1980 - Liberace In Las Vegas - Live TV Special - Full Show - Hilton Hotel

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[@Michelle-xb4qu]

I saw this show in Atlanta in 1980. I was 15 years old. I had a chance to go backstage and meet him, and he was the kindest, sweetest, funniest guy. He was like a big kid with a bunch of cool toys that he wanted to share with everybody. I'll never forget his genuine warmth and thoughtfulness.

[@mrsjgray09]

I wish most people these days were as kind and pleasant as he was.

[@sandrafarmer5351]

Lee was the best performer, he gave us his all! There will never be another like him!❤❤🥰🥰

[@richardwhitfill5253]

Never is right. Thank God for film

[@Maximilian0011]

yeap! he should be carried around in a circus playing with himself as the circus freak he was LOL

[@alexadam353]

@sandrafarmer5351 Unfortunately the world has a lot of these Flamer Effeminate Homos, but the Pendulum is swinging back to the Right and hopefully we'll see fewer of them. That can't come soon enough!

[@LemusTetfe]

Lee. Or LI

[@user-og2wt3le4j]

This is the same venue Elvis played in for his 1970s shows. I saw Liberace several times when he was on tour. He truly was Mr. Showmanship. Always put on a great show. His last years were not great personally, but he gave us a great musical legacy.

[@user-wt1jd4rc9n]

Liberace was a child prodigy and later a great pianist prodigy. I am very glad that he had a happy life.

[@michaelkeller2604]

The sad fact is that while Walter / Lee was a VERY successful musician and performer (I've played keyboards for 50 years), a d he had a wonderful, happy stage appearance, BUT, unfortunately, he was a sex addition to that did NOT have a happy personal life. It's sad that a lot of prodigies have wonderful professional lives, but their personal lives were in shambles. Before I'm flamed from every angle, I've been a massive fan of Władziu Valentino Liberace since I was old enough to know who he was, and, for *decades*, I've successfully incorporated many of his playing styles and techniques into many other genres of music, and / or / but, it was tragic that, as is so very common, Lee's personal life didn't have the illustrious silver lining that his professional life did.😢😢 Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford

[@akrenwinkle]

@@michaelkeller2604 Happened to another prodigy, Van Cliburn. Less flamboyant, so much less remembered. The similarities of each man's story are remarkable. The mother attachment, illness, and lover's blackmail.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

He seemed like a fascinating man. It would have been great to have met him.

[@kurtjammer9568]

Yes if you were male and young he would have made your pants disappear..that's fascinating

[@MJ-qb5ph]

Sexuality was ONE aspect of the dude’s makeup - he would have been amazing to meet a

[@akrenwinkle]

@@MJ-qb5ph Funny, when somebody mentions a gay man's sexuality, somebody will jump in to "defend" him by pointing out that's just a small part of what he was. But nobody would ever say that about a straight "dude" known to be a player. Sinatra, for example.

[@mikrich76]

His show was AMAZNG in person!

[@akrenwinkle]

@@mikrich76 Were you born in 1976?

[@nightbloomer4739]

I was in Palm Springs not too long after his passing. I took a guided tour, and when we stopped at Liberace’s house, the Guide told us that he was so well loved here that just before and after his death, thousands of locals would gather for candlelight vigils

[@frankramirez7693]

His heart was filled with kindness, love and respect for all.

[@ma-mo6xn]

Except all the men he used ….

[@brentonyancheck4861]

One of the GREATEST entertainers who ever lived!!! THAT'S the truth no matter what people thought about him or his personal life!!!!

[@alextepe4309]

Liberace’s private life was just that, and even though he was never public about it, it really wasn’t a Secret that he was gay. But I think that most of his fans just enjoyed his music And didn’t care about what he did in his private life.

[@Maximilian0011]

LOL....true true, to the music that he mocked, twisted he truly was a murrain and a great one at that

[@anthonygeurtsen7143]

Absolutely!

[@hockeynutt9434]

I hope Liberace was as happy in life as he was on stage. One of a kind!

[@TravelNut72]

He sure was awesome and had a heck of a sense of humor. One of the greatest entertainers of all time !!!

