Liberace: The Worlds Greatest Showman (Full Documentary) | Amplified

Exploring the life and illustrious career of the flamboyant musician, actor and entertainer, Liberace; his extensive works have made him into an icon.
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[@duchessstudioband7896]

People forget....he was a talented musician. No one could play like him. Nevermind the outfits, the glitz, just window dressing. There was a talent

[@StanCat4]

And, a lot of hours & effort

[@user-bf2cv9xo7x]

​@@StanCat4Reminds me of when some female fan asked Fred Astaire who is the greatest natural-born dancer he's ever known. He said "Nobody. You have to take lessons and practice."

[@Melissa0774]

He sold the image of being a classical musician as being something cool and glamourous. You sure couldn't do that today.

[@christinemarlo5672]

Met him 70's Las Vegas. Shook my hand as he drove away in his pale yellow convertible cadi. What a nice person. What has our world become, now? RIP Decent, caring, smart, excellent performet.

[@janetwilson4069]

My mother in the 50'S never missed his program. He was definitely a very nice person. Just look at the way he went into places and spoke to everyone. A real jewel.

[@mimo4000]

In addition to his talent, Liberace had the most beautiful, genuinely warm smile. He also seemed like a generous, thoughtful person. Too bad there aren't more people like him in the world.

[@aalexjohna]

He spread AIDS around knowingly.

[@Maximilian0011]

true, almost better than a viper snake

[@silvergirl7810]

Living in Vegas I was VERY HONORED to be a tour guide for his beautiful mansion 🏠! He had soooo many gorgeous items that meant so much to him and reflected his travels and life as well as his many pianos, mirrors and his gorgeous bathtub- I loved being in there- you could feel his strong presence the moment you stepped inside- and what a warm soul he had. I want to mention he was an incredibly talented musician as well as a smart businessman all wrapped up in the package of a sparkling ✨ entertainer doused with perfect comedian accents. His private life was his own and the world loved him through and through- what a life he led. We will always cherish the memories of you, Liberace. ❤

[@jeffcollins5188]

I will be in Palm Springs in March, any suggestions?

[@nehsmombarnes8804]

He was a gentle, kind, caring and loving man, who never ever hurt or harmed another life.like all of us, he deserved a private life. He will never ever be forgotten.

[@TheJazzyRedTalkShow]

You are so right!

[@roxannemoser]

He deserved a private life, but one filled with actual dates. It's sad to me that he couldn't go out to dinner in a public forum with a husband or boyfriend.

[@thomaspick4123]

He was never offensive, never attacked people. He would use self-deprecating humor. That smile! Where did it come from? Always pleasant and cheerful. I can see the cracks too. He tried his best. Though private, I wish he would have testified verbally of his faith in Our Lord and only Savior, Jesus Christ. Some might say he lived his faith by how he treated others. But, the Holy Bible says we are to verbally express our faith and testify. That is why the bishop slaps our cheek during Confirmation. We will face opposition and struggle for our faith. If not for believers before us, how would we have come to know the truth?

[@margannaful]

His smile could light up a room. He found his passion and made a living doing it. Very few people achieve that in their lives.

[@cherryedwards8117]

A FEW OF HIS LOVERS DIED FROM AIDS ...AT LEAST ONE... JAMIE...

[@kellyhiggins4234]

All he did to his home he loved in Hollywood and its rotting away . I did hear someone bought it . The great holidays he celebrated in his home were a big thing to Liberace. He passed there and I believe his spirit is there . I am going to Google I'm sure sure there's information about his home. All he loved most in his business was his fans of course his collection. I wish his foundation would think of doing museums tours starting with the Museum of Science in Boston. There are thousands that would go to view . I honestly believe the reason his museum lost people visits was because you had to fly out or see it while vacationing. If they can tour King Tut they certainly could tour Liberace. Miss you so Mr. Showmenship. Bless you God Bless you wherever your soul may be ...❤

[@richardsoderkvist6383]

It's real nice seeing those clips of Liberace and Elvis together in Las Vegas back in 1956. And Liberaces brother with both of them.

