JUDY COLLINS - "Send In The Clowns" with Boston Pops 1976

Judy Collins is the guest vocalist with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra at this concert taped in May 1976.

[@LesterH25]

Every note on the piano means something. There is nothing random about any of this song. It’s pure.

[@MsHeavensarrow]

I’ve always loved Judy Collins! I’m 63 now and she is 80! Still going strong. She has a hauntingly beautiful voice. She’s a classy lady. I’m grateful for growing up in the 60s and 70s.

[@Martin.Wilson]

Amen sister. The world has become a shithole, but we'll always have the music to remind us of better times. Nobody can take those memories from us.

[@pamshearer120]

@@Martin.Wilson Judy Collins is now age 82 *

[@garyschneider8829]

My exact thoughts as well my friend, and I'm a few yrs your senior fortunate to have seen " MS Judy Blue Eyes" a couple times !!!

[@MsHeavensarrow]

@@garyschneider8829 That is so wonderful Gary you were blest to have seen her sing in person. I’m d have loved that. She just truly has a beautiful voice and exudes class and charm. Have a wonderful day…week… month….life 😊🤗

[@tesskansas4939]

@@garyschneider8829 I attended an smaller gathering two decades ago. She spoke to us about her life. She was lovely.

[@ladbeethoven9]

This song definitely belongs to Judy Collins. No one else can sing this song like her. Every note is perfect and brings one to tears the way she emotes every word.

[@eXtremeMohaz]

I definitely agree with you... Barbra sang this song beautifully, but Judy really own this song... her version was the standard for this song which was mostly some other singers used to sound too.. :)

[@lisadc4681]

Houston Culkin Don't forget Sinatra, his version will have you bawling it's so beautiful, but Judy's is incredible, too!!!

[@llow3873]

Agreed

[@rattus3102]

I love Barbra Streisand's version too....😊

[@lula1221121]

Even today I think she does it best

[@Tahoehobbyist]

When this song came out I was a long-haul trucker, going through a divorce. This song sung by Miss Collins always stirs many emotions. I was at a dinner in Philadelphia have dinner when it play on the jukebox....it was so fitting for what we were going through

[@TerryDowne]

In 1978-79, I took an art history course at my high school. My teacher showed us a wonderful slideshow of surrealist and impressionist art, and he played Judy Collins' version of this song in the background. That was over 40 years ago, and I have never forgotten it.

[@leftyvangogh4102]

Absolutely beautiful. RIP, Stephen Sondheim.

[@joecraig6265]

Out of all songwriters, of any venue , Sondheim was best.Even Burt Neil, or Randy only listen.I don,' t even LIKE Broadway The Stones, or Brian Wilson, Orr Len-Mac ? No way.

[@bethwahlig5098]

I was there at this performance. I was going to be a senior in high school and Judy sang so perfectly!

[@anitahuie1145]

I'll never get enough of this man.

[@steveolson674]

I was a senior in high school had a lot of issues going on with school and a girlfriend baby on the way even though it's been 42 years to listen to her sing brings back good memories

[@2themoon863]

And with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops...

[@jamesmurphy9185]

Wow! So lucky to hear a sensational voice

[@im7700]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written and performed by an artist with one of the most beautiful voices EVER!!!

[@geraldmellon740]

Nailed by Judy when she recorded it in 1976 and still the best version in my opinion. A great interpreter of other artist's songs.

[@betahifi]

Peter Martini-Yates 10 months ago I remember my mother buying this record for me because I had learned all the lyrics to it, for no other reason than that I liked it, I then played it incessantly, and still have it to this day.

[@charlesbinding4541]

One of my favourite songs of all time and Judi Collins version in my opinion is the best. It moves me almost to tears it so beautiful.

[@billcole8246]

The haunting opening and Judy's crystal voice just nails your heart in a place only music can touch.

[@nunyabidnis5407]

Bill Cole Well said!

[@bobsherry7673]

Indeed.

[@Teacher-lj6in]

Say it again !

[@lass-inangeles7564]

I heard Judy Collins and this song both for the first time in 1978 newly arrived to this country from distant shores. It moved me to tears. There is an honesty in her voice, that connects with your emotions. I liked the simplicity of her style, no artifice, and deep feeling. Her voice rings clear as a bell. The words resonated deeply with the difficulties I had adjusting to a new life. Hearing her again today, it is still the best recording of this song.

