"Everything's Coming Up Roses" ~ Ethel Merman (JFK inaugural gala, 1961)

Almost complete clip of Ethel Merman singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses"

[@willmack5909]

You talk about a class act.....that was pure class, and not an act. Awesome performance by an awesome lady.

[@showtunestarpower]

How I wish they did not do the overlays or the voice overs in this clip because seeing Merman singing EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES in the plaid coat and with the original full arrangement and orchestration give us a strong idea of what her performance of this song was night after night in GYPSY. What a star, what a song, what a president!

[@frederickcombs8661]

it just fit the evening so well

[@jeremiahgabriel5709]

I agree totally. Good editors of films and documentaries know when to shut up and let the content sing for herself.

[@LindaBrackett-t1v]

So sad so many hopes we're there that day🎉

[@leeinvegas]

She always delivers

[@filmmekker]

She always delivered!

[@joecole7122]

Twenty years later she sang the same song at the Reagan gala

[@mr.bob4630]

Incredible!

[@annakimborahpa]

That's quite the clever commentary starting at 3:08 when, as Ethel Merman sings "momma is gonna see to it," a very pregnant Jackie Kennedy is shown standing next to her husband, the new president.

[@Don_321]

Is there any way you can post this full PBC documentary? I can't find it anywhere online.