Emmylou Harris - (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie (live) • TopPop

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released many popular albums and singles over the course of her career, and she has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018 she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
On 20 June 1977, she recorded a TV Special for AVRO's TopPop with her Hot Band consisting of:
Glen D. Hardin, piano
John Ware, drums
Albert Lee, lead guitar
Hank DeVito, pedal steel guitar
Rodney Crowell, guitar
Emory Gordy Jr, bass.
She played live songs from her recent albums 'Elite hotel' and 'Luxury liner' in the TopPop studios, Hilversum, The Netherlands
She had a big hit in 1977 with this '(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie'
Broadcast date: 20 June 1977
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[@calicoasting]

Those eyes are out of this world!!!!!

[@myoldmate]

Next to Cyndi Lauper😊

[@stevedrake604]

Beautiful woman. In every way.

[@gizzyguzzi]

stoned out of this world?

[@calicoasting]

@@gizzyguzzi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Rev12.10]

@@calicoasting Oh yes, I didn't know who she was back when she looked like that. I would've tried to get on stage with her and get a kiss.

[@cherylhughes8212]

The classiest, most talented, and Oh so beautiful...she is music royalty, and NO ONE can touch her. Sorry Dolly, not even you. 🌹♥️💃♥️🌹

[@stargazer5477]

You nailed it with your comment ❤🙏 let's see who can change your comment

[@marilynclifton6032]

Agreed 👍👍👍

[@Lynnm1956]

Freaking HOT BAND!!! ALBERT LEE & RODNEY CROWELL! 2 legends. Insanely great!

[@endicotttrucktractorrwolfe5568]

Shooter JENNINGS, No, probably not born yet😂

[@KingBooks26]

Don't forget Glen Dee, on piano

[@davidc2588]

And Emory Gordy on Bass

[@WysteriaGuitar]

Emmylou - such a beautiful and talented woman!

[@ronaldlogan7983]

Beautiful lady and very talented

[@kartapuce3814]

agreed!

[@davidwarren4569]

She gets better with age

[@ThomasMurphy55]

I will NEVER stop loving this clip; She has a number one voice and style!!

[@anthonyshiach5049]

What a band, have seen Albert Lee many times and you can tell by his patter between songs that he loved playing with Emmylou! brilliant!!

[@MinuteBurn]

When real musicians get together to rock, its sounds just like this.

[@Tomc8030]

I’ll never get tired of her music! Actually love her sound

[@bhmsupra]

Actually?

[@pismorichy]

Most beautiful 77 year old human on earth..

[@JamesDimond-l7u]

Its a dude drinkin yungblud

[@pisstinpete4700]

Shes had some work done.2 separate nose jobs I reckon.Unable to smile now.

Really? Most on earth? So some selfless nun saving children is less? Wow

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@JamesDimond-l7uShe does not manly at all.

[@TimFizzle]

She is absolutely gorgeous

[@youngc570]

Emmylou is up there in the pantheon of all time great American vocalists, like Patsy Kline, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Rondstat, etc.,

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Albert Lee. One of the MOST unsung of all time. And God is she a beauty.

[@orgi49]

Du musst sie mal heute mit Korsett sehn...

[@charlenekelly9708]

Emmylou with Albert Lee,Rodney Crowell, and Glen Hardin 🎶❤ Can’t get any better than this!One great singer with some great musicians ❤🎶

[@ethimself5064]

Kinda looks like Albert Lee in there also

[@glassncobalt]

Is this the "hot band"?

[@ethimself5064]

@@glassncobalt Well Albert Lee is there, so yes

[@glassncobalt]

I wasn't sure as James Burton was there for a while.

[@glassncobalt]

So,John Ware and Emory Gordie holding down the bottom end.

[@phav1832]

I'm one of those people who often say, "I don't really like country music" . . . until I hear about any song that Emmylou ever did . . .

[@MarkBrigham]

Cuz this is rock-n-roll maybe. But your point is still valid. Emmylou sounds great no matter the genre

[@mindless-pedant]

Me too!

[@ashley_ashbee]

@@MarkBrigham I'd say it's both. It's definitely rock, but with lots of twang from the steel pedal guitar and the fiddle (on the studio version)

[@g00glyelm0]

what you mean is you dont like corporate country

[@endicotttrucktractorrwolfe5568]

Bob Dylan, ©️"Knocking on Heaven's Door,"©️ 1971?

[@michaelrutledge7048]

Emmylou has the voice of an ANGEL!! It just doesn't get any better than this... unless she's in the TRIO (w/Dolly P and Linda R).

