A 1978 performance of "Camelot" by Richard Burton, who first performed on Broadway as King Arthur opposite Julie Andrews (as Guenevere) in the original 1960 stage production.
The greats don't need any props. They like them, but they don't need them. Technically though Tony Church did have one prop. He used to pretend his coat was Cordelia.
You can literally read this man's life on his face. True, he drank a lot of his life away, but I'll just bet that he would not change one thing about his life even if he could. Watch him and Elizabeth Taylor in "The Taming Of The Shrew". Talk about a power couple----man they wrote the book! How can you take the Academy Awards too seriously when this magnificent talent never won an Oscar----even an honorary one. What a joke!
You're soooo right but he was a man like so many of us who was controlled at certain points by his demons. He left us too soon, he could have done so much more. What a great talent Richard Burton was.
OMG. I cannot believe the nasty comments on here about Richard Burton. He was one of the most outstanding actors of his time. His voice is beautiful. I have always enjoyed his work and that of Richard Harris. HATERS go away.
@James Henderson yes. I never tought he was very good in movies either. Seemed to have been great on stage, according to those who saw him. Well, we will never know.....
A truly gifted actor and story teller with an immensely attractive baritone voice, Richard Burton was one of the great talents of his era - but he also had seriously self destructive vices that shortened his life & diminished his legacy.
@@lakemichigan6598 totally agree. And it's sad that because of his destructive side he took on roles that were far below his talent and he did just for the money.
@@normadesmond6017 Very true - but if you want to see RB at his acting best, see 1965's 'Beckett'. A great historical drama where his Thomas a Beckett and Peter O'Toole's Henry II play off each other brilliantly.
No one has mentioned the PHRASING he brings to this and all the songs he sang. His Shakespearean training came into play here. No one since has done this song better. Brilliant.
This is hardly a happy song! It is pure tragedy, because before we even sit down for the first act, we know how the story ends. Doubly so today, when the metaphor of Camelot becomes the United States, and we see that magnificent story coming to its eminent, ugly end.
Pure genius. After hearing and watching this stirring song sung by Richard Burton, it is hard to hear it from anyone else. Burton owns it. No one like him then or since.
The Welsh men have SUCH really great singing voiced - and most are the most handsome too esp with their Northern Welsh dark hair and mesmerising deep brown eyes - and LOOKS!
I've lost track of how many times I have watched this video. It's the most perfect performance of this song. No one ever sang it better than Richard Burton.
Did anyone think how hard this could have been for him to sing. Considering this was President Kennedy’s favorite song, and he wanted to be remembered for the ending, for one brief moment… Not only that Richard and Elizabeth had such tumultuous times; his own Camelot with Elizabeth Taylor was always in distress and this didn’t go unnoticed upon his heart. You can see emotion when he sings and there is a couple times in the beginning he looks positively pained in his heart. He did a fantastic job and I still love this in 2023. He looks as if deep thought and pain at the end as well.
I still cry when I hear Richard Burton sing this. He takes you from the happiness of Camelot in the early days of the Round Table to the sadness of the war against his dear friend. I really feel the sadness in his voice.
I'm a musician and I can tell you Richard Burton could carry a tune without ever going flat or sharp--in other words, he was always "right on the money", even in some notorious harmonic key changes! He had an excellent sense of pitch. Incredible voice, incredible everything! He'd have made an excellent James Bond back in 1960 when Sean Connery got the part.
I didn’t know he can sing!!!! This is first time I hear his singing voice !! I studied music ,my God!!!!!! What a voice indeed perfect pitch.... each note..... what a shame only decades after I discover oh,..........
A professional musician once told me that I have perfect pitch. I asked,"What does that mean?" He replied."It means you could tune a piano without tuning forks!"
I agree,!!! Love to quote those words often when there are precious moments that tug at your heart and nothing else works...today has been one of those brilliantly happy days....because someone I love called and he is the most gorgeous man I have ever known!!! A rare Camelot day! God bless God xxx
...RICHARD DOESN't look bored...he just knows each word, for the last 20 yrs. !! His voice is velvet-Welsh...he lived hard, he loved hard...great sense of humour, a realist from the coal mines of WALES..he will ALWAYS be loved...
