@@MaskedMan66 Iv heard her several times claim to be 15. Perhaps the movie was released at 16, but Iv seen countless Judy docs where she claimed to be 15 when the movie was filmed.
I love how she belts this one a bit more - but love how somber and understated her performance was in the actual movie. Keeping the movie version so much more yearning and longing and reflective rather than bombastic is what made it last a century. But that's why I like that there is this version too. It glorious getting to here her cut loose on it a bit!
@@gsimon123 There are too many singers who turn it into an overblown "diva" piece. Two wonderfully understated covers in recent years have been done by Ai Kago and P!nk.
It's not correct to say that 'vibrato is powerful'. Technically it's not correct to describe vibrato in this way. What you mean is you like her vibrato, the consistency, its speed and the fact that it may be punchy, etc, but it is not correct to say 'powerful'. You can describe her voice, chest voice, etc as powerful.
@@organisationxiv2927 yeah but to the average person it sounds powerful, no offence I doubt the person who wrote the original comment cares what the exact right terms are but it’s those technical terms that you mentioned that makes it powerful. This is coming from from somebody who is training in drama school and has voice lessons and singing lessons daily. It’s perfectly acceptable to say someone’s vibrato is powerful… you just have gone in to minute detail about why it’s powerful
thats not TRUE Can singer it liké you will never hear it ever l am mc Tortilla Jackson Martinez de la Cabronada..l did l live version that will bring you to tears for a minimum OF 2 w WEEKS straight Spécial appearance ...by thé UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SUPER WINO ALCOHOLICS AND ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION ORCHESTRA HEAVY METAL earance .
Her talented daughter Liza Minelli refused to sing it, out respect for her mother. I don't think any other vocalists attempted it - they knew they cold not compare with Judy. I doubt if any performer has been so strongly identified with a song.
No, but she would be the first person to say that anyone who loves the song is perfectly welcome to sing it. And there have been many excellent renditions of it; two that spring to mind are by Ai Kago and P!nk.
Hi, I noticed that she looked towards someone i believe to give her courage maybe? How beautiful it was to see her proud of herself at the end , what a beautiful woman, she probably ran fast to another gig for money, makes me so angry, her own mother basically and the studio's pimped her out
I still get chills when I hear this song. My mom loved this song as she was raised in Kansas. We played this song by Judy at my mom's wake and funeral....miss you mom!
@@QV33N1 Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon what did you wish for when you threw that rock!😂😂😂😂😂🌕🌕🌕🌛🌛🌈🥳👯♀️👯♀️
That little smile as she ends HER song with absolute perfection is so heart warming, it makes me believe that her artistry and talent gave her great joy, in spite of all the hardships she experienced. She was obviously in a hurry, but she still took a moment to acknowledge the Conductor and the orchestra as she always did. I’ve seen hundreds of her performances on video, and she NEVER failed to acknowledge the orchestra, or pianist who accompanied her. What a classy star! RIP the best that ever was!
THANK YOU! YOU get it! There are so many people here who think she was "suffering" and left in a hurry because she "couldn't take it" and garbage like that. People don't understand that Judy's real troubles began after "Wizard."
Watch her eyes. Holy shit she looks miserable. But then at the last line, she kills it like an opera singer, and for a moment, she's happy, because she knows exactly how damn good she is. Nobody can take that away from her.
that's the tragedy: they used and abused her. they popped her full of drugs and then act surprised when she burnt out so quick. no one will ever pay for those crimes.
How in the world do you see her as looking "miserable?" You're superimposing the ridiculous notion too many people have of Judy being tragically miserable 24/7 over a simple performance of a song that she loved. She may look intense, but that's just the kind of performer she was. "Miserable" indeed. Yeesh!
What a genius she was. They destroyed her in many ways but not her voice or her spirit. She lifts my soul when I hear her sing. Thank you Judy for all you’ve done for us fans❤
"They" who? Judy had a hand in her own problems, but she was not a walking tragedy. She had good times as well as bad, and a sharp, wicked sense of humor.
this is my favorite movie and song. I'm 53 & this song always makes me cry. I can relate to Dorothy being so sad and wanting to go somewhere else where she can be happy.