[@ulrichwill496]

Yesss!!! ❤❤❤🇨🇭

[@obxer69]

Albert Lee on lead guitar is great….this is a fantastic band. Such talent all around!! Love Emmy❤

[@leelaural]

so young....the years have flown by .....enjoy your life folks because you turn around and you're in your 70's....

[@mrdanforth3744]

c'est la vie. It goes to show you never can tell.

[@bettym7346]

and you're 86, and have KZbin to bring it all back

[@seanmellows1348]

How great is this. Legendary.

[@finneguitarplayer9825]

Klasse - Albert Lee und Emmylou Harris 👏

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

Doesn't get much better than a Chuck Berry classic. This is the best cover available. Emmylou possesses an incredible voice.

[@AbuMohandes-p2c]

Completely uninspired performance though. As if she was drugged.

[@falcorthewonderdog2758]

The voice of an angel with no need for "auto tune"

[@MrMrdestmd]

Absolutely!!

[@MrMrdestmd]

Absolutely!! Sir😂❤

[@johanventer9799]

What a beautiful woman she becomes over the years. Love this woman music.

[@libertyjustice2703]

What a band, Rodney Crowell, Albert Lee ....and this is the way this song should be played. The rythym is perfect. Chuck Berry would be proud. Emmylou in her prime. What a looker and what a voice.

[@richardbowman1433]

She is the best female artist in country what a voice

[@heketekurapa5276]

😊

[@JohnDgr81]

Definitely a sweetheart!....❤️👍

[@mikemcardle7466]

Simply the Best!

[@jackwalker1822]

Of course Emmylou is the star, and I have always admired Albert and Hank on this one, but I just watched it for the nth time and really appreciated John Ware on drums. Fantastic!

[@lonnierayingram7964]

That was a very good band….and emmyloui is a perfect vocalist

[@amygerges6974]

Naturally beautiful inside and out

[@tcb6875]

What a singer, what a band, what a song! 44 years of fun.

[@danielpittman6955]

Top of many suggestions thé note pad Care ;n prd

[@bobbuilder7946]

Class! As pure as class ever gets. The whole band! And Emmelou..! Indescribable.

[@johnlargan6045]

This rocks! Just amazing! No gimmicks. No autotune needed.

[@tomrucco6490]

With all that true Talent Auto-Tune is not needed!

[@reuireuiop0]

IT was playback and lipsynch, as you can tell well from Emmylou's long face - she'd of Course would've sung life, but such was not the policy at Toppop (that's why we could all see Iggy Pop taking out a couple of decor palms on the tune of Lust for Life, non of which could be heard - but pretty well, seen !

[@1761Charlie]

@@reuireuiop0 You're way off.

[@reducecotwo]

Death by Autotune.

[@julie5310]

It certainly does rock: written by Chuck Berry!

[@jerrybest3404]

I was privileged enough to have seen Emmylou perform at the Greek Theater, somewhere late70s, early 80's. What fun! It's good to see old footage like this

[@larrylamb3480]

When she slightly closes her eye lids ,you can tell she's really in to the song ! It's such a turn on to me ! Great talent !A beauty at 30 and throughout her 72 years young !

[@charahan10-48]

The BEST

[@1redleg1]

Top notch talent playing one of the best songs ever written.

[@robertmurphy440]

A strong woman who overcame alot of personal problems...what a talent..nice clip

[@margaretwilliams9851]

I love her from the 70's till now.. she is a voice from heaven

[@paulfrancis2829]

yes

[@fernandoloara981]

Very true has a good voice to sing.

[@kc8923]

Never tire of hearing and seeing Emmylou, what a voice.

[@gavinmathews7578]

Everything about her is cool 😁

[@ivantchakoff4067]

Everything about her is coolerator

[@jayjaynella4539]

Emmylou is still in her prime, and always will be.

[@stevesullivan8705]

After making Emmylou, God might as well have retired.

[@stevesullivan8705]

When she sings something it stays sung.

[@tomrucco6490]

And she still a looker!🦋

[@robertokinks7251]

@@tomrucco6490 i bet she is :)

[@reachshe]

Yeeeeep

[@rollyagustin7751]

I love Emmylou and love listening to her songs. Im mesmerized with her performance live with the band...

[@johncramer3503]

Loved this since I was so young ..."8"...

[@jeanyveslemonnier]

Elle chante bien et est très jolie😻

[@gkirozal4846]

Man! The band is TIGHT! And what a band!! Emmylou could rock it with the best of 'em.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

She is a true beauty and the fact she has one of the most beautiful voices ever heard isn't bad either.

[@billwolfe9048]

A TERRIBLY underrated musical artist!!!!

[@eleonorapaciulli5075]

true

[@joemendyk9994]

She's not underrated. Never has been. Everyone that knows of her knows her talent.

