Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell (1971)
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- "The Last Farewell" is a song from 1971 by the British folk singer Roger Whittaker. Whittaker hosted a radio programme in The United Kingdom in 1971, backed by a full orchestra with arrangements by Zack Lawrence. Whittaker is quoted as saying that "one of the ideas I had was to invite listeners to send their poems or lyrics to me and I would make songs out of them. We got a million replies, and I did one each week for 26 weeks."
Ron A. Webster, a silversmith from Birmingham, England, sent Whittaker his poem entitled "The Last Farewell", and this became one of the selections to appear on the radio programme. It was subsequently recorded and featured on Whittaker's 1971 album New World in the Morning (A Special Kind of Man in the US and Canada). Although the song failed to reach the music charts then, it is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide.
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American Technicolor epic historical drama film starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.
Brando married the actress (Tarita Teriipaia), who played Maimiti in the film, in 1962.
Mutiny on the Bounty was filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 with a 2.76:1 aspect ratio.
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i have always loved his music .i am now 75 .
Another voice of my childhood has left.
Rest in peace, Mr. Whittaker. Your songs always brought me joy.
VERY WELL PUT!
A fitting tribute to Roger Whitaker, may he rest in peace.
Timeless song never gets old
I've come back here having heard the news that we lost the great Roger Whittaker today
When I was young, a friends father would play Roger Whittaker records on a very expensive sound system. I was knocked out by the quality of this mans voice, and it's stayed with me for 40 years. I saw Mutiny on the Bounty in my 20's and marvelled at Brando's ease (and apparent fun) in playing an English naval officer in the age of sail. At work 15yrs down the line, I became friends with someone who'd been on the island at the time of filming - she'd only been a girl - but she said Brando's charm was just indescribable.... Thankyou for whoever put this together.
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A last farewell to you, Roger! We have loved you dearly.
I spent 25 yrs in the US Navy, ('57-'82) and this song has always tugged at my feelings and brings tears to my eyes and heart. R.I.P. Roger
God bless you ! you must be almost 90
actually I'm 83 y/o I joined the USN at 17
thank you and , many blessing@@pejaybe
@@pejaybe, thank you! We hold you in high esteem. God bless you and wish you a life full of joy and happiness.
@@shirleyperry3170 Thank you for the kind words. Here's an instrumental version; that i requested: czcams.com/video/0DIaBXqZEds/video.htmlsi=DibMF7v6eBQiosPr
Rest in peace dad. You passed 6 years a go. Still miss you. XXXXXX
Rest in Peace Roger Whittaker
R.I.P. Roger - Thanks for the music.
Rest in peace, the song WAS beautiful.
Roger has passed away I’ve just heard 😢😢
Never saying farewell to this nice song. I ll be enjoying it forever. Really beautiful.
RIP Roger Whittaker, love your music dearly, especially this song!
Makes me sadder than sad....oh so terribly so
One of my favourite songs ever GOD bless you Roger
I immigrated to Thailand 6 years ago, I have used the lines, Far away from your land of endless sunshine, To my land full of rainy skies and gales, numerous times to explain to friends and family in the UK why I will never return to England.
Unlike the character in this song, I would never leave my wife and this wonderful country to return to a country I no longer view as my home.
England has fallen 😢
R.I.P Mr. Roger Whittaker
R.I.P. Roger Whittaker
Gosh, I'd never heard this song b4. What a rich barritone😮 thanku Bats for introducing me to this song
Rest In Peace, you magnificent troubadour. Yours was a unique talent indeed.
RIP ROGER.
R I P Roger, wow a voice in a billion, Thankyou for the music 18/09/2023
Super, besser geht es nicht.. danke!
I'm 71 and just recently have. I've. Been reminded about your songs they were talking about. How it came to be the last farewell something? I feel in love with as a girl your voice and those words. They still mean so much I love you forever.
Finally the original recording from 1975
Yes I find the later version over orchestrated
Love this version
🌠🏝🏝⛵️⚓️🌹A lovely video to showcase this iconic song, "The Last Farewell "....by a beloved man...Fair Winds and Following Seas, Mr. Whittaker!
