If you listen to the lyrics it could be interpreted one of two ways, he leaves for his other love in the dawn, or he never leaves the river at dawn. Cause homie done drowned.
They are both in their 70’s and live in Wisconsin. Perry Como was a gentleman. Nothing creepy about him. Very kind and respectful. Met him in the 70’s.
@@sethwright4641 yeah, I also heard one of them lives with her 94 year old mother and some guy calls her every year to sing this to him on his birthday.
Sorry but neither of them live in Wisconsin. Patience lives in Georgia and Prudence lives in California. How do I know? Because patience is literally my neighbor.
Actually, it's more of a "whoever you're with now, I can still dream about you" sort of thing. The title suggests a one night affair, but the lyrics make it clear that "tonight you belong to me" because hey, I can dream about anything. The double endendre title is probably deliberate, going back to the 1920s when it was written.
Perry Como was a class act! PERIOD. I find some of these comments despicable...this was the 1950s TV....live...he was being very kind and comforting to these two adolescent girls.....not creepy. And they appreciated it....the youngest girl was so nervous...you hear...she asked Perry to not leave. There were never any rumors or issues with this fine gentleman....wish we could have this quality in men today.
This mean streak that permeates our society sees the worst in everything, even the good things. Especially the good things. Some people would enjoy hearing nasty rumors about Perry, but they are the perverted ones. If they make the rest of us miserable, they succeed. They can go to hell.
Geez, can you imagine? This was their first professional appearance -- on the _Perry Como_ show, no less!! Obviously, as they were walking upstage, they were afraid, but you could _see_ in poor Prudence's face that she was absolutely mortified. My God, it must have been like being led up to the gallows! They did a fine job, though. So happy that their TV debut was a success! Perry also did a nice job, so comforting and sensitive to their terror. He took his time with them, despite his stage director's pushing. Kudos to Mr. C. I remember when this song first came out on the radio. I loved it. I was 6.
+Astrobran2 So do I. I was 6 and my sister 5. We had the 45 rpm record and absolutely loved this song and its flip side, "A Smile Is Something Special (A Ribbon Is Something Rare) and as our sopranos matched those of Prudence & Patience, would at family parties sing both songs in duet. Only recently did I glean the possible one-night-stand meaning of "I know with the dawn / That you will be gone / But tonight you belong to me," which yet could just mean (as we vaguely assumed it did; we were just entranced with the pretty imagery and sonorous melody and rhymes) that a husband is going off for a while, as to military service. I agree, "Mister C" was a kind man and host, doubtless put his hands on their shoulders just to steady their nerves.
I love how people consider calling a child a "cutie" pedophilia and such, but when you call a newborn or a puppy a "cutie" its okay when both of those also have bad things done to them in that way. I bet if it was a female commenter no one would have noticed. Now yes, she was a cutie, I feel sympathy for her even though this happened so long ago because I can only imagine how terrified they were.
@@GroundswellBand Well, people these days have gotten TOO sensitive. Everything to simply calling someone "Cute" is a major offense even if it's meant to be a small compliment. I do agree that Prudence was a _little cutie_ because she really was a cute little child lmao. One with great talent too. And same. I was her age, I used to freeze on stage each time I had to do something for school lol.
Edith Frost Not only was there no lip sync but the Perry Como Show was live, not recorded. No net. No second chances. It had to be the most terrifying experience of these girls' lives, but they pulled off their lines and their song very well.
“Tonight You Belong to Me” was first recorded in 1926 by Irving Kaufman but is best known from a 1956 cover by sister duo Patience and Prudence while the lennon sisters cover the version of Patience and prudence.
@@davifragoso152 "They should be molested all the time" I guess I didn't see your comment when you posted that a year ago. What the hell are you talking about??
Unlike some others, I don't find this "creepy" at all. It's a nice song with some nice harmonies. However, I do think this performance was lip-synced. "I know (I know)"... who's singing the second "I know"? I doesn't look to me like it's either of them.
Perry was a gentle, kind, and gifted gentleman. No idea why people would be saying such negative things about him for trying to comfort (not handle) patience and prudence. Prudence even told Perry not to go far away.
1:25 I love the way girls talked in this time era, I know it’s kind of weird but it reminds me of when I used to watch Peter Pan as a kid and what Wendy sounded like.