I'm not surprised to learn that audiences of the original show spent almost the entire run time with their attention focused on Burton, so that the blocking of the show had to revolve around him. Amazing voice, terrific actor and (after watching him interviewed by Parkinson) a very likeable human being.
Richard Burton was one of the finest actors who ever lived! He could bring Shakespeare. and poetry to life. His voice was mesmerizing! This performance brings tear to my eyes! 🥰👍
@thomasmclaron5844: Hmmm, not certain about that. There are actors equally talented who didn’t waste their talent on booze, Elizabeth Taylor and bad films that lived to their potential.
I wish I didn’t agree with you. But he threw his talent away. Taylor wasn’t good for him I guess. But there was a deeper classical side to him that we rarely saw. Hope he has another chance. Love you Burton but I could shake you.
I was fortunate to see Richard Burton and the original Broadway cast when they came to the McCormack Center in Chicago. It was the first professional production of a play I had ever seen and I was mesmerized by the performers, the sets, and the incredible music. I was hooked!
I'm not sure why Burton is not given more credit for his singing. It may have been partly because he himself was rather self deprecating about it. But the fact is, he's quite a fine, expressive singer. He's got a good range, excellent pitch and of course his diction is impeccable. His vocal prowess is even more evident in "how to handle a woman", which is quite rangy and more challenging to sing than one might think (which becomes apparent very quickly when trying to sing along with it).
He was a fabulous actor.....I'm proud to say I share a Welsh heritage with him.....he had the most melodious speaking voice & nobody does Camelot as Richard Burton......
Thanks for uploading. I saw Burton in Camelot at Lincoln Center many years ago and, as usual, he was wonderful. Even though it was a matinee performance, he gave it his all. I loved when the play ended and the audience sat applauding, he gave us a look like “What? No standing ovation?” We all stood and gave him his ovation.☺️ We could see the amusement on his face.😂.
If Richard Burton's voice is dubbed here, as many people say it is, it's the best piece of dubbing I've ever seen. What a magical presence this great actor had, none of the so called 'stars' of today have anything approaching the charisma of a Burton. Harris and O Toole..we'll never see guys like these again.
What a great actor with such commanding screen presence and now hearing how excellent his singing voice is together with his timing and impeccable enunciation...great stuff
Growing up I would listen to the original 1960 LP album almost daily. To this day I can remember all the words. Richard Burton was an original...what a voice!
Nobody could sing this like RICHARD BURTON.. RICHARD IS SIMPLY THE BEST EVER ON THIS SONG.. HE IS SENSATIONAL.. I THINK OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY WITH TEARS DOWN MY FACE AND THINKING WHAT WE LOST IN DALLAS.. WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG.. DON'T LET IT BE FORGOT THAT ONCE THERE WAS A SPOT FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT THAT WAS CAMELOT.. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE.. LIKE JOHN F KENNEDY AND JACKIE.. NEVER BE ANOTHER CAMELOT ..SAME THING..
Many of our favorite performers & artists were/are deeply flawed in their personal lives, like most mortals. I don’t know much about Richard Burton’s personal life other than he had a rough childhood, volatile romantic life and a drinking problem. Who cares? Most people have had one or more of the above. When I listen to him sing or watch him act, all I see is an extraordinarily gifted man who gave us so much joy. How can you not be swept away by his voice, delivery, compelling stage presence and the song itself? As for those who say he looks bored, in my view he looks upset, sad and angry and perhaps it’s because like many of us, he was thinking of the tragedy that befell the man who would forever be associated with this song 15 years earlier. Almost no one on the planet - certainly not in the USA during that era - was able to hear this song again without thinking of that tragedy. As if the movie “Camelot” itself weren’t melancholy enough due to the story line, the real life events that became associated with the film forever trigger sadness in those of us who lived through that horror. Burton was well aware of this, and to me it’s movingly expressed during his performance.
Just sooo good . I will always enjoy this xx I miss his humour his voice was charismatic. He could have recited the. Phone book and I would have listened. RIP sir xx
While it may not be your taste in music for a man who couldn't sing it is magnificently done. And as an interpretive presentation Burton is untouchable
Unlike many who have assayed this role over the years, Burton was the only Arthur who could actually carry a tune. You can see his pleasant musicality in a songs such as What do The Simple Folk do? He had a charming voice--and could dance a bit too.
