I had no idea! He can sing! Beautifuly done! Thanks Max Gail for the link!

Great job Barn... I mean Hal : )

A "total" entertainer!

La più bella esecuzione di questa meravigliosa canzone !! Grande interprete !!!

I remember my first male gay sex. I was 19 and he was 58! Oh boy did that Daddy give it to me

What a great voice ! Also, many props...he was a musician (reeds) with some big bands...I'm a HUGE fan of all his work !

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Watched Hal Linden perform at Six Flags in Texas maybe about 1977.

Well done Hal!!

Beautiful touching nostalgic emotional rendition of this song ❤️❤️❤️

First of all, so-called "Hal Linden" was not his real name. There was absolutely nothing wrong with her birth name Harold Lipshitz. Most likely the name change was the result of pressure from a greedy Business Manager or Studio, with the idea of perceived greater recognition and possible monetary gain?! The business of changing one's birth name is the ultimate insult towards your parents & heritage. The ONLY time a name change should happen is when a woman gets married. If a married women DOESN'T change her last name, then that's an insult to her husband.

Talent plus..wow…what a voice..

Thank you to whoever posted this. I’ve always loved Neil Sedaka’s version, but this is just as tender and sweet. Never knew Hal Linden had such a great voice. Thank you again. I miss the hungry years. 🙏❤

I love this it's even sadder than the Neil sedaka version if that was possible

The past if funny as bad as it was at time, as you get older you realize it wasn't that bad and you wish you could go back and get it right

Love you

Had no idea he sang! What a history of talent! Was watching him on Law & Order/Criminal Intent….decided to look him up!! Knew about Barney Miller but never watched.

Saw him as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha in Minneapolis in about 1988. He was fantastic.

Damn fine voice he had.

P. S. And I loved Barney Miller (in U. K.)

Very moving performance, thanks for posting. "Parody" in the title is a bit misleading. I'm glad it didn't put me off watching it.

"The Fun was getting there" how wise. I Can't recall who said "the thing worse than getting 'your Heart's delight, is getting your Heart's delight' ". As this song implies, sometimes the seeking and grafting does, with hindsight, give the greatest pleasure.

This is embarrassingly the worst singing I've ever seen! Jesus H Baldheaded Christ. Stick to signing Barney Miller autographs at Double Tree Inn!!

Well done, you have the meaning of this song the reality of our first love ,just like how mention a lot of what we do not have before,but the love for each other, what happened...we are not the same ,where are you now ?

Lovely

Wow! Hal Linden was a Broadway star before Barney Miller. What a great male voice. Love Neil Sedaka's version and don't think he'd object to these lyrics - both poignant and relevant to the message, one so many of us can relate to, sadly. Awesome performance Barney. Sorry I hadn't heard it before now.

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Love the way he got the instrumentation to gradually build up from piano and bass to the full band.

New note to myself, hal linden . A fantastic singer. Whow

Love hal. I dink his cider linden village

Does anyone know who wrote the lyrics to this version? Much better than the original Neil Sedaka lyrics. Very impressive

Just beautiful. The way he tells it in this song. I am 69 years old this 2021 and I can feel what he is singing from the "Hungry Years" of Neil Sedaka. Just beautiful.

When i found out this song iwas inlove this song i didnt inow tjis was so beautiful somg ive heard with neil sedaka❤❤❤🇵🇭🎼🎵🎶🎤💿📀💽

It’s been sung now! Hal nailed it

Neil Sedaka would be pleased.

Who are the 3 people who gave this a thumbs down? What's wrong with them?

A PERFORMER! Well done as usual!

I needed to see and hear this performance. Great!

Beautiful voice

Barney Miller sings "Mack the Knife" on Precinct 12 Amateur Night.

Thank you Mr Hal Linden you are the best I love all your Barney Miller you had the best cast I grew up with Barney Miller thank you for making my life memorable I'm in tears with this song 😢

Love it

The trumpeter is using a toilet plunger for a mute - now THAT'S improvisation!

That was fantastic! Hal you look great! What an entertainer!

Excellent!

Kids, this is called talent. No autotune. No over-produced synthetic control board-laden engineering. Just good music by people who love music.

Incredible!

How beautiful and true. You are a beautiful person..I am crying tears of joy. Still watch Barney Miller every night.

Of course,He. was Barney Miller!

Hal Linden did several musicals on Broadway and in 1971 won a Tony Award for the musical The Rothschilds. His Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (1962 revival) is a recording worth listening to. Thank you for posting this video.