Perry Como - unlike some other famous American singers of Italian extraction at that time - was a very decent human being. there was an innocence about those times that this man truly personified. many people today simply can't relate to that.
Yes, "Mister C" embodies the romantic idealist. His singing of mellow songs like "It's Impossible" is peerless, and can still soothe and inspire any hearer, any time or where.
This aired NINE days before I was born...When I was a very young child, I loved music and I believe it was my grandparents that had the '45 record of this and I LOVED it...Played it and it's flip side over and over...Must have worn that record out, but still remember the lyrics today! :)
The 50's and 60's.... I remember racism, cars were death traps. drunk driving was a funny thing, doctors smoking while examining you, dentists smoking while drilling, barbers smoking while cutting, smoking on airplanes. I hated it. Yeah, I have a soft spot for the music and playing with the mercury my dentist would give me after each smoky appointment, but today is better.
@@Alice-hs9yj, I think what he is referring to is a case in the twenties where a child actor got very famous and worked with Charlie Chaplain, etc. and made so much money that his parents quit their jobs and then his parents blew all of the money and after he stopped acting so they were poor again. But now (and probably when this was recorded) there is a law that says that a certain percentage of a child actor's earnings must be put in a secure bank account that can only be accessed by the child once they turn eighteen, or by the parents with the child's permission (the child must be eighteen when s/he gives his/her parents access to the account).
Yes. I remember reading somewhere they stepped out of fame because their dad wanted them to be a normal person after they wheree financially stable . I also read that Patience is dead and Prudence is alive somewhere in the country
@@erinpicken6435 That was Jackie Coogan. California passed the Coogan Law to protect the earnings of child stars back in those days, but according to the late Shirley Temple, all the money she made some 10 to 15 years later, was wrongfully used by her parents and when the acting jobs stopped coming, she was broke. So much for state law. As for Coogan, he continued acting in his adult years and wound up on The Munsters TV show back in the 60's. It was either that one or the other ghoulish TV show. Shirley Temple went on to become an ambassador to some country back in the day.
I know (I know) You belong to somebody new But tonight you belong to me Although (Although) we're apart You're a part of my heart And tonight you belong to me Wait down by the stream How sweet it will seem Once more just to dream In the moonlight My honey I know (I know) With the dawn that you will be gone But tonight you belong to me Wait down, wait down along the stream How very, very sweet it will seem Once more just to dream In the silvery moonlight My honey I know (I know) With the dawn that you will be gone But tonight you belong to me Just to little old me
I remember an interview with the girls, one of them mentioned having the dubious distinction of having the last "gold record" on a "78"...I always thought that was cute. Now-a-days, most wouldn't even know what that means...time just keeps marching on!
What impressed me about Patience & Prudence was their willingness in later interviews to confess that they were "put up" to doing this song by "Daddy the Bandleader," (renowned orchesta leader Mack McIntyre) and that neither of them had a stitch of musical prowess. While that lack of confidence and musical ability shows in this live performance, they did a commendable job, and that's all that counts. Their following attempts at hit singles faded fast, and they instantly disappeared from the music world. It appears to me they never wanted it to begin with. Why do some parents dig for gold, using their children as shovels?
Their recording of the song was a huge hit, and their singing shows ample talent, imo. Also, if you watch their faces during the many gags in their collaboration with Perry Como, you can see them smile at the jokes. All good I think. It was their own decision not to pursue a musical career.
Love Perry Como. I remember my mom and one of my Aunts used to watch his show and listen to his albums, but being just a very young child in the 60's, I could of cared less about him. Now that I'm older, I appreciate his class act and his magnificent voice.
You wanna know what's creepier? If this airdate is correct, P&P performed on Perry Como on 9/15/1956 and Prudence (girl on the left) passed away on 9/15/2023-- exactly 67 years apart.
I truly love their performance here, innocence and talent at the same time ! I'm into oldies records since 4 years and I found this record one year ago and directly fell in love with the beautiful voice of Patience and Prudence ! Two adorable angels !
I never liked this song and I can't remember them appearing, but I feel for them now and have a new respect. They were terrified to come out on live TV just like that. The lights were glaring and they did not have the show biz presence for performing even though their father did.
On a transatlantic flight, over headphones supplied by the airlines, I heard this recording by Patience And Prudence in a loop of recorded songs being played repeatedly over the long flight. Their recording had a sweet innocence and charm to it, which I became very fond of.
