Morgana King sings "Corcovado" on The Hollywood Palace

[@idacarlini]

I have known Morgana for over 50 yrs. and she sings better today than ever and is still beautiful.

[@Cris1949]

I remember listening to her in the 60's.Oh LOrd! What a voice and how much MAGIC in it!

[@RádioRetrôAM]

Rip mamma Corleone

[@40tracym]

She was a beautiful woman👍🏿

[@jcgary]

unmistakably incredible.

[@alexforest1]

I definitely agree with you. As a teenager she was one my favorite singers and even though my senior years.

[@STORMYBMAN]

An amazing talent. Wonderful vocalist. I wish I had known more earlier in life.

[@sistalinda]

I can't get enough of this performance. She's stunning.

[@pcadcr]

I've always loved this song, but Morgana's interpretation is fantastic. I can't stop listening to it. She sings with such feeling, She has total command of this song as if she owns it. Just watching her silhouette as she walked onstage towards the microphone made me feel that this was going to be a special performance. What style she has! The song's arrangement and the stage background scenery give me a peaceful feeling. Thank you for this posting and for introducing me to Morgana King.

[@revlogen4466]

Oh my I'm sorry when I hear Morgana sing I don't care what she's singing. Thank you for sharing. I've seen Morgana many time in person and this is the first video of her I've seen. WHAT A TREAT!

[@brigittepedersen512]

I still love you Morgana King, after all these years, there is no one like you

[@neurofire]

The clip is so 'television' - the talent is simply awesome. Great upload. Thanks.

[@45patchouli]

I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR MORGANA ,i HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE THE AGE OF 16 YEARS OLD. THANKS TO MY MOTHER AND HER SISTERS. AND THEIR LOVE OF MUSIC.

[@sistalinda]

My favorite version. Morgana, what a treasure your voice and delivery are.

[@MelloGee33]

My grandmother used to watch TV shows like this when I was just a kid back in the 60's. 😂

[@ChiliKatsuRamen]

Omg. What a voice 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@sistalinda]

This is one of the greatest performances I've ever heard. I love this.

[@Mrtubbula]

Brilliant... Total conviction Nuanced and gorgeous

[@merccadoosis8847]

amazing voice range - one of the best of all time

[@Rosannasfriend]

I just found out she’s a singer! She’s incredible!

[@bradly2007]

Rare and magical live clip of Morgana King in peak form...what vocal magic and so deeply soulful! A lavish box set of her masterpieces is in order...two Mainstream & one Verve LP all from the sixties would be heavenly! Bravo Morgana King!!!

[@cornelispeters6626]

What a great singer this was.

[@henryporter_001]

The last jazz sing er

[@allbetsRoff60]

What a voice I never knew she sang, I’ve seen her in The Godfather as Mother Corleone, but that voice was beyond comprehension is there another word instead of the worn out word, ‘beautiful’? Wow!

[@contagieux]

Just spoke to Miss King aka MARY GRACE MASINA... told me her albums are out there and she's never seen a penny in royalties.. such a same... what a great lady. 86 yrs old now and sharp as a tack! Living a nice relaxed life in Palm Springs CA.

[@charlesmessina5253]

Isn't it Messina

[@pamos1949]

Yup. Maria Grazia Morgana Messina.

[@wolf175]

Does anyone have more songs by the great Morgana King? Her musicality and voice are unique. Wolf

[@JerseySurvivor]

I hope so. The world is wanting for such an original stylist.

[@donpkra]

i heard her live a few times my goodness what a thrill

[@arlene1934corwin]

One of my all time favorites!

[@sistalinda]

Oh how I love this.

[@idacarlini]

There is noone like Morgana...she needs to come out and let this new generation hear what greatness sounds like

[@stephaniec.2520]

So talented. So grateful to hear this. Sorry if name icon comes up 2x. Computer glitch

[@STONECOLD1987]

absolutely stunning!

[@russen58]

John, this is a woman that had a true 6 octave range..amazing for any person..

[@LRS905]

Damn, Mamma Corleone really could sing! Amazing.

