Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse with Liberace 1954

[@clairwaucaush7225]

Her voice is spot on! People back then had TALENT!

[@mrdfdowning]

Lip synch?

[@speakers79]

no way

[@jonathanpearl5379]

My mother saw Ella's Mae Morse sing Cow Cow Boogie with Freddie Slack's band during WWII.

[@sussylh4124]

Yeah and imagine they had no problem with their weight

[@1JDS4U]

Now, THIS is singing and pure talent. 💜🎶💜

[@MarieProvost77]

Funkiest Liberace I've ever seen; vey soulful vocals; thanks :)

[@ericflagg80]

Beautiful voice and romping jazz

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Just wonderful. I'm glad I got to see it. She's so pleasing to the ear and the eyes beautiful. I'm 55 so it's old in time and new and fun . There are a lot less Diamonds on the Piano key's though . He was woundful too.

[@Nancy-px7hn]

George's orchestra sounds great as does Liberace and Ella Mae.

[@georgeg.morgan8841]

This is just one of her many wonderful hit songs. If you ever get to hear her sing "The Thrill is Gone", you will think you died and went to heaven!

[@jjakiefte2165]

Awesome version indeed, with great support from Freddy Slack and his boys.

[@Hal_T]

My grandmother and her sister loved to watch Liberace's TV program.

[@louisliu5638]

I was watching him and his calabra and piano in Ottawa in 1959. We had two channels, one French, and added another English channel in 1960.

[@garyfrancis6193]

@@louisliu5638 candelabra?

[@akrenwinkle]

@@louisliu5638 A bra for his cala?

[@richardcline1337]

We had it so good back then but just did not know it! This was a time of REAL music and REAL singers. What you heard was real and not some electronically "enhanced" garbage.

[@elisabethvalade9866]

She's CUTE, she sings that song CUTE, what more could we want, back then?!!🎵🌟🎤‼️🎵

[@RC-Flight]

Wow the recording quality of this video is spectacular! This tune is swinging 😊 I’m mesmerized by her singing! Boy was she ever barking up the wrong tree at the very end of the video thought 😅

[@richardcline1337]

She probably had no idea he was gay.

[@NightOwlAmbient]

More than likely, it was a set up to bolster his image that he was straight. I can't believe a whole lot of people bought it, but he was so talented that everyone could pretend as long as he wasn't flamboyant about it.

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

Even on a tiny spinet Liberace sounds great! Ella Mae is 50s gorgeous! 🎹🎤😎

[@mytexasdays1526]

He always smiles when he plays that piano or talks or listens.

[@drewsagar2634]

Always love the way she did this Adorable w/ those curls too thanks for upliad

[@MarqueeMarkVI]

Wow…gorgeous in all ways. I like the music shows they had on tv back in the day…

[@dave327ful]

You can't go wrong with a backup from Liberace! Ella Mae can carry a tune!

[@johnalderman9899]

I was born too late to enjoy big bands and wonderful singers.

[@h.c.49]

To witness them, maybe, but not to enjoy them. The music lives on.

[@NoWayOut55]

You're not too late! If the lot of us are drooling over content, you've come to the right place! 🤜🤛🍻🤝

[@NoWayOut55]

​@@h.c.49 As it always will..

[@sherrillouimette1905]

Loved the sweet kiss she gave him!

[@edmondscott7444]

Great performance.

[@michelboudot2882]

Wonderful to see forgotten talented singers

[@8mmfilmsmichigan174]

How charming ❤️ My mom used to have this on an old 45 (capitol records, black label) and we would play it over and over. However, this video sure ended on an awkward moment! 🤣

[@davef.2329]

They're all just having so much fun it shows.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

A classic from a time we will never see again, sadly!

[@rodbennett1133]

it existed and that's great. please don't be sad!

[@skyebird3933]

Thanks for posting. I haven't seen or heard Ella for years.

[@davediamond7228]

she often had dark hair ..the blond looked good...

[@rconger24]

I like how she bends all of those notes down. My she is lovely!

[@bixby9797]

Liberace was all about the show but he could play that piano.

[@stephenguppy7882]

This is REAL entertainment!

[@nigden1]

Brilliant singer, what tickled me was Ella giving Liberace a kiss on behalf of the girls in America, him being as gay as Christmas may have come as a shock to most of them.

