Betty Hutton - Murder, He Says

Betty Hutton laying into "Murder, He Says" by Frank Loesser.

[@AJNorth]

A vitamin pill with legs, indeed! Despite a hideously difficult life, a consummate and multi-talented artist, she gave a grateful nation (and world) the gift of laughter during very dark times - through to today.

[@PaulMcElveen]

This beautiful, classic and fun song truly belongs only to Betty Hutton. I own this song on CD! I was born in 1978. Thank you for posting and sharing this! Betty Hutton is one my favorite actress, singers, dancers and entertainers! Her fame has stood the test of time! Betty Hutton made many classic movies! The 1950 MGM classic movie Annie Get Your Gun, 1950 Let's Dance, 1944 Miracle of Morgan's Creek, 1945 The Stork Club, 1943 Let's Face it! 1943 Happy Go Lucky, 1944 Here Come the Waves, 1945 Incendiary Blonde, and 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth.

[@WildBillCox13]

One of the great entertainers of the WW2 generation . . . Betty's fame has not stood the test of time, but her talent is unmistakable.

[@wje1953]

Betty is ADORABLE in this clip! I can certainly see what made her a star.

[@HenryPup06]

I'd never heard of this song until a couple of weeks ago, but Betty Hutton's performance is absolutely delightful.

[@hhhghhhhhhhhh]

لا إلاه إلا الله

[@hhhghhhhhhhhh]

No God except Allah

[@AdeleCeleste]

No one can sell a song like Betty Hutton! :-)

[@donbishop1634]

Wow. Talk about a ball of fire! What a voice and what energy, she really had IT!

[@MrCrowebobby]

I saw her in person at the Palace in New York. She came on from the back of the theater and it was touching to see how nervous she was before going on. I was a wanna-be entertainer myself at the time.

[@hebneh]

Poor Betty’s mental problems really messed up her life, the older she got. Some people can channel their inner turmoil into frantic comedy, as she did, and Robin Williams as well. Unfortunately the problems are still there.

[@vampyrikus]

She's Absolutely Adorable!!

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

Okay vault nipple boy

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

@Libellule its been years how do you expect me to know that

[@beatlessteve1010]

Damn she rocked that tune, and I haven't seen any woman perform with that energy and personality, she really made it her own.

[@katc2345]

Betty was known for these types of songs. Check her out doing "RUMBLE" kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGPLf6WjiNB0gZY

[@BernardProfitendieu]

great live performance of a very difficult song!

[@chychy7559]

I love how Dinah Sings it, but I love the Energy Betty puts into it, I just want a version with both incorporated 😭💝

[@doctrot]

I don't like musicals but I watched the movie "The Angels Sing" and got hooked on this girl. She was a girl back then and all I can say is she is awesome.

[@icemanmwk]

Betty Hutton, cute as a button.

[@msmusicluvr97]

She's so cute ❤

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Just discovered her!! oh boy , what a gem!!!

[@warrior3214]

Betty Hutton a true legend, she was awesome!

[@WildBillCox13]

"A vitamin pill on two legs." -Bob Hope about Betty Hutton

[@theSocal515]

happy birthday on 26 february to a gal with true talent. its so sad what happened to her but these were better times for her. God rest her soul!

[@Skyrilla]

+Calvin Pipher What do you mean? Her dying of cancer at old age?

[@gdmoore]

Skyrilla her property etc. So sad really. Google her as there is plenty of information on her life. A tragedy but she had no regrets.

[@Lampshade51]

She was absolutely marvelous!

[@debthebob]

Great energy...what a talent.

[@zeanitashanny7603]

her expression are perfect, natural and she sing with her soul.

[@SandySummers]

Betty was the full package: a knock-out visually and musically. When you watch a Betty Hutton movie, you were sure to be entertained.

[@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother]

God! She is soooo Great! Her expressions are just perfect. What beautiful lady.

[@karolecampesine]

I fell in love with her instantly

[@MamaJacqueroo]

Betty Betty you were tops! Love you Doll!

[@miapdx503]

This is the best! Go Betty, solid.

[@Timboy1776]

Seattle agrees

[@ronniebishop2496]

Pure sex. lol

[@SandySummers]

Betty was the full package: a knock-out visually and musically.

[@markmunson3389]

I’m in love!!!!❤

[@MamaJacqueroo]

He says Murder, he says! Is that the language of Love? ---Sad but this awesome generation is dying out. I am sad to see you all go. The best generation? I am inclined to believe it's true, and you guys will be missed!

[@dianeanderson6104]

I agree the best generation. Generations should look to see what they are building and accompanying in their lifetime to compare the failure or success.

[@charlesramos4294]

I fell in love with Beautiful Betty after watching this clip on TCM! ❤️I started binging on her films here on KZbin the same day! Today, February 26 is her birthday. Happy Heavenly Birthday Beautiful Betty! ❤️🌹🌹💕🎂🎁

[@ronniebishop2496]

Me too after seeing it on LA Confidential movie.

[@arschpirate]

Where's this been all my life? I first saw the clip on TCM and went straight to the 'Tube for more. Bravo! Thanx for uploading.