I'm not sure about that. "I know (I know)..." Who's singing the second "I know"? It doesn't look like it's either of them. I think this WAS actually lip-synced. They would probably have been much too nervous to sing it live on TV with half the country watching.
@@davidsimpson4510 They are singing, and I believe their father is playing the Piano and you can hear a third voice which is their mothers. Everything is live in this recording.
Yes neither is singing the second “I know “ part so I believe they were singing along with the recording. If the mother was singing and father was playing piano I believe the cameraman would have briefly shown them.
It isn't creepy at all, this kind of music gives off the exact opposite vibe, that's WHY it's used in horror movies. The dissonance between the sweet/dreamy/fun music with creepy/weird/scary imagery is an effective method of making a scene feel unsettling.
@@alexandersonmei No. I wasn't born until many years after this was recorded. That bit of information is included in the sleeve notes for the P&P Best of compilation CD.
@@vincewhirlwind68 I came looking for video exactly to find out what the deal was with the voice that pops up to echo the lyrics, and the video didn't help. Thanks.
This is quite charming. I used to dislike this song, but strangely enough, what turned me on to this version was a brilliant film editor. There was a TV documentary about the appalling suffering of GIs during the Pacific War and the soundtrack used was this song. It should not have worked, but the effect was so poignant and chilling that I had to identify the song (which I had heard as a kid). I am glad to hear that the girls grew up to be young women relatively unscathed by their unwanted ten minutes of fame. It may be a fluke, but this version of the song still has a timeless charm about it.
I share your appreciation of this song. It may be not about infidelity, but about a husband leaving for a while as for military service, likely why the documentarian deployed it. The girls' soprano voices are enchantingly right for the song's melody and romantic stream and moonlight imagery, and their childish innocent, "choir girl" voices a counterpoint foil to the grim theme of the documentary.
Thank you so much for posting. I'm a huge fan of this song and Patience and Prudence, and I've been looking for a video of them performing it for a long time. Awesome!
According to a person in the comments here, Patience lives in Georgia and doesn't really leave her house and is apparently viewed as "that weird old lady" by the kids in the neighbourhood and Prudence lives in California. Prudence ended up becoming an alcoholic and her daughter Paige died in July 2020. Paige was homeless and often stayed with her grandma Audrey until Audrey died.
They're both still alive. Patience lives in Georgia and Prudence lives in California. Tragically Prudence became a drug addict and a severe alcoholic and her daughter, Paige Conca was homeless and died in 2020 💔
@@AceStar1994 Oh, I thought they moved to Wisconsin? I saw them once give a brief interview when they were older and they seemed like well adjusted middled aged women.
@@nancydavis_ Sorry for the late reply, I don't get notified when somebody replies. Yeah, I thought they both lived in Wisconsin too because that's what it says on Wikipedia. I just done a search for their names and a Whitepages result come up for Patience.
meloyelloduck said "They were lip-syncing, this is exactly as they sound on the studio recorded song!" I don't agree. You can hear the tremulous quaver in Prudence's voice, not discernible in the recording. However, the backing, including their own vocal harmonies, does seem to be from the original recording.
Back then this was live there was no absolute way that this could've been lip synced because that technology was not that advanced in the 1940s get your knowledge straight please I'm 12 and I know more than you I believe that I hate stated my point I will stop now, if you really don't care you wouldn't reply to this. Thank youuuu.
Actually, their mother provided an extra voice through an offstage mic to beef up the girls' voices when they sang live. If you listen closely you can hear her on this.
Yes, I am 10 now, and this is still a song that holds your heart, although I was not even alive, and now I will have more responsibilities I have to go to school and I'm getting a dog on the 11th it is my dad's birthday and also the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 I am in a school band too I have never heard a song like this as a band member.
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I really don’t think this was creepy or they were uncomfortable it’s just how television was in the 50s.
This is not creepy for me
agreed
The song itself is cute.
The host just seems a little awkward to me. It seemed super duper staged
Agreed it's not creepy
If you listen to the lyrics it could be interpreted one of two ways, he leaves for his other love in the dawn, or he never leaves the river at dawn. Cause homie done drowned.
I wanna know why back then every male has the same voice
•BlacKCoopa • omg me too
•BlacKCoopa • omg I’ve seen you comment in another video but idk what video :/ hi again
@Cheslie agree
•BlacKCoopa • it’s the bad microphones i think
•BlacKCoopa • and female
Patience: I'm patience and I'm 16.
