Happy birthday, Władziu Valentino Liberace.
Liberace and Virgil Fox(!) play “Tea for Two” on “The Mike Douglas Show.” One only wonders what was going through the head of Ben Gazzara, waiting in the wings.
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Chopin’s Birthday Liberace Plays On
Happy birthday, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849).
Liberace loved Chopin. In fact, he claimed to have been dubbed “The Chopin of TV.” When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Make sure you stick around for the three violinists – and hornist! – at 2:13:
Now watch as Liberace transforms into Chopin himself (starting around 1:40) and back again (around 4:25). In case you don’t get it, you can judge the time travel from the dissolve from electric light bulbs to actual candles in the candelabra:
Liberace and Virgil Fox on “The Mike Douglas Show” (Next: Ben Gazzara!):
Those were the days…
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Aram Khachaturian’s Birthday Sabre Dance & More
Today is the birthday of Aram Khachaturian. You know, the guy who wrote that frenetic tune that makes you want to spin plates on the tops of sticks.
Here he is, conducting (and highly-decorated), with Mstislav Rostropovich the soloist in his “Concerto-Rhapsody”:
And – why not? – music for spinning plates, Liberace style:
PHOTO: The composer “cleaning up nice” for his special day
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