[@bendavies2129]

By who?

[@JerryAllen1919]

Emmylou Harris is an amazing talent and oh my goodness she is pretty.

[@pabloperez4063]

Everyday I like her more and more. So sweet and calm and plays effortlessly...

[@WEIKOV69]

Gorgeous, talented Emmylou & what a fabulous band

[@mikebutler7605]

Great seeing a young Albert Lee on guitar.

[@Buttcrack72]

Beautiful. Made me listen to more country/bluegrass. Never saw another more beautiful and down to earth performer.

[@rollyagustin7751]

What a great blending of music from the vocals to fiddle guitar, drums and bass and the lively cover of Emmylou.

[@royheuberger]

Wow. Classis song. Played this with my band back in the days. Emmylou Harris with that sound, loved it.

[@thomaslattenhauer8434]

She was beautiful then and at 75 she is still a pretty woman! Always loved to hear her sing and perform.

[@stanmaster1205]

Such perfect timing.

[@rammohanmitra2450]

God bless Emmylou !!! Her voice needed no autotune. Love her songs. This song is a favourite one.

[@davidferrara1105]

This is a chuck berry song

[@robertcheiffetz3886]

She must have come from heaven

[@OlgaAlexander1955]

Are you kidding? They tuned the Autotune to HER! ;-)

[@roselvacuellar8513]

Queeee belllaaaaa canción.😍Amo..amoooo..❤ Maravillosa Emmylou..🌹

[@ulrichwill496]

Yesss!!❤❤🇨🇭

[@bruceramsay2274]

Loved you for 40 years Emmylou.. Queensland Australia 😙😙

[@michaelterry1000]

"There are two types of men. Men in love with Emmylou Harris and men who never met her" -Willie Nelson

[@garyjanssen5388]

I near fell off my chair,

[@1234larry1]

Man, you’re tellin’ me!

[@danielsawyer355]

michaelterry1000 and I sir am one of those men

[@murraymarshall5865]

michaelterry1000 I thought it was Linda Ronstadt he said that of, could be he said it of both.

[@spratzattack]

She kills me when she looks down at her mic, slightly cross-eyed.

[@johndiamond5824]

Emmylou Harris, Simply the Best!

[@dominique578]

❤Trop beau J'adore

[@fernandoloara981]

A classic person with talent to sing

[@29576peter]

She is just BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL

[@ardwizze9107]

Is this one of the greatest country songs or not? Well done to Toppop at the time to let her sing live. Emmylou, by the way, in that clip, was absolutely gorgeous.

[@imisstoronto3121]

It's not a country tune. It was written by Chuck Berry, who wasn't a country singer. He was rocknroll.

[@frankrizzo2025]

@@imisstoronto3121 True that Berry was one of the progenitor's of Rock and Roll, but he was also rockabilly.

[@robertcudny1839]

She was gorgeous then, she is gorgeous now.

[@tomrucco6490]

Emmylou a beautiful woman and a phenomenal Talent!

[@tomrucco6490]

She's truly something special!!

[@sandrinerousseau6579]

un classique de la musique dite country

[@rocketeerPM2500]

Oh boy, those easy-going swinging Seventies. What a great time it was for music, for living, for simple fun. Emmylou Harris nails this cover of an old Chuck Berry classic.

[@manelicvaltierrez4773]

She is gorgeous

[@hanawana]

oh god she is so beautiful so graceful

[@thefrimframsauce4802]

How anyone could hear her voice and look into those eyes and not helplessly in love, I know not.

[@MAJORTOM-bw7zs]

Sings like an angel and looks so beautiful 😍

[@Steve-qg6fh]

she's perfect I'm speechless really love her style

[@ronniechilds2002]

Dear god she's beautiful. I used to work at a public auditorium and almost literally bumped into her once at a sound check, mid 70's. I didn't recognize her but she almost knocked me off my feet, she was so BEAUTIFUL. Just off-the-charts gorgeous, stunning.

[@kitano0]

there's a video of her singing "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" where she looks to be all of 18 years old...one of the prettiest young women I've ever seen...

[@jimroushing7534]

I guarantee it 🤪😂👌

[@ferpirata76]

You are a lucky guy. Seeing her in person must have been unforgettable. So beautiful and talented!

[@ferpirata76]

@@kitano0 amazing! Thanks for the tip.

[@whedanalexander3317]

Yep absolute perfection right here in my eyes.

[@russellbrown1068]

Always Loved this Cover. Emmy Lou is such a talent

[@gizzyguzzi]

she's done better. later.

[@willie-vj4ms]

Wow...for the whole band❤

[@aldito7586]

She's absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Still to this day!!!

[@siriosstar4789]

It's difficult to listen to the song when you can see her . Wow !