[@jwb1949]

Love, love, love Betty Hutton!!!

[@XX-gy7ue]

PURE ENERGY !!

[@charlesramos4294]

A vitamin pill with legs!! I love Beautiful Betty!

[@AbbyJenna]

She is so great, I love her enthusiasm and obvious love for what she's doing!

[@stephanieellenbogen5570]

So adorable.

[@MaskedMan66]

What a spitfire! :-)

[@ScoBos]

This is SO MUCH BETTER than the studio recording - IMHO. Whatta performance !

[@janknuckey]

The spirit of Betty Hutton lives on in the wonderful Sheridan Smith !

[@lewisner]

This is played a lot on the modded Diamond City radio station in Fallout 4. Had to find out who sang it !

[@dharaosgaming]

More Where That Came From mod lol, FO4 made me love Betty Hutton

[@bobsaget0429]

me too. now I love Betty Hutton. well, better get back to my settlements. they need my help.

[@beatlejim64]

She was a doll...

[@markg6605]

Just unbelievable!!!

[@bettygoodbody]

i adore her totally. wow. i wish she was still young and with us. we love you so betty!

[@cheyenne86]

I just enjoy watching Betty Hutton sing and act.. what a pretty lady.

[@user-jr1vb5zs7q]

Love her just AMAZIN!!

[@DorisDayFanatic]

This makes me so happy. =D Betty Hutton is so full of life, I love her to bits.

[@jamesfox2579]

Fabulous, Absolutely Fabulous!!! :-)

[@mkrobinson95]

Thanks for posting the banter before the song!

[@tamarexxe]

I love Betty too!! In fact I love the whole era from 1930-1950+ with amazing music, stars and style. But Betty Hutton is just too fantastic for words. It's too bad she was given so little respect by paramount. When Betty was loaned to MGM for AGYG, to replace Judy Garland, she was treated horribly. From what I have read, Betty was never allowed to forget about Judy and just be herself. And yet I consider her performance in AGYG the best thing she ever did.

[@davidmedlar2937]

wow ! I cannot believe her name isn't iconic & household ...jeez, but competing w/ Judy explains a lot :( 10 or 20 yrs later & she would've been as big as Goldie Hawn ...imagine her as Chrissy Snow on 3's Company !

[@beatlessteve1010]

I am right with ya on the era and genre, my fave is Gable,Blondell, both Powells, Lombard, Crawford,Davis,Warren William, Eddie G.R, Sinatra,Martin, All of MGM,RKO, FOX, Hollywood from the 30's and 40's with Irving Thalberg and Louis B. callin the shots!

[@ashleydjr73]

She is so cute along with incredibly entertaining to watch. This song is amazing, and made more so because she sang it. :) Love it!!

[@jmricks73]

so good.

[@horarwgt]

Betty introduced this song in the 1943 film "Happy Go Lucky" -- but her explosive version inexplicably did not become a hit. That's amazing -- as this tune seems custom written to match her energetic style. Incredibly, the song instead became a hit for far more low-key, honey-voiced Dinah Shore (Victor 1525). The tune came back in 1945 when it became the title theme of a Fred MacMurray comedy -- in which neither Dinah nor Betty appeared.

[@mickeymouse2able]

This is amazing! Mezmerizing

[@Banderuola66-Szonja]

Ohhhhh Bob, how long that I do not see him !!!! Great Upload. I love the black and white films. Thank you so much.

[@sonarman65]

Betty Hutton. Cute as a pin,talent to spare,just great.

[@SocialSpit]

I LOVE Betty Hutton. I wish I could have met her. She looks like a doll. Making love to Betty would have been like making love to a wildcat! She had wild boundless ENERGY! I love everything about Betty! I suppose in real life she was Some Package! Bob Osbourne interviewed Betty, what suprised me is we share a Faith! It was not Betty's fault that Judy G had had to quit. Betty stands up against Howie "Anything you can do I can do better" Keel- And PROVES it. This Clip Rocks and the song Kicks!

[@ginseattle]

Love this rendition

[@caseyvee4419]

Dinah Shore used to sing this also. Kim Basinger sang it in THE MARRYING MAN, it was also used in MONA LISA SMILE.

[@ingGS]

Mona Lisa Smile's version sounds better.

[@caseyvee4419]

Yes, I don't know what was up with Betty Hutton here. Seemed like she was rushing it, and it did not work out.

[@MaskedMan66]

Kim's was the first version I ever heard, and MAN, did she look good singing it!

[@happyguyx1]

amazin thanks uploader

[@4001firstdiesel]

Toris Amos' version isn't a patch on this. This is the stuff of legend.

[@no-vaseline7467]

Fuck me, they really, really don't make them like they used to! Awesome.

[@editdave]

She's great!

[@Iluvesingingalot]

I absolutly adore Betty Hutton I mean she has all that energy she is way better then Judy Garland

[@luisamunoz7244]

lets take a moment to appreciate her face in 2:20

[@bobsaget0429]

yup, adorable and the best part of this video.

[@warlordninja100]

most certainly!

[@ronniebishop2496]

Cute as a puppy.

