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"Give Him the Ooh-La-La" is a 1939 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical DuBarry Was a Lady, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman. The song was performed by Carol Burnett in one of her earliest TV appearances in 1956, as part of the Omnibus program The American Musical Comedy .
Released as a single in November 1972, the song went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart in 1973 when Lawrence was a regular performer on the ensemble variety comedy television show The Carol Burnett Show. On March 24, 1973, the final episode of the sixth season, Burnett surprised Lawrence by presenting her with an RIAA gold record for more than a ...
On The Carol Burnett Show (Season 10, Episode 15, aired January 15, 1977), audience member Terry McCann sang the song with Carol Burnett during the show's questions and answers segment. [10] Kira (Olivia Newton-John) sings the song in the 1980 film Xanadu, as a vocal on a record presented as a Glenn Miller band performance.
Artists who have recorded the song include Duke Ellington, Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Lily Lanken & Rufus Wainwright, Glenn Miller, Wayne King, Frank Sinatra, Chet Atkins, and Lenny Breau. Carol Burnett sang the song as a spoof while wearing a fatsuit for the opening number of the March 29, 1975 episode of her eponymous variety show.
He worked with Burnett on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers and her long-running eponymous series, The Carol Burnett Show, as executive producer and composer of its theme song. [2] After Burnett's show concluded, he was executive producer of the 1982 Eunice TV movie.
At the request of director Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim wrote special lyrics for MacLaine to sing in the film. The character Lillian Bennett, played by Carol Burnett, sang the song in Touched by an Angel season 4, episode 10: "The Comeback". Burnett also sang the song in character as Carlotta in Follies in Concert (1985).
Carol Burnett recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a star-studded NBC special that aired on April 27. And on her actual birthday (April 26), she joined Kelly Clarkson on TV to talk all about it.
Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and guest Valerie Harper performed the song on Burnett's eponymous TV series in 1973; [6] Burnett reprised the song to critical acclaim in the 1999 Broadway production of Putting It Together. [7] [8] [9] [10]