[@Markeygirl]

I was introduced to Morgana's music by my mother. Mom was an amazing singer and she admired Morgana's voice. Morgana was a single mother of 5 kids like my mother was. Unlike my mother though, Morgana was an opera singer and had to switch to a more popular form of singing to support her children. My mother supported us with her singing too. It is wonderful to be able to hear Morgana sing again. ILYM

[@NancyPizzotti]

I was a mere 3 yrs old when I saw this...Zia Lola an my Daddy...loved her...that's where I get my good taste...she was the best sounding vocal violin I've ever heard.

[@moshabraf]

Hey! It's mama Corleone! :)

[@bandawhat33]

don't touch fredo while she's alive though.

[@blackmore4]

Hey! And you're Ali Baba! :)

[@ValePlace]

Damn she can sing. I grew up hearing my mother play her songs this one in particular- although I don't speak Portuguese, I can phonetically sing this song by hard.

[@scientific34]

RIP Mama from France !!!

[@idacarlini]

Morgana had one daughter who passed this last year, she is now living in California with her Grandson a Professor at a nearby University and planning on returning to the stage to sing again. You can see her playing the Mother in the Godfather movies.

[@moanman1776]

One can not BE an Artist... unless one is uniquely their Self This woman was an Artist. RIP, Morgana King.

[@synchronyJEM]

corcovado, in portuguese, means a hill in the shape of a hunchback. corcovado is actually the name of the hill were you find "Cristo, o redentor" or, in english, "Christ, the Redeemer". the song is called that because the author of the song was able the see the statue from his bedroom window.

[@curtisj47]

Love this lady ,

[@ddmcc2]

Given the age of the original recording, it's a little read to 'read', but Morgana King's voice still overcomes that. Corcovado means something like Quiet Nights, not Hunchback, which would have been a pretty stupid name for such as beautiful tune. I'm still searching for a digitized version of the Blue Note album - A Taste of Honey, where she sings Corcovado so well, it makes me cry with joy.

[@FourEyedLadyOriginal]

Bravissimo!

[@friaraidan]

I first heard of Ms. King in 1965, from a very cool guy I met in Greenwich Village,NY. What a Talent-I own her "Taste of Honey" CD. If your not familiar with it, check it out.

[@KSchwab9]

Corcovado (hunchback)is the mountain (hill) near the city of Rio de Janeiro. The "forcing" is just her style and the tremendous range she has.

[@emomarcelor]

Just to correct Donald Connor. Corcovado means, "stooped," referring to the mountain off Rio. Then I settle down with a smile to listen to Morgana King's beautiful rendition of the song. Thanks morganafan.

[@Cris1949]

She´s just GREAT!

[@donpkra]

she sure was amazing

[@eaglestirreth]

Outstanding !!! I hope she will go back into the recording studio and give us some other stuff...but I do not think that you could get any better than her old stuff !!!

[@PrateiM]

Mama Carleone🥰😘

[@KSchwab9]

p.s. A little irony - she's half Portuguese.

[@vinnydelucia2510]

No, she spent time living in Brazil, where of course she learned Brazilian dialect Portuguese. She is 100 percent Sicilian.!!

[@nickandnora2]

Makes me weep. I must be hearing angels singing.

[@musiclover59]

Chelly, how I wish I was in your lucky position. If you don't mind, next time you see Morgana, please tell her that Musiclover59 on YT thinks she is one of the giants of jazz singing and my favourite song of hers is Useless Landscape.

[@SModikoane]

Fuck it. I'm movin' to Brazil!!!!!!!!!1

[@irineufilho1344]

MAMA CORLEONE

[@judywu3774]

好珍貴。好有韻味

[@autodelete66]

@revlogen4466 You Lucky Person! all I had was 'A Taste of Honey' album.

[@bryceperry3372]

All her own. None before, no since.

[@sistalinda]

Are you kidding me!?!? Such a huge talent and practically unknown to this generation. Unbelievable.

[@Lipuma1964]

The Way she sing it sounds a little like a East European Folk Song. Interessting. Is there such a nice Place like the Corcovado in St.Petersburg ?

[@joachimstossberg3095]

Donald O'Conner is just repeating the English title for this song which has entirely different, more romantic lyrics, Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars. No doubt that's what he was told to say.