Prudence: Patience your 14.
Patience: Well I'm gonna be 16
All I can say is in my opinion the lennon sisters are better yeet
@sugah boo It's zoomer dab bullshit
DangItsIsaac I AGREE 10000000% LENNON SISTERS ARE THE BEST!!!
HyperSonicKC I agree they didn’t look as... creepy and sound better
I honestly like patience and prudence more then the Lennon sisters. I suppose we are all entitled to opinions.
almost 60 years ago...
Evelyn Niguela Almost nothing
63 years ago now
O Yaz Gecesi lol
@O Yaz Gecesi 65
68 now
They are both in their 70’s and live in Wisconsin. Perry Como was a gentleman. Nothing creepy about him. Very kind and respectful. Met him in the 70’s.
Good to know, I didn't think he was creepy anyways :)
Wisconsin? How do you know?
Research
@@sethwright4641 yeah, I also heard one of them lives with her 94 year old mother and some guy calls her every year to sing this to him on his birthday.
Sorry but neither of them live in Wisconsin. Patience lives in Georgia and Prudence lives in California. How do I know? Because patience is literally my neighbor.
There's something very creepy about this but the song is a bop
ania I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks that lmao
You two to? It sounds crazy. And its in American Horror Story
ania love this song
It's only creepy because you were easily influenced by a TV show.
1waytickettopluto Correct! I love this song!
Very sad to see how their spotlight quickly fade away
They didn't want it though
I remember once reading that their father didn't want them to travel and have much exposure.
@Evelyn.N wow 🌺
bruh read the caption
How did it fade?
Perry wasn't a pervert. He was trying to calm down the girls, realizing how nervous they were. Listen to Prudence tell him, "Now, don't go away."
Modern feminist would try to confronted him. It's nicer back then then now
Scripted, no doubt.
@@realcritical-kr2ddwell there’s certainly something wrong with you
@@manglefoxy1850how
Interesting that there's 2 children singing about a one night stand.
Doubtless oblivious that they were.
Is that what the song was about? I could've sworn it had more of a "you're mine and I'll kill you" kind of vibe
Actually, it's more of a "whoever you're with now, I can still dream about you" sort of thing. The title suggests a one night affair, but the lyrics make it clear that "tonight you belong to me" because hey, I can dream about anything.
The double endendre title is probably deliberate, going back to the 1920s when it was written.
It’s a cover. And it’s about missing someone.
Yep. All one has to do is pay attention to the lyrics. Heck, read them if you have to.
Perry Como was a class act! PERIOD. I find some of these comments despicable...this was the 1950s TV....live...he was being very kind and comforting to these two adolescent girls.....not creepy. And they appreciated it....the youngest girl was so nervous...you hear...she asked Perry to not leave. There were never any rumors or issues with this fine gentleman....wish we could have this quality in men today.
This mean streak that permeates our society sees the worst in everything, even the good things. Especially the good things. Some people would enjoy hearing nasty rumors about Perry, but they are the perverted ones. If they make the rest of us miserable, they succeed. They can go to hell.
Perry was always a gentleman pro!
classic!!! and yup im an American Horror Story fan, brilliant show
I don't know why erverybody think American Horror Story is so good... I saw the first season... Meh !
Me too
Iain Mc me tooo
@@-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.- the first season isnt the best u know
Same ;-;
Geez, can you imagine? This was their first professional appearance -- on the _Perry Como_ show, no less!! Obviously, as they were walking upstage, they were afraid, but you could _see_ in poor Prudence's face that she was absolutely mortified. My God, it must have been like being led up to the gallows!
They did a fine job, though. So happy that their TV debut was a success! Perry also did a nice job, so comforting and sensitive to their terror. He took his time with them, despite his stage director's pushing. Kudos to Mr. C.
I remember when this song first came out on the radio. I loved it. I was 6.
I was 9 by this time in 1956 and I too remember hearing it on the radio.
+Astrobran2 So do I. I was 6 and my sister 5. We had the 45 rpm record and absolutely loved this song and its flip side, "A Smile Is Something Special (A Ribbon Is Something Rare) and as our sopranos matched those of Prudence & Patience, would at family parties sing both songs in duet. Only recently did I glean the possible one-night-stand meaning of "I know with the dawn / That you will be gone / But tonight you belong to me," which yet could just mean (as we vaguely assumed it did; we were just entranced with the pretty imagery and sonorous melody and rhymes) that a husband is going off for a while, as to military service. I agree, "Mister C" was a kind man and host, doubtless put his hands on their shoulders just to steady their nerves.