Thank you this is so refreshing. I just loved Richard Burton. It’s hard to find music today. I always dreamed that Camelot was real. I guess it’s in your mind and heart. 💞
Burton was a very accomplished actor. Unfortunately, he was very self-destructive with his drinking. But no one ever brought King Arthur alive the way he did. He will always be missed.
I think he is super… u can hear every word… great delivery.. great voice … great actor … great song… he didn’t claim to be a singer… lord rest him on this Easter Sunday 2024.❤
This is just two years before Burton's final performances in CAMELOT at the New York State Theatre in Lincoln Center with Christine Ebersol and Richard Muenz. 1980. Burton's back problems made it hard for him to move but his marvelous voice was still intact.
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment, that was known as CAMELOT as sung by the one and only Richard Burton - I want to go to Heaven just to hear him speak for eternity. I am sure the Good Lord took him so HE could also listen to the majestic language that flowed from his being. He did sing in his Welsh choir!!!! He was one of a kind - an actor, a poet, an orator and there will never be another of his like. Rest in peace Richard - as they say in the "business" we are sure you have a principal role on the center stage in paradise.
No costume, no set, and he shows the audience a tragic, broken king just in his eyes. Memorable stuff.
That's what I used to see Tony Church do with King Lear too.
The greats don't need any props. They like them, but they don't need them.
Technically though Tony Church did have one prop. He used to pretend his coat was Cordelia.
@R Jackson. But when he sings this in the show isn't he still the young king wooing Guenevere (sp?). Well, the first part of this.
Plus his personal grief
You can literally read this man's life on his face. True, he drank a lot of his life away, but I'll just bet that he would not change one thing about his life even if he could. Watch him and Elizabeth Taylor in "The Taming Of The Shrew". Talk about a power couple----man they wrote the book! How can you take the Academy Awards too seriously when this magnificent talent never won an Oscar----even an honorary one. What a joke!
Imagine what it would be like to see the 1960 stage production with Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet and Richard Burton. What a dream.
I saw Goulet as King Arthur years later.
It would have been a dream come true.
Would have been outstanding, loved Richard Burton.
I'm glad CZcams has a few clips of it, at least.
A *very* few.
The movie was better
The most fascinating and mesmerizing actor ever. I would listen to him reading a phone book.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
He literally did that in one appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - that voice!!
A trite comment just like Richard Burton.
No wonder Elizabeth Taylor loved him.
Have you read his diary, it is most endearing ❤
45 years later we are still grateful this was captured on film. Can anyone beat this talent?
one of our own the bold harris❤
So much better than the awful movie.
I miss seeing him act. I miss his voice.
❤Saw Mr Burton in Camelot many years ago in Florida. What a talent!!❤😂
No. He was the best.
His alcoholism destroyed his life.
How he didn’t win an Oscar for “Virginia Wolf” angers me to this day.
Burton was a Brilliant Actor. He should have won an Oscar.
RIP
You're soooo right but he was a man like so many of us who was controlled at certain points by his demons. He left us too soon, he could have done so much more.
What a great talent Richard Burton was.
OMG. I cannot believe the nasty comments on here about Richard Burton. He was one of the most outstanding actors of his time. His voice is beautiful. I have always enjoyed his work and that of Richard Harris. HATERS go away.
Npt haters. ust people who have another opinion then you do. Every right, no?
@James Henderson yes. I never tought he was very good in movies either. Seemed to have been great on stage, according to those who saw him. Well, we will never know.....
A truly gifted actor and story teller with an immensely attractive baritone voice, Richard Burton was one of the great talents of his era - but he also had seriously self destructive vices that shortened his life & diminished his legacy.
@@lakemichigan6598 totally agree. And it's sad that because of his destructive side he took on roles that were far below his talent and he did just for the money.
@@normadesmond6017 Very true - but if you want to see RB at his acting best, see 1965's 'Beckett'. A great historical drama where his Thomas a Beckett and Peter O'Toole's Henry II play off each other brilliantly.
Richard Burton a very talented Welsh man. Sadly missed.
