In 1985, an Appearance on the Johnny Carson Show Changed a Man’s Life

Jack Phillips
3/21/2016
Updated:
8/9/2017

A random guy was sitting in the audience during Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” in 1985 when something pretty cool happened. Carson said, “Horatio Gutierrez (a classical pianist) couldn’t come tonight because he accidentally shut his hand in a car door and didn’t want to chance playing the Tonight Show. Can anybody here play the piano?”

The man in the audience, named David Tolley, volunteered and played “Memory.”

After that, he got a bunch of phone calls—naturally.

He was also called back onto the Tonight Show to play a second time:

David has since performed at the White House, written and recorded music for Euro Disney and other corporate clients, and recorded nine albums, according to his website. 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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