[@visitingsaramontiel]

We saw her life in Chicago in 1982? 81? In a Jazz club on Rush St.....She was an amazing experience!! Very organic,,,,,very unique,,,,,hard to forget ever! I am so glad I finally saw her perform live!

[@frankfeldman6657]

She's way funnier than your average SNL skit, that's for sure.

[@STONECOLD1987]

what's that supposed to mean??

[@frankfeldman6657]

You apparently love her, I find her impossibly pretentious and mannered to the point of being ridiculous. Big world, nobody's got the truth. I actually opened for her once with another, much better, singer years ago. We had a good laugh about her, as I recall.

[@STONECOLD1987]

are you trying to say she isn't a good singer/ cause she's brilliant, tell me who's better in todays world?

[@frankfeldman6657]

Pointless discussion/argument. Do enjoy her.

[@STONECOLD1987]

i do enjoy her.

[@autodelete66]

@brendonbatkin A Taste of Honey album Every piece on it a gem, specially Lazy Afternoon (Please Post it here on YT?)

[@annalisa14]

Morgana is Italian and a Gemini. I saw her in a small San Franciscan club in the eighties. It’s obvious that she is powerfully emotional and a poignant storyteller. A true unique 💎 gem who’s known mainly by musicians’ musicians

[@Alino17]

Wow. Never had a choice to hear her singing before. Altough I don't quite enjoy that very old-fashioned style of singing and the cheesy arrangement... Morgana has superb musicality, power and "chops"! Reminds me somehow of Mavis Rivers ("We Remember Mildred Bailey" cd)

[@taddyd1]

has a very similar style to Cleo Laine.

[@yescarycan]

You are so right !

[@johnholloway2445]

man she just stops me in my tracks whenever i hear her sing................ just so mellow

[@ronniemorris1944]

She was the wife of Vito Corleone in the Godfather

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

In the opening, she sounds just like Yma Sumac. Same range, too.

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

@Stacey Michaels careful, the lawyers will object

[@Specter1065]

Goodbye Mama Corleone...😢

[@sistalinda]

muirta, That IS funny. Looks like D.O. didn't do his homework. Now back to Morgana.... AAAHHH....

[@Dudufrias]

Corcovado means hunchback.

[@anniefannycharles9951]

No. It means stooped.

[@joseronaldofernandesazeved3722]

Será que o meu sotaque cantando em inglês soa como o da Sra. Morgana cantando em português? Rsrsrs

[@marcelojatoba5048]

Godmother

[@yeniarivarola]

Corcovado does not mean quiet nights.... it means hunchback....

[@rrg2248]

That's the name of the mountain based on its shape...

[@tonyanderton3521]

The totally unique and mesmerising Morgana King. Sensuous and intimate. Passionate and thrilling. What do today's popular singers know of such things? Rather, we hear only conformity and bland uniformity. Auto-tuned mediocrities.

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

a contralto singer of no equal.

[@johngilbreth]

i guess that she's just not my cup of tea. I love the casualness of brazilian greats, and casual, she is not... I got tons of respect for Morgana King, and I should hear more but i'll take any Gilberto's version over this one any day.

[@johngilbreth]

yo, sorry to rain on carnivale, but corcovado means hunchback, and i love brazilian music and all but i feel like she's forcing it, hear the squeak??? I don't think that this a very exemplary, or good rendition of this tune...

[@mrpentium]

My Mother adored this singer and her music. I always found it somehow sad and mournful, the way she would almost wimper and wine, like in "A Taste of Honey" . No offense...just me, maybe. This song is more palatable.

[@idclolhdf]

Lmao corcovado does not means quiet nights

[@pokslow]

Probably one of the most ignorant comments I ever heard on TV, Corcovado means Quiet Nights...aarghhh ! Since when are all songs in any language literally translated into another to be sung ??!! Ridiculous, Corcovado is the mountain where Christ the Redeemer sits on. In the song the line O Redentor que lindo refers to exactly that. Can't believe this quy actually said what he did..

[@jacquesorr7566]

OVERLOOKED SENSATION ¿!!!!!

[@jovijohnson5418]

Mama Corleone