They have sweet voices. The music is wonderful. Better then rap crap.
Astrobrant2 They are true singers because theres no auto tune there
So you're like a thousand years old?
Prudence was so young and seemed pretty nervous. Who wouldn't at 11?! She was a little cutie.
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Very sweet, and her sister too.
I love how people consider calling a child a "cutie" pedophilia and such, but when you call a newborn or a puppy a "cutie" its okay when both of those also have bad things done to them in that way.
I bet if it was a female commenter no one would have noticed.
Now yes, she was a cutie, I feel sympathy for her even though this happened so long ago because I can only imagine how terrified they were.
@@GroundswellBand Well, people these days have gotten TOO sensitive. Everything to simply calling someone "Cute" is a major offense even if it's meant to be a small compliment. I do agree that Prudence was a _little cutie_ because she really was a cute little child lmao. One with great talent too. And same. I was her age, I used to freeze on stage each time I had to do something for school lol.
you would think the oldest one would be dead but Prudence the little one died in 2023. Patience is still alive.
How did prudence die
@@drhadjold age, her daughter passed away too, the whole family were crackheads, you can find the news story online
@@sethwright4641 ok
@@drhadjShe was 78 at her passing Patience is alive at 82
The song start on 3:18
Querino Fandubs Thankyou.
T h a n k you
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When Patience said, "I'm *going to be* fifteen" Prudence should have said, "So? *I'm* GOING to be fifteen, some day."
Such innocent times........ or were they?
Como was actin like a pedo
W o a h he really was acting like one tho
An 11 and a 14 year old girls singing “tonight you belong to me” veeeery innocent 👌🏻👌🏻 I’m sure they sure talking about doing puzzles
ShynnCat I think the meaning of the song is about missing an ex.
Tonie Tv sure! They are waiting for them to come at night. A 11 and 14 years old girls. Such an innocent time.
Edith Frost Not only was there no lip sync but the Perry Como Show was live, not recorded. No net. No second chances. It had to be the most terrifying experience of these girls' lives, but they pulled off their lines and their song very well.
They're not the original singers the Lennon sisters are, just type "Lennon sisters tonight you belong to me"
They covered patience and prudence actually
“Tonight You Belong to Me” was first recorded in 1926 by Irving Kaufman but is best known from a 1956 cover by sister duo Patience and Prudence while the lennon sisters cover the version of Patience and prudence.
@@davifragoso152 "They should be molested all the time"
I guess I didn't see your comment when you posted that a year ago. What the hell are you talking about??
Unlike some others, I don't find this "creepy" at all. It's a nice song with some nice harmonies. However, I do think this performance was lip-synced. "I know (I know)"... who's singing the second "I know"? I doesn't look to me like it's either of them.
5:13 just stare into their eyes
a t t e n t i o n I almost shat myself
Well its just an old television why are you so scared
That was creepy.
Please, it’s just lighting.
5:25 can we talk about how smooth that advertising is
Why was that so smooth?
Como was so creepy. The way he looked at her at 1:08 and touching Prudence at 2:16 and looking at Patience body at 3:17. CREEEEEEPY
OMG I didn't notice that, it was SO CREEPY
No Sense so every time a man touches a girl it's creepy???
@@Alice-hs9yj the way he did, yes, totally
If you closely at 1:08 you can see her look at como and make a fake smile while she gets looked at
No Sense so we ain’t gonna talk about 2:16 yah ok
Thank you VERY much for this. I remember the original broadcast because we had just gotten our new
Hoffman Easy Vision TV (B&W).
Perry was a gentle, kind, and gifted gentleman. No idea why people would be saying such negative things about him for trying to comfort (not handle) patience and prudence. Prudence even told Perry not to go far away.
1:25 I love the way girls talked in this time era, I know it’s kind of weird but it reminds me of when I used to watch Peter Pan as a kid and what Wendy sounded like.
60 years ago today! Time sure does fly by, makes me appreciate my younger years. Hope that those girls are having a relaxing life now!
La menor falleció, descanse en paz.
