Begin the Beguine - Vaughn Monroe Show - first episode (Oct. 10, 1950)

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Mr.Monroe had a pleasant voice...lovely to the ears!! Pure class & appears 🎉effortless. Saw him in a couple movies too.

[@grawakendream8980]

pleasant like the child of an abusive father, who knows they've done all the goofy slavish bs they are supposed to so they don't get assaulted

[@robertovens9372]

This is absolutely superb! Vaughn Monroe was a Brilliant singer,his versions of classics, stand out,Haunting

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

So glad you enjoyed it. He sure was... We will be posting more videos as we get them converted and restored so please subscribe and follow along for more! Thank you!

[@scotnick59]

Vaughn does his usual great job singing.

[@johnbertaut2519]

The most masculine voice in popular music, then and now!! One of my alltime favorites and sang some of the best songs of the day in the best way. Thank you to his family for sharing this clip and for those responsible for putting it on youtube.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

thank you for the support! We are out performing Monroe's music once again, and hope you can come to a live show sometime. Big Bands are Back! www.vaughnmonroeshow.com

[@ronaldstrange8981]

It was smoking that killed Vaughn. So tragic. And only 62. Regards to all his fans from England. September 2022.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Thank you! Hopefully we can bring the show over to England someday soon. Keep in touch!

[@bigbandpreservation4493]

Keeping the Big Bands alive!

[@dorothygale5896]

Vaughn played many of the U.S. military bases in Europe, 50's-60's. Always a great performance.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

He did indeed! "The Voice That Won The War" as they called him.

[@steenam6808]

He is so cool! And he is my 3rd cousin!

[@Juliaflo]

I wasn't even born when this was on.

[@harriswarner3458]

Completely forgot about him. I was 6 in 1950.

[@wookinooki9023]

brilliant!

[@dzajac7875]

I wish the rest of his shows were available to watch. He was a tremendous talent. I saw his two movies and have quite a bit of his recordings. R.I.P. Mr Monroe.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Us too! Though, we do have three complete episodes here in the archives, and will work on making more clips available. He sure was a tremendous talent! We hope you can come and see our new show sometime!

[@OmarToro-y9p]

!!!!!que programado,!que barítono más anfitron!!!

[@philipanderson4673]

Thank you so much for posting this... I love Vaughn Monroe.... such a treat! My first V.M. records were "Rum and Coca-Cola" and "There! I've Said it Again" in a box of old records with a phonograph for my 12th birthday in 1962....

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Thank you for the kind words! So glad you enjoyed. More to come, so stay tuned. Hope you can come see a live show sometime! We'll be back touring in 2022!

[@RexStrother]

Over on IMDB - there is different song information for this first episode (or incomplete information). When did the show end? Currently - the IMDB shows the 37th episode on June 26, 1951 ...

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Thanks for the question! The show was on from October 10, 1950 to June 26, 1951, and then again in the 1954-55 season. Unfortunately, very little of the original show still exists, though we do have some complete episodes including one donated from a private collector.

[@RexStrother]

@@vaughnmonroeshow5186 I appreciate the follow-up. I have updated the IMDB entries for The Vaughn Monroe Show - although the CBS archive has the 1951 version of the show running until July 3, 1951 (guests were The Latin Quarter Dancing Girls). That would be the 39th episode of that series - which makes sense as many 1950s TV shows were sold in multiples of 13 episodes. If you have scripts for the episodes, I'd be fascinated to see them (and would help update IMDB with the script data)

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

@@RexStrother I'd love to be in touch! What's the best way to reach you?

[@rdalbright1]

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to smoke cigarettes while they make a living as a singer. I know a lot of do or did such as Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra. Of course, in 1950 cigarettes and cancer connection was not known.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Even though Vaughn Monroe's show was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes for eight years, he was not much of a smoker himself, other than a pipe. Still, so many were smokers back then, something very hard to imagine in the 21st century!

[@grawakendream8980]

this is like pure evil on a number of levels

[@ltrin1969]

Ele não entrou no clima da música (B the B) expressão triste, olhar de preocupação.

[@comunidadparavocesdebajo7835]

Barítono dark

[@DarrellLancaster-l5q]

Hard to understand that he started out as a trumpet player. Didn't he sing in the bathtub 🛁 or in the car 🚗?

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

He did, but really was always involved as an instrumentalist and vocalist. He played lead trumpet on a number of "territory" bands during the 1930s, but also sang with them. While his first accolades while in High School (in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania) were for his trumpet playing, he was singing in Church choirs and glee clubs at the same time. Thanks for the note, and stay tuned on my forthcoming biography! www.vaughnmonroe.com

[@jamesbean7560]

Beautiful voice but one semester of voice training and would have benefited with more....and no one complains ...highly trained singers will know the difference...such as not pushing the volume when moving to a higher note in the song.

[@vaughnmonroeshow5186]

Interesting assessment. Monroe was actually far more trained than any other popular singers of the era. He studied for two years at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon) but left his Sophmore year (1933) because it was the Depression and he could not afford tuition. As was very common in those days (1930s) he found steady work on territory bands - this is, in fact, greatest "training" in the world: playing one-nighters while traveling thousands of miles by bus on bad roads, staying in fleabag motels, and performing in all manner of venues before good microphones, sound systems, or air conditioning. He did complete two more semesters of vocal study at New England Conservatory (Boston) in 1935-1936 as well. This, of course followed by another 30 years of performing as vocalist, trumpet, trombone, bandleader, arranger, and composer. I'm not sure what further "training" would be necessary for a performer at the top of their game and peak popularity. Your reference to "pushing the volume" could be more related to the poor audio quality from a TV show in 1950 more so than the actual performance. Generally, Monroe's vocal style was rather relaxed, if very strong. He was not a dramatic baritone, but the richness of his sound carried more weight than his actual delivery which tended to be more subdued. I've heard many, many criticisms of Monroe's vocals (as did he!), but "untrained" is definitely a new one!! I hope I provided a little insight hear. Stay tuned - the biography is forthcoming!! www.vaughnmonroe.com