[@dougzander4959]

T H A T was superb. The applause was deafening, continuous, shaking. Must have been a very good night for this angel. Tonight, she made mine.

[@mariosaldana4006]

I like how she just beautifully interprets the song without upstaging it

[@meade2072]

To say that this performance was amazing is truly an understatement. I've got chills running up and down my spine listening to this. It really is so rare that a vocalist like Ms Judy is born and discovered and has the power to stop a person in their tracks and cause them to weep at something so beautiful as this. I'm trying hard to find the words. I've written and deleted this post a hundred times already. Being able to listen to this lady's voice from 47 years ago and the power she put behind each note is a gift that I feel blessed to have been given from the Unverse. This performance is what hearing is all about. I know that just made me sound like a dork, cheeseball. When I hear Ms Judy sing, I see colors and flashes of soft light and sound that I am unable to describe. I think there are people who don't really know who they are as a human being until they take a breath and sing. And even then they still can not see the power and beauty the Universe has granted them. I can only imagine how this soul will sound one hundred incarnations from now.✨🌒🌕🌘✨

[@cindymaes9468]

Judy is like an angel.

[@alfredstark1653]

So much depth in her voice... Seems to penetrate the universe and the angles sing... A born singer for centuies....

[@laurent.674]

RIP Mr. Sondheim. What a talent, what a legacy! You are truly a National Treasure. You legacy is a magnificent gift to the world.

[@tommacdonald7990]

Gorgeous. She sings the song simply without self-conscious facial expressions and embellishments, etcetera and just lets this beautiful song shine through. Barbara Cook is damned good too.

[@Teacher-lj6in]

Whoa!Live is even more haunting than on LP, an all time classic, this lady's voice is phenomenal, raise a glass to awesome 70's music--may it live on forevermore...

[@williammccollough1480]

One of the most beautiful voices of her age. I heard Judy in Honolulu in January 2017...the voice is still as perfect as in this video.

[@MrWildcat2009]

Very emotional song. I can’t stop crying every time I hear this.

[@scottrussell2281]

This is beautiful to the point of bringing tears. Her voice is majestic beyond words. Such a beautiful song, so beautifully sung.

[@johnmettler995]

Goosebumps, a lump in the throat, and tears. Memories flood my heart. So beautiful. Thanks Judy.

[@Jennajeong1]

So touching.. I cannot breath while I listen her voice. I love her song so much. I am happy to know her song.

[@kevind7422]

Indeed, thanks to Stephen for the songwriting and to Judy for rolling this cannonball into popular conciousness. Hers is the first and definitive effort to move a 'difficult' composer into our awareness. Thanks to both.

[@mikerice3349]

Such a pure voice...

[@richardcrocker8048]

Will anyone write songs like this again ? Will anyone want to sing them ? Will there be people who love to hear them ?

[@lindamcnicol8741]

+Richard Crocker Yes Richard, I love to hear them.

[@RSuarez66]

Yes. The problem is the records companies might not record them. Most people nowadays like trashy songs that have a lot of bad words.

[@robertsherman9975]

Richard Crocker I'm with you on this !!! It's a generation thing ! Would love to see younger Artist, bring back the old nostalgic songs for our Generation ! There's always hope 👍🏻

[@michaelbrickley2443]

There will always be new songwriters and new songs....look and you will find them

[@SuperDerezzed]

I will write one

[@minervavidal6055]

I've heard many other actress's sing this beautiful song.from Bernadette peters Catherine zeta-jones.and many others.but it was you Judy.who I first heard as a young girl. who captured my heart and soul.. no one can ever sing this beautiful classic song from a wonderful musical. like miss Collins... thank you...

[@MPress-nd5bv]

This song opens the heart every time. Tears following memories of a life and love that was, that could've been and always will be. Thank you Judy

[@billyjones8706]

The first I remember Judy Collins was when I heard an amazing voice singing an amazing song AMAZING GRACE.. They didnt need any thing but her voice . The chorus that joined in was great but all I heard was Judy Collins . That was a long time ago, I was a teenager. Now I know GOD 'S AMAZING GRACE. Praise the LORD. Thank you Judy Collins.