I'm pushin' 61 & we watched this film on TV every year as a family. Judy singing this song still gets me every time. It is a song of struggle, trying, yearning, trying...& never quite getting there. always barely out of reach. The end of the song says it all...as if the writer took a cue from Baum's life when he wrote it.
I would like to no more about your wisdom on Baum. I am very curious about what you wrote stating "like a cue from Baum's life." I actually saw 1 of the 3 pair of ruby slippers left in 2001 in Washington, D.C. absolutely amazing. even had a huge blow up photo of the scene w/the pelican on the lawn when they meet the wicked witch and the tin man. no one believes me on this, but, it is there. go look?
Baum had many set-backs in his life in the 19th century world he was born into. He was actually scared by a scarecrow he happened upon while playing as a boy near the home in the middle of NY State. It obviously stuck with him. He wrote & produced plays in play houses his father financed, which eventually went bust. He married Maud Gauge against her mother's wishes in the 1880's, then moved to Aberdeen, Dakota territory. His stories reflected life around him. Droughts & all. Many farmers there went bust during the industrial age's beginning by the time he got there though. He opened a store selling luxury goods anyway. They were in hock for everything they owned. The store was forced to close in the 1890's. He then bought & renamed a local newspaper that he illustrated. He wrote about a tornado that picked up a house & dropped it 2 miles away. So here you can see Dorothy's house winding up in Oz. Dorothy was based on the women of the high plains he'd known & see struggling to survive in the Dakota territory. Many people left the Aberdeen area from mortgage losses & an Indian uprising that never happened. His newspaper then slowly failed. His health began to fail from all the travel & working at so many things to, " make it". He then was basically forced to turn to writing. His many stories of Oz tried to show that dreams can come true. But, in life, they surely didn't.
thank you for all that info. lots of stuff I never knew. but, don't forget to look 4 the pelican! dreams do come true but sometimes you have to go thru a tornado OR 2 to get there. I'm living proof, clinically dead 5 times & survived an abduction w/intent 2 murder. God bless you
Glad you found it interesting. He had many adventures in his life with Maud. But the only one that seemed to work at all were his Oz stories. The name came from a filing cabinet, named O to Z.
In a Jack Paar Show in 1962 she sang a duet with Roubert Goulet. Amazing her voice even at this stage was nearly as big as his. A treat to hear them sing.
Even here you can tell she's damaged, they stole her soul. Only 21yo here and I could tell she's not happy, she's damaged. They killed her ultimately not the drug addiction.
i disagree, this is judy at her best, the fact that she's invoking melancholy and hope through the melody is just her skill, she's not damaged in this video she's skilled.
Lea Conway - You clearly don’t know her story. She was definitely damaged already. She had been on drugs since she was a teenager and was forced to diet and do drugs during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and was forced to smoke cigarettes and take antidepressants on top of the other drugs they were giving her and she was only 16 or 17 years old. She was already damaged as a child too because of her mother. So you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
I doubt anyone ever called her "ugly." She did not fit the movie studio's very narrow ideals of beauty, at least before she blossomed, so she was seen as imperfect.
Beauty is the eyes of the beholder. In today’s standards, she’s considered adorable imho. But back then, unfortunately that’s not the case. Sad but there’s a lot of those even going around to this very day
@@jonathannocon Movie studios and modeling agencies in those days had rather rigid standards of beauty, according to which, Judy's forehead was too big, her eyes were too wide apart, her nose was too button, and she had a gap in her teeth. The teeth were an easy fix; in fact, Mervyn LeRoy paid for the procedure out of his own pocket. As for the rest, audiences thought Judy was lovely, and MGM make-up artists learned to work with her features as they were. There are tales like that of all sorts; Rita Hayworth, for instance, had what was considered too low a hairline, so she had it shaved back.
