George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896–March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century.
When Burns was 79, he had a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to work until shortly before his death, in 1996, at the age of 100, of cardiac arrest in his home.
Early life
George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 in New York City, the ninth of 12 children born to Louis "Lippe" and Dorah (née Bluth) Birnbaum, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Romania. Burns was a member of the First Roumanian-American congregation.
His father was a substitute cantor at the local synagogue but usually worked as a coat presser. During the influenza epidemic of 1903, Lippe Birnbaum contracted the flu and died at the age of 47. Nattie (as George was then called) went to work to help support the family, shining shoes, running errands and selling newspapers.
Jack Watson (George Burns) is a millionaire playboy and businessman who is about to turn 81 years old just as his grandson David (Charlie Schlatter) is about to turn 18, but Jack laments his old age and wishes to get back to his teens once more. When an accident switches their souls, Jack gets to live his grandson's life and all that it entails: school, sports and romance. Unfortunately, David gets the "short end of the deal," as not only is he trapped in his grandfather's 81-year-old body, but he is also in a coma. The only one who knows the truth is his longtime friend Charlie (Red Buttons), whom Jack was able to convince by recounting experiences only they knew.
George Francis Burns III (born July 29, 1949) is an Americanprofessional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the amateur and professional levels.
Burns won four PGA Tour events during that phase of his career. His first win came with Ben Crenshaw at the 1979 Walt Disney World National Team Championship in Orlando. The biggest win of his career came a year later at the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. Burns had more than 70 top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour. His best finish in a major was at the 1981 U.S. Open where Burns held a three-shot lead going into the final round before finishing T2. Burns also had a T-5 at the 1977 British Open.
After reaching the age of 50 in 1999, Burns began play on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour). His best finish at that level is a T-9 at the 2000 Brickyard Classic. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. He has two daughters, Kelly and Eileen.
(p) 1980 mercury records. taken from the album "i wish i was eighteen again".
published: 30 Aug 2017
George Burns & John Denver live on TV - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (1981)
This video features John Denver & George Burns singing "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in a 1981 TV show called "Two of a Kind". Thanks to Michael Donegan for the information.
Enjoy!
published: 21 Feb 2010
1980 George Burns - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
Originally recorded in 1979 by Jerry Lee Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHzwKZdQuk ), this song resulted in 84 year-old showbiz legend Burns achieving his first-ever appearance on the Billboard pop and country charts.
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 49, Cash Box 56, Record World 61 - C&W Peak: 15 - A/C Peak: 25
Transferred from stereo 45 single Mercury 57011 - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (Sonny Throckmorton) by George Burns, arranged by Bill Justis, produced by Jerry Kennedy
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published: 21 Feb 2024
Ray Price "I Wish I Was 18 Again"
"I Wish I Was 18 Again" from "Beauty Is..." The Final Sessions
Visit http://beautyisrayprice.com for more information
published: 15 Jan 2015
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again LP - George Burns (1980) [Full Album]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Tracks Include:
A1 The Arizona Whiz
A2 Old Bones
A3 The Baby Song
A4 The Only Way To Go
A5 Forgive Her A Little (And Love Her A Lot)
B1 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
B2 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
B3 A Real Good Cigar
B4 One Of The Mysteries Of Life
B5 Nickels And Dimes
published: 05 Aug 2022
GEORGE BURNS I WISH I WAS 18 AGAIN
APRIL 8, 1988 - SONNY THROCKMORTON, writer/composer
published: 26 Jun 2020
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
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I Wish I Was Eighteen Again · George Burns
Hollywood Legend
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-06-01
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published: 19 Jan 2015
Jim Ed Brown "I Wish I Was 18 Again"
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published: 12 Jan 2021
JD with George Burns - "wish I was 18 again"
This is a wonderful session John Denver and George Burns.
Stick around for the chat at the end.
Excerpt from John Denver Two of a Kind (1981)
Credit to John Denver Legend YouTube Channel.
This video features John Denver & George Burns singing "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in a 1981 TV show called "Two of a Kind". Thanks to Michael Donegan for the...
This video features John Denver & George Burns singing "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in a 1981 TV show called "Two of a Kind". Thanks to Michael Donegan for the information.
Enjoy!
This video features John Denver & George Burns singing "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in a 1981 TV show called "Two of a Kind". Thanks to Michael Donegan for the information.
Enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1979 by Jerry Lee Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHzwKZdQuk ), this song resulted in 84 year-old showbiz legend Burns achieving...
Originally recorded in 1979 by Jerry Lee Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHzwKZdQuk ), this song resulted in 84 year-old showbiz legend Burns achieving his first-ever appearance on the Billboard pop and country charts.
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 49, Cash Box 56, Record World 61 - C&W Peak: 15 - A/C Peak: 25
Transferred from stereo 45 single Mercury 57011 - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (Sonny Throckmorton) by George Burns, arranged by Bill Justis, produced by Jerry Kennedy
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1979. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdfpBp6qA6WwTpFF0utT9A ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
* The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf
Originally recorded in 1979 by Jerry Lee Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHzwKZdQuk ), this song resulted in 84 year-old showbiz legend Burns achieving his first-ever appearance on the Billboard pop and country charts.
