Come On-A Our House !

[@EricCarter-sj2lq]

I was a kid, in front of the TV, seeing Rosemary Cloonley on The Hit Parade, and she sang this song.

[@drsunshine1959]

She's one of the sweetest persons I've ever met!

[@A.Bin.Shridah]

From saudi, i like this song and i am a biggggg fan of this beautiful women🇸🇦🫶🏻

[@perrymanutube]

Were you aware that Rosemary. Clooney is actor George Clooney’s Aunt ?

[@russmaleartist]

When I was four years old, and Rosemary Clooney came out with “Come-On-a-My-House”, I became one of her biggest fans. My family and I would go to this restaurant after church on Sunday, and this particular waitress became intrigued with me liking this recording so much, that often she would use five cents of her tip money when she saw me coming into the restaurant. One Sunday she came to my table and told me to bring my mommy the coming Saturday for a milkshake. The record man was coming to change the records, and she promised me she would see to it that I got that record, plus a stack of others . . . she was good to her word. I am now 67 years old and still have that 78 rpm record from that restaurant's jukebox. There is no one like Rosemary Clooney. She was a great singer and despite personal hardship and heartache, she kept singing . . . and she remains an example of a consummate singer to this day, and she has retained a special place and memory in my heart. I wish I could have met her . . . I wrote one time, but it was around the period that she was sick before she passed, but I hope somehow that she got my letter, and someone read it to her. She certainly was one of a kind and remains one of the top female singers of all time.

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

Such wonderful memories, Russ! Thank you for posting.

[@russmaleartist]

Rosemary Clooneytunes You are most welcomed . . . a privilege on my part, I assure you.

[@elsa557]

What a lovely story and a lovely waitress. I'll bet it never occurred to her that you would remember and treasure her acts of kindness for your entire life. We never know how the things we do and say will affect those around us and for how long. Ripples in a pond...

[@HeatherinTexas]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory!

[@russmaleartist]

@@elsa557 Absolutely!

[@stephenhibbs6913]

Never forgot heard her singing this song as was on a troopship going under the Golden Gate Bridge heading for Korea December 1951!

[@59Alaskan]

So happy to see you made it home!! 💗

[@twostep1953]

Holy crap! By the way, I was there in 1977 - 78 and near the DMZ; hadn't changed much.

[@AVportau]

heard this as a little kid and imagined it was sung by some european accented woman like Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida, coz i knew Italian women who sounded like this... later in life i was shocked to find out it's sung by a blonde American woman... it's a catchy song that i love to hear again and again... watching Rosemary in this vid is even better.

[@mudithabandara8575]

Her vibrato is so special oh my

[@cindycrowley4208]

Saw this song debuted on the Timehop app. Even though I was born towards the end of 1959 I still appreciate the raw beauty of this song and ones like it. Thanks for posting. :)

[@redhawke22]

What a FUN, FUN, FUN song.... And the movie "The Stars Are Singing" is SOOOOOOOOOO much fun to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Pippa-tf8je]

A True Classic!! The lNCOMPARABLE 🌹 Rosemary Clooney ❤

[@jormamaattanen3048]

Bob Dylan writes a mind blowing, fantastic commentary on this jewel of a song in his book "The Philosophy of Modern Song". Please read it, you'll enjoy it

[@michaelgarel4279]

She's just gorgeous...

[@jamesdrynan]

Despite the fact Clooney never liked the song, it always gave me a kick because I loved hearing a harpsichord rocking out like that! The song provided her with a major hit, being # 1 on Billboard chart for six weeks in 1951.

[@JackieA6206]

Beautiful song and good singer 😊

[@brucemoose9587]

she didnt like that particular song in the movie, 😞and didnt like it in real-life,, ha ha,, but was number1 hit worldwide, and sold millions of copies after it came out

[@donaldjohnson384]

Yes i heard she didn't Like this song and thought it silly and sang it in anger. But we love it and the beat.

[@kester1940]

Stunning! An all-time great HIT by the greatest of all girl singers.

[@d1i2a3n4n5e6]

Rosemary you are the best, One of the top three best, the other two being Ella Fitgerald and Keely Smith. Thank you for all you have given us! I listen to every thing you have ever recorded

[@ThePassionOfTheMarc]

Such a awesome tune. Thanks for this!

[@ergokeatha4656]

Total classic and contemporary Beauty , bravo 👏👏

[@slicksnewonenow]

Stan Freeman rockin' the keys off of the Harpsichord!

[@gayanedanielbek7427]

Music - Ross Baghdasaryan The words - William Saroyan performed by the authors Two Armenian cousins, both from Fresno

[@jellyfishattack]

She really didn't want to record this song. Thank God someone persuaded her to do it.

[@Tmidiman]

jellyfishattack that's right, she did not like that song very much, but everyone requested it.

