Tyrolean Bells perform on It’s Magic
1974
Tyrolean Bells perform on It’s Magic
1974
- NFSA IDTHJ9HHZV
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresVariety show, Comedy, Popular music
- Year1974
Introducing the Tyroleans, performing music from the Austrian Alps on a 1974 episode of the Australian variety show It’s Magic. They pull singer Colleen Hewett up for a rendition of ‘Edelweiss’, a song from The Sound of Music – played entirely on cow bells.
Hewett, twice crowned TV Week’s Queen of Pop, doesn’t get to sing a note, but makes up for it with a virtuoso performance on Littlest Bell.
It’s Magic tailored the whole of its set to the theme of its numbers. Even though the Tyroleans were a specialty act, they got a cosy hearth, spruce trees and an applauding audience dressed in aprés-ski turtlenecks and scarves. This attention to detail transported the viewers at home through different destinations and moods with each number, making for a true variety show.
Introducing the Tyroleans, performing music from the Austrian Alps on a 1974 episode of the Australian variety show It’s Magic. They pull singer Colleen Hewett up for a rendition of ‘Edelweiss’, a song from The Sound of Music – played entirely on cow bells.
Hewett, twice crowned TV Week’s Queen of Pop, doesn’t get to sing a note, but makes up for it with a virtuoso performance on Littlest Bell.
It’s Magic tailored the whole of its set to the theme of its numbers. Even though the Tyroleans were a specialty act, they got a cosy hearth, spruce trees and an applauding audience dressed in aprés-ski turtlenecks and scarves. This attention to detail transported the viewers at home through different destinations and moods with each number, making for a true variety show.
- NFSA IDTHJ9HHZV
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresVariety show, Comedy, Popular music
- Year1974
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