You will be missed!❤️🌹🦋
I LOVE this song ....and Mr. Roger Whittaker
Me too. It's so beautiful.
This song makes me homesick for England ❤🏴🏴🏴😢
what a great song
what a great singer
what a great voice
YESSSSSSS$SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!, YES SIR!!!!!!!!!, WHAT A VERY SERIOUSLY GREAT SENSATIONAL WONDERFULL AWESOME RIGHTEOUS CLASSICAL COMPLETELY FANTASTIC MAGNIFICENT TREMENDOUS AMAZING TALENTED QUALITY CALIBER SINGING VOICE AND ALSO PERFORMANCE BACK IN 1975!!!!!!!!!!ONE GRAND UNIVERSALLY CLASSIC VINTAGE TRADITIONAL EXCELLENT SUPER DUPER ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY MIGHTLY SUPERB "BRITISH EXPORT" : MR. ROGER WHITTAKER 🇬🇧🏴🔔📜⛵🌐
The Last Farrell, leb wohl,mein Lieber RogerRIP❤
Farewell, Rest In Peace. Thank you /for your beautiful/ voice in the songs you leave in this world💒
Rest in peace Roger Whittaker.
R.I.P. Roger.
R.I.P. and condolences to Roger's family
One of the very best.
I like this video....!
The greatest smile,sound voice,and best contemporary hits of the 70-ies🌹🙏enjoyed your music immensely as a child,and your whistling always astounded us kids🙏thank you,and may there never be another "The last farewell"👍🙏🌹❤️
There is something haunting about this song. Haunting, yes, but in a good way. Ahhhhhh, Regency Era England! Beautiful editing job! Masterful.
I'm so grateful you put this song with this movie as I had heard of the movie but had never watched it until recently. Well done!
For you are beautiful...!
Love this song and movie. I remember this song playing on the radio in the 70's and it really paints the lyrical picture well. This song also resonates on a personal level as it depicts a story very much like ones handed-down through my family background. the only difference... the English sailor came back & married my Grandma, settling down on the family Island in the end 👌. Though the song has been covered by other artists, I think Roger Whittaker's voice/version is by far the best. Thanks for posting this video and song 😇👏
Thanks for sharing that Ellen. Music will always have that magic within itself to not only provide memories we each have, but bring ppl together with an unseen connection that starts from within each of our own hearts. I just wanted to say that, and wish you all the positive vibes and a blessed life as well.
RIP
Beauty, innocence and love so gorgeously interwoven and from a time when love was from the heart and the human voice could stir the heart.
This setting and this song with Roger Whittaker's peerless voice tops anything else I've seen on You Tube.
Thank you Music Video Vault.
How truly beautiful- both the song and the movie!
The girl wasn't bad either
Rip roger
Ahhh I just saw this. Love his music. Farewell Roger
Gorgeous orchestration and Roger Whittaker has a great voice with perfect inflection and such a smooth delivery. Always one of my all-time favorites. David
Just a wonderful song by a very talented and gifted singer.
Rest in peace
Superb song .....
A magnificent gem from an incredibly fabulous year! Roger’s only charted U.S. hit. There are countless remakes of this song floating around the Web but the best of them all is this one - the elusive, original 45 version that played on the radio. THANK YOU for it. Released on March 22, 1975 reaching #19 on June 21. It i not from 1971!
Should have reached #1 beautiful song
A top tune & a top ten hit . My dad died 3 years ago he had his album & that song was on it . He had a CD with that song too. We give that album to a charity shop I wish a would have kept it.
Super !
I agree. The music and the movie and the man come together as one
A God given voice. Always loved his music. RiP
One of my favorites...thank you for the beautiful and magical song...farewell
I love Roger Whittaker's music. The original recordings are my favorite. thank you for posting this video
When I was watching the biographical "Listen to Me, Marlon Brando" and it was showing his love of Tahiti ( and other Islands ) I swear I was thinking of THIS SONG! I am so glad someone made a video of it. Brilliant. I loved that song even as a youngster and I still do.