[@ArmandoGarridoMusic]

She was threatened by Mitch Miller to record the song; "Record the song or be fired", in her auto-biography she says whenever she heard the recording she could hear the anger in her voice for being forced to record it.

[@russ5024]

@@ArmandoGarridoMusic she was "taken back" for being liked for such a "gimmicky" song

[@russmaleartist]

@@ArmandoGarridoMusic Yes, this is the true story . . . as I have heard it from Rosemary's descripton, herself.

[@loekiekanters4295]

Of course, it’s about a person she doesn’t want to be.

[@thomasmckenna5372]

As a teenager's we used to dance to this it was great

[@SuperIliad]

As Ray Manzarek related to me in 1965 (before the advent of the "Doors"), his style of playing and the harpsichord sound he preferred, was influenced by Stan Freeman's harpsichord playing on this record.

[@Alloy7]

It's great to see Ray Manzarek mentioned here. I always loved the third album, and I realized that Ray was playing harpsichord on "Wintertime Love.". I've not liked harpsichord in classical music, but I do like it in rock and pop. "Baby's calling me home"--Boz Scaggs, with Steve Miller. "Different Drum," Linda Ronstadt.

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

well ...it was in fact Mitch Miller's idea ,from the start.

[@stephenmcguire7801]

Thanks for the info. Manzarak was a fine musician. One critic likened his opening runs on "Light My Fire" to a calliope. Ha. More like Bach's more baroque stylings. Which can be heard in Freeman's trills as well.

[@stephenmcguire7801]

@@Alloy7 Try Percy Faith's version of "Delicado" in '53. Freeman on that, too.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

I'll try to research further in a point that's confused me for decades. A question, first. Is this video from Miss Cloony's 50s syndicated TV show? Another question. Many viewers of other KZbin offerings of this song attribute the session keyboard work the none other than producer DAVID SAV... err...ROSS BOGDASARIAN. I'll research the actor in this show's video snippet, as well

[@JADEROBINSONS]

love this song

[@keilighthousediary]

she is my queen

[@marknc9616]

0:55 Start of song.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

I first heard this in a Target commercial. Also sung by Eartha Kitt and Della Reese.

[@shakilamuhammad5503]

Thank you

[@MrRickywallace]

Ungodly fantastic!

[@DavidChapman-hu2eq]

Thought this was a black singer. Eatha kitt or a young bassey great number

[@BarbaraPineda-v9p]

Mr George Clooney, realizes aunt rose Mary Clooney,

[@richiezed]

I believe it was Mitch Miller who had Rosemary record this song.

[@CarlDuke]

Yes Mitch was President of Columbia Records back then and thought it would be a good record for Rosemary. Clooney thought it was too silly and balked at it. Mitch said fine you don't have to sing it, but of course if you don't, you're fired. Rosemary then relented. Some folks have to have success forced on them. Mitch also brought her Tenderly.

[@robertmalone3525]

In 1956 Johnnie Ray also hated "Just Walkin' In The Rain". Just like with Rosemary, Mitch Miller threatened Johnnie Ray and it also became a big hit.

[@TWayneD1020]

Real talent and real actors 👏!!!

[@Gulp_12-s5x]

Don't remember that sizz from the movie

[@chuchu7831]

💥👸🏼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🌹❤🙋‍♀️

[@jocelynwang7976]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@knoodelhed]

Ross sounds so cranky, as though he'd just earlier encountered Alvin riding a skateboard through the building.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

Is that actually ROSS? DAMM! THIS GUY running a session with a smattering of crack session musicians (going " through the motions", such was the fairy dust of HOLLYWOOD movies). Other commentators claim the keyboardist is another really big name (odd that Ross would use another musician). In all, the music and scene ages perfectly (save the absence of proper studio micing (sorry, I worked in the industry)

[@barbara6955]

@@nealbradleigh5069 Ross and William Saroyan.... didn't he co-write this one? Bill was my mom's first cousin.. Alvin was not invented yet... not until..'59??

[@tedpope4350]

Rosemary Clooney was great. Even when a larger woman in her later days. She did not like this song but had to sing it to make the flip side. Maybe somethng about Let's bake a Birthday Cake. This song was very suggestive and Rosemary did not like it. But it made her a household word.

[@brendamilanes3460]

What does her weight as “an older woman” got to do with anything? Makes no difference to the voice . Women are so fed up of being judged by on their appearance all their lives.

[@zellah]

What does her weight or age have to do with anything? Stupid.

[@woulddragon]

Oh boy, did she ever call THAT wrong.

[@marcosdscheurich]

Im 37 Ane i just love it

[@badarmasood5771]

Buddy we have same age

[@rillloudmother]

I love her voice on up songs. Any recommendations?