[@Eugeniadella]

What a gentle-man he was... really nice to have discoveted him thru this documentary

[@ciscolm]

I always loved Liberace his flamboyance life and his love of life and people i think he was the one to get me out of my shyness when i was young and to strive to be a good person and to love all that is around me.

[@larrydewein]

Growing up and playing the piano myself, I watched him on those black and white TV programs. I had his piano arrangements for the Twelfth Street Rag and Beer Barrell Polka and just could not believe that ANYONE could play those arrangements THAT FAST WITH ACCURACY! I always thought the recordings were SPEEDED UP until I saw him in person in St. Petersburg, Florida. I was STUNNED to see him play them EXACTLY AS THE RECORDINGS SOUNDED! He had a GIFT from God!

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

WOW, He sure was one hell of a SHOWMAN, and he sure did put on one hell of a Show. He sure had incredible dexterity in those flying fingers of his. Unbelievable.

[@louisemoore7715]

He schooled Elvis on how to be a showman....hence Elvis" bejeweled jump suits, capes, jewelry, cars....extravagance....You can thank Liberace for part of Elvis' presence and fame!

[@roxannemoser]

Liberace got it from Sammy

[@louisemoore7715]

@@roxannemoser really!... Hmmm Elvis and Liberace added greatly..had their own expanded interpretation .. thx

[@ruthvaught4647]

I always thought that Elvis was in the closet. He had the same hairstyle as well as Liberace's clothing style later in life. He started out performing in pink suits and make-up. Priscilla said that even though she begged Elvis for sex he made her wait six years until he married her when she turned 21 years old. After Lisa-Marie was born his wife said that he didn't want anything else to do with her. Rumor also had it that he had black female back-up singers because they didn't try to seduce him.

[@louisemoore7715]

@@ruthvaught4647 oh brother...could be...Ann Margret wouldn't agree...He sure had a lot of females in his life..no I don't think so.

[@LathropLdST]

Liberace said it himself in an interview, quite tongue-in- cheek "I got Elvis his jacket"

[@bonniericica6895]

Lee was a shinning star who brought smiles and happiness to so many! God only makes one of a kind and Lee was our gift to put smiles on our faces through his amazing entertainment!

[@allenhansford6872]

When my grandmother was a alive she was a big fan of him

[@mariar4431]

Loved him, still do.

[@MJ-qb5ph]

You can see where Elton John got a lot of his act from - what a teacher

[@claudiocorleone7856]

Liberace understood Vegas and knew you needed glitz to succeed in Vegas . But you also needed talent and he had it in spades. Liberace is really underrated as an entertainer today.

[@alexandradane3672]

The vulgarity of the glitz and Vegas , even then was and remains , a sad indictment and example , of the how far fallen is America and the rest of the world in intellect and intelligence . The man himself , behind his “Liberace” image was a good , kind,loving and generous man of enormous talent whom became swept up and way by the need for the former. A huge waste , his lifestyle just being one of excess which he created and succumbed to , to satiate the greed of that mentality and to convince himself of , at the same time. May he RIP.

[@melatomic]

@@alexandradane3672Have you studied history? If you were to borrow a book on ancient Egypt, or Greece, or Rome,…you would see vulgarity for certain. Glitz & Bling is one of the indicators on how far humanity has evolved, apparently.

[@barbarabangert6594]

Liberace is the real deal ! Talented funny and non apologetic of who’ve was . Seemed like a good guy

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Scott thorsen really took him for a ride!!! Same with the Jamie guy!! Lee was such a generous man!!! He had too many bad friends!! RIP❤🇺🇸🇬🇧😎✌️

[@richardsoderkvist6383]

That was a real nice biography of his life and career. He's a very kind gentle soul . A gifted piano player a great entertainer. It's really nice to see him with his dogs. It's really nice he loves dogs .I am a dog lover too. God bless him a really nice man.