I remember Roger Whiticker back in the 70's on TOTP's . Originally from South Africa , his parents died there . He came to England & had a few hits & what a lovely voice he had . I recently googled his name & found he's now living in France at the young Ge of 92 , thank you Roger for your great songs & lovely voice .
Exactly!! This is the version I remember as a child in the 70's. There are as you mentioned, countless versions floating around and I don't want to hear them.
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Yes he had a very special voice & he was a great whistler of tunes . Love his music , think he'd be about 84 now .
@@165liam He's 86 now.
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Movie , Mutney on the Bounty , the beautiful polalasion women & the two main Characters Fletcher Marlanon Brando & Captail Bligh Trevor Howard .
HIs father was murdered in Kenya in 1989 by a gang of four men. His mother was tortured and raped almost to death, somehow survived, returned to England, and almost certainly never returned to Kenya. See Wikipedia.
Beautiful ❤❤
Wunderschön.
this is really a very great song from him!
He was very famous in Germany, but these songs from that time have been terrible.
Here he is showing what he really could do.Great song with a great voice!
very impressing, brings back wonderful memories!! love it!
Makes me. ..sadder than sad
A unique voice one of the greats of music hard to beat loved your songs rest in peace roger thanks for the memories and you will always live on through through your great songs the last farewell and i dont believe in if anymore roger was as good as anyone ive ever listened to and better than many will never forget this great of music
One of the genius songs that i listen to every evening to calm my mind before bed. LOVE IT
I love this song! The first time I heard it I thought of Bounty crew having to say farewell to their Tahitian loves.
You're right
I'd rather stay in tahini then come back to the UK.
A wonderful feel-good song especially from Roger.
Beautiful Masterpiece absolutely gorgeous music thank you Roger for beautiful music very few can give me goosebumps WOW buuutee 🌕🌕🌕🌕
What a truly beautiful video ❤
i have always been in love with his sweet soft voice
I've ALWAYS LOVE this song!! The musicians are EXCELLENT!! An orchestra must have provided the back up music for him.
Just Awesome ❤ 👊
Beautiful. Great lyrics and what a voice. Good video.
Great movie and Song.
What’s the actual name of the movie would you know?
@@nwkcanada - The movie is "Mutiny on the Bounty", made in 1962.
The excerpts in this video are edited to reflect the song, but the song itself does not feature in the movie.
Check out the full description at the top of this Comments section ("Show more")
❤😊 I love this ❤
❤ my very spezial Thank for Your beeing in this life ❤
Love this song.
Love this song also❤️
Tarita Teriipaia, who played Brando's love interest in Mutiny on the Bounty, became his third wife on August 10, 1962. She was twenty years old, 18 years younger than Brando, who was reportedly delighted by her naïveté. Because Teriipaia was a native French speaker, Brando became fluent in the language and gave numerous interviews in French. Brando and Teriipaia had two children together: Simon Teihotu Brando (born 1963) and Tarita Cheyenne Brando (1970-1995). Brando also adopted Teriipaia's daughter, Maimiti Brando (born 1977) and niece, Raiatua Brando (born 1982). Brando and Teriipaia divorced in 1972. Both never married again.
Cherished classic...Thank you Sir...
What a lovely song!
tak for al den skønne musik.
OMG I simply love this video !!!!
Roger Whittaker was an amazing and wonderful live performer. Great sounding voice. Great songs.
He still is
@@VideoFunForAll No, not anymore...
@@samgruber119 True
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Absolutely GORGEOUS song.....thanks for posting this (the original radio version).
Wonderfull!🥰
The music value....melody.... composition...lyrics....more than his voice !
Great song and great singer
I heard of this song but I didn't see this movie version of the Bounty. I thought this was 1980's as the quality seems to be 80's or even 90's. So this is actually a 1962 movie and that actor is Marlon Brando? Unbelievable.
My favourite in any version.
I have admired this wonderful voice since the late 60's. ho rich are his vocal tones.
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One of the best/What a voice.
Really well put together
I reckon that they should bring that kind of show format back to radio. Send in poems to be transformed into songs
AMEN. AMEN. AMEN
⚜ TH🦋NK YOU FOR THE M🎧SIC ⚜🕊
A true classic 👍