Jerry Lewis - Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (1956) video free download

hirskdubbi

he's still saying crater

John Coughlin

very impressed and not surprised at all, i think that was the style back then.. he is a professional in every way.. 

Casparus Kruger

Now let's be honest with ourselves here for a moment-- how many other singers in 1956 could sing circles around this guy?

Lonnie Clemens

Impressive! He has a very powerful voice. I have never heard Jerry Lewis sing before. 

VinylToVideo

If he tried to sound less whiny he'd be a decent singer.

Ellis Walker

How many times has he sung the song on the telethon

antjeuge

OF COURSE A WONDERFUL IMITACION OF AL JONSON ..MARVELOUS SONG 

Mary Cage

His Al Jolson imitation. He loved Al Jolson.

MusicProf78

MOMENTS TO REMEMBER for MARCH 16th: Jerry Lewis turns 88 today. Perhaps his most widely-distributed and best-known ‘recording’ has been the infamous expletive-laden outtake session that he and Dean Martin (unknowingly) preserved for the ages on audio tape while cutting radio spots for their new 1953 film “The Caddy.” That recording is easily found on YouTube, as is the following ‘serious’ 1956 Lewis performance of the old Al Jolson song...Jerry’s one successful top-10 pop record hit. As the story goes, after his current label (Capitol) told him that his desire to branch out into mainstream popular music in addition to his usual novelty tunes was a bad idea, he tried to convince them by paying for his own session and recording this ‘demo’ for their approval. Though Capitol still refused to release it, they gave him permission to shop it around to other companies. Decca liked it, released it, and an important new chapter in the Jerry Lewis career was opened up. Jerry Lewis - Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (1956)

Jericho Taetz

This is still very nasal

Mani Byley

I heard this for the first time and was amazed. I said what? Jerry Lewis can actually sing a song practically straight? 

Diane Goldman

I still have this 45 in my record collection!

Paulinerom1

Love it!

nannalynnightowl1

But I guess it doesn't matter if other singers do it...and I haven't heard one that made me shudder, have you? And see over there in the listings - didn't know that Dean Martin recorded it, too! (Just about to have a listen....I'm quite curious, actually, because I would never have envisioned this as being a song he would decide to do....!!?

Dennis Scalzitti

It's hard to comprehend how prolific this man has been in his lifetime. I just saw him perform earlier this evening (at the Bergen PAC here in New Jersey), and I'm amazed that an 87-year old man can get up on stage for 2 hours and engage an audience like he does. The man is truly a living legend.

YellowstoneBound1948

This was recorded for one reason and one reason only: To show Dean Martin that he could. And, boy, could he ever!

Robin Olsen

Don't Ever Do That Again Dept.

sauquoit13456

On this day in 1965 {January 27th} Aretha Franklin performed "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'... Four years earlier on October 9th, 1961 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #37 and spent 9 weeks on the top 100... Nine years earlier in 1956 Jerry Lewis covered it; his version reached #10 on the Top 100... The song was featured in Al Jolson's 1928 movie "The Singing Fool"... R.I.P. Jimmy O'Neill {Shindig's host, 1940-2013}

simonmoves

jerrys favourite all time song--it was in his key--great singer--i suppose he admired al jolson--he knew the band and lyrics so well--wouldve like to know how many takes--

CatsPjamas1

Appears that you are correct, the Internet Movie Database also states #10, rather than #12, so I corrected the description.

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