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Check out the other songs in the Billboard top twenty on Nov. 5, 1966. Amazing the variety of musical styles.

This was performed at the Crystal Cathedral in southern California, during the Reverend Schuler era.

This is a piano solo transcription, with variations, of what might be the three most beautiful minutes of music ever written - The eighteenth variation of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Do yourself a favor and go listen to the full orchestral version, followed by listening to Rachmaninoff's second and third piano concertos, etc.

Roger Williams did NOT compose this score; John Barry did. Please provide in your titles and references fact.

I transcended time & space with Jesus my husband & Lord! Psalm 45 & Isaiah 54 that my Prophet Abishag brought me with this movie “Somewhere In Time” We were soulmates in the past, present, & future! My name is in SS 4:14 among the Chief Spices & I am married to Jesus! He only has one wife who is one woman! The Church are God’s elect! Our marriage is monogamous & no concubines that was King Solomon!🤴🏻💞🫅🏻

I am so amazed at how well Roger played piano. I had no idea that it was even possible to make a piano sound like he could. I miss him and seeing his performances back in the Crystal Cathedral. As a kid in the 90s, I idolized his playing. I wish I could play even a glimpse of the way he could. Joyful Joyful was one of the first songs I ever played and I played it with my mom starting at around 4 or 5 years old. Amazing memories. My mom, grandma and myself all play by ear and played together so often. Now the two of them are gone and it’s just me. The piano just doesn’t sound the same. Hopefully my grandma, my mom and Roger are saving a spot for me at the heaven’s grand piano. I sure look forward to the day when we can all be together playing music and worshipping for all eternity.

A beautiful love song for a beautiful love story!

Bravo!!! The most beautiful musical love story composition I have ever heard.I loved Somewhere in Time but loved this piece even more.Thank You❤

the book is on the table

最高傑作です。素晴らしいです！この作品のよさがわからない人は好きではありません.

The big ending of Autumn Leaves is one of the best endings to a song ever. It is so final! That's all, That's it, There ain't no more!

Hello to Karl out there writing all that down.

Bravo !

Only 9 of the 12 JOHN GARY SHOWS of 1966 have survived. CBS gave JG the tapes & in the 1990's he sold them on video cassettes & later on dvds through his fan club. His widow LEE GARY is now in her early 90's & no longer handles sales of John's video & audio music.

As he does so amazingly well... great segues into combinations of wonderful songs. Again, a delightful sample and example of a golden age of music and entertainment. I could sure go for more of this today! 🎹❤️🎵🎶🌟🎉🎊

Amazing! ❤️🎹🎵🎶🌟🎉

Beautifully done. I remember both songs. Thank you Roger. Play on in heaven.

Beautiful ❤️🎹🙏❤️🎵🎶🎵🎶

Bonita😢

No one like him ever. Magical

Marvelous. Chopin was called "the poet of the piano" and truly a most amazing composer. I enjoyed Roger Williams playing these beautiful pieces so exquisitely, a mixture of tender and powerful, including a favorite I learned back in 1971 (in college), The Revolutionary Etude and Fantasie Impromptu and Polonaise, that I love bit never learned. Kudos and thank you! ❤️🎹❤️🙏🎵🎶🎵🎶🎉🌟

P.S., 🎹🎶🎵🙏❤️🎊🌟🎶🎶 The Prelude in C# minor that he started with was the first Rachmaninoff piece I ever learned by music (memorization). I began lessons with a great teacher, Dr. Jerry Exline, when I was 65 years old! (I mostly play by ear and still can't sight read.). Dr. Exline also taught me Prelude in G minor, a really challenging piece. I find Rachmaninoff to be one of the most amazing composers but also one of the most CHALLENGING to play/ perform. When I think of the MULTITUDE of musical songs and compositions, from classical to modern, jazz to pop and beyond, that ROGER WILLIAMS played and put together so well, I am always impressed and appreciative. What a blessing to be able to enjoy his recordings and watch his interviews and performances! Thank you. ❤️🎹🎵🎶🎵🎶🎉🌞🙏❤️😁

Refreshing, entertaining,creative, delightful.... So Roger Williams! A GENIUS. ❤️🎹🎵🎶🎉

What a insightful interview! Mr. Piano said it so well, his point and his philosophy that: "Take what you want out of life, but pay for it." "We've all got to find out what we do best and DO IT!". Roger Williams was blessed with great talent, an amazing ear, and had a great work (practice) ethic that all great pianists (or mastery in anyrhing takes). Desire and commitment were powerful forces in this marvelous man. I remember reading it takes 10,000 hours to master an instrument (in this case, piano, although Roger Williams could play over a dozen instruments and probably could have mastered any one if them). What impressed me about Mr. Piano when I met him (twice) was his friendliness, insight, genuineness, and desire to encourage others. 🎹❤️🎶🎵🎉🙏❤️