Live love peace
Never another Richard Burton or another Camelot they are both part of history now.
😢
No one has mentioned the PHRASING he brings to this and all the songs he sang. His Shakespearean training came into play here. No one since has done this song better. Brilliant.
I had the good fortune of seeing Richard Burton on stage ... THAT VOICE! Wow! Thank you, Mr. Burton, for all your wonderful performances.
Shivers. Such an actor, music in his eyes and in his every word. May he reside in the Camelot of our hearts forever.
How Richard Burton smiles at the very very end, gets me all the time. What a gorgeous performance
Me, too. He’s obviously pleased to receive that kind of reception.
Saw this performance in San Francisco. Just Richard with a red curtain. Most stirring performance l’ve seen in my 72 years.
Wow! What a great memory to have. To think I was 30 miles south of you in Palo Alto at that time. 🎭
They don’t make em like this anymore. What an Actor, Legend and Gentleman. Absolutely loved him ❤❤❤ R.I.P. 🙏🏾🤍🙏🏾
He is marvelous. I can understand why Elizabeth Taylor fell in love with him.
She wasn't worthy of him.
Me, too! Wonderful, man! 😀
Me too😍
They both drank too much together
@@beatrixhomler4922 Me too..and I'm a man!!!😍
What brilliance of Burton!!! Singing such a happy song yet with such a sad look on his face and that hint of melancholy in his voice .....
This is hardly a happy song! It is pure tragedy, because before we even sit down for the first act, we know how the story ends. Doubly so today, when the metaphor of Camelot becomes the United States, and we see that magnificent story coming to its eminent, ugly end.
davidh9844, you are so very right ! Not only our country but the world civilization..it is so so sad !
I too could listen him read anything. His somber interior may reflect his alcoholism
@@davidh9844Of course its a happy song.
@@susansampson2372No its called talent.
Pure genius. After hearing and watching this stirring song sung by Richard Burton, it is hard to hear it from anyone else. Burton owns it. No one like him then or since.
Richard Burton was beyond words in every sense
He is welsh …Of course he could sing…I AM 82 and I miss these wonderful actors…THOSE WERE THE DAYS ……
The Welsh men have SUCH really great singing voiced - and most are the most handsome too esp with their Northern Welsh dark hair and mesmerising deep brown eyes - and LOOKS!
That was an amazing performance . Rest In Peace Sir Richard Burton.👍👍👍
@thomasodetto4670: I don’t he was ever knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
I've lost track of how many times I have watched this video. It's the most perfect performance of this song. No one ever sang it better than Richard Burton.
There will never be another Richard Burton - he is much missed!
A truly incredible life and talent. LARGER THAN LIFE.
There will be six more Richards Burton.
He is in the class with Elvis, The Beatles, President Kennedy.
@@trukeesey8715as long as there’s 6 more Elizabeth Taylors!
@@trukeesey8715 What do you mean by that? There will be no more Richard Burtons.
I was moved to tears. He looks so sad. And world-weary.
What a talent was Richard Burton. Revealed right here, in stunning voice & silent expression. ❤
What a GREAT speaking and singing voice, he is truly missed.
Such a wonderful rendition of Camelot,thank you Richard Burton
Did anyone think how hard this could have been for him to sing. Considering this was President Kennedy’s favorite song, and he wanted to be remembered for the ending, for one brief moment…
Not only that Richard and Elizabeth had such tumultuous times; his own Camelot with Elizabeth Taylor was always in distress and this didn’t go unnoticed upon his heart. You can see emotion when he sings and there is a couple times in the beginning he looks positively pained in his heart.
He did a fantastic job and I still love this in 2023.
He looks as if deep thought and pain at the end as well.
His voice gives me the chills. What an amazing, talented, handsome actor.
I still cry when I hear Richard Burton sing this. He takes you from the happiness of Camelot in the early days of the Round Table to the sadness of the war against his dear friend. I really feel the sadness in his voice.
It reminds me of when my parents where happy
I'm a musician and I can tell you Richard Burton could carry a tune without ever going flat or sharp--in other words, he was always "right on the money", even in some notorious harmonic key changes! He had an excellent sense of pitch. Incredible voice, incredible everything! He'd have made an excellent James Bond back in 1960 when Sean Connery got the part.