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

And he always had a fabulous smile on his face for everybody. He never said a bad word about any one. I am thrilled for all of his well earned success, that he so deservingly deserved. THANK YOU LIBERACE ❤️😊❤️🥰😍😄❤️❤️

[@user-zl5mk4et2g]

I love how he said iam laughing all the way to the bank!!

[@ellengallagher5841]

Hello all Just want to add that Steve was so informative and loyal to his friend Lee. People like him are very rare now a days. Take care of P J. Best of Holidays. Nellie

[@KZ-gi7ey]

Love his tiny Paris made piano that really plays!

[@karolinesmail489]

Idk what they say about his private life but to me there was and never be another Liberace' 🎹🎹🎹🎼🎼RIP KIND SOUL🕊️🙏

[@abcderghijk]

He could sure play the piano.. A musical genius..

[@jacknjill3000]

I guess Liberace was before my time, but after watching the YT video with his friend Steve Garey, I learned so much more about Liberace. When I was younger in the 70’s and 80’s, I just knew Liberace was famous for being a piano player, but I didn’t know how he got all his fame. He also was a very private man and maybe bc of hiding that he was gay. Why it was great to hear Liberace’s life through his friend Steve Garey in the other yt video. As almost speaking for Liberace in death. Liberace was a pioneer and set the standards for many others. RIP Mr. Liberace.

[@StanCat4]

Yeah, that vid was lovely to watch and get the inside story of Liberace’s life

[@melatomic]

Yes, indeed. Liberace became very famous for being a brilliant piano player and putting on a great show. Just like Mohamed Ali became famous for being a brilliant boxer and putting on a great show.

[@mobrules29]

Liberace once stated, "I would like to be remembered as a kind and gentle soul who made the world a better place to live, because I had lived in it." Mission accomplished.

[@eithneowen8782]

I would have loved to have met Lee.....such a funny man. Great talent.

[@kevinpenney3156]

This Man had a very kind and big heart and never forgetting his roots.

[@jadezee6316]

He was ...........the world's greatest entertainer.......

[@leonline3424]

A true artist, they don't exist anymore.......

[@59snitt]

2023 & still no one to rival Liberace. There are so many that have no rivals. I was just lucky to be able to know one of these greats

[@ingejellen3709]

I went to see him in Radio City Music Hall, and he was MAGNIFICENT. That was the time he flew up on the stage with all his diamonds and he sparkled like a star.

[@baylorsailor]

I thought at first that this was a documentary from the 90s. Your voice and the format remind me so much of the documentaries of that time and I love it! 😍

[@Melissa0774]

It's amazing to me, as someone who wasn't around in that era, that someone could've ever gotten that rich and famous by being a classical musician. You sure as hell couldn't do that today. I'm trying to imagine some hypothetical scenario where a kid growing up today who is serious violinist, or something, could grow up to have a career like that. Maybe if they got into movies or something, it could be doable, but I could never imagine that person making the violin, or whatever instrument they play, such an integral part of their identity, like Liberace did with the piano, and play so many concerts like he did. They'd have to be more famous for whatever else it is that they do. Maybe other people don't agree with me, but I always liked how Liberace sold the idea that playing the piano is cool and glamourous, and something you should be able to get rich from doing.

[@water2wine1]

We went to see him to see him back in the late 60’s when he came to the Music Hall in Kansas City. Was very enjoyable.

[@catlife1942]

Love the man & his music. He is so kind to animals who need a lovely home 😻

[@Camille_Anderson]

Considering the animals skinned alive for his furs, he was not. It's indefensible.

[@jc2delaga]

What a wonderful life, man, n documentary. Thank you so much 🧡

[@karensparks2509]

Such a kind heart! I had a dream about him recently! I did even know of him until then. He influenced the way Elvis dressed in Las Vegus! In the dream , I was sitting in a chair and something next to me was covered. I took it off and there was a dog. While Liberace came towards me. I later found out he had that same dog! He did not get enough credit for all he accomplished. And what happened to his Jewerly in that secret drawer? The owner of his house should have given it to his family! Palm Springs!

