Liberace playing Nola

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Published 2008-08-07
Here is Liberace playing Nola in the 50's

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  • @keyboardmagic
    He was and still is the most entertaining pianist of all time. His speed and dexterity is unbelievable! Sure miss you Liberace.
  • @musket-hc1fc
    Wonderful pianist!  My mother used to watch his show in the early 50's, and I liked his playing then and still do today.
  • Priceless what an amazing performer I had no idea just how brilliant he was
  • The "Bounciness of Liberace" is unparalelled, elegant, to the beat, joyfull ... you name it. Not only a pleasure to the ear, but also the eye.
  • @Owly1005
    Yes, I noticed that. He must love the boogie. He puts a little one in almost every piece.
  • @paulcopeland
    A wonderful performance of this well known novelty. Full of originality and musicianship. What a showman. Thank you for posting. Paul.
  • Back in 1984 or `85, my wife and I happened to be living in Melbourne when Liberace was on his Australian Tour. We very nearly didnt go to his performance as the price of a ticket that one and only night was in excess of $100 ! A lot of money back then. We but the bullet so to speak, and are we glad that we went. We were treated to a warm and genuine caring man , who gave 110% of his time that night. We were indeed very luck to be invited to meet with Liberace in his suite with other guests, and then he let his hair down and entertained all of us in his suite complete with Grand Piano ( how they got it into his suite is a mystery, but by the time we left, it was well into the early hours of the morning.). The memory of this event will live with us until we both are dead. He was very amusing and took the time to answer questions and did demos on the piano showing us "tricks" of his profession. Never have I ever met such an endearing human being who gave so much of HIS time to bring pleasure to the masses. The world is that much poorer for his untimely death.
  • This is priceless I had no idea my mother often spoke about him and this is the first time I truly listened and saw him in concert  beyond awesome
  • @GreenBoy9000
    I love how there's an entire orchestra accompanying him behind the curtains.
  • @perla51
    Great pianist!!!!!Excellent performance!!!!! Perla.
  • @BroadwayG
    very special talent. Unique in every way. hands and agility, and precision, with handsome looks in his youth before the surgeons got a hold of face.
  • @22nanarose
    Absolutely wonderful. I learned to play "Nola" when I was about 13 years old (much simpler than this version, but it was still a very difficult piece to play. Liberace was just brilliant.
  • @mymusicdaze
    Love the song, Love Liberace.  This is so happy.  Thanks for that.
  • I remember the Liberace show in the early fifty’s when was very young.I actually would run home from school to watch it.He was often criticized by critics and called corny.But who are they ?Usually former newspaper reporters who received a promotion.He was quite a performer and a very good pianist.Well he’s gone now like so many of that era,and I’m certain we’re all the worse for their passing.It’s really a different world now,SAD!