Liberace Bio 1988

[@k3vinhayne]

when I was a young teenager my piano teacher took me to a Liberace concert in Winnipeg at the Centennial Concert Hall. Liberace was the consummate performer and his wardrobe was flashy and luxurious. it was a great show and it encouraged me to continue playing piano which I still do almost fifty years later. thanks Lee!

[@mathonamoore123]

Hello, wow you were so lucky. I regret not learning an instrument. I have always wanted to learn the piano. Lately I have been thinking, could I buy an electronic recorder and learn using that first? I was thinking, could I use my phone for lessons. I love most genres of music and that includes classical music. Clár dú Lune is just one of my favourite tunes, that I can recall off the top of my head. I'd love to hear what you play and if you have a favourite composer? I'd like to hear your musical story so please don't hold back lol my life is boring but I don't mind chatting lol have a good day, from Ireland 🇮🇪💐🎈15th May 2022.

[@Bobbyyun]

Did the teacher molest you

[@patriciabarkley735]

Liberace was so talented. I loved hearing him play, when I was a little girl. He was marvelous.

[@johnmoreno4212]

❤U Liberace! 😢 missing your style and sweetness

[@lucygu9126]

I’m agree with all the comments below. I just discovered this wonderful artist. I was very young at that time. But thank to KZbin I can appreciate him now. Thanks for this piece of history !

[@patbyrne3076]

Wonderful!he lifts the spirits even now. God bless you Liberace!

[@pamellapeach7671]

Just a short note: the ending, when the candles on the candelabra were blown out, I cried. This is just a showing of how much Liberace has come to mean to me in the short time since I "discovered" him. It gives me great pleasure at a time for me when pleasurable things come few and far between, You, too are a very special person indeed. Thank you again and again.

[@joszyism]

such a great pianist and entertainer. i miss him.

[@toyman9642]

My wife and I saw his show in Toronto. Absolutely top notch performer.

[@tovawald7735]

I very much enjoyed this bio of Liberace! It was put together extremely well, photography and context. . Comprehensive in its presentation and informative. We were given a look into his beautiful homes and museum. I was able to watch his performances on tv and remember them well. What a legacy he left behind !!!

[@jerseytomato100]

It's interesting that two of our biggest entertainers (Liberace and Elvis) had twin brothers who were stillborn at birth.

[@edgardagosto1917]

ELVIS WAS A STRAIT MAN LOVED WOMEN THANK GOD

[@amykramer4515]

jerseytomato100 yes I was thinking that very same thing

[@sondrasmith2691]

I thought do too.

[@Cjnw]

For a Polish guy, it is ironic that he died from a bad sausage😉😛

[@lightoftheworld7398]

@@Cjnw He stopped playing the piano and started messing around with organs!😂

[@vhd4325]

Thank you for this video!!! Any Liberace fan would truly love this....he is still loved so dearly, and missed❤️

[@Thomas-kl5mo]

He was A Star and proud of His Brand, that he worked so hard for, it was his life and he did it in his own way, God Blees and Keep Mr Showmanship.😂😂❤❤

[@yalitzarodriguez167]

I love you, such a very kind person, beautiful boy.... we all love you and always will. A smile that can melt anybody💚

[@margaretwillis736]

His kind spirit really shows in this video. Thank you so much. RIP Liberace

[@hestermyburgh5522]

I need a friend like him now in my life.

[@RhondaB4thesong]

How are you today, Hester?

[@senniewhite6301]

*Hester, we all need a friend like him.*

[@Vidaldemonti]

Thank you for uploading this video for us. I also appreciate the fact that his private life was not discussed and revealed in this production. He was a great entertainer and a great humanitarian that gave much more than he received.

[@mariannestover]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[@larrycomeaux3281]

M9

[@chuckkady7282]

With the lack of education and real music in the world today this outstanding entertainer possibly would be laughed off the stage as would Red Skelton,, Micky Rooney and many more that had a unique talent. /// They'll never be anyone like him

[@carla46coleman]

EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you for posting.

[@11thAssociation]

please never ever stop uploading those special videos. Thank you!

