Richard Pryor is sort of the archetype of the comic with the dark side. Moving to New York City in 1963, Pryor immediately began performing both in comedy but also in singing, where he opened for Bob Dylan and Nina Simone.
In this video you see a rare singing performance by the young Richard Pryor - pre mustache. He does the Jimmy Cox 1923 standard 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out,' and it's graceful, nuanced and all around superb.
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3 comment(s):
That was unexpected! He is good.
Omg, who knew Richard Pryor sang so damn pretty?!
He had an excellent voice, wonder why he didn't sing more?
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