Judy Garland
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Biography
Born to a family of vaudevillian entertainers, Judy Garland demonstrated her flair for music and dance from an early age, appearing on stage with her siblings as the Gumm Sisters, going on to perform in vaudeville and several movies. They subsequently changed their name to the Garland Sisters and, inspired by a Hoagy Carmichael song, Frances Gumm became Judy Garland. In 1935, the 13-year-old Judy was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became a popular figure in a series of movies with Mickey Rooney and at 16 she starred in the role for which she'll always be remembered - Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz - and sang her showstopping signature song, Over The Rainbow. It turned her into one of America's biggest stars of stage and screen, resulting in many other hits, notably The Trolley Song from Meet Me In St Louis (1944) and On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fé from The Harvey Girls (1946). Garland had a tortured personal life, plagued by drink and drug problems, unhappy relationships, illness, financial problems and at least one suicide attempt. Yet she remained a spectacular concert performer, still singing until her death in 1969 (at 47) from an accidental overdose of pills two months after her fifth marriage. Her legend, however, is well and truly alive.
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- Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
- Puttin' On The Ritz
- Medley: A. Almost Like Being In Love, B. This Can't Be Love
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Chicago
- For Me And My Gal by Gene Kelly
- That's Entertainment
- More Than You Know
- The Man That Got Away
- Mean to Me
- Easter Parade
- Danny Boy
- If I Were King of the Forrest by Judy Garland
- The Boy Next Door
- Get Happy
- Last Night When We Were Young
- Strike up the Band by Judy Garland
- I Feel a Song Coming On by Judy Garland
- I Cried For You by Fred Astaire
- Auld Lang Syne (audience)
- Chorus
- Could You Use Me? by Judy Garland
- Treat Me Rough by Judy Garland