[@asa1973100]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT…. I expected to watch 5 min max but was hooked from the second performance hahahahaha BRILLIANT

[@jurgenkarpenstein5280]

Liberace was and is one of a kind and be never forgotten, thank you dear friend!❤❤❤

[@susanhuber1932]

Liberace was my favorite pianist when I was growing up. I love the piano but no one could play the piano, know what his audience wanted and entertain his audience with his humor and costumes. He really was Mr. Showmanship.

[@Skinnyorangemusic]

It's impossible to feel anything but love and admiration for such a wonderful performer!

[@sammysouth8372]

Not impossible at all. I always thought he was ridiculous over-dressed histrionic no talent stiff.

[@Skinnyorangemusic]

@@sammysouth8372 I'm sure you have a multitude of intelligent thoughts every day thank you for sharing them with me

[@kayvangelou8032]

He had a welcoming heart for everyone. Just like God.

[@juanitataylor6947]

So was Sammy Davis Jr.

[@chrispnw2547]

@14:33 - An amazing outfit. I could never wear anything like that but to see Liberace pull it off was amazing. He knew how to make an entrance.

[@louisjohnstone3596]

Professional, complex, intricate, technical. Such a modest man and spectacular musician and performer. There are times I wonder if he has been forgotten. Legend.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

He NEVER wiil!

[@Latina25]

What a great performance

[@brentonyancheck4861]

I don't care what kind of lifestyle he led or his preference!!?; I may not agree with it, just as Freddie Mercury, but the talent that GOD gave them as well as others is so spectacular it's hard to even fathom!;;;;;!!!???? Simple raw talent that can never be duplicate

[@Rony2453]

A talented man and pianist, performer! Great enteertainment!

[@Knight-of-Sarcasm]

Thank you. I remember watching this with my family. I was 12 and though part of me was in that tween mentality, you cannot say he was not the utmost showman of his time. Thank you sir Lee for all the beauty and music you brought into our lives.

[@user-fn6el5dl9s]

I have loved him and his music for along as I can remember. I saw him on the stage once and wanted to go up and sit beside him. As a young girl I listened to his program on the radio. I am delighted to be able to watch these videos. Thank you.

[@randyjoe8253]

Liberace was one of the few musicians who could take a song as simple as chopsticks and make it magnificent.

[@lorenadonguines6238]

Liberace always has been an ultimate show man and a performer! He's a great pianist. I love to watch his shows on TV.

[@johnpoolton59]

A True Showman ❤

[@thegood9]

Holy cow! I watched this with my mom. As a pianist…even a straight one!…I LOVED Lee, and absolutely adored his playing. Between him and Billy Joel and Barry Manilow, I styled my playing after all 3, for better or for worse! ‘Thank you for the great memories of this show. RIP, mum!

[@simonf8902]

Awesome talent. A great pianist. A showman. Flamboyance. Style. Fun.

[@petepoulos]

What a beautiful Man, a total performer. No matter what he chose to do in his personal life. It was his to do. But as an Entertainer he wrote the book.

[@victoriap9209]

No sheet music just amazing the very best he is sorely missed

[@Manuel-zo3wg]

Theres never been another Liberace 🎹 🌍

[@AirSeaSandASMR]

So talented

[@tompennock6369]

He was very gifted and truly the best.

[@cheyennefan223]

Thank you so much for posting this special. I had this special on a VHS tape but it no longer plays. Liberace was so awesome in this special!

[@phil4977]

This is wonderful to see one of his shows.

[@margaretwillis736]

What a pleasure to watch this marvellous man!

[@carmenmarryshow3164]

Great as ever until eternity

[@carlosrubyvega9162]

Tiempos que no volverán, otra época, glamour, excentricidad, años dorados. Cuanto los anhelo. Donde quiera que tu Alma se encuentre, gracias Liberace por haber existido. Saludos desde CHILE.

[@henrymarchant701]

Fascinating.talent.genius.

[@kaisermark3462]

Fantastic performer

[@user-cw5tf6ff3j]

One of the kind!!!!! Rest in peace, unigue pianist snd musitian! Love, Olga, Russian, Kirghizstan, 75, your music and your memory is lmmortable through the generаtions. Thousand bravo, maestro!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@JesusismyRock773]

He will only rest in peace if he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour.