[@helencopelovitch5196]

Wonderful!! Thank you so much for posting

[@angelhelp6819]

I like that video is it about Liberace very excellent video nice 👍 too bad he's not here to play w woogie we to pay woogie woogie and his grand piano 🎹🎉👍

[@deloresbyron02]

Yes, I agree he was indeed one hell of a pianist. I truly appreciate his show man ship.

[@hugogonzalez6599]

Liberache nos hace aplaudir una época hermosa, sentir nostalgia encapsulada en nuestra alma. Hugonlez.

[@lisaaugustin5400]

Liberace looked good with his own hair !!!!!!!

[@elainekomara8555]

His outfits look like what priests wear at Mass during the Novus Ordo Mass. He was the best of entertainers and piano players ever.. I have never heard anyone play like Liberace…. He truly was gifted and a brilliant piano player.. I pray for the repose of your soul… God Bless You..

[@senniewhite6301]

*And I will remember you, too, with joy.*

[@stephaniealexander3314]

Looooooooovvvvvvveeeeee you Liberace!!!!🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹💜💗❤️💜💗💜❤️

[@julesnaraine]

Fantastic to see! Thank you for posting :-)

[@patriciawashington8954]

[@pamellapeach7671]

Showmanlee! This it the 3rd video you have recommended to me. Thank you a million times over for this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm sure to view it many times in the future. I am especially glad that no mention is made of his sexual preference. How delightfully refreshing and uplifting at a time when I need it. Bless You!!!

[@sertorrhenclegane]

I don't want to be a Debbie Downer, but I don't think they knew as Lee was guarded in his private life, with good reason at the time. If they did know, then good for them not mentioning and focusing on the man, not just his sexual preference.

[@elainekomara8555]

Me too. No one asks others of their sexual anything.. I don’t care. The thing is to is that he is a man who for some reason went towards men. Even though he came from a family where the father left his Mom for another woman.. That could have harmed him. His brother George was married five times.. not good.. There were of the Catholic Faith.. Multiple marriages are not acceptable to the Church.. I pray for his soul..

[@dorothyrichter1680]

I don't give a damn if he was gay or not. He was one hell of a pianist!

[@lesbrown7009]

Precisely.

[@lesbrown7009]

He was also a genuinely wonderful human being.

[@จันทร์จิรามหาวรรณ์-ษ4ง]

@@edgardagosto1917 Well,he was very,very passionate about gay sex!!!...

[@zennabella1676]

HE WAS A GREAT PIANIST.

[@wayneperry7413]

@@lesbrown7009 hmmm, infected his lovers with AIDS, fully aware he had it, not sure if that is wonderful.

[@eric251982]

Great video. I wish I could have been friends with Lee.

[@amandajaynesparrow3591]

+eric251982 I feel the same way I wish that I could have had the honour of meeting Liberace He comes across as a very sweet and affectionate gentleman Liberace was gay but that would have bothered me at all as I believe he was the sweetest and kindness person He was well know for his generosity also R.I.P Liberace gone but not forgotten

[@randysills4418]

eric251982 My first piano tuner worked for Liberace, and said he was tremendously generous, and was very interested in music education for children too.

[@jrnumex9286]

80's fashion, gone but forgotten

[@daphnenapier1102]

Liberace was one he'll man he was married to his music and the piano I must add he enjoyed his beautiful homes and things he liked to collect

[@MegaDi123]

Nicely done! Enjoyed watching. Woukd like to see the Liberace movie if you find it .

[@carolvillines7616]

I would of loved to have met him! RESTING in heavens light and love!

[@lindaweinstein4846]

I only wish they left the autopsy alone ! Who would want to dig up and open his private life ! It’s awful ! Born talented and gracious should have been the only way to leave him be !!!

[@tmnl8037]

They had to convict the autopsy to prove that Liberace was gay and that he died of AIDS because he was a pathological liar who denied that he was gay all his life. How is your uncle Harvey doing in prison? We all know of the famous Harvey Weinstein who is said to have molested thousands of women and is now doing time in jail. Is Harvey still using that walking frame to get around?

