Judy's latest hit, "Presenting Lily Mars," was playing in theaters. Imagine seeing Judy on the big screen, then in person at a bond drive!
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@thejudyroom.comJudy's latest hit, "Presenting Lily Mars," was playing in theaters. Imagine seeing Judy on the big screen, then in person at a bond drive!
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 19, 1943: The Hollywood Caravan was on its way from St. Louis, Missouri, to New Orleans, Louisiana. Here are some clippings documenting the events and the incredible turnout of fans and supporters in St. Louis.
@thejudyroom.comThe genius Bob Mackie recently passed away. He was with his business and life partner, Ray Aghayah, until Aghayah's death in 2011.
Aghayah was the head couturier for "The Judy Garland Show" in 1953/64, with the still-unknown Mackie as his assistant.
@thejudyroom.comThe American press seemed to take a cue from the English press by not missing the chance to comment on Garland's weight gain.
Check out The Judy Room's "Judy Garland - The Concert Years" at www.thejudyroom.com/judy-garland...
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 18, 1951: Judy returned to Los Angeles from New York and her triumphant trip overseas, where she debuted at the London Palladium and went on tour in the UK. An excited Liza met Judy at the Pasadena train station.
@woodstockwhisperer.bsky.socialSeptember 18 – December 17, 1961: #JudyGarland ’s Judy at Carnegie Hall Billboard #1 album.
@thejudyroom.comFive days before the Cavalcade’s arrival, the 2,750 available seats for the show at the Minneapolis Auditorium were sold out, even at bond prices of $50 to $100, for a total of $10 million before the Cavalcade arrived.
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 17, 1943: Judy was in her home state of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, as part of the "Hollywood Cavalcade." Harvey B. Williams, one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz and known locally as “the world’s smallest mailman,” got a chance to reconnect with Judy.
@westsideofthings.bsky.socialKeith Jarrett's intoxicatingly gorgeous, yet subdued reimagination of the Harold Arlen tune made immortal by Judy Garland's 1939 performance of it in "The Wizard Of Oz".
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@thejudyroom.comFinal ballad version here:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-B...
Final swing version here:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-S...
Check out The Judy Room's Filmography Page on "Listen, Darling" at www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/...
@thejudyroom.comSwing version take 4:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-S...
Swing version tag take 4:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-S...
Check out The Judy Room's Filmography Page on "Listen, Darling" at www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/...
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 16, 1938: Judy prerecorded "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" for the film "Listen, Darling."
Ballad version take 15:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-B...
Ballad version tag take 1:
www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Zing-B...
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 16, 1963: Judy, along with June Allyson and Carolyn Jones, created the Birmingham Children's Fund of Beverly Hills to raise money to help the victims of the recent horrific bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15th.
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 1939: The story of "The Wizard of Oz" in four daily installments published in papers nationwide.
@etherealverse.bsky.social"I'm sure that love's an overrated past time
It's the last time I'll ever be anything but fancy free
For love is just a junior high version, one way excursion
I'm sure that I am old enough to fly alone"
-- By myself by #JudyGarland
#GretaGarbo
@thejudyroom.comJudy was not a part of the daytime festivities due to having a cold. Still, she rallied for the 7 p.m. show: “Judy Garland, suffering from a bad cold ... but she was on hand to do her important part in the big show last night.”
@thejudyroom.comAccording to the article printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer on September 16, the Cavalcade “departed with an eight-city bond sales record of $769,000,000, $269,000,000 over its $500,000,000 quota, which was reached in the first four cities of its fourteen-city tour.”
@thejudyroom.comSeptember 15, 1943: The Hollywood Cavalcade arrived in Cincinnati, OH. Earlier that morning, the train stopped in Springfield, Ohio, where the local paper noted that the stars slept peacefully while locals began their workday.
@fiftymusic.bsky.socialThe Jitterbug (Outtake) 📀
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