I didn’t know he can sing!!!! This is first time I hear his singing voice !! I studied music ,my God!!!!!! What a voice indeed perfect pitch.... each note..... what a shame only decades after I discover oh,..........
He's too good for James Bond.
A professional musician once told me that I have perfect pitch. I asked,"What does that mean?" He replied."It means you could tune a piano without tuning forks!"
And he's just so much fun to watch. zzz zzz zzz He's no Richard Harris.
Indeed he would!!
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment, that was know as Camelot.
I love that line.
Auld Dubliner '62 Burton was wonderful..but Richard Harris..oh my❤
I agree,!!! Love to quote those words often when there are precious moments that tug at your heart and nothing else works...today has been one of those brilliantly happy days....because someone I love called and he is the most gorgeous man I have ever known!!! A rare Camelot day! God bless God xxx
I wasn't wild about the movie, but thought Richard Harris' performance was it's only saving grace.
I actually FORGOT! : l
I teared up reading your post. I had my one brief shining moment.
Perfect pitch, note for note, majestic presence.
...RICHARD DOESN't look bored...he just knows each word, for the last 20 yrs. !! His voice is velvet-Welsh...he lived hard, he loved hard...great sense of humour, a realist from the coal mines of WALES..he will ALWAYS be loved...
I'm not surprised to learn that audiences of the original show spent almost the entire run time with their attention focused on Burton, so that the blocking of the show had to revolve around him. Amazing voice, terrific actor and (after watching him interviewed by Parkinson) a very likeable human being.
He’s in character as King Arthur.
Pantomime...
He was 100% THE best performer as this role and his voice fit PERFECTLY!
Ohhh Lord Yessss!!!! I LOVED HIM SO!!!💖🎠⚔️🛡🏰👑👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💗
Richard Burton was one of the finest actors who ever lived! He could bring Shakespeare. and poetry to life. His voice was mesmerizing! This performance brings tear to my eyes! 🥰👍
Always reminds me of England and makes me cry.
Ditto for my son.
Totally get that. I'm English living in England but I know exactly what you mean!
I adore this man, sexy, gifted, this wonderful voice and stage presence, such a shame, he never got an Oscar!
La Verité He shared his Oscarable Becket with Oscarable Peter O’Toole.
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One of my favorite actors. He had a once in a lifetime voice and his skills as an actor were indisputable.
And the audience applauded without screams or whoop whoops or shouts. He had class and so did the audience.
Superbly gifted talent😊
The greatest actor that ever lived. God bless him
Adam Sandler is better
@thomasmclaron5844: Hmmm, not certain about that. There are actors equally talented who didn’t waste their talent on booze, Elizabeth Taylor and bad films that lived to their potential.
I wish I didn’t agree with you. But he threw his talent away. Taylor wasn’t good for him I guess. But there was a deeper classical side to him that we rarely saw. Hope he has another chance. Love you Burton but I could shake you.
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I was fortunate to see Richard Burton and the original Broadway cast when they came to the McCormack Center in Chicago. It was the first professional production of a play I had ever seen and I was mesmerized by the performers, the sets, and the incredible music. I was hooked!
There's no like Richard Burton. He just wonderful. ❤
My mother had the original vinyl back in the early 60s. I would listen to that all the time. Loved
Even standing still Richard Burton could out-act just about anyone who ever stepped out on a stage...maybe the greatest actor ever...
Magnificent actor! Masterfully performed! Bravo!
I'm not sure why Burton is not given more credit for his singing. It may have been partly because he himself was rather self deprecating about it. But the fact is, he's quite a fine, expressive singer. He's got a good range, excellent pitch and of course his diction is impeccable. His vocal prowess is even more evident in "how to handle a woman", which is quite rangy and more challenging to sing than one might think (which becomes apparent very quickly when trying to sing along with it).
My favorite play/movie. Love all the music!
These kind of actors has disappeared.Burton was a genius in every aspect.
+Bengt Krantz Alas! Let's praise CZcams for preserving this for us! CHEERS!
died too young, too.
Bengt Krantz people just don’t drink enough any more!!