[@user-cw5tf6ff3j]

@@JesusismyRock773 perhaps, he would accept Jesus Christ at the last breath of his life, after all,, the first to enter the Heaven was the repentant sinner,..

[@davidbernalpianista]

I hope I had the chance to go to one of his shows live, but I am glad they uploaded this one to KZbin

[@golden-63]

GURL!!! What a great entertainer.

[@Tierrechtsaktivist]

Thats entertaiment ! It will never come back ... ✨️✨️✨️

[@markdremann4980]

How Marco Valenti never became an instant celebrity sensation I’ll never know--what talent!!

[@Ceej_MM]

😂😂😂

[@davidbernalpianista]

I liked how he valued music and culture from my country Mexico. Unfortunately many young people from my country don’t value it.

[@ronthompson95]

To this point a solo piano player could never be expected to host a show in Las Vegas. He added glamour and glitz to make it truly a magnificent show. Imagine him going onstage without those elements and playing classical music. Snooze fest. What I always found Iinteresting is how Liberace always denied he was gay (especially when he had to after suing The Daily Mirror and winning a libel case when they suggested he was gay) yet he camped it up so much with the way he spoke, acted, and pranced in those crazy outfits. Almost like he was playing with us. As a young boy and later as a man, it was always this mixed bag of being amazed at his piano abilities and appreciating that yet keeping our feelings not known of our appreciation of him without being accused of being gay. Times have changed!!

[@mobrules29]

I think Lee mixed in a little of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in his South of the Border medley, starting at 11:33 and then again at hyper speed 12:16!

[@truecynic1270]

Total camp!!!! Perfection in every entertaining way, including incredible wit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@richardwhitfill5253]

A true showman.

[@richardkropp8721]

My late mother was a big fan of LIberace, as well as Sinatra, Tom Jones, Elvis. She would have loved to see them in concert but dad would not fly or he couldn't afford the tickets. I've always felt bad that Mom was not able to see her favorite entertainers. If dad paid I would have gladly gone with her.

[@mikedennington8856]

Just loved himself and his wardrobe.

[@IgoTpaynus69]

Micheal douglas did the best impression ever!!!

[@DiegoLopez-hv1tq]

Beautifull,increíble, Unique,good bless this fingers and this soul of good person❤❤❤❤ king.

[@mirellasanseviero472]

A parte il grande talento, un personaggio da fiaba ❤❤❤

[@Patrick-il4es]

It's sad to know that almost everyone in the audience is either dead or now in a nursing home.

[@mcleodclan]

Same could be said about us commenting on KZbin if this is archived for readers to see our comments in 50 years. That’s Life.

[@visitationone]

A really complete show!

[@user-mn4sp1jz5b]

Liberace playing bubble piano...that was it for me.

[@takata98]

As a child watching, Liberace he was larger than life. I recall his scandal in the UK, performances in Weston Super mare when I still lived there. Years later in America I was able to see his homes and museum. It's hard to relate to the fact he lived and passed so many years ago. knowing you survived him and nostalgically Look back at his fame and fortune accumulated in his 67 years.

[@jameslong6329]

Liberace was my all time favorite entertainer! ❤ This past Sunday was the 37 year anniversary of his death! I saw him live 3 times first in Allentown Pa. When I was only 12 later in Hershey Pa. In 1977, last time was in Radio City Music Hall New York City in 1985. I greatly missed him!!!

[@sandrotrois6959]

Deve essere anche una persona amabile ,oltre che un grande artista !😗😗😗

[@markr.devereux3385]

Incredible. Such fine band and the maestro himself. Puts the G in glitz.....this kind of style and showmanship has faded away into history.

[@renatekl]

Liberace was a genial entertainer and a Paganini on piano!

[@user-mt5rj1wg6z]

Looking good playing great.

[@transdata3035]

Beautiful show! thank you

[@AbandonedMines11]

Whatever did happen to singer Marco Valenti? Really can’t find anything about him online. Seemed very talented.

[@sabrinapineda6824]

How Lovely he was ❤ l

[@Finding457]

What an amazing entertainer

[@carmeligonzalez8896]

Wauuu Epocas que recuerdos bello.