[@davidhamam2987]

This was my mom's favorite song before she died. She used to sing it.

[@nicholasphillips3802]

Just discovered the wonderful JUDY COLLINS yesterday whilst typing in Laurel Canyon to find out where it was. Somehow that led me to finding a playlist with her version of Suzanne on it and I have been listening on repeat to all of her stuff since. I think people are capable of making great music again and I do believe that it will happen. Whatever happens I am a huge fan and going to make it my life goal to go to folk festivals when this is all over to hopefully here JUDY COLLINS live at some point and meet all the cool people that still love good music!!!

[@betahifi]

She will be touring in the United States this fall with Arlo Guthrie.

[@JohnCahillChapel]

The crowd got it too... that was respect.

[@terencedove5047]

Judy’s rendition of this has continued to be the definitive version: pure, simple, understated but beautiful, with more than a hint of tears in her voice as she sings…

[@lifeisgreat77]

40 years later, May 2016, I heard her singing this song in Bonn/Germany, maybe her voice is even stronger and better now!

[@rogershirley2857]

Beautifully sung by a beautiful singer, unmatched.

[@denniskelly4287]

Her voice is such a gift from God. Met her back in 1984 - still looked so much younger and she was so gracious to all of us at the special university occasion. This song I think is my favorite and her version is the very best of so many attempts of it.

[@jackiemcmeekin6551]

Thank you so much John Wren for posing these introspective, soul searching words to a melodious song by a brilliant composer. Judy’s voice is ‘Angelic.’ 🥰💕

[@JGearySr]

For me, simply the best song ever written....

[@kandylangford5886]

Judy w/the Boston Pops backing her is the only way to appreciate this lovely/bittersweet song...

[@stevecarr5144]

Makes the hair on my neck stand up and my head tingles. Great job all around. I'm in awe of Judy Collins..

[@carthageflaherty6247]

beautiful love judy from the first time i heard her voice,love from ireland❣❣💞god bless you

[@gh9111]

Just really beautiful. Certainly on the soundtrack of my life.

[@donna30044]

Judy Collins singing this brings tears to my old, tired eyes.

[@Success4u247]

This song was on all the radio stations when I was a young man . I have to admit that it completely passed me by. . .. it’s wasn’t until I fell in love with someone who didn’t see me that I heard it and got it . Send in The clowns.

[@henryhill6637]

One of the most gut wrenching songs ever . How so true this song is. Truly mind blowing.

[@GTurch52]

This is pure perfection

[@Karen-cr1oz]

The voice of am angel..This song was definitely made for her....

[@sleepingbear1889]

Give me goosebumps We are so lucky to have recording of such great artists at there best 🎶🎵🎼🎂🤗🤗🧚🏻‍♀️

[@KCU81253]

she is just so amazing been a fan since 1971

[@warrentaylor8428]

+Kyle Campbell Got you beat, loved her voice since I first heard her on Smothers Brothers in 1968. We try to catch her live every chance we can, most recent was last week. At 76 she still has THAT VOICE!

[@deborahcrawford1028]

There are a few people about that can express the pain of love - she will always be one of them x

[@acm9616]

heard this in my teens. no one can sing like. no one. it moves you to the core.

[@RaiderLeo1]

One of those voices an orchestra within itself, a song I find myself humming from time to time that comes from within me for over thirty years.

[@valerietomsic8454]

Exquisite! And WITH full orchestra!

[@johnmullen9949]

some many have sang this song. To me Judy is the queen of it all. Nicely sang Judy☺☺

[@GoldenShaolinNutz]

BRAVO!...How many years and no one can still sing this like her. Some are close but that voice.....come on! Really! Like this.....no way! Close your eyes and listen again...

[@josealdous]

what a wonderful performance, very minimal gestures and yet it chills you to the bones! she was very beautiful too!

[@johannesvanhoek9080]

Beautiful perfect voice ,,,what a sweet heart !!!!!!!!!

[@Mellymoo1111]

Saw her first in 78 she did this at Symphony Hall man nice takes me back now I have met her and I have a seen her numerous times delightful just delightful Mel

[@jeanettedegiulio3906]

Moved to tears!!! A wonderful memory from my teens..