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 49, Cash Box 56, Record World 61 - C&W Peak: 15 - A/C Peak: 25
Transferred from stereo 45 single Mercury 57011 - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (Sonny Throckmorton) by George Burns, arranged by Bill Justis, produced by Jerry Kennedy
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1979. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdfpBp6qA6WwTpFF0utT9A ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
* The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Tracks Include:
A1 The Arizona Whiz
A2 Old Bones
A3 The Baby Song
A4 The Only Way To Go
A5 Forgive Her A Little...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Tracks Include:
A1 The Arizona Whiz
A2 Old Bones
A3 The Baby Song
A4 The Only Way To Go
A5 Forgive Her A Little (And Love Her A Lot)
B1 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
B2 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
B3 A Real Good Cigar
B4 One Of The Mysteries Of Life
B5 Nickels And Dimes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Tracks Include:
A1 The Arizona Whiz
A2 Old Bones
A3 The Baby Song
A4 The Only Way To Go
A5 Forgive Her A Little (And Love Her A Lot)
B1 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
B2 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
B3 A Real Good Cigar
B4 One Of The Mysteries Of Life
B5 Nickels And Dimes
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again · George Burns
Hollywood Legend
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-06-01
...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again · George Burns
Hollywood Legend
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-06-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again · George Burns
Hollywood Legend
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-06-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Watch FULL episodes featuring your favorite artists from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion and more! On any device! Just click here:
https://cou...
Watch FULL episodes featuring your favorite artists from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion and more! On any device! Just click here:
https://countryroadtv.us/community
Watch FULL episodes featuring your favorite artists from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion and more! On any device! Just click here:
https://countryroadtv.us/community
This is a wonderful session John Denver and George Burns.
Stick around for the chat at the end.
Excerpt from John Denver Two of a Kind (1981)
Credit to John Den...
This is a wonderful session John Denver and George Burns.
Stick around for the chat at the end.
Excerpt from John Denver Two of a Kind (1981)
Credit to John Denver Legend YouTube Channel.
This is a wonderful session John Denver and George Burns.
Stick around for the chat at the end.
Excerpt from John Denver Two of a Kind (1981)
Credit to John Denver Legend YouTube Channel.
This video features John Denver & George Burns singing "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in a 1981 TV show called "Two of a Kind". Thanks to Michael Donegan for the information.
Enjoy!
Originally recorded in 1979 by Jerry Lee Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHzwKZdQuk ), this song resulted in 84 year-old showbiz legend Burns achieving his first-ever appearance on the Billboard pop and country charts.
Pop Chart Peaks: Billboard 49, Cash Box 56, Record World 61 - C&W Peak: 15 - A/C Peak: 25
Transferred from stereo 45 single Mercury 57011 - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (Sonny Throckmorton) by George Burns, arranged by Bill Justis, produced by Jerry Kennedy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1979. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdfpBp6qA6WwTpFF0utT9A ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
* The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns
Tracks Include:
A1 The Arizona Whiz
A2 Old Bones
A3 The Baby Song
A4 The Only Way To Go
A5 Forgive Her A Little (And Love Her A Lot)
B1 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again
B2 Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
B3 A Real Good Cigar
B4 One Of The Mysteries Of Life
B5 Nickels And Dimes
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again · George Burns
Hollywood Legend
℗ 2011 Stardust Records
Released on: 2011-06-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Watch FULL episodes featuring your favorite artists from Larry's Country Diner, Country's Family Reunion and more! On any device! Just click here:
https://countryroadtv.us/community
This is a wonderful session John Denver and George Burns.
Stick around for the chat at the end.
Excerpt from John Denver Two of a Kind (1981)
Credit to John Denver Legend YouTube Channel.
George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896–March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century.
When Burns was 79, he had a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to work until shortly before his death, in 1996, at the age of 100, of cardiac arrest in his home.
Early life
George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 in New York City, the ninth of 12 children born to Louis "Lippe" and Dorah (née Bluth) Birnbaum, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Romania. Burns was a member of the First Roumanian-American congregation.
His father was a substitute cantor at the local synagogue but usually worked as a coat presser. During the influenza epidemic of 1903, Lippe Birnbaum contracted the flu and died at the age of 47. Nattie (as George was then called) went to work to help support the family, shining shoes, running errands and selling newspapers.
I drove up form a river town it was late September early October Thought maybe I could clear my mind and see the leaves turn red The tune's up and the window down On a sky line drive when she bagged me over Hallelujah what a beautiful morning Were the first words that she said Her eyes were blue as the sky on a perfect blue ridge day She said I could use a lift if you're going my way and I was, I was headed south I was headed out Headed nowhere or anywhere we wanted to go The road stretched out in front of us And she was ready to run it just like I was Told me she was twenty-two And she'd just broken out of William and Mary Another summer under her daddy's roof was all that she could do Her boyfriend she cut him loose Too cold for a wedding in January She said thats enough about me tell me about you I rambled on about broken harts and staying too long She said I'm sorry but you were right to move on and I was, I was headed south I was headed out Headed nowhere or anywhere we wanted to go The road stretched out in front of us She was ready to run it just like I was Ain't it funny how everything hinges on a twist of fate She held my hand and said aren't you amazed and I was, I was headed south I was headed out Headed nowhere or anywhere we wanted to go The road stretched out in front of us