[@danahill3545]

Hello Karen! I read your comment and thought you may be interested in a interview I watched yesterday. Scott Michael's interviewed Liberace's neighbor Steve Garey who was also tutored by Liberace. It was uploaded this week. The KZbin channel is called Dearly Departed Tours with Scott Michael's. An the name of it is... Liberace's Home, DEATH and BETRAYAL: Friend Steve Garey Speaks! It will answer your questions about the jewelry. I hope you will watch it. Let me know what you think.

[@MrMelgibstein]

@@danahill3545 saw it, you are right.

[@sherrillouimette1905]

9:51 Love Love him ! Always have always will. He was so amazing in everything he did on stage and off, God bless him! ❤

[@sonaterese799]

Wonderful, wonderful video - thank you so much

[@richardsoderkvist6383]

It's kind of ironic with Liberace and Elvis. They both had a twin brother baby that died at birth.

[@barneyporter6138]

What about Jim neighbors and Rock Hudson And The rock pyle wedding

[@karolinesmail489]

Wonder where the twin is laid to rest?

[@supachaloopa3611]

(JAWS Theme) Wonder if... maybe... Elvis & Liberace were... you know... BROTHERS? 😱🙀

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

He has a very good singing voice too. He is amazingly full of many talents. Rest In Blessed Peaceful Slumber My Friend, You Have More Than Earned That Luxurious Luxury. 🥰❤️😍❤️😊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheJazzyRedTalkShow]

I love him! He had class! Once he Arrived on Stage in a Nice car got out and asked how do you like my coat? (It was a white mink)

[@sharksport01]

I love minks.

[@ludovicusschmitz3574]

Wonderful ! Unforgettable! A real entertainer with great heart and talent !

[@diankreczmer6595]

🎉I am 86 and remember liberace in 1952 on TV and remember elvis in 1956 on the radio singing "teddy bear". So lee had the older women going crazy for him and his bejeweled self and elvis had the younger women and girls going after his bejeweled self in concerts. RIP to both of these innovative gents ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BluesBoy-ij2rb]

What a talented, fabulous Old Queen he was...............,................. Erik

[@THECLARENCES]

Long live the memory of the late, gggrrreat Liberace!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@Bettina-ct5xq]

Just loved this he is a true legend❤

[@taradevine6026]

When I was a kid, I remember he had SO many women fawning over him. It was obvious to me they had zero chance even though I didn't really know what gay was.

[@judithhodgins5337]

I TOOK MY MOM TO SEE HIM IN LONDON CANADA

[@carljohnson1997]

The best ever no1 better and no1 will ever be come close

[@xlr8tedzoom]

My mother and I had a goal to see Liberace live in concert. We wanted to be near the stage and paid 50 dollars a ticket. In today's money 400 dollars! We loved the concert and never missed his TV shows. That was our weekly event for as far back as I can remember. My parents loved him as did I. RIP master showman knowing you were loved and remembered by your audience.

[@patriciafoster784]

What a sweet man ❤

[@Miller1notte]

I approached this documentary with curiosity and some suspicion too because I did not know the man very well and I was a bit struck by some creepy characteristics of him (for instance, the frequent references to his possessions). I ended up falling asleep and dreaming that Liberace would appear in my living room and be available to pose for a photograph with me at my piano! 😆

[@marybranicki3354]

This undoubtedly is the BEST Documentary I have ever seen… I have watched almost every documentary that was put out on Liberace and the extra details this one goes into is the BEST !!!! A MUST watch especially if you are a fan ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@simplylovie007]

Such a sweetheart ❤

[@user-mg7ms3fo7s]

You influenced me to play the piano. Thank you so much Mr. Showman!🥰

[@bellestar5960]

I’m sure he was a blast to be around. It’s truly ashamed what they did to him after he passed away. I can’t imagine him getting mad or angry. I think his lover was a piece of trash for what he did after he passed then claimed he slept with the King MJ, the guy clearly has issues.