[@senniewhite6301]

This is one of the most haunting

[@jourellelane1686]

I💝you Liberace

[@santachorry]

Wow.....I like that yellow suit.

[@edgardagosto1917]

Liberace jacket suit was dyed with human male cum. Damn homosexual

[@RhondaB4thesong]

@@edgardagosto1917 I wonder where YOU are today. Ignoramus.

[@MaxineHuebner-p4i]

Oh yes My Parents adored Liberace and his Piano Music.

[@dianabowder5543]

I wish Utube would upload the movie Behind the Candelabra

[@gailbird100]

I had a humongous crush on him when I was a kid.

[@croatianguy7073]

The interviewers are a bit cheesy but a good documentary nonetheless. I love Liberace.

[@davidjames666]

The narrators remind me of "hosts" of corporate training videos from the early 1990's

[@senormiguel5747]

@@davidjames666 lol

[@davidjames666]

Liberace was born the same year as my grandparents

[@sydney13ism]

I have a friend (real, not FB) who is one of the world's greatest composers/classical pianists. One day I asked him about Liberace's talent and what his fellow classical pianists thought of him, and he said, "Liberace is to classical pianists what Cher is to a trained opera singer." Perfect line!

Randolph Jay - You mentioned a friend you have that's a classical pianist/composer. I play chromatic harmonica and I am always in the music store purchasing sheet music scores. When I view the music of composers like Mozart, Bach, etc, I always stare at the music wondering how in the world can people read some of this stuff.

[@browningautomatic2393]

GOOD DOCUMENTARY ! SUNDAY 6/5/22 JUNE 5, 2022

[@lizorozco9821]

❤🌹❤🌹❤💞💞💞

[@patriciamoore7849]

He was special.for sure

[@cecillec2331]

I wish he lived in a time when being gay isn't a curse. He was a very kind and generous human being as attested to by those very close to him. He was kinder than a lot of the so called Christians who expresses so much hatred for his being gay. Religiosity has nothing to do with spirituality.

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

What a wonderful sense of fun he had. Never afraid to be outrageous, he brought so much light, colour, happiness and generosity to a drab, humourless world. The only two things I still HATE with utter ferocity is that he ruined his Rolls-Royce cars, and his furs were not faux.

[@allenhansford6872]

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

[@vikki5492205]

YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LIBERACE MOVIE MADE WITH ANDREW ROBINSON AS LIBERACE IN IT. PLEASE PUT THAT MOVIE ON HERE! THANK YOU.

[@zennabella1676]

I WILL WATCH IT TOO AS LONG AS THERE IS NO PROFANITY IN IT. I CANT WATCH MOVIES IF THEY HAVE THAT IN IT.

[@RhondaB4thesong]

Male narrator is Tom Hank's Mr Rogers

[@marthalrodriguez.2209]

Liberace will always be the Greatest Pianist in the world

[@carla46coleman]

Hey there Showmanlee, I was wondering if you had the biographical made for tv movie, done I think in 1988 also with Rue McClanahan as Liberace 's Mother? Andrew Robinson played Liberace. It was called "Liberace". If you have it it would be absolutely amazing if you could upload it. I saw a scene on youtube and it was phenomenal. It focused more on Liberace's home life and how the critics hounded him. I have become quite the fan and if you have I'm sure all of your subscribees would love seeing it. Thanks.

[@carla46coleman]

I typed and whole movie doesn't. Come up. Just clip. Help.

[@carla46coleman]

Thanks for your help. I hope so too. Andrew Robinson is a great actor

[@TheInvincibleViolet]

THANK YOU !!!!

[@TheInvincibleViolet]

xoxoox

[@ehlerhog]

Strange how they introduced Vampira in stereo calling her Vampira on the left side and Elvira on the right side. Like they weren't sure who it was.... duh.

[@JaneBonander]

Interesting that both Liberace and Elvis were twins with a twin that was stillborn.

[@JohnSmith-oh2hz]

I really enjoyed learning what a "ladies man" Liberace was and how many "girlfriends" he had. LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[@JonSmith-xz3wu]

Grow up.