[@lapseevident3132]

woooweee!hot damn!❤️

[@jfmax2000]

Love Her :)

[@ronniebishop2496]

There are two performers from that era that have stolen the show literally. Betty Hutton's performance of Murder he says, and Peggy Lee . Why don't You do right. But I pick Betty Hutton, this is incredible. SSSEEXXXY

[@LittleVillage24]

+Ronnie Bishop Don't forget Betty's sister Marion who sang with the Glenn Miller band.

[@ronniebishop2496]

LittleVillage24 I'm not, just performances not over all career.

[@billfrankell61]

+LittleVillage24 Bumped into Marion yesterday and wondered, thanks.

[@BaronRougeCF]

I wish i was a wounded Marines with Betty close to me :) i love You !

[@goldbergje]

More star power than also the Britney Spears, Christina Aguileras, and whomever ELSE you can think of. This is when TALENT was TALENT. And I'm a mere 43 years old. So I know what I'm talking about :)

[@SC-uq2jf]

This Betty Boop Cartoon from 1938 with "Sally Swing" was a tribute to Betty Hutton and the new swingers replacing the older generation of that day. Swing was frowned upon the way Jazz, Blues, Rock & Roll and Rap were when they first broke onto the music scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4Tbq5ikgdGlbJo

[@Jedimaster1235]

She's cute :3

[@permijitdunkley1697]

🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎼Miss Marilyn Monroe, Miss Betty White, Miss Elizabeth M_______________, Miss Ina Hutton, and Miss Norma Jean Baker Beauty Skin Hairdressing acting power room back stage work in the United States of America.

[@isorokudono]

@cpj93070 I have exactly the same thought, check the 1951 cut of this track...its very punk rock IMHO. Nice to see someone else has their ears on...

[@cpj93070]

@johnnynazz52 she would fit right into the punk era in the 70s don't you think lol?

[@SocialSpit]

What goldenerageek said... They show the clip on TCM now and then, I don't know if the clip they show is the entire command performance #92.

[@artyomslezak6796]

An intimate... situation. Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

[@billfrankell61]

Kids? 1942? \0/

[@bettygoodbody]

check out the video of waking up in the morning feeling fine, its from one of her movies. there is a great website, satin something, its in the net, you can download movies of hers for free.

[@mgtow316]

You can see why Ethel Merman was jealous of Betty's beauty and talent and tried to destroy her career in the '40s.

[@Iluvesingingalot]

She is so much better than Judy garland I wish there was someone with that enthusiasum in the world today

[@LFD254]

What movie is this from-I know it was a recording of an armed forces broadcast by Bob Hope. Was it "command Performance ?"

[@sabrinaschinaia]

does someone know if the file midi of this song exists?

[@billfrankell61]

From the film Strictly GI. Gotta get this, she makes up for Bob Hope.

[@ronniebishop2496]

What year was this? I'm guessing in ww2 but ???

[@Timboy1776]

IMDB said it was 1942.

[@Rusty3659]

This clip is from the radio show Command Performance, which was produced for the U.S. troops in World War 2.

[@MaskedMan66]

Oh, there were plenty of eccentrics in them day!

[@goldbergje]

The funny thing is, Betty was maybe 22 or 23 here. And she has MORE finesse, more "star presence" than ANY of the Gwen Stephanis (or whomever) of OUR day!

[@wjm41259]

its from "happy go lucky"

[@Coupal1]

She was fabulously talented. She did a lot comedies, but she was equally good in serious such as Spring Reunion (1956) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bprGZXyagcSdpNE

[@frankwelch3941]

The Vitamin Pill with Legs and I would probably had made a good couple. Women say Im the Energizer Rabbit.

[@bettygoodbody]

satin and spurs. watch star spangled rhythm. watch betty climbing over the wall of paramount studios, i laughed so hard my face hurt and i had to run to the restroom. check it out!

[@happyguyx1]

i agree Adele-----the only time i can sing like that is if i get my plums caught on a barbed wire fence

[@ronniebishop2496]

I've tried to get young artists to study these people. Peggy Lee. etc

[@Timboy1776]

You know i am a former live performance DJ and this girl is just selling this song. This should be studied...

[@billfrankell61]

Because I passed on your idea the kids in Fall City Middle School are now seeing this.

[@user-sk2xg3zn9s]

2K18

[@inkey2]

she looks a hell of a lot like sandra dee

[@MaskedMan66]

*days

[@tonygilder7912]

I wonder how Judy Garland would handle this number?

[@harryfishback8173]

Judy could sell the hell outta Happy Birthday I have to admit I would probably prefer Betty. Heard a different version originally and it was much better than this take...

[@ronniebishop2496]

Betty looks so cute with those expressions I don’t think anyone is better Linda Ronstadt is cute too but I don’t know it’s great.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Sexiest performance I’ve seen. Cute as a button.

[@permijitdunkley1697]

.....

[@permijitdunkley1697]

Wrong ❎ or Correct ☑

[@MaskedMan66]

"Not to mention" is what I meant to say.

[@juanmonge8]

I bet that Penny from “ The Big Bang theory” could have played her a few years ago- after a few cups of coffee.

[@sentafria]

LA Noire =3

[@adonisza1996]

LA Noire