[@MrMoggyman]

I remember Liberace from the early days too, on the Liberace Show in black and white. That man could sure play piano. But the thing I liked about Liberace was that he was not only a superb show man but a lovely person too. Look here how the celebrity out shopping takes time with the ordinary people to shake hands and say hello. There was no snobbery or ego. Yes, he wore outlandish clothes, but so what, he was a show man, he was Liberace. Liberace was just a good person, and an excellent pianist. That's what I liked about him. He was gifted but down to earth, and communicated with his audience. I hope that today he is entertaining the Angels upstairs. Wonderful show man. Missed.

[@mickeyray3793]

I saw his concert LIVE in West Palm Beach, in 1980. After the show I picked up a sequin from the floor and saved it for years! 😊

[@rosashirocobrito5556]

Somos muito fan , ele foi verdadeiro showmen !!!! Magnifico !!!

[@brettrosen8628]

Rip 🪦 Liberace

[@rogierasselt4972]

I think that behind that smile a lot of pain was hidden. He was a real star, who could play well and also entertain and be humorous. I long for that past time when famous people actually had real talent and skills instead of vacuous superficial social media stuff like now.

[@Phexyn]

My clothes may look funny, but they are making me the money … 😂 What a men.

[@rockybalboanoamuerto]

gracias liberace un ejemplo de vida

[@paulgoldberg8345]

🌟❤️A Legend ❤️🌟

[@siegridthomas9674]

I LOVED him...he was fun and I enjoyed his music

[@michellegriffith4200]

He had a soft spot for St Francis hospital in Pittsburgh Pa. They saved his life in 1963.

[@thebangkokconnection4080]

A shame how his former lover, maid and trusted friends looted his estate.

[@sued3512]

En très excellente memory! Blessed

[@brendancronin3796]

The man could play the piano ...he was odd as a box of frogs but he had talent

[@anneoconnor8741]

He was a genuinely nice man, I think, never met him, wish I did, but I think he was a very nice man. His sexuality I really never cared about, so many good people who died just for loving other people, so sad. HiV, it was very scary, in those days it was a death sentence. So many special people cut short, so many anonymous people just died quietly and possibly alone. I wish even my children understood how scary it was and how unsure everyone was about how you got infected In my mind far scarier then covid. I still do think Liberace was such a special person, just lovely !

[@juliebarks3195]

@@anneoconnor8741 I was a child when Lee came to England in 1968. I fell in love with his humanity and kindness which was sadly lacking in my home. He winked at me and I loved him.

[@tmnl8037]

@@anneoconnor8741 Liberace was well aware of the risks of having unprotected sex with men and he even asked Rock Hudson what it was like to have AIDS. He took those risks and hid his homosexuality, but he could not hide it after his death because the coroner took possession of his body and conducted an autopsy that revealed that he died of AIDS.

[@StanCat4]

Same scariness

[@StanCat4]

Lovely story; thank you for sharing it.

[@user-yu6qb1xw5e]

Two talented musicians.

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so cool

[@susanmann3757]

He loved to sparkle 💖

[@kathymetzger5862]

I love to hear him play he was so talented and a great entaininer

[@allenhansford6872]

Thanks!

[@AmplifiedMusicDocs]

Welcome! 🤘

[@Marvel66666]

great human

[@allenhansford6872]

U are so welcome

[@ColtDee]

Liberace was amazing genius.

[@margaretwillis736]

Incredible on the piano, nice voice, beautiful smile and a warm heart. What more could you possibly ask for?

[@Bushwig]

George sounds just like liberace 😊

[@elisabethpetronellalautrup3915]

❤💖

[@smithlinda8901]

the natural gay people are the most fun people in the world and smart

[@MJ-qb5ph]

Yeah - why is that?

