billy stritch and five great players. >> larry: your mother, judy garland died in '69.oney, i'm going to be 65. >> larry: social security. >> yeah, that's true. >> larry: how old were you? how old were you when mom died? >> gosh, i think i was 22. something around there. >> larry: did -- people usually when parents die, my father died when he was 47, think they're going to die young. did you think you'd die young? >> me? >> larry: yeah. >> no. >> larry: because a lot of people when their parents die young think it's going to happen to them. >> yeah. no, i -- i'm a hoofer. i just kept going. >> larry: it's been over a year since your good friend michael jackson died. you were on this show in june of 2009 to talk about him. >> yes. >> larry: what do you miss about him most? >> his energy and his commitment to friendship. i just miss him. >> larry: if he was your friend, he was your friend. >> yeah. and what all these other people say, i -- i didn't see a hint of that. nothing. >> larry: no. >> and i'm pretty bright, you know? >> larry: no kidding. last year you predicted,

. >> first of all, billy stritch was the accompanist, and he plays like no one else, you know? and we had bruce roberts. >> larry: old friend. >> and we have, you know, lots of people. and who had written songs over the years that i as a child listened to. so when day i sat down with billy and we started to sing and play at my house in l.a. i hadn't been to my house in a while. i had to work there. bruce said, why don't you come down to my house? i'll tape it for you. so we did. >> larry: for fun? >> yeah. so went to his house and spent, you know, an evening singing every song we really liked. and quietly. because when there's no audience you're not performing your part of the music. you know, you can really experiment and do things. and bruce said, well, you're a real jazzer. i said, well, i know some jazz, i don't know if i'm a real jazzer. he said, your choice. anyway, we recorded this thing -- >> larry: how long ago was this? >> 20 years. >> larry: 20 years? >> 20 years ago. wait, there's much more. 20 years ago that happened. then he called about a year and a half ago or s