#nbc live musicals

[trendfilmsetter]

Chappell Roan performing as the musical guest on tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE episode

[hooked-on-elvis]

"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again"

— ELVIS' VOICE, BEFORE AND AFTER: Elvis singing the same tune, first at the verge of turning 22 years old and then at his 33 years old.

Again, one of my favorite Elvis songs. Whenever I listen to Elvis singing this on the '68 comeback special I feel like it's such a blessing. Really! Watching your fav artist performing the songs you love the most is always delightful, and testifying the way he's creating something new, overcoming himself, it's just the most!

Some people will say Elvis' aging voice didn't fit the tunes he recorded in the fifties, but for me his performances of the same song over the years shouldn't be compared in a "this is better/no it isn't" kind of way, because they are not the same indeed.

Elvis surely sounded quite different performing "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" in 1968, and the variation on the sound is not only due to his voice itself. The 50s recording of that song it's a typical 50s tune with the characteristic "doo-wop" background singing (by The Jordanaires), while the late 60s performance is an acoustic version, a jam session, with the only background singer being Charlie Hodge and no "doo-wop" at all is added to it. It's sounds different, but in good way. Elvis' hoarse, full-bodied voice is just magnificent sounding. Maybe, just maybe Elvis' voice was indeed so strong by 1968 that it would be more of a fit to a more sensual song among his 50s recordings, such as "Paralyzed" or "Anyplace In Paradise" - both from the same album where "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" comes from (Elvis' 2nd studio LP) - but I appreciate very much the way the song sounds in his matured voice anyway.

I like sharing those before and after performances of the same tune just out of fun, because I appreciate all of them and I think Elvis added to the tune when he sounded different performing the same song quite a few years after when the tune was first recorded by him. You can pick your favorite, sure, but speaking bad about one of the performances is not fair since they are so nonequivalent. I prefer Elvis' mature voice, always, but I do love both performances.

“When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show), January 6, 1957:

“When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" (Live on the NBC "Singer Presents Elvis" TV Special — "'68 Comeback Special" — taped on June 27, 1968.

[glimeres]

2015 - In Rehearsal With Something Rotten: Former "Smash" stars Brian d'Arcy James and Christian Borle are reunited at last!

[cannedpeachess]

When the song is objectively bad/not even remotely close to your vibe but it’s also the only song that’s giving dopamine so really what other fucking choice do you have:

[timberlakegallery]

Justin Timberlake: 'Everything I Thought I Was' & SNL Performance | Apple Music

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Some of my favorite Val moments from SNL .. He's so funny! 😍🤣 I miss his skits!

(source: snl archives)

[greatrunner]

My sister came for a visit a while back and told me that Black folks in the UK are obsessed with Friends. They're always asking her whether or not she watched it, and she has to tell them, "I don't watch that white nonsense".

I didn't believe her until I listened to Raleigh Ritchie's "Keep it Simple" and the guest rapper was forreal talking about "watching Friends" and needing "the box set".

Before she left, I told her to ask them if they'd ever watched Living Single.

[hollywoodoutbreak]

No female Country artist has sold more music than Shania Twain, so she was a natural choice to be the host of tonight's People's Choice Country Awards 2024 broadcast. Twain, who is currently in the midst of her third Las Vegas residency, has seen fans come from all over the world to be at her Vegas shows. When we spoke to her about hosting the awards show, she said she’s excited about Country music's international appeal and growing diversity. The People's Choice Country Awards 2024 airs live tonight at 8/7c on NBC and will be streamed on Peacock.

[elyjm1313]

Every so often I think about the 2014 Peter Pan Live cutting "O My Mysterious Lady" (one of my favorite songs in that stupid musical) and replacing it with a blandly forgettable ballad for Wendy and get annoyed all over again.

Also taking "Distant Melody" away from Peter. It's the ONE moment of nuance for him in the show (That other ballad also sucked and I forgot about it til just now).

[kwebtv]

Jack and the Beanstalk - NBC - February 26, 1967

Live Action / Animated Musical

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Bobby Riha as Jack

Dick Beals as Jack (singing voice)

Gene Kelly as Jeremy Keen, Proprietor

Ted Cassidy as The Giant (voice)

Marian McKnight as Jack's Mother/Serena

Janet Waldo as Princess Serena (voice)

Marni Nixon as Princess Serena (singing voice)

Chris Allen as Mouse

Leo DeLyon as Woggle-Bird #1

Cliff Norton as Woggle-Bird #2

Don Messick as Cat, Mice (uncredited)

[trendfilmsetter]

Sabrina Carpenter as Daphne on the May 18th edition of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

[toddbarrowcountry]

Winning in the mainstream! Getting attention from mainstream as a country artist.

[leonardcohenofficial]

top five monkees songs? 🎶

in no particular order:

auntie’s municipal court

for pete’s sake (closing theme)

come on in

papa gene’s blues

you told me

[grandmasterpotent]

ｓ𝐭ℝⓔⓔ𝐭𝔃 𝔣α丂ｈ𝒾ㄖℕ 4̳̿͟͞ d̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞

2023

[rickchung]

♫ Teddy Swims x "Lose Control" x Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Musical guest performed live on Nov. 13, 2023.

[juleecruisearchive]

Julee Cruise sings Rockin' Back Inside My Heart

Michelob Presents Night Music 211 on NBC Backing vocals by Deb Lyons and Terry Blaine November 18 1989