EARTHA KITT Performs a Haunting and Tearful Rendition of "All By Myself" | The Dick Cavett Show

Eartha Kitt performs a unique and devastating cover of "All By Myself."
Date aired - March 1st, 1978 - Eartha Kitt
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What's your favorite song cover by Eartha Kitt? 🎶

[@rsgabrys3080]

------------------------ cover.....? her Catwoman costume.....

[@brooklynboiprod]

@@rsgabrys3080 Hehe😛

[@shanecadden7914]

Not a cover, as far as I know, but I Don't Care

[@Marcel_Audubon]

as of today, _All by Myself_

[@brooklynboiprod]

My favorite song that she sang is, I Want to Be Evil. I've done a music video of her with a remix of that song

[@JSB1882]

When she sings, she reminds me of Marlene Dietrich. I saw Miss Kitt once and it was amazing how she sucked in the audience. You really felt she was singing to each audience member. I think these two women were much greater actresses than singers, and that's what made them so mesmerizing.

[@martinbirdwell7986]

More Like Josephine Baker

[@AkonDepolignac-jv4qg]

Oh eartha thsnk you so much for being trained and tslked by an axtraordinary,extraterrestian woman,her great heart and humor What a great soul,thank you sister Akon the hathor😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@AkonDepolignac-jv4qg]

I feel you so deeply mon coeur,dearest,love forever Akon❤❤❤

[@JoseMoreira-yv3ex]

I tried to get the spoken word part down as best as I could. Starts at 2:01 or so. There's been some clouds and stormy skies And different worlds all filled with lies I've traveled through the stings of lovers And wiped my tears upon the covers I've lived a life of rogue and queen And dyed my hair to fit the scene I've been as honest as I could And shamed the shame of those who should I've been loved and I've been lied to And found few shoulders I could cry to And all those years I thought life naughty She made me beautiful At forty. For life has not been so bad to take But now I cut life's golden cake Into a million tiny squares And with each piece recall the years The taste of life has not been so bad Between the tears and joys I've had For with some good and a little sin She always allowed me to get up again And now that I've seem to have passed her senses It seems that this is where life commences I know life has her games to play And she puzzles it with crackling clay For graves are dug and wars are lost But life goes on at any cost I do think life has made me wiser So there is no reason to disguise her She wouldn't(?) try to rearrange her She has been fair I would not change her But if I had to live her over I would take her four-leaf clover And pluck her petal as from a daisy For I know she can be lazy She presents me life so simply In a cup that's almost empty With a little wine to tease me But not enough to really please me And if I drink without a question She will frown without suggestion But if I sip and let her take me She is wise enough to wake me But only after dreams and visions Allowing me to seize decisions And all those years I thought life naughty My visions visualized At forty.

[@dylanlancaster3160]

Eartha released it on Thinking Jazz. It's a heartbreaker.

[@JoseMoreira-yv3ex]

@dylanlancaster3160 I wasn't aware of that, but I just listened to it and you're absolutely right. For anyone interested, it's called Life Made Me Beautiful At Forty.

[@yugodom]

@@JoseMoreira-yv3exTo whom does she refer to as “she”?

[@ReddzVoice]

: Eartha Kitt was epic! 🕯🕊🕯 Peace and love...

[@Lynda957]

Eartha really put her all in her performances. Amazing cover.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Yes, Rachmaninoff would be pleased she covered him.

[@MarcTRussell]

I cried. I’m not afraid to admit it. 😢

[@mikeb7379]

When she was young her life was truly horrific. Check it out if you have a strong stomach? Deserves much higher respect and recognition than she gets.

[@jamesgordon2255]

This is terribly sad. She was remarkable !

[@patrickquacinella6997]

I saw her show in Melbourne, just great I love you Eartha 👍👋🙏

[@MrWphilips]

The absolute best version of this moving song!

[@JackieLouise]

I am 40. And this is everything. Thank you.

[@showbizsimon]

Now that's what you call a performance.

[@DeletedLadies]

There are very, very little performers who could live and project a song like she did. Oh how I miss her

[@lululuna8791]

My late mother adored her. So do I at 72. Amy Winehouse, Esther Williams and Eartha Kitt, plus Barbra streisand are God's Gift of Magic in Music❤thanks Good Heavens, ever and ever🎉

[@jamesgordon2255]

Judy Garland too

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in powerful peace Eartha Kitt 🙏 17 January 1927 ~ 25 December 2008⚘

[@littlevegan8700]

Oh my gosh that speech! She got me crying! Felt every word and I’m not even forty!