[@hartindc]

+Jeanette DeGiulio Same.

[@elvisliker2]

Me too as well

[@stevedandy973]

Beautiful song, singer and orchestra.

[@MrClivecheshire]

So beautiful.

[@yvonnewilliams6748]

Such a beautiful song..I havent heard this in decades..wow how time flies..beautifully done..tks for sharing..

[@Phantom1963]

What a Lady ❤ elegant and graceful...what a wonderful time in history compared to 2022.

[@mustsee8983]

so relaxing listening to this wat a lady judy is ,,superb.

[@bobturnley2787]

The perfect marriage of singer and song. Hearing Judy sing this gives one hope. Maybe, next year.

[@Wriggs74]

I first heard this song at my uncles funeral and it broke my heart because the stories I heard of how my uncle use to entertain the children in his local area and everyone use to say that my uncle was the clown of the street. R.I.P uncle Edwin, thank you for making people laugh ❤

[@alanparkin1810]

What a beautiful song Makes me cry but love it x

[@JohnLee-mf4sc]

my thoughts are that this is one of the most beautiful woman in the world so humble so just so lovely i wish i had met her i would love her give her anything just to hear her voice, most of her friends also

[@StevenTorrey]

Very moving rendition of a very moving song.

[@lylebatson3951]

just lovely

[@103AFGHLD]

Absolute perfection!

[@rnhealer6044]

I still love Judy singing this beautiful song so much and I'm now 68. years old. Blessing everyone here.,

[@frettchengretchen1345]

amazing beautiful EPIC....Judy..and Arthur Fiedler with his gorgeous white hair in the beginning...priceless..such rare live recordings of Arthur and the Pops ♡♡♡ love you sooo much Please come back...the world is turning to shit

[@mikekemble958]

beautiful

[@jimsaldana2302]

This is an incredible song and can only be performed by Judy Collins as she captures the emotions of this classic song.

[@stephenhowell5611]

Glynis Johns wasn't a great singer but her performance of this song was amazing.

[@jadenkhor3523]

if only we could remaster this rendition... such a beautiful version.

[@D1419MIL]

I remember seeing this on TV when it was broadcast. On PBS, I think. Still great!

[@brianreilly8661]

effortless vocal lovely song just a great artist

[@johnborucki3829]

what-a-beautiful-voice

[@maureenkhabay3998]

Songs like these, move you to tears.

[@adrianbrown9068]

Beautiful. An all time classic

[@albertstashin4371]

Adrian Brown, NOBODY sings it better than her.

[@kerryg100]

One of my mum's favourites Judy took it somewhere else....she knew she smashed it... Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat for the memories. ...wonderful there ought to be clouds....maybe....

[@lindaferrell5847]

Beautiful !

[@paulmasterson8164]

This song is sang so beautifully & elegantly. Just like the song Judy you are as beautiful

[@ralphcarneymovies1919]

Peace Stephen. Thank you sir.

[@pokerface8242]

Gives me goosebumps. Every single time I hear Judy's version, goosebumps.

[@vincescafaria8931]

beautiful.....

[@rnr5682]

happy Birthday, Judy! You saved my life. During my Dress Rehearsal Rag, you helped me survive.

[@antonj.melein8794]

I am 53 now, once when 15, I urged this song needs to be heard at my feneral. I still want this!

[@Music_is_Breathing]

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes!!!! Love you, beautiful lady!

[@katherinezeaman5657]

Just beautiful.

[@patriciataylor2870]

a beautiful relaxing song

[@betahifi]

Howie Rubin 11 months ago If this doesnt brig you to tears, you're not breathing! Simply magnificent and PERFECT!

[@RichardWilliamsowdrick]

This song brings back great and sad memories of my time spent in Jersey C.I. In the 1980's, Great times, but sadly most of the gang have gone! Such is life eh?!

[@Teacher-lj6in]

Live on in memories, bro

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Isn't her voice magical. Like Judith Durham of The Seekers, so natural, indeed, perfect. Will be listened to for years to come and thoroughly deserves to be. Love you Judy/

[@sakurasoh]

Beautiful

[@peterdurkin1499]

Judy..owns this song