all the old, familiar places,
That this heart of mine embraces,
All day through.
In that small cafe,
The park accross the way,
The children's carousel,
The chestnut trees, the wishing well,
I'll be seeing you,
In every lovely summer's day,
In Everything that's light and gay,
I'll always think of you that way,
I'll find you, in the morning sun,
And when the night is young,
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you.
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly whites
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight
You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red
Now on the sidewalk, sunny morning
Lies a body just oozin' life
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be oh Mack the Knife?
There's a tugboat down by the river don'tcha know
Where a cement bag's just a'droopin' on down
Oh that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Mack he's back in town
Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?
Now Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry
Oooh Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town.
Aah I said Jenny Diver, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town
Look out old Macky is back!!
When I was a young man courting the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me with tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came my way
As time came around, she came
When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words and a clover ring
But if you could examine the goods they bring
They have little to offer but the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you