[@youtuuba]

If you spend just a few bucks, you can buy the CD or the MP3 files for her double album "Rosemary Clooney Greatest Hits" (Not Now Music #NOT2CD523), which has 50 of her hits, many of which are up tempo, and many also have Freeman playing a jazzy harpsichord accompaniment. If you love her voice, this album is a cheap way to keep happy.

[@hebneh]

Rosemary's comment at the end would have been recognized as an ironic joke by audiences at the time, of course, who all would've known this major hit started her solo career. In reality, she hadn't wanted to do it and was forced to. Ross Bagdasarian is best known as David Seville, creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks. That would happen a few years after this. "C'mon-a My House", for some reason, was a huge hit in Japan, usually sung in a mixture of fractured English (like the original) and Japanese. The original it was based on was Armenian; the two songwriters were Armenian.

[@youtuuba]

Well, kinda. The two songwriters were Ross Bagdasarian (music) and his cousin William Saroyan (lyrics). Purportedly, it is an original song they wrote to kill time on a road trip through New Mexico in 1939, and while the melody resembled an Armenian one Ross knew of, and had fun with an Armenian custom of inviting over guests and giving them a lavish feast, the song is pretty much wholly American, not Armenian (and both writers were from California, not Armenia). BTW, the band leader in the studio who hands her the sheet music in this video clip sure looks like the composer Bagdasarian. Also, while almost everyone knows that as a stage and film actor, Ross Bagdasarian used his given name, the name used for singing, songwriting, and producing was David Seville, and that Seville is the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, and played the role of their human friend Dave, they often overlook his earlier hit "Witch Doctor" from 1958, which featured his first attempt to speed his voice up (as he later did for the Chipmunk voices) for the song's chorus, "Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang".

[@hebneh]

@@youtuuba The husband of a former coworker was also ethnically Armenian (from California) and once he sang the original song to me, in Armenian. It had the same tune as "Come On-A My House".

[@youtuuba]

@hebneh , which proves nothing. Too many stages removed from real knowledge. Along the same lines, my grandmother, whose parents were from Germany, "knew all sorts of details, songs, etc; from there and insisted that she had them exactly right because her relatives were from there, but it turned out she had most of it wrong, the result of too many stages of separation. Ross Bagdasarian had not been to Armenia, but knew of some general Armenian styles, and wrote something in the same vein. Heck, his sing was so popular, even in Europe, some actual Armenians might think it came from there.

[@barbara6955]

yes, Ross and William Saroyan... my mom's cousins.

[@NotSure109]

If a girl wont give me-a peach and-a pear and-a pomegranate like-a dis, I think I might as well sing myself a funeral march.

[@トト-h1o]

great!

[@wfemp_4730]

Come On-A "OUR" House ?

[@aaronodonnel5001]

Literally lists no candy .

[@aggabus]

that johnny baggsy chipmunkz baghdasarian...sez happy him rite dsong

[@steeden54]

George's aunt was a big star

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

In fact : Rosemary Clooney was an even bigger star, than George ever was ..

[@chouchoupark4961]

Is this a part of a film? where is this from? want to watch the full film

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

from "The Stars Are Singing" (1953) A Paramount Pictures musical directed by Norman Taurog, starring Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Lauritz Melchior.

[@darrylcpreston4043]

That's the world's biggest harpsichord!

[@timparkin8694]

agreed !!!!...no way that is a harpsichord.....This just sounds like the original released recording

[@youtuuba]

@@timparkin8694 , well not "no way", as there are indeed harpsichords that size, and bigger, but as this was a pre-recorded song that the musicians and Rosemary are just synching to, it is probably just a grand piano....but the sound is definitely harpsichord.

[@aljoschalong625]

Very nice. But my favorite version is the one of Eartha Kitt (in Japanese!)

[@BahamaWynters]

Oh, Eartha Kitt singing in Japanese, this song. Vague recollection; will look for it.

[@cmatrix4761]

Is this scene from a movie?

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

Yes, it is. The clip is from the Paramount technicolor production "The Stars Are Singing" (1951), in which Rosie appears along with Anna Maria Alberghetti and Lauritz Melchior.

[@cmatrix4761]

@@rosemaryclooneytunes thanks!

[@davidhearnsdeglapion7922]

Was she an Italian

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

..Not at all. She had Irish ancestors.

[@dominofxgroup]

Stole this song

[@nursegrace7492]

she's a fantastic singer....and she always hated being associated with this DEMENTED song!

[@nealbradleigh5069]

Oh well, one woman's poison.....

[@pleximars]

early rap

[@rogerscalf231]

Born in 1953 grew up in the '60's, never cared much for Rosemary 'til I saw this video and learned the story behind it. Very cool use of a harpsichord! A real toe tapper!