[@davidmartinezmartin3122]

Gran Artista DEP ❤❤❤

[@chrisstephens5310]

thank you

[@alexadam353]

How could anyone Not Know that this guy was a Flaming Queen?!

[@BR-jf9sh]

everyone knew it,,, but because of his talent, and the money he brought to Vegas , it was overlooked....as it should be as far as bothering you.

[@Moluccan56]

Its called indifference.

[@garyg7647]

Nobody cares.

[@jenniferhayes4520]

❤splendid❤😂

[@michaelkeller2604]

The sad fact is that while Walter / Lee was a VERY successful musician and performer (I've played keyboards for 50 years), and he had a wonderful, happy stage appearance, BUT, unfortunately, he was a sex addition to that did NOT have a happy personal life. It's sad that a lot of prodigies have wonderful professional lives, but their personal lives were in shambles. Before I'm flamed from every angle, I've been a massive fan of Władziu Valentino Liberace since I was old enough to know who he was, and, for *decades*, I've successfully incorporated many of his playing styles and techniques into many other genres of music, and / or / but, it was tragic that, as is so very common, Lee's personal life didn't have the illustrious silver lining that his professional life did.😢😢 Jo Stafford Jo Elizabeth Stafford

[@user-yo7wd4wv9l]

My grandmother & grandfather lo ed this guy!

[@sabrinapineda6824]

I miss him so

[@antoniocarlosayala6646]

RIP 1987.

[@juanitataylor6947]

In palmspring he was.when I meet Him.

[@fredbozo8488]

Dude makes Richard Simmons look like John Wayne 😂

[@bernhardmond5149]

A capacidade de tornar qualquer cancao,melhor que o original,e extrairdinaria,sem partitura tudo de ouvido:G E N IO INSUPERAVEL,INCLUDIVE P GLEN GOULD!,,

[@Diogenes1360]

> What really made him a stand-out was his ability to project humility & humbleness despite his completely outrageous over-the-top stage shows & appearance. A true gentleman in every sense of the word.

[@benitorivera528]

Algo sencilito por la mañana al despertar para un salto de cama

[@user-fx3jw2qm1q]

Go gurl...

[@Danny-sd5vm]

The world has changed so much.

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

Harriet had beautiful matching shoes on for her dance with him. :) ❤

[@kbousbahi]

Extravagance, show-up, it's all bull shit. Where is he now? There's nothing better than humility, empathy, simplicity and truth.

[@Lolololoriful]

When he flies away at the end lmfaooooo 1:22:00

[@carmenmarryshow3164]

I'll be seen you Leberace

[@lolachiappe1998]

Era muy excéntrico si nunca oí decir que haya estado en Chile.

[@Diosquepenademundo]

En Spain teníamos a Sarita Montiel, lucía igual las pieles de oso.

[@shosmyth1454]

I guess that is the Thief maid that robbed him?? May Liberace Rest in Peace!!!

[@polorgansolano5789]

Viva México.

[@paulescudero9973]

What a showman. Harriot from Minneapolis was the luckiest woman at the concert.

[@mr.frandy7692]

His "friend" Scott. haha

[@user-ct3lz9ho4j]

Was his brother George alive at the time? I may be asking too early in the program.

[@ronwalker4849]

WHEN TACKY, AND KITSCH WERE ENTERTAINING FOR A MOMENT.

[@Moluccan56]

It never died, there’s loads of it.

[@christinemarlo5672]

I did meet him at the back lot of the Riveria. Shook hands. He was going somewhere in his pale yellow cadi. Home to his boyfriend I suppose.

[@michaelhembree4167]

whats the name of his opeing theme ..when they open the door

[@stevenpike7857]

It's funny how he was SOOOOO gay, yet denied it when asked, and people back then played along, even though EVERYONE knew.

[@Moluccan56]

When nosey people ask questions that are none of their business a person has a right to give whatever answer they want. Same goes for How much $$ do you make, or how many people have you bedded. Decent people observe boundaries.

[@djs2356]

there's no Elegance anymore

[@susanarivera3658]

Todo un dhowman !!!!

[@simonf8902]

What happened to his Aussie protege. Jamie Redfern. ??