"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
Hugh Jackman
In my most humble opinion, Richard Burton was, and forever will be King Arthur.
Richard Harris for me but I never saw Burton on stage and I've seen a couple different versions of Harris doing it.
YES, King Arthur:R.B.: miss U
@@Shadowman4710 Richard Harris for me too. loved that man
He's just more kingly than Richard Harris.
Bob LeBlanc And a better singer!
He was a fabulous actor.....I'm proud to say I share a Welsh heritage with him.....he had the most melodious speaking voice & nobody does Camelot as Richard Burton......
A Supreme undervalued actor ahead of his years .immense and effortless talent .A true screen legend .
Thanks for uploading. I saw Burton in Camelot at Lincoln Center many years ago and, as usual, he was wonderful. Even though it was a matinee performance, he gave it his all. I loved when the play ended and the audience sat applauding, he gave us a look like “What? No standing ovation?” We all stood and gave him his ovation.☺️ We could see the amusement on his face.😂.
Wonderful memory...thanks for sharing
What diction,truly mesmerising,and then finally the hint of a smile.
@@hilaryapril7043 🙂
@@ashy9547 🙂
Loved his voice and extraordinary acting skills! Of all his movies, I love Taming of the shrew the most!
The old Hollywood was so classy and grand!
He was British formed.
Yes! Class!
Old Hollywood was also notorious for abusing their actors and contract players.
Absolutely the stars back then had alot of class not so much today
@@frankpignataro3506 lol no they didn't, you just don't know much about old Hollywood
I have the LP for this beautiful play. Love it. That gorgeous voice. THis song reminds me of President John F. Kennedy.
Here I am again...could listen to this gorgeous gentleman all day long. ❤️
What a lovely Baritone voice, a true son of Wales!
I will miss him, though he was a troubled man.
Fabulous and irreplaceable giant of the art.
We love 💕 you Richard Burton
Beautiful, remember watching the movie as a child
Love Richard Burton sing Camelot and has the most distinctive singing voice and he does it with PERFECTION!!!!
He has "the presence", it cannot be taught. Love his rendition, sad and beautiful.
When your a genuis do you know your a genius ?
Because Burton certainly was one!
QUEL RICHARD BURTON CHE MI È SEMPRE STATO QUA!
What a beautiful and moving performance . There are just no more actors like Richard Burton. Rest In Peace.
If Richard Burton's voice is dubbed here, as many people say it is, it's the best piece of dubbing I've ever seen. What a magical presence this great actor had, none of the so called 'stars' of today have anything approaching the charisma of a Burton. Harris and O Toole..we'll never see guys like these again.
That's him singing. I was with him many times when he practiced it. That's his voice.
@@fjccommish No one is saying it isn't his voice, he is just lip syncing from the original album recording. It is definitely his voice!
@lisadc4681 why would he even do that, rather silly idea
¡ WHAT A VOICE !
I am in love with his voice since I heard his voice for the first time on the radio , in London , 1983.
Amazing! Thankful we had this great human on the planet for a while
I can't believe I've never seen this before. A clever song performed beautifully and so musically by Richard Burton. Thank you!
Richard Burton! What a king! This guy sings a song with his hands in his pocket as if he’s bored, but it comes out of his mouth beautiful !
I love, Richard Burton's, acting & singing! ❤
It was a great movie! RIP Richard..
Perfection ...what else can one say..RIP Mr Burton there were none like you..nor ever will be.....
What a great actor with such commanding screen presence and now hearing how excellent his singing voice is together with his timing and impeccable enunciation...great stuff
Growing up I would listen to the original 1960 LP album almost daily. To this day I can remember all the words. Richard Burton was an original...what a voice!
Nobody could sing this like RICHARD BURTON..
RICHARD IS SIMPLY THE BEST EVER ON THIS SONG..
HE IS SENSATIONAL..
I THINK OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY WITH TEARS DOWN MY FACE AND THINKING WHAT WE LOST IN DALLAS..
WHEN I HEAR THIS SONG..
DON'T LET IT BE FORGOT
THAT ONCE THERE WAS A SPOT
FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT THAT WAS CAMELOT..
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE..
LIKE JOHN F KENNEDY AND JACKIE..