Perry Como - unlike some other famous American singers of Italian extraction at that time - was a very decent human being. there was an innocence about those times that this man truly personified. many people today simply can't relate to that.
Yes, "Mister C" embodies the romantic idealist. His singing of mellow songs like "It's Impossible" is peerless, and can still soothe and inspire any hearer, any time or where.
This aired NINE days before I was born...When I was a very young child, I loved music and I believe it was my grandparents that had the '45 record of this and I LOVED it...Played it and it's flip side over and over...Must have worn that record out, but still remember the lyrics today! :)
TheRealFirecracker16 you that old ?sorry for asking tho
I was 5 days old.
My granny loves this song soo much
Yeah my year is crazy too. 1991 is when there was the most serial killers, homicide, and murder.
I just heard about the passing of our beloved Prudence, may she rest in peace ❤😢
the laughter and applause in the background is the laughter and applause of dead people.
I remember the song. I was 11 in 1956.
Wish we could turn back time, to the good o'days...
omg xD that profile pic makes this comment even better
procrastination is my best friend LOL
LittleJoshBigTyler i cant take you seriously with that picture
The 50's and 60's.... I remember racism, cars were death traps. drunk driving was a funny thing, doctors smoking while examining you, dentists smoking while drilling, barbers smoking while cutting, smoking on airplanes. I hated it. Yeah, I have a soft spot for the music and playing with the mercury my dentist would give me after each smoky appointment, but today is better.
HAH yes the clique is everywhere now lOL and I love your profile picture
I wonder if these kids ever got a dime of the proceeds?
clarkewi of course they did
@@Alice-hs9yj, I think what he is referring to is a case in the twenties where a child actor got very famous and worked with Charlie Chaplain, etc. and made so much money that his parents quit their jobs and then his parents blew all of the money and after he stopped acting so they were poor again. But now (and probably when this was recorded) there is a law that says that a certain percentage of a child actor's earnings must be put in a secure bank account that can only be accessed by the child once they turn eighteen, or by the parents with the child's permission (the child must be eighteen when s/he gives his/her parents access to the account).
Yes. I remember reading somewhere they stepped out of fame because their dad wanted them to be a normal person after they wheree financially stable . I also read that Patience is dead and Prudence is alive somewhere in the country
@@haileyr7073 there both alivs
@@erinpicken6435 That was Jackie Coogan. California passed the Coogan Law to protect the earnings of child stars back in those days, but according to the late Shirley Temple, all the money she made some 10 to 15 years later, was wrongfully used by her parents and when the acting jobs stopped coming, she was broke. So much for state law. As for Coogan, he continued acting in his adult years and wound up on The Munsters TV show back in the 60's. It was either that one or the other ghoulish TV show. Shirley Temple went on to become an ambassador to some country back in the day.
Has anyone heard a word from Prudence or Patience in the last 5 years? They are still alive I know, just wanna hear them again.
Yeah, belive it or not, Patience McIntyre is my neighbor. All the kids in the neighborhood refer to her as the "strange old lady", lol
@@rhinocrafthd5651 Please tell her that her songs are still living on through the new generations and we love her
@@joseywales6112 I'll try to when I get the chance!
@@rhinocrafthd5651 thank you!
I came here for a great song. I wasn't expecting an encounter with everything that's wonderful about the human race.
I know (I know)
You belong to somebody new
But tonight you belong to me
Although (Although) we're apart
You're a part of my heart
And tonight you belong to me
Wait down by the stream
How sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the moonlight
My honey I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Wait down, wait down along the stream
How very, very sweet it will seem
Once more just to dream
In the silvery moonlight
My honey I know (I know)
With the dawn that you will be gone
But tonight you belong to me
Just to little old me
Way down by the stream*
I remember an interview with the girls, one of them mentioned having the dubious distinction of having the last "gold record" on a "78"...I always thought that was cute. Now-a-days, most wouldn't even know what that means...time just keeps marching on!
What impressed me about Patience & Prudence was their willingness in later interviews to confess that they were "put up" to doing this song by "Daddy the Bandleader," (renowned orchesta leader Mack McIntyre) and that neither of them had a stitch of musical prowess. While that lack of confidence and musical ability shows in this live performance, they did a commendable job, and that's all that counts. Their following attempts at hit singles faded fast, and they instantly disappeared from the music world. It appears to me they never wanted it to begin with. Why do some parents dig for gold, using their children as shovels?
xtc1957 Who knows, at least these girls can sing at all (not comparing them to a certain late 60's group of infamous notoriety).
