How have I NEVER heard THIS voice before?!!

The great thing about listening to artist of this era is that you know it's their natural voice. No gimmicks they are just naturally great.

Love to see Vicki Carr getting well-deserved attention and praise.

What a beautiful pure voice she has! No effects, no autotune, no screaming, just a beautiful natural voice!

This was when singers had no shame. They'd beg and plead not holding back on being desperately in love. I've always loved this song.

I am old enough to remember when this song was released and saw her sing it on a few different TV shows. As an adult, I really appreciate how great her voice is!

The movie, Moonstruck features this song. Cosmo, the father, listens to the recording when Cher’s character, Loretta, enters the parlor to tell her father Cosmo, she is to be married. If you’ve seen the movie; you have heard the song, partly before. Great movie, by the way.

I'm a Mexican American, and we were always proud of our homegirl Vicki Carr....growing up, my parents had all her albums...

When I saw you were doing Vicki Carr, I HAD to see what you said. Vicki and I had the same vocal coach (Judy Davis). Judy once told our class a story about Vicki performing live and subtext, which is the story behind the song. What makes "It Must Be Him" work is that there's a very strong subtext as she sings. The story involves keeping reality out of your subtext. Vicki was dating some guy who was a real dirtbag. The guy would alternate between lavishing her with attention and then ignore her big time. She was performing in San Francisco, so Judy was with her. Right before the performance, Vicki and the dirtbag had a big fight and he basically dumped her. When she got to "It Must Be Him," she barely made it through the song. Since Vicki was so distraught, Judy spent the night sleeping on the couch in Vicki's suite. The next morning, dirtbag comes back and proposes to her with a dozen long-stemmed roses and a ginormous diamond ring. Vicki was giddy and accepted. (I have no idea whether they actually got married; Judy didn't mention the guy's name.) During "It Must Be Him," when she got to the chorus, she kept flinging her left hand out to show the audience the ring as she smiled excitedly during the chorus. Your pointing out about how she almost "talked" part of the song very much reminded me of the kinds of stuff Judy taught us. Judy was into teaching folks how to take care of their voice and how to stretch their range without messing up their vocal cords. She also had us analyze songs for what was going on and what the subtext should be.

Fil, the joy on your face for this song was all I needed this evening. I and the rest of us boomers thank you.

She wasn’t just a singer. She PERFORMED every song. Her delivery left you feeling “moved” in some way. Thanks for this video.😊

I actually watched this performance on the Sullivan show that night. I was just a kid, but I remember saying to my mom, "She's really good!" I still remember it.

Miss Carr was born here in El Paso, Texas USA. Her full name is Florencia Vincente de Casillas-Martinez Cardona. Her name pays homage to her family - primarily her mother and father. Soon after her birth, her family moved to California. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. Vicki was a favorite guest on TV variety shows, especially Dean Martin. Miss Carr often came back to perform concerts in El Paso. She returned for a benefit performance in honor of the 23 people who were murdered by a single gunman in a Walmart in East El Paso. Her singing style was imbued with the emotional depth of Mexican and Mexican-American music and lyrics. Many times both she and her audience could be moved to tears, no matter how often she and her live and broadcast audience would hear them.

Man, we had so much fun with this song when we were kids - back when there was one house phone that everyone could hear ringing, everyone wondering who it was for. My sister and I would start up with this song a lot of times and cry laughing. Good times.

She conversationally sings. Draws you into the story. See her answering the phone & the anticipation and disappointment) heartache. Bravo!

This brings back childhood memories, she used to always cry singing this. Shirley Bassey had an effortless voice too, that's when they could really sing all the girls in the 60's

Here's Fil at his best: intelligent analysis delivered with honest childlike enthusiasm.

If she’d only had caller identification!! Thanks Fil.

Oh wow. This brings back my childhood. My mom loved Vicki and we had her music playing frequently in our house. Being part of an American Mexican family we were proud to call Florencia Cardona (Vicki Carr) one of our own. She had a very distinctive beautiful voice. Thank you for featuring her.

Thank you for featuring Vikki Carr! She was a popular voice from my youth (yes, I’m an American senior citizen!). I agree that she sounds a lot like Shirley Bassey. So glad that you are enjoying her musical gift as well. Great analysis!

Ms. Carr is captivating with this song—so much emotion: pleading, insisting, lecturing. Only someone as superbly in control as Ms. Carr could so well portray a woman struggling to be in control.