[@Lellobeetle]

Jon Smith He used women as cover, especially the horrible farce of his fake engagement. The woman's daughter said her mother definitely was used and taken advantage of. She really thought he was straight and going to marry her. Disgusting.

[@Cjnw]

He was bisexual, the B in LGBT

[@dirtyunclehubert]

thank you SO much, showmanlee. you hold him in true honor here. so great uploads.

[@brianeifert4667]

Does anyone know the song that was played while they showed the pianos towards the end

[@irisrose4732]

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

[@brianeifert4667]

Thank you

[@sherrillouimette1905]

Moonlight Sonata

[@dakotail]

THANK YOU *** Showmanlee *** for the memorable upload ~~~ 10/1/2021 ~~~

[@georgeNconrad]

Does anyone know where to find the 1988 made for TV movie with Andrew Robinson?

[@RaisingHellAgain]

I wonder what happened to all his stuff now that this place is closed

[@Lellobeetle]

swampmammytheone There's a big museum and foundation.

[@randysills4418]

swampmammytheone I heard quite recently that the museum had closed.

[@RaisingHellAgain]

Randy Sills I read they had a huge auction

[@Lellobeetle]

Well that's a real shame - he really wanted it to remain together for people to enjoy as he had.

[@edgardagosto1917]

LIBERACE,S STUFF IS IN HELL WITH LIBERACE. OR IN SOME HOMOSEXUAL MUSEUM IN WEST HOLLYWOOD,CALIF.

[@allenhansford6872]

Awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🆒️

[@sydney13ism]

Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing starting at 46:50?

[@babyvlad007]

Moonlight Sonata

[@cougarelli]

Hiding his homosexuality was a huge struggle throughout his life.. did they just omitt that out due to the times?

[@marinaroberson1692]

Sexuality should be private. ONES SEX LIFE IS JUST THEIR BUSINESS NOT THE GOVERNMENT LOTS OF TIME HAS BEEN WASTED PASSING GAY RIGHTS AND LAWS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. THERE NEEDS TO STIFFER LAWS ON CHILD ABUSE AND THE MURDER OF AL CHILD SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC LIFE SENTENCE WITH NO POSSIBLE PAROLE. THE GUN CONTROL LAWS NEED TO BE STRICT..LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER AT LEAST 25 YRS FOR GUN POSSESSION. WITH THE INTENT TO MURDER OR INTIMIDATE A PERSON WITH A GUN.

[@cougarelli]

uh no you crazy person.... from the south i presume?

[@Chrissyw46]

He hid his sexuality because that's what people did back then. You could end up institutionalized in a mental hospital. Things are so different now it's hard for younger people to believe. He was a flamboyant star who influenced many other performers over the years like Elvis (think of his later life), Little Richard, Elton John, David Bowie, Michael Jackson etc. No one ever gives him credit for this. I think in his later years his sexuality was a wink and nod and people were aware of his protegees. I hate the intrusion by this nasty coroner after his death, so unfortunate.

[@lesbrown7009]

I don't think it was that simple. He regretted not having children because he adored them. He was certainly not a dangerous man.

[@cougarelli]

Chrissyw46 I Know why HE hid it, I wanted to know why this documentary didn't cover it. The fact he had to hide such a big part of his life should have at least been touched on

[@richardlowry9663]

I am sure quality entertainers exist, and only need a stage to get a start to build reputation. Need to bypass the establishment that sold the USA out to purposely present negativity and trash. They don’t deserve your money. People need to insist on entertainment that is SOOTHING to the soul to your nerves bring a smile to you, can forget problems for a while. I heard many times that certain countries new that they couldn’t take USA down in a war; so decided to take USA down from within. So took over the entertainment industry and all that has an influence on people’s thinking, and nothing has been missed to do that. The citizens can turn that around, by not going to negativity stuff, and to NOT allow self to be manipulated without investigating; and take the money out of negativity stuff by not supporting it. However be careful not to react, not to be bias. Know many things are not what they appear to be or as presented. If don’t know, don’t feel in blacks till you know you know. If it a long time friend who has been straight with you one day tells you an off the wall story, ask if they are you serious, is statement true, if they say YES, ask them any necessary clarifying questions and support them, at very least emotionally. Back to entertainment. their is more money in entertainment that is SOOTHING to the soul, to your nerves then in the trash. Thus why it strongly appears that the entertainment establishment was paid off or intimidated to favor the negative stuff that the entertainment industry has presented. I would say this starting in the 50s and when Senator McCarthy (if spelled right) was trying talking about it and people didn’t believe. That negativity slowly got into polluting everything, everything across USA without exception. The words POLLUTING and POLITICS are related. So now it is time for people to support quality talent entertainers.(includes politicians clergy CEOs among others too) that I am sure exist; and only need a theater, a stage to get a start and get a reputation, and bypass the sick establishment presenters of: negativity trash division decay, to: lack integrity, lack desire to seek win win solution for each, involved.

