Florence Henderson

[+ sync]

While watching a recent rerun of an Ed Sullivan Show, I was pleasantly stunned by the vocal strength, range, and tonal beauty in Florance Henderson's rendering of The Sound of Music.  

 

[+ purplekow]

She did a credible job with the songs but the little choreography that she did could definitely have been left on the cutting room floor. 

 

[BSR]

I think it's great when you discover that someone has a "hidden" talent.  Like most, I only knew Florence Henderson as Mrs. Brady, the mom on the world's cheesiest TV show (its popularity baffles me, even though I remember watching reruns as a kid).  Never in a million years would I have guessed she could sing like that.

[samhexum]

9 hours ago, sync said:

While watching a recent rerun of an Ed Sullivan Show, I was pleasantly stunned by the vocal strength, range, and tonal beauty in Florance Henderson's rendering of The Sound of Music.

 

3 hours ago, purplekow said:

She did a credible job with the songs but the little choreography that she did could definitely have been left on the cutting room floor.

 

2 hours ago, BSR said:

I think it's great when you discover that someone has a "hidden" talent.  Like most, I only knew Florence Henderson as Mrs. Brady, the mom on the world's cheesiest TV show (its popularity baffles me, even though I remember watching reruns as a kid).  Never in a million years would I have guessed she could sing like that.

Jeez...  do you all have the memory of Dory in Finding Nemo?  Mrs. Brady showed us years ago the vocal strength, range, and tonal beauty in her voice.

 

Edited November 5, 2021 by samhexum
Just for the hell of it.

[+ WilliamM]

Florence Henderson was Nellie Forbush in the first Broadway revival of "South Pacific"  A favorite of Richard Rodgers

[+ sync]

3 hours ago, samhexum said:

 

 

Jeez...  do you all have the memory of Dory in Finding Nemo?  Mrs. Brady showed us years ago the vocal strength, range, and tonal beauty in her voice.

 

Nope, I missed the Nemo thing.  Even as a child my cartoon repertoire was sparse compared to others. 

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I remember her singing on an episode of Brady Bunch.  

The Brady Bunch - O Come All Ye Faithful - YouTube

[+ WilliamM]

Well I  don't think anyone would  confuse her with Julie Andrews or May Martin

[+ sync]

8 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Well I  don't think anyone would  confuse her with Julie Andrews or May Martin

Who is singer May Martin?  (Just yanking your chain!) 😆

[+ WilliamM]

2 hours ago, sync said:

Who is singer May Martin?  (Just yanking your chain!) 😆

Wow  Should be Mary Martin. Thanks;

[Marc in Calif]

On 11/4/2021 at 6:57 PM, WilliamM said:

Florence Henderson was Nellie Forbush in the first Broadway revival of "South Pacific"  A favorite of Richard Rodgers

Much later, Ms. Henderson opened "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" like this. Would Rodgers have approved? 😆

 

[jeezifonly]

She’s long been known as a versatile musical performer. She had a solid legit top register, and decent chest belt, and was charming on stage. 1970’s saw her summer stock Annie Oakley opposite The Frank Butler of Bonnie Raitt’s dad. IYKYK. Here’s a good example of her best

https://bit.ly/3t7D6Lg

 

[Marc in Calif]

11 hours ago, jeezifonly said:

Here’s a good example of her best

https://bit.ly/3t7D6Lg

 

In my humble opinion, neither Julie Andrews nor Mary Martin could give a song this kind of emotional heft. 

[+ WilliamM]

4 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

In my humble opinion, neither Julie Andrews nor Mary Martin could give a song this kind of emotional heft. 

Well Mary Martin and her husband  owned the rights to the Maria von Trapp story. And Martin had a close professional relationship with Rodgers and Hammerstein

Edited November 7, 2022 by WilliamM

[Marc in Calif]

3 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Well Mary Martin and her husband  owned the rights to the Maria von Trapp story. And Martin had a close professional relationship with Rodgers and Hammerstein

True. But the fact remains that Mary Martin had a very light musical comedy voice. 

[+ WilliamM]

Her duet with Captain Hook in "Peter Pan"

[+ WilliamM]

I met Martin once.  We talked about her record  collection and my CD collection.

Her manager  husband was in charge of getting what she