[@stephenberry1205]

Mr Showmanship, loved by his mum, his doggies and his audience. Pity with all that success he never found a loving partner, in the way Elton John & David, or Ricky Martin... easier today with acceptance and understanding. It is now a sign of talented flamboyance... He definitely 'Out Camped' Elton. Talented man, maybe rather tortured privately. Buy more stuff to make up.... Successfully sued a newspaper for insinuations about being 'that way' and then died of AIDS...

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

My favorite type of dogs, are the hounds with their silky ears that are like feeling pieces to rub.🥰💋❤️😍💋❤️

[@sydneysheppard4979]

The three best piano players were liberache...Jerry Lee lewis...an ray charles❤💪🇺🇸🇬🇧😎✌️

[@Trucker1970]

Elton John? Billy Joel ? 🤔

[@adrianlay8505]

A beautiful human being..., better than JC

[@fayadkhairallah2760]

The world's😮

[@faithmapstone9982]

What happened to Liberace's Houses, jewellery, clothes, house hold items, cars etc? Is there still a Liberace Museum?? 🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@tmnl8037]

The houses were sold. Ted Turner’s brother bought one of them and was lucky enough to find all of Liberace’s jewellery hidden in a secret compartment beneath a drawer and got to keep it. That particular house later got sold for $500,000 after it owed debts and was in a run down condition after squatters used it to live in. A man from England then bought the house and fixed it up and spent 2.5 million dollars to restore it, and that house is now a museum of Liberace’s life. All Liberace’s cars and clothing are at a different museum. Sone of Liberace’s pianos and furniture were bought by the Englishman who restored one of Liberace’s mansions and placed there. Most of his former lovers are dead after Liberace infected at least three of them with the AIDS virus, except Scott Thorson who is currently in prison and will be released on 8 September 2022.

[@January.]

@@tmnl8037 *jewelry *rundown

[@tmnl8037]

@@January. I don’t know what jewellery that Liberace owned, but he would give valuable pieces of jewellery to his close friends like his lover Scott Thorson. The jewellery that Ted Turner’s brother found, I don’t know what specific pieces there were, but legally they formed part of the fixtures of the house because the house was sold that way and nobody ever looked in the hidden compartment beneath the drawer to know they were there. Ted Turner’s brother filled Liberace’s swimming pool with concrete, so the pool no longer exists.

[@faithmapstone9982]

@@tmnl8037 Thankyou for all info!⭐️🎵🍾⭐️

[@faithmapstone9982]

@@tmnl8037 Thankyou very much for all the information 🎼🎶🍾

[@themagicaladventuresofliam4615]

He is the personification of The American Dream

[@phil4977]

This is bits and pieces from other documentaries. Doesn’t tell his whole story.

[@supachaloopa3611]

What year was this documentary?

[@jodie4609]

I miss sammy davis jr !!!! If that don't turn you on, you aint got no switches.still funny even now 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅❤❤❤❤❤

[@judithhodgins5337]

SAW SAMMY DAVIS in NYNY! & went to LIBERACE MUSEUM in VEGAS! BALDWIN PIANOS made X the ST from me!

[@fionafinch348]

Alright, who was first with their flag dance, Liberace or Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens?

[@stanmackowiak908]

Sammy Davis Jr was the world's greatest showman

[@Scyber_Official]

I live in West Allis, Wisconsin where he was born - I also live a half mile away from Jeffrey Dahmer's Grandmother's house where he killed 3 people. Interesting area full of taverns, bars, liquor stores and gun stores. I call myself Liberace Dahmer.

[@comond]

Doesn't quite tell all about his life, does it?

[@talcumpowder1000]

Some of the clips are interesting, especially the dialogue with Groucho Marx but it gives next to nothing away

[@wteo340]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGLXcoZ5g9eJeNk This should be of more insight into his life, although a bit more tragicized.

[@ednakelley814]

What is it about his life that you think is your business?

[@douglasbatley1907]

@@ednakelley814 Everything.

[@brendancronin3796]

@@ednakelley814 the sexual business ...that's what every one wants to know....

[@californiagirl1579]

I know this story is very interesting Too watch! He could Dress his ass off tho❤Liberace