Their recording of the song was a huge hit, and their singing shows ample talent, imo. Also, if you watch their faces during the many gags in their collaboration with Perry Como, you can see them smile at the jokes. All good I think. It was their own decision not to pursue a musical career.
Well just think, seven years later Joe Jackson would do the same thing and actually succeed.
Prucence passed away last year. RIP sweet angel.
RIP Prudence
Love Perry Como. I remember my mom and one of my Aunts used to watch his show and listen to his albums, but being just a very young child in the 60's, I could of cared less about him. Now that I'm older, I appreciate his class act and his magnificent voice.
His seminal Christmas album is a true classic
If only they had colors back then so I can see a the details
Such a lovely rendition, thank you
You wanna know what's creepier? If this airdate is correct, P&P performed on Perry Como on 9/15/1956 and Prudence (girl on the left) passed away on 9/15/2023-- exactly 67 years apart.
When I was ten years old, I sang this song...constantly!
Lovely! :)
Wow. Beautiful time for music.
I truly love their performance here, innocence and talent at the same time ! I'm into oldies records since 4 years and I found this record one year ago and directly fell in love with the beautiful voice of Patience and Prudence ! Two adorable angels !
This song, written in 1926 and remade in 1952, is now on TikTok. This still blows my mind and kinda triggers me as well
I never liked this song and I can't remember them appearing, but I feel for them now and have a new respect. They were terrified to come out on live TV just like that. The lights were glaring and they did not have the show biz presence for performing even though their father did.
I had no idea they were so young when they recorded this but great to see them perform it live.
On a transatlantic flight, over headphones supplied by the airlines, I heard this recording by Patience And Prudence in a loop of recorded songs being played repeatedly over the long flight. Their recording had a sweet innocence and charm to it, which I became very fond of.
As Perry brought them to the front of the stage, she looks terrified. Still, pulled it off like a pro!
Wow, my grandpa was 16 and my grandma was 12 when this came out!
Woah! :0
Woww :0
My grandma was 23. She passed away in 07-05-2019.
Holy crap this is the real deal, not lip synced. Fabulous!!!
I'm not sure about that. "I know (I know)..." Who's singing the second "I know"? It doesn't look like it's either of them. I think this WAS actually lip-synced. They would probably have been much too nervous to sing it live on TV with half the country watching.
@@davidsimpson4510I think they are singing but maybe with the recording in the background too
@@davidsimpson4510 They are singing, and I believe their father is playing the Piano and you can hear a third voice which is their mothers. Everything is live in this recording.
Yes neither is singing the second “I know “ part so I believe they were singing along with the recording. If the mother was singing and father was playing piano I believe the cameraman would have briefly shown them.
It isn't creepy at all, this kind of music gives off the exact opposite vibe, that's WHY it's used in horror movies. The dissonance between the sweet/dreamy/fun music with creepy/weird/scary imagery is an effective method of making a scene feel unsettling.
Where does the third voice come from?
+zzzut Their mother, via a microphone in the wings.
@@vincewhirlwind68 wow... were you there?
@@alexandersonmei No. I wasn't born until many years after this was recorded. That bit of information is included in the sleeve notes for the P&P Best of compilation CD.
@@vincewhirlwind68 I came looking for video exactly to find out what the deal was with the voice that pops up to echo the lyrics, and the video didn't help. Thanks.
Causeeeeeee bit€hhhhhhhhh I’m over here doing three part harmony Thank You! @gleenrice
Mmm.. I can still appreciate the oldies. Good song. :) Cute performance, haha.
Lovely
Happy to say the are still alive as of September of 2020!
WOW ❤
Who is listen this in 2019?
My kids and I do !!
2024
Loved this
This is quite charming. I used to dislike this song, but strangely enough, what turned me on to this version was a brilliant film editor. There was a TV documentary about the appalling suffering of GIs during the Pacific War and the soundtrack used was this song. It should not have worked, but the effect was so poignant and chilling that I had to identify the song (which I had heard as a kid). I am glad to hear that the girls grew up to be young women relatively unscathed by their unwanted ten minutes of fame. It may be a fluke, but this version of the song still has a timeless charm about it.