[@luigiturchi6708]

Quando ascolto pezzi di tale bellezza, riesco a volare in un passato dove si sognava, si ballava si gioiva di "poco".... Il boogie ha insegnato e dato tanto a chi ama la musica e a chi ama il ballo!! ❤

[@ericnewman3352]

Ella Fitzgerald does a great version of this, but Ella Mae Morse is the original and still the best !!

[@Franz19970]

Women were so beautiful then

[@johnnya867]

I saw a hilarious cartoon using this tune. It was in a documentary about Hollywood during the war years. Really funny singing cows.

[@verityundefinedhunt8085]

✨She's just SO Great!✨

[@juanmonge7418]

The only time that I have heard this song before- it was sung by Mel Torme. I used to sing it to my little girl.

[@NewZealandWild]

Great performances by Ella Mae & liberace. I believe this might have been one of those occasions when a girl kissed him in public to dispel rumours he might have been gay. Times were different back then, but he never could admit it publicly.

[@604cuinkillah]

Better than anything today, especially considering they didn't have pitch correction then

[@NoWayOut55]

Pitch Perfect sucks. I'd much rather hear the vocalist in her natural strength. And Man!! I friggin love me some Boogie, Jump, Texas Swing....it just gets you moving!

[@nielskjr5432]

A real gem❤ Thank you so much👍

[@shanew3293]

and No Auto-tune! Nice

[@history0793]

I am going to guess how this video was done: if it really is 1954, it has to be film, maybe 35mm. The sound is magnetic, so it was double system. It is very impressive. This film is 11 years after the capitol record release. It was a Black label Capitol # 102. Recorded with a Presto disc recorder. The very first Capitol release was "The general Jumped at Dawn, #101. Very big hit. I'm guessing.

[@redline2115]

When vocalists didn’t need Auto Tune

[@anthonytripp2251]

❤️❤️❤️

[@fredwallin815]

Didn’t like girls, still did his job.

[@Thecorgially]

Loved the song.

[@alexkku-fc8ou]

Красиве виконання пісні красивою співачкою! Без синтезаторів, беквокала, іншої фігні! 👍👍👍

[@NoWayOut55]

Hmm!! So that's how you say BULLSHIT in Eastern Bloc Nations!! Great Call Alex!!🤜🤛👍👍👍👍

[@markhughes7927]

How did that song come together?! Brilliant❤!

[@paulgreen6921]

Little sis has that suave, smooth voice. Nice! PWG

[@stewarta5993]

great blues

[@richardlasch8400]

I never heard of her, but I liked the song.

[@aarondwyer3746]

Liberace totals associations is the contender for the harsh father crown of all ages

[@candancefoster4082]

Beautiful voice yes.

[@hotjazzbaby]

Of course she doesn’t need a microphone 😂

[@guyintenn]

Do you see a microphone when they are talking before and after the song? Somebody has obviously inserted a studio track or done some "re-mastering" to the singing part. You do know that boom mics have existed since the 1930's? Look at any TV show, current or old, do you see a microphone?

[@bigcatproductions2789]

Liberace was from Wauwatosa WI 😂🎉

[@kittenfuud]

The white version! Look up Dorothy Dandridge version. 😘

[@ericflagg80]

?

[@78urt]

They’re referring to the version by the ink spots and Ella Fitzgerald

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@78urt No ... on KZbin see Dorothy Dandridge & dance co. ("barrelhouse" piano accompanied) fab 1942 "soundie' video syncopated sing and dance of this song.

[@78urt]

@@JudgeJulieLit never heard of it, something new to look up, thanks

[@tonisumblin2719]

I agree completely!

[@oldhick9047]

No auto-tune here

[@tamathalamb9193]

Sooo cute!!!

[@Weesperbuurt]

I love Ella Mae. Unbelievable that they asked her to play the beard.

[@washingtonroad6738]

Sweet!

[@avvocato5543]

Best "western" song.

[@NoWayOut55]

I'm already panting at just the thought of playing that groove!

[@eliseereclus3475]

Never was a girl's kiss more wasted ; -)...

[@tommunyon2874]

I always enjoyed the film short wherein cows with animated mouths "lip-synced" to this tune.

