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Today’s Holiday Tune is “We Need A Little Christmas” by Lucille Ball from the movie “Mame”
Okay, we all know that Angela Lansbury should have starred in the 1974 movie version of the musical Mame for which she won a Tony Award on Broadway.
But the role went to our beloved Lucille Ball who by then was in her early 60s and never had much of a singing voice (although it was not as bad as Lucy Ricardo’s!).
Lucy gave it her best shot and had her moments in the film – especially in her scenes with Bea Arthur who reprised her role of Vera Charles from the Broadway show.
So here is Miss Ball singing one of the movie’s more touching musical numbers: We Need a Little Christmas.
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ellipse kirk says:
I remember this, rather a sad movie to end a fantastic comedienne’s career.
Steve B says:
Nothing but admiration for this clip, movie, star and composer. Lucy can do no wrong in my humble opinion though her voice was gravelly from decades of heavy smoking. This iconic star singing an iconic song from a wonderful musical is worth your time. Plus Jerry Herman’s was a legendary music is phenomenal. Love all of Jerry’s musicals but Mame was IMHO his best. #iloveucy #ilovemame