Michael Parks "Melancholy Baby" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Michael Parks "Melancholy Baby" on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 15, 1970. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdS...
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The Ed Sullivan Show was a television variety program that aired on CBS from 1948-1971. For 23 years it aired every Sunday night and played host to the world's greatest talents. The Ed Sullivan Show is well known for bringing rock n' roll music to the forefront of American culture through acts like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. The entertainers each week ranged from comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield, to Broadway stars Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, to pop singers such as Bobby Darin and Petula Clark. It also frequently featured stars of Motown such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson 5. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the only places on American television where such a wide variety of popular culture was showcased and its legacy lives on to this day.
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[@brianeckert774]

Great actor and singer!

[@JackTheSkunk]

As an old grump who despises anything Hollywood I have two exceptions.....Michael Parks and Robert Duvall.

[@hnc52]

Surprisingly better than I had exxpected. He had sort of a Chet Baker sound, with Gordon Lightfoot's looks.

[@roydean1137]

Michael Parks always reminded me of James Dean. In looks and even mannerisms.

[@that70sgirl90]

He does. Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@that70sgirl90]

WOW.... That made me a "Melancholy Baby!" ~💙💙💙~ He was nice looking too! 👀 Happy Holidays! 🎄 🥂

[@parnianpouladdej6790]

Beautiful voice

[@akampfer]

RIP Michael Parks.

[@shyman99]

The only thing better would have been to see the performance of "Long Lonesome Highway", which would debut on the Hot 100 a couple weeks after this show aired & ended up being a top 20 hit.

[@Playbyplaymedia]

James Burton played on that record, I recall...

[@donnscopman8102]

Wild Seed was his best movie ❤️

[@sergeypozdnyak7021]

Спасибо. Открыл для себя уникального артиста.

[@donnscopman8102]

I love this man

[@Duke_of_Prunes]

I remember him, always, as the Sheriff in Kill Bill -- great actor and singer!

[@ivangranger8494]

He also had his tv show “ Then Came Bronson,” in the late 60’s, riding on his Harley.

[@Duke_of_Prunes]

@@ivangranger8494 Yes, I have seen those episodes uploaded somewhere on KZbin! That was a great show as well.

[@jong0000]

well, a decent actor anyway...

[@ivangranger8494]

@@jong0000 👍🏼😂Actually, he could sing. He had a ‘powerful’ voice, but this selection seems so laid back, for what he could actually, sing out.

[@EricReed-x8n]

Excellent piano work by pianist Michel "Mike" Rubini (1942) of "The Wrecking Crew", and son of Swedish classical violinist Jan Rubini (1897-1989)

[@donnscopman8102]

Love ❤❤❤

[@mauricecunningham492]

I remember him in Bus Riley back in Town 1965 🙄

[@boybblue]

He was the handsome Adam in the Dino de Laurentis's flick

[@donnscopman8102]

❤️

[@georgesember9069]

I think he did a good performance of this old standard. I thought he usually sung folk and country pop songs. I never cared for this tune and respected his approach to the song. His accompanying musicians certainly helped!

[@donnscopman8102]

❤️❤️❤️

[@dreamnumber99]

❤

[@KuznVinny]

Now THIS is the way the song should be sung. Others have bigger "names," but sing it all wrong!

[@boybblue]

I have one of his LP's

[@jong0000]

I admire your intestinal fortitude in admitting it

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Remember him appearing on The Johnny Cash Show. He's got a Chet Baker quality about him.

[@jong0000]

Heroin and alcohol?

[@sungeigerong1]

I prefer him over Chet Baker.❤

[@martymartin6191]

back then every teen heartthrob had to put out a record if they could sing or not !!! It was part of the machine!!

[@mike48877]

Exactly, what I was going to say. I remember Parks as an actor. Didnt know he sang.

[@donnscopman8102]

He was beautiful

[@jeromeblue3854]

@@mike48877He can’t.

[@jjdvideo]

That is the guy from Tusk.

[@michaeltuz608]

This was at the same time that Michael Parks was starring in the NBC television series _Then Came Bronson_ playing the title character, a young man who quits his job and hits the road on his Harley on a journey of self-discovery. The show, which only lasted one season, was the network's attempt to cash in on the counter-culture of the late sixties ... sort of a cross between _Route 66_ and _Easy Rider_ As seen here, Parks tried to use his new found star status to promote a singing career as well, having moderate success soon after with his chart-reaching recording of _Long Lonesome Highway_

[@that70sgirl90]

Thank you for sharing! That was interesting. Jon G and Jade Zee should hook up. They very rarely have anything nice to say.

[@jong0000]

@@that70sgirl90 not true at all; you must be attracted to the bad ones...

[@that70sgirl90]

@@jong0000 😂

[@terrysmith-zt8ls]

Then came Bronson.

[@johnmobley9369]

Why did the beginning remind me of “it’s over isn’t it? “

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Weird exchange at the end there with Sullivan asking him ‘How’s the weather out there?’ and his response ‘The winter’s over I think’. Kind of an unusual fellow, perhaps somewhere on the autism spectrum.

[@nicolakiss]

back when you could sing or you couldn't

[@opinionday0079]

Wow much better than Frank Sinatra

[@jong0000]

It certainly seems that they saved this song for everyone that couldn't sing worth a shit..

[@orangemascara]

He has a stunning voice …wtf is your problem? Bitter.

[@jong0000]

@@orangemascara yeah... like they stun cows for the slaughter...

[@jong0000]

@@orangemascara decent actor, handsome enough, loved him Kill Bill, but as a singer, he's not even Leonard Nimoy, Sebastian Cabot or any of the other Golden Throats...

[@grahamjarman]

​@@jong0000 never heard of em

[@donnscopman8102]

He sang it great I think

[@jeromeblue3854]

This is awful.

[@jadezee6316]

THIS is not singing.....not sure what it is....talking in a whisper...occasionally hitting a note..who knows....

[@jong0000]

Agree... this is hideous..

[@goodtimefolkrock]

Why do stars always think they can sing? Johnny Depp suffers from this delusion too......total dreak!

[@johnpopo8440]

Song stylist

[@withgoddess7164]

@@goodtimefolkrock drech

[@withgoddess7164]

Lacklustre and drab. He sucked all remaining life out of that song.