NEVER BE ANOTHER CAMELOT ..SAME THING..
My first listened to this song in a Jackie Kennedy movie and it was amazing and I couldn't forget it 💔
Saw this exact performance in san francisco. Most moving and emotional performance ever
From his interviews, I don’t think he realized how handsome and talented he was.
We were fortunate to see Richard Burton performance in San Francisco...memorable
I did meet him in chicago he was beautiful his eyes were amazing ❤😊
Richard Burton is one of my heros !!!
Many of our favorite performers & artists were/are deeply flawed in their personal lives, like most mortals. I don’t know much about Richard Burton’s personal life other than he had a rough childhood, volatile romantic life and a drinking problem. Who cares? Most people have had one or more of the above. When I listen to him sing or watch him act, all I see is an extraordinarily gifted man who gave us so much joy. How can you not be swept away by his voice, delivery, compelling stage presence and the song itself?
As for those who say he looks bored, in my view he looks upset, sad and angry and perhaps it’s because like many of us, he was thinking of the tragedy that befell the man who would forever be associated with this song 15 years earlier. Almost no one on the planet - certainly not in the USA during that era - was able to hear this song again without thinking of that tragedy. As if the movie “Camelot” itself weren’t melancholy enough due to the story line, the real life events that became associated with the film forever trigger sadness in those of us who lived through that horror. Burton was well aware of this, and to me it’s movingly expressed during his performance.
“Don’t let it be forgot. That once there was a spot for one brief shining moment... that was known has Camelot.”
🥀Rest In Peace 1917-1963🥀
1925 to 1984
@@kathyjackson1152 she's on about jfk, not burton 🤦🏾♂️
@@kathyjackson1152 The Kennedy administration was also known as "Camelot". JFK born 1917 and tragically killed in 1963.
Just sooo good . I will always enjoy this xx I miss his humour his voice was charismatic. He could have recited the. Phone book and I would have listened. RIP sir xx
While it may not be your taste in music for a man who couldn't sing it is magnificently done. And as an interpretive presentation Burton is untouchable
This was President John F. kENNEDY s favorite song, from the Broadway musical. A great song.
albertdiner Right On ‘
Wow, I didn’t know that, thank you
Thank you Jackie❤️
Wonderful Camelot with Richard Burton!!!
Simply Outstanding!!
Unlike many who have assayed this role over the years, Burton was the only Arthur who could actually carry a tune. You can see his pleasant musicality in a songs such as What do The Simple Folk do? He had a charming voice--and could dance a bit too.
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Love Richard Burton. Such a wonderful actor.
Thank you this is so refreshing. I just loved Richard Burton. It’s hard to find music today. I always dreamed that Camelot was real. I guess it’s in your mind and heart. 💞
Thank you Richard....you will never be forgotten.
Burton was a very accomplished actor. Unfortunately, he was very self-destructive with his drinking. But no one ever brought King Arthur alive the way he did. He will always be missed.
My very first Broadway play was..Camelot ! Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet and Richard Burton ! Absolutely magical !
I think he is super… u can hear every word… great delivery.. great voice … great actor … great song… he didn’t claim to be a singer… lord rest him on this Easter Sunday 2024.❤
Probably my favourite actor. One of the most beautiful English speaking voices of all time and a good singing voice too. Miss him.
Even more impressive when you consider it’s his second language
This is just two years before Burton's final performances in CAMELOT at the New York State Theatre in Lincoln Center with Christine Ebersol and Richard Muenz. 1980. Burton's back problems made it hard for him to move but his marvelous voice was still intact.
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment, that was known as CAMELOT as sung by the one and only Richard Burton - I want to go to Heaven just to hear him speak for eternity. I am sure the Good Lord took him so HE could also listen to the majestic language that flowed from his being. He did sing in his Welsh choir!!!! He was one of a kind - an actor, a poet, an orator and there will never be another of his like. Rest in peace Richard - as they say in the "business" we are sure you have a principal role on the center stage in paradise.
We lost a treasure that we didn't know we had. So few denigrated him, misjudged him...he was such a great actor and singer😢
@SusieAnd...so many
His hands in his pockets says it all
Burton was a broken man. The relationship with ET. drained him.
Rest his stupendous soul.