I share your appreciation of this song. It may be not about infidelity, but about a husband leaving for a while as for military service, likely why the documentarian deployed it. The girls' soprano voices are enchantingly right for the song's melody and romantic stream and moonlight imagery, and their childish innocent, "choir girl" voices a counterpoint foil to the grim theme of the documentary.
This made it to #6 on the charts. In Feb of that same year, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" made it to #1.
Can i like this clip more than once ???!!!
62 years ago to the day! Great tune!
Imagine walking by yourself in an abandoned hospital and this song starts playing in one of the rooms.
There is nothing creepy about this it's absolutely lovely ❤
This song is now forever stuck in my head.
Same
It's old, but in the grand scheme of time and that the 50's to the year we're in now is just a blip, a tiny fraction of time that had passed 😮
I know them
They had a couple of hits in the mid fifties
like this one
and also
" Gonna get along without ya now "
was a hit also for them
These shows are the very best, wish we still had these kind of shows. ❤❤❤😊
R.I.P Prudence ❤
Love it! I remember when it first came out. Yeeeesssss!
It was every 14 year old's dream to kiss Perry Como
Beautiful harmony, such innocence!
So funny that it was an "oldie" in 1956. What a classic.
I was a toddler when this was filmed, but I remember this song.
Thank you so much for posting. I'm a huge fan of this song and Patience and Prudence, and I've been looking for a video of them performing it for a long time. Awesome!
Watching this at 4am is quite a thrill
It's memorizing to hear them sing
Whimsical!
Really pleasant music and performance!
I have never gotten to see these girls before. I always have just loved this song! I wonder what they are doing now.
According to a person in the comments here, Patience lives in Georgia and doesn't really leave her house and is apparently viewed as "that weird old lady" by the kids in the neighbourhood and Prudence lives in California. Prudence ended up becoming an alcoholic and her daughter Paige died in July 2020. Paige was homeless and often stayed with her grandma Audrey until Audrey died.
Just so sweet : ) Hope the sisters are doing well these days.
They're both still alive. Patience lives in Georgia and Prudence lives in California. Tragically Prudence became a drug addict and a severe alcoholic and her daughter, Paige Conca was homeless and died in 2020 💔
@@AceStar1994 Oh, I thought they moved to Wisconsin? I saw them once give a brief interview when they were older and they seemed like well adjusted middled aged women.
@@nancydavis_ Sorry for the late reply, I don't get notified when somebody replies. Yeah, I thought they both lived in Wisconsin too because that's what it says on Wikipedia. I just done a search for their names and a Whitepages result come up for Patience.
I love this song
Love this song
I like how they're all so calm
hearing someone in the 50's call something an oldie....
Só posso ter nascido no ano errado pq eu amo coisas antigas...
I love this song so much
Same
American horror story got me here :D
My first record along with Danny and the juniors…at the hop.
so cool...
I heard this song years and years ago. I just stumbled across this tonight. The girls did great!
Two nervous little girls.
I love the way they speak
Every time I listen to this song I think I’m curse or I thinks it’s curse like Oof 💀
almost 70 years ago...
meloyelloduck said "They were lip-syncing, this is exactly as they sound on the studio recorded song!" I don't agree. You can hear the tremulous quaver in Prudence's voice, not discernible in the recording. However, the backing, including their own vocal harmonies, does seem to be from the original recording.
Back then this was live there was no absolute way that this could've been lip synced because that technology was not that advanced in the 1940s get your knowledge straight please I'm 12 and I know more than you I believe that I hate stated my point I will stop now, if you really don't care you wouldn't reply to this. Thank youuuu.
Actually, their mother provided an extra voice through an offstage mic to beef up the girls' voices when they sang live. If you listen closely you can hear her on this.
Actually, it's the 1950s. 1956 to be exact.
Extremely interesting .I wondered where the extra voice came from if this was live.
Howard Speizer their mom in the wing
Okay, im a 2014 kid, and even though im 9 years old, that is a very touching song 😢
What, you were born in 2014 and you're in CZcams? I feel old now...
Yea, dude, the 2020s has a lot of drama rn. I even eat old-fashioned candies my dad was only 29 when I was born.
I agree 😊
Yes, I am 10 now, and this is still a song that holds your heart, although I was not even alive, and now I will have more responsibilities I have to go to school and I'm getting a dog on the 11th it is my dad's birthday and also the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 I am in a school band too I have never heard a song like this as a band member.
AHS
STFU
1waytickettopluto 😂😂😂