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

[@willmack5909]

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

[@filmmekker]

She always delivered!

[@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.

[@leeinvegas]

She always delivers

[@joecole7122]

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

[@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.

[@LindaBrackett-t1v]

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

[@mr.bob4630]

Incredible!

[@Don_321]

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

[@JohnTabush]

me too!

[@williammoore6010]

Everything's coming up Roses by the late great Rosaliind Russel along with Gloria Gaynor's I will survive area bout survival and getting to the top at whatever you do.