[@MrPhilipmullen]

For sure. She's stunning.pure natural beauty.

[@scallaghan2118]

Wow this goes way back! Thanks! Emmylou's voice was stunning then and still is.

[@jamesblair5971]

Pure unadulterated greatness then and now God bless Emmylou!!!

[@seanbryant-smith5662]

James Blair. Succinct !!! Happy days mate !

[@ulrichwill496]

👍👍❤️❤️❤️🇨🇭

[@thomascleveland8121]

What a great band such great music over the years.Thank you all for the joy.

[@johnpritchett4956]

Albert Lee on lead guitar.Played forever rite thru to Concert for George and beyond

[@TriWayne62]

absolutely perfect, beautiful

[@mestengo22]

I always loved Emmylou since I was a little boy. One of those singers that sends a chill up your spine every single time.

[@arokeumjoe8890]

Thanks SAM to make me know & love Emmilou "s songs!

[@glennatkinson9948]

You got that right

[@jimmckeon3069]

Beautiful lyrically and melodically

[@IamNothing82]

Best c'est la vie performance i've seen from her. Specially at 2:52, you see the other member looking at her and thinking "YES"!!!

[@tomkohlmann5575]

The joy you guys take in what you do is infectious! Thanks, AGAIN! GOD BLESS

[@dk2428]

Solid gold! Albert Lee on fire as well...what a band!

[@wmauibill]

Elvis’s Glen Hardin on keyboard

[@joemiller1930]

Simply country music, no agression, no blingbling, pure from the stage. Great, makes good mood

[@aloisemason3044]

Emmylou Harris what a female legend..country music classic..I actually grew up with her..Sensational singer and guitar player..great performance ..she always is inspiring and entertainment is terrific..great band and dont miss a beat..

[@tomrucco6490]

Growing up what Emmylou to listen to what else could you ask for

[@tomrucco6490]

Love that gal

[@jimroushing7534]

Where is Emmylou living nowadays? Also... I heard she had at least One Child! I don’t know if she’s married or not, or if she ever was!!!

[@rogerwilliams7791]

I can see why Linda Ronstadt loves her so much. They have always been my two favorites. They don't make them like that anymore. Beautiful and gifted!..

[@gerardlarkinhaverstock743]

Chuck Berry one can use words to express the great singers of the twenty century, R.I.P. the greatest son.

[@tomrucco6490]

I heard this one covered by many artists but the top one I'm listening to right now! Emmylou Harris

[@smatthes2570]

Always loved Emmy Lou ...her version of this great Chuck Berry song is another all- time classic

[@BossDM-2]

She's amazing, even today.

[@mizzmead8077]

Awesome love EmmyLou and this song, all her songs, but this one really kicks. Great band. ty

[@lazjaztrio1135]

A pure jewell voice in a princess body and such a good American music gosh ...

[@joprabu729]

Emmylou, u r still a gracious singer !!! I love to hear u over & over again !!!

[@stanvanderlugt8271]

Great band, and ofcourse Albert Lee on guitar

[@denisehoward177]

Abert Lee -fantastic.

[@jimroushing7534]

Not to mention-Rodney Crowell 👌

[@tomtd]

I thought it was, thanks for the confirmation. Lived a few miles from his early years U.K. home, he had a very modest start in life.

[@alandrury5219]

Fabulous version of a great song

[@nogoogleplus]

I''ve always thought she was amazing and talented, but never saw her when she was younger....just stunningly beautiful!!!

[@BIGLOVE4TRUTH]

no google plus I did in 1976 in Salt Lake City. She opened for Willy Nelson.

[@mrbeaverstate]

Yes a beauty..But even more a talent.

[@jimklipper6022]

no google plus Younger, a little bit like Linda Ronstadt.

[@larrylamb3480]

A beauty at 30 and throughout her 72 years young !

[@thegoose0m1]

Of course she was beautiful when she was young, but then again, weren't we all...?

[@garyhuman6747]

Class,...just pure top notch class, what an absolute group of wonderfully talented people 🎶🎶🎶

[@MrSebboxxx]

I really love her voice 🙂

[@judybesaw3191]

Greatest rock band ever. Just my opinion. You will all go down in history. Still listening to your music. I was only 8 when I first heard you.

[@boethius9173]

She is beautiful!

[@gerardhayes5970]

I watch this clip over & over, she is just a beautiful women, gifted beyond belief.❤

[@drainmonkeys385]

The prettiest lady in country.. for sure... a class act

[@Katrina-jn9tp]

Great song....can't stop listening.

[@walterjr.steinert6054]

What a Voice!!!

[@schmjo3442]

probably my favorite song, thank you guys for your incredible talent