[@BaldwinBay]

Support The Arts!

[@hjd832]

This is great, but I prefer Ella Fitzgerald’s version accompanied by the Inkspots , superbe ! 😊

[@ВикторЧубрин-г9ю]

Прекрасно, Американские, были, чесно.

[@RICHARDHOFFMAN]

Parker Tyler brought me here

[@wurly164]

Like Liberace needs sheet music 😂

[@lesleyscott938]

Liberace queen of Queens 😂

[@klmegm197682]

Woohoo! 👏👏❤️❤️

[@gtripmusic2906]

I like the Ella Fitzgerald / Ink Spots version more. Ella Mae Morse was gorgeous though

[@jjakiefte2165]

George Siravo's the band leader!

[@rickhartman8679]

How could anyone say Liberace was gay? I just don't see it.

[@worrywart1311]

In his case the word gay just doesn't seem to be gay enough.

[@angloaust1575]

He probably preferred Bachelorhood like cliff And caesar Marriage isn't always the best State with multiple divorces And taking ones money!

[@worrywart1311]

@@angloaust1575 Also not the best for screaming queens.

[@rickhartman8679]

I hope nobody took me seriously.

[@kristinadigle8268]

Imagine if Elvis did this song with his wiggling leg:)

[@jeanc819]

You can't fake that kind of talent!

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

I love it. After working too many year's in government the ending of the skit sounds like a toilet paper advertising fits perfectly. Just wipe and be retired of it.😁

[@madthomm9648]

Did she sing "Harlem" and "half-breed" in the same song?

[@hobamasucs]

Too much rhythm and melody needs a lot more Hate, Crassness, Bitterness and Vileness that only RAP and Hip-Hop can provide !

[@camhamster3891]

Mirror, please.

[@neohomme]

Stereo back then? 👍👍

[@elisabethvalade9866]

Oh, YES, stereo back then. From about 1952 when folks began getting TV sets in homes in great numbers, Magnavox ran away with the BEST SPEAKERS in the world!!! And the best record players, hifi, they had it all. Until, so e years later, South Koreans took Magnavox EVERYTHING apart, analyzed, then made even better electronics. **But our music ROCKED, back in that day‼️🎵🎵‼️

[@anatolyveitsenfeld9801]

Any man would be happy with Ella's kiss, but not Liberace... it's clear why 🤣

[@timtebow4775]

What a flaming pixie.

[@barryobrien7935]

And Lee seems a bit fey too!

[@georgeash4008]

Does anyone else think Ella Mae and Liberace were having an affair?

[@teijaflink2226]

I have never heard an accent like this, what is this song even could barely understand a word? She has a good voice but a pretty weird song, no idea what accent she's trying to imitate .

[@royksk]

I think he would’ve preferred a kiss from all the boys in America 😳

[@shootfirst2097]

3:12 weird, perplexing, immaterial, scripted kiss. On top of kissing a flamer. LMAO

[@harrodsfan]

He would have preferred to be kissed by a member of the orchestra lol

[@ColtraneTaylor]

From behind bent over his piano.

[@johni1726]

Just a touch of blackness.

[@jaygold4467]

And then there's Taylor Swift. Ha.

[@jerrypriessen8137]

Too bad the sound is dodgy :-(

[@illbebad]

live tv from the 50s!!!!

[@jerrypriessen8137]

​@@illbebad no, they tried to expand, making it fake stereo 🫣

[@78urt]

Her original version in the 40s is better I reccomend that

[@jerrypriessen8137]

​@@78urt I know. I have the 78rpm single and her Bear Family 4cd boxset.

[@davidmenasco5743]

I'm very curious how this audio came to have a quasi stereo sound during the musical part. There's no way the TV broadcast would have had that. Not that I'm aware of. But the synch is perfect, so it couldn't be a record playing along with the video. Or could it? Maybe just a sound effect added by the uploader or during the rebroadcast.

[@NoWayOut55]

Thank You for a great start to my morning!!

[@gonzalo6628]

todos ya muertos

[@bigcatproductions2789]

Gay guys

[@cornucopiaofcool2144]

When Libby was Laying and Playing pipe. The homosexual schtick didn't happen until later.