❤🎹🎶🎵 I love Rachmaninoff. This is a delicious mixture of this great Russian pianist/composer's music, put together and delightfully played and segued as Roger Williams always does so marvelously. Standing ovation indeed! I had to watch this three times I enjoyed it so much. ❤️🎹🎵🎶🎉🎊🌟❤️

What FUN!!! ❤️🎹🎵🎶🎉 I love Roger Williams ALITERATIONS ... He's not only a pianist extraordinairre, but a post of the piano extraordinairre! As always, he is totally entertaining, DELIGHTFULLY creative, and brings joy and helps us get in touch with our emotions in a good and wholesome way! We need more of this today. 🎊🎉🎶🎵🎹🎵🎶❤️🙏😁🌞🌟

Amen. Totally inspirational, heavenly caressed and filled with spiritual love and God honoring grace. ❤️🎹🎶🎵✝️❤️

I love this movie. It left me with tears in my eyes and every time I play the theme I think of how short life is and how much I will miss my family at the end of it.

Wow! How cool. I didn't know a lot of this. Kudos Roger Williams and Merv Griffin. There will never be two like them again. The best. ❤️🎹🎶🎵🎉❤️

Granted it's the first "piano recording" to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, however, given all the accompanying strings in the studio version, if this qualifies as such, then it's not the only one of its kind to do so. The title theme from "Chariots of Fire" also reached number one. It's as much of a piano recording as "Autumn Leaves".

Marvelous! Dynamic, moving, passionate, exhilarating... So Roger Williams! 🎉🇺🇲🎹❤️🎶🎵

A beautiful, passionate, and inspiring rendition of these great songs. I like the way he used a little Chopin in the introduction, and as always, cleverly segways to God Bless America. Bravo! ❤️🎹🎶🎵🎉

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One of my favorite hymns

Timeless..

Lola’s favorite theme song that brings memories of my dearest loving person in my life no other than Piling (Ralph Francia)❤❤❤

How I LOVE Roger Williams music Such an incredible person, who brought us so many beautiful performances, recordings and DELIGHT! 🎹🎶🎵❤️🎉

Wow! Amazing! One of the reasons I LOVE Roger Williams is not only for his incredible talent at playing the piano so well, interpreting and producing delightful arrangements and renditions... But he is TOTALLY ENTERTAINING. He's not only a great pianist, he's DELIGHTFUL and entertaining to watch and hear. A GENIUS at both music and entertainment, a combo that brought and continued to bring much JOY and HAPPINESS to myself and millions of others I'm sure! 🎹❤️🎶🎵🎉🌟❤️

Love this! So much Roger Williams, clever, amazing, delightful....GENIUS. You can clearly see Perry Como's appreciation and delight in this intreaging musical performance. 🎹❤️🎶🎵🎉🎊

I really like this song. It is clever, fun, and like Mr. Williams, delightful. I know my grandson (he is almost three years old and just loves TRAINS) will love this. I sent the link to my daughter. The train in this video reminds me of the Durango to Silverton (Rocky Mt) train ride I took years ago. (Maybe it is the same train ride?!). 🎉🎊❤️🎶🎵🚂

Played so lovingly, tenderly, I enjoy the use of vibes along with this arrangement. ❤️🎹🎶🎵

Our world is full of evil and suffering because God, our creator, plans to make us experience it. He's preparing us for eternal happiness and harmony. To appreciate it, we must first experience suffering and evil. God loves us immensely. He'll raise us from death. He's created a new and better world for us. Tell him all your problems. He's helped me a lot. He can help you, too.

One of my favorite piano concertos. Wonderful excerpt. I posted a CZcams video of me playing this and Rachmaninoff's concerto excerpts combined. It is piano only, and by ear. Watching Mr. Williams play this, the expressions on his face, is delightful. 🎹❤️🎵🎶🙏🎉

Masterful! Brilliant! Intriguing! Fun! Fantastic! ❤️🎵🎶🎹🎶🎵❤️🎉🌞

What could have been is this movie. It leaves you with a longing so intense it's painful 💔

Such a beautiful movie. I cry when l see it once in a while. The music is touching.

I cannot Clam with 2024 and I'm just enjoying the classic music to make me forget everything was going to trouble

Wow. I can see the different leaves falling gently, swaying in the early autumn breeze landing silently on the earth; whether they'd be a maple, a hard oak, an aspen or a willow leaf. Then all at once, before an autumn storm, they fall with a rush hitting the ground one after the other . . . gentle no more, but silent still.

I love Mr. Williams playing! He brings out marvelous things in songs in such delightful ways! 🎹❤️🎵🎶

So interesting - if composer of “Born free” John Barry heard Glazunov’s “Autumn ”?