September 25th, 1953. Liberace plays Carnegie Hall despite being cautioned against it . The sell out crowd was enthusiastic but, as predicted, the critics were not.
"He's got to be seen to be believed"
-New Yorker Magazine
"Like Solomon, Liberace scorns a given name, but the resemblance between the two artists stops there... Liberace displayed good fingers and prodigious skill at taking brilliant runs up and down the keyboard. He has two styles of playing: fast, loud and energetic; and slow, with sentimentally exaggerated retards and accellerandos. It is a type of piano playing frequently heard in cocktail lounges and is very pleasant to go with cocktails."
- New York Times
Liberace's Mother takes a bow from the balcony.