[@meaself]

That was not Marilyn Monroe standing next to him at the golf tournament. I'm sure he did know her though. He's someone to admire and I enjoyed knowing much more about him.

[@hualani6785]

Joe Dicky (co host) said, Liberace wasn’t much different than the rest of us? Wow! I dont think Dicky practiced numerous piano genre’s (classics; pop; blues; ragtime; showtunes; plus many more) daily since age 7years old. Even if he had, it doesnt mean he had the equivelant level of talent nor energy.

[@soniamenezes5018]

I've learn ebjoyinh LIBERACE RECENTLY

[@bethdeath3028]

Fabulous! My only issue is they incorrectly referred to Vampira as Elvira. There was a whole court case about that.

[@audrey1731]

What a wonderful performer! But at 28:00 that is not, I say not Marilyn Monroe!

[@stephaniemonteilh3240]

Absolutely not!

[@davidnagle2703]

Liberace freevee

[@chuckmscott1150]

Saying he wasn't a great pianist is saying you actually know nothing.

[@MrMelgibstein]

His wife died so young.

[@mudgebauer]

Its sad to hear he had many dogs and loved animals, but yet he had outrageous furs made from minks and foxes. I wonder what he could have been thinking to buy furs made from killed animals? Its too bad.

[@stellertonybeller1972]

he said in a interview he never used furs from endangered animals and only from animals that were breed for making furs ........the animal people would say those animals have feelings .....he would tell the animal activist do you eat hamburger or steak or chicken and they would say yes ........ he would then say you don't think the cow or chicken had feelings .

[@ijustdontknow9584]

I have a fancy candelabra on my Baldwin grand. I guess I should sit down and play the thing, but diabetes nerve damage in hands and feet is a bitch!

[@Joanne872]

I do have the other Liberace film but I've never uploaded before. To be frank, it's God awful, the acting and likeness is the pits and it's not worth watching but if anyone wants a copy who can upload, I can mail you a copy out or something.

[@joannehowe7513]

***** Please do, it's not something I know how to do, people need to see it.

[@Redskins-fx6ph]

Wdr

[@findev6330]

Dead

[@djs2356]

So much work to stay in the closet....So much effort.

[@jrpacer6355]

Shame he gay if he children maybe his talent would live on 😢

[@renebodkin561]

this man was the nightmare of my early childhood. We got our first tb in the early fifties. Children can really sense when people have something to hide, and he friggin creeped me out. So I wasn't surprised to find out hat he wasn't the sort of person I would admire. Yes, he was tremendously talented, bnut this whitewas is disgusting. He was the Donald Trump of his time, but dind#t get into politics. he just preyed on kids.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Well, your problem there was that back in the 50s you were watching tb instead of tv. A kid who stares at a deadly lung disease will no doubt have sever trauma stretching into adulthood.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

+thankyou haveaniceday you have proof of this of course

[@heavenlycrystalsandcandles3609]

+ProjectFlashlight612 .... End of discission....👏

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

+thankyou haveaniceday As I thought...no evidence whatsoever

[@marinaroberson1692]

EVERYONE WATCH OUT FOR ALL CHILDREN

[@aalexjohna]

Liberace was good on the piano, but sucked on the organ- and the organ came in his mouth

[@Cjnw]

The irony of a Polish man dying from a bad sausage❗😉😛

[@aquaboy68]

He did love to wear a dead animal.....🤬