Cy Coleman - Witchcraft

Cy Coleman performs "Witchcraft" on Playboy's Penthouse.

[@fosbury68]

Snapping his fingers AS he plays piano - and sings - his own song. Doesn't get any cooler than that.

[@METALITHrevetments]

Pure class.

[@hisongpark]

Charming performance by the composer. This is one cool cat!

[@jennifer86010]

One of America's great arrangers. I'm impressed with the fact that the music presented on Playboy's Penthouse and Playboy after Dark is all LIVE and authentic. No lip-sync singing, no overdubbing of a playback track and fake pretend playing the instruments....it is all live, real, authentic and played/sung as we see and hear it !! Real talent, live from the "real old days" of the 1960's.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Genius songwriter. Love it.

[@spdrew]

i rented this dvd and it was such a treat to watch...he also did the intro (Playboy's Theme)...greatness! thanks for sharing

[@scottwushesnky3779]

Hi! What is the name of the dvd? I would love to watch!

[@DizzyMcGlizzy69420]

@@scottwushesnky3779 the show is called playboys penthouse, there are a couple episodes on youtube but its really hard to find the full show in “good” quality. let me know if you find anything

[@AngusTCat]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this. Cy Coleman's performance is wonderful.

[@stephanieyeshuaislife7236]

Will love coming back to watch this! make-believe martini in hand ~

[@whispperson]

Incredible song and one you can tap your foot to. Great footage.

[@faalarcon100]

I love this video. You should upload more videos like this. Thank you very much

[@desperatetimes5873]

He sings the clever verse after the chorus. Most talented man!

[@jlassie]

Excellent. Sinatra's version is great, but it's always nice to hear the composer singing it the way he originally intended it to be heard. Bobby Troup was another one like that...

[@michaelchapman4955]

I couldn't agree more, Bobby Troup was seated at the table behind me one evening at an LA SFV Jazz supper club which I thought was 'Cool... & Tom Hattan, the Host of "Popeye" on KTLA Ch 5 in LA was seated at that same table at 'Monteleone's West' in Tarzana & it was Snowing on this Cold Feb evening in Tarzana which is Rare in LA

[@RINGOFE]

man this is brilliant..thanx for btringing up this tune so everybody knows..greetings from greece

[@karinablacktie]

Did you know that he was a child prodigy who was performing at Carnegie Hall when he was six years old? Yeah, six!!

[@meezydarko]

Guy was the real deal

[@michaelchapman4955]

Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh wrote many great standards for Broadway shows... of which many became Hollywood films & 'Dorothy Fields was another lyricist Cy Coleman collaborated with

[@livemusicnyc6357]

pure genius.....jazz has no color...it's an american folk music...tnx 4 sharing

[@jamesfeldman4234]

This must have been filmed around 1957 when Cy Coleman wrote the music and Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics for Witchcraft. What struck me in this rendition was the beginning bars which sounded an awful lot like the introduction to The Pink Panther theme (1965) by Henry Mancini, some 8 years later. I wonder if Hank heard this and it resonated with me, such that it unconsciously helped to create his iconic Pink Panther theme.

[@kinggriffin4279]

great song! damn he was cool!

[@SteveCournane]

great track..

[@WickRypD78]

Just found this. It's not saved in my Halloween playlist

[@davidhahnbirds]

👂 💚

[@juelzwhite6600]

my boy on the drums playing snare with his finger!

[@Lingerick]

very cool!

[@swinginkatz]

Great. swinginkatz, Tampa

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

Seymour kaufman approved only Hugh can prevent Florist Friars

[@eddyalexiou9951]

👍👍

[@Trashkollektiv]

Nice. Makes me think of Vegas.

[@wanderer1955]

this version is up there with Sinatra. As cool as ice. Pity its not loud enough tho.

[@idaisabellefindler9086]

Any lyrics to sing along to, please? Xx

[@vova47]

Nice song and those Playboy bunnies didn't hurt it. Musically I prefer Bill Evans's version but this wasn't too bad except a little too "show business" for my taste.

[@fosbury68]

Always nice to see/hear the songwriter play his own creation.

[@kevinryan7154]

Did Henry Mancini expand that intro into the Pink Panther theme song?

[@jennifer86010]

Regarding your You-Tube question about the tune "Witchcraft" played by its composer Cy Coleman on Playboy's Penthouse TV show (1960's) No, the song "Witchcraft" was not used in any way by Henry Mancini. Mancini wrote the theme of the Pink Panther completely on his own for the movie of the same name in 1963. Mancini was a fantastic TV and Film industry composer and arranger, and at the height of his musical career, Henry Mancini was THEE music man in Hollywood, just as John Williams is THEE music man today (2020) for movie scores. Mancini wrote the music for a hit 1950's TV Private Detective show called "Peter Gunn". (1958) From the cool and intense big band jazz he developed for the Peter Gunn series, he created an instrumental sound, which he later used in writing the Pink Panther theme..one of his most memorable themes.

[@SteveCournane]

what are these alternate lyrics? never heard those?

[@SauniPataki]

dont worry ill mske sure they know bruv

[@matthewblackwell5274]

What year is this?

[@jillgroutage8604]

Nighthawks

[@warrenjones7636]

Thats hef with the pipe recognise him anywere

[@mrvegasmanrocks]

Pour me another drink...

[@ralnovak9113]

Young, yet always desperate to appear hip.

[@poker4080]

what year was this?