[@romstar]

Exquisite rendition of a classic song she's made her own with this performance!🥰😘 Rest well, beautiful lady,so glad 😊 she is beyond the hurt she experienced in her lifetime...🥰🥰😘

[@MrWphilips]

An autobiography given as a brilliant and intensely emotional performance! A great neglected artist! You are never forgotten, and loved! Thank you!!

[@ivor000]

stunning

[@reginashiner3440]

A great singer can make you cry and she does it every time..every word is felt!! Very few singers like her today..

[@ghiberti]

BEAUTIFUL! And with her emotive poetry and distinctive singing, she elevated the song into something else! ❤

[@georgelouw3572]

There are just something in her life and her voice, and those words that let my tears flow...so, so very beautiful 😢

[@hayleyanna2625]

Spectacular. Such a brilliant performer. So talented and beautiful ❤️✨

[@reinaldogonzalez94]

I love that woman.

[@lateshachild2580]

Love you Eartha beautiful Angel rest now sweet soul ✨🙏💚

[@akrenwinkle]

After witnessing this, I had to re-evaluate everything I knew and loved about camp. I've downgraded everyone a notch. This is the pinnacle.

[@WarayInDubai]

And I thought the “Modal Mixture common tone enharmonic double chromatic mediant modulation” video dissection of Celine’s version is the best All By Myself YT Video there is…

[@arturocostantino623]

One of the best things I’ve ever seen and heard

[@duvallsaunders]

truly one of a kind

[@LordZontar]

Orson Welles once called Eartha Kitt "the most exciting woman in the world."

[@jadezee6316]

lol..sure

[@akrenwinkle]

@@jadezee6316 It's true, but the quote is usually "the most exciting woman on earth." They were close friends and co-starred in a play in 1950. You can see pix of them together on YT.

[@michaelsf89]

such elegant and amazingly talented woman she is!

[@egglady]

Extraordinary! So moving!

[@haroldstella1398]

EARTHA IS A SUPERSTAR!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@tylerlately]

I probably would've busted out cry in the audience, seriously lol

[@Marcel_Audubon]

touching

[@soltanalosmi475]

This is how to be raw

[@TheFourteenthWard]

Just beautiful

[@willminkorea2010]

Brilliant cover!

[@Espritisback]

Le style. Le grand style.

[@ubet6691]

❤

[@linzmel1]

She sang her life…

[@michaelwhite2600]

❤❤❤❤

[@ItsYourDestinyTv]

👑👑👑

[@JoseInsenser]

Wow

[@mattinthehat3]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😭

[@johnmorgan-gc8ly]

The only way this song has a right to be sung😢😢😢😢😢

[@christopherbunworth3206]

What monologue is that from in the middle of the song?

[@Melancholie89]

she wrote it

[@EricCarter-e5q]

I wonder what did Eric Carmen think about the Cabaret performance of his song All By Myself and I Wonder if the Great Bobby Short, got a chance to sing the song.

[@yvenhess-thema7293]

Her singing reminds me of Marlene Dietrich. Like "Das Lied ist aus".

[@Whazzat]

I like I Want to Be Evil ( not sure if that's a cover) 🎃

[@littlevegan8700]

Think that’s her own!

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

That’s fooking shocking seriously

[@BeardVsTheWorldUK1]

Wow! I thought "I Want to Be Evil" was great...

[@venize3050]

The performance is amazing. Not sure that it is the best version of the song, though.

[@bluebutterflywellness2273]

L😍VE the spoken part, but the rest...nah.

[@The_Great_Darino]

She makes Eric Carmen’s version sound like the Sex Pistols. Sorry, just didn’t like this.

[@SelenaTroyeSL]

Don't say sorry when you clearly aren't. Just state your OP and leave it. 💤

[@Marcel_Audubon]

maybe you'll like it more when you've lived a little

[@jadezee6316]

@@Marcel_Audubon how old do you have to be to recognize a bad performance?

[@martinbirdwell7986]

​@@jadezee6316Obviously Because You Don't Know Art And Wouldn't Know It If It Was Staring You In The Face

[@actorstuntman]

On Batman ,didn't she play a Villain named Dogwoman? That tried killing people with her singing?

[@sarahholland2600]

She was Catwoman .

[@Burps___]

This rendition is a stinker 🦨

[@glenaban7607]

Mag kwento ka na lng haha

[@Mikey_Sea]

Shite.

[@kristine6996]

Don’t like it at all. Overdramatic.

[@littlevegan8700]

Oh but it’s real. Look into who she was. Perhaps you don’t see it but when she sings i see her whole life in her face. Every feeling and emotion. And best yet it’s so subtle. Not many artists could do this without faking it.

[@fezmai1282]

Tears I can't hide ❤🎉

[@Joez86]

Bravo

[@milesbecky1]

Incredible.