I saw Judy’s early Oz makeup before director Victor Fleming made changes to then Judy’s makeup to what we would all come to know it as in the final cut, and she definitely had the looks department there also. Too much so that they had to dumb it down to make her look “younger & poorer” to suite Dorothy’s back story accordingly. Judy was a young, very talented and had all the trademarks of a super star that there were no doubt ppl in that field that were threatened by her rather quick success. Hence calling her ‘not pretty enough’ and so forth to subtlety stab her in her back which I’d imagine is the norm socialite(s) behaviour(s) & high society Hollywood at that era. Especially in the entertainment biz afaik.
I wanted to save Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz and I wish I could have saved Judy Garland in real life. She was a special one amongst even the most special. Once in a lifetime talent.
The way she sings over the rainbow and her eyes move at the sky like she’s really looking for it 😢 what a voice, and what power !! My Nan sang exactly the same. Goosebumps
Thank God we have this recording that still exists. So many things in our past have been lost or forgotten. This is a true gem that still exists for us to love.
@@girlinblack8643 she had a hard life right when she was born when she started her career her mom got her on drugs to keep her slim the industry has had on her and that's all I heard about her
OMG. Age 21. Just 21, and so very deep with emotion. So completely masterful of her craft. Unbelievably talented. No entertainer that age can compare today.
To think this song was almost taken out of the wizard of oz!!! This song became her anthem for the next 30 years of her life. A song that defined her life exactly. Nobody should even touch this song. This is hers! Only Judy/Frances (her birthday name) can sing this song. She’s over the rainbow now watching over Liza,Lorna& her baby Joey♥️
It's stupid to say nobody else should touch it because this is your favorite version.It's art and the entire point of art is to share it with other people. I hope after two years you learned how to grow up and stop acting like a child
Effortless contralto very velvety, and love the tension and the vibrato. What a wonderful singer she was with a style and sound that made her instantly recognizable and boy could she hold a note.
It's really noticeable how much she'd worked on and developed her voice by the time of this performance. A grown woman compared to the little girl that sang it on the Oz set only a few years before.
To be sure! In 1950 she played Dorothy again on the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of _The Wizard of Oz._ It's really interesting to listen to; when she speaks, she sounds just like she did in the movie, but when she sings, her voice is fuller and richer. 🙂
One of the greatest talents America has ever had. Not just singing, but acting, dancing, everything. What a shame she was so abused by the Hollywood system.
She was always in a hurry. It was the drugs, and nobody could keep up with her, actually. Can't you see how her eyes flicker all over the place? She tried to control it by staring at the mic, but it didn't help much.
Becky C...I think that Judy was certainly one of the very top female singers of her era, no doubt. And yes, Hollywood SHOULD be ashamed with how they destroyed Judy Garland; as well as many, many other great talents, but to be ashamed requires a conscience and Hollywood does not have one.
@@MaskedMan66 yeah when she was 17 filming Oz she was forced to take drugs for not sleeping and be able to resist 18 h of filming, diet with cigarettes and coffee.. and after the movie finish she was already addicted
She nailed this performance and this song. The end tho, she took a small bow and went offstage. I do Truely believe Hollywood killed her. Thank God for these child labor laws now. RIP judy
Laurie Faith Prescott - wasn't just the labour laws it was the evil deeds of those satanist pedophiles of hollywood and her greedy mother who did that to her..
No Computers, No high tunes, Not special microphones, Just pure raw, sophisticated, Natural Talent, perfect song, perfect singer, the genius of Judy Garland forever, No one has came close to HER, is 2017 and she still the Greatest❤❤❤
She was a true national treasure. What a painfully beautiful voice she had! She had so much power for such a small stature at 4’11”. She’s brought me, a grown man and a tough guy to tears on multiple occasions. When she sings a song she owns it. She owned Merry Little Christmas also.
She did a special on TV back in the 60's my dad loved her when she sang, at the end she thanked all of her fans for sticking behiond her when she had problems, this was the first time I saw my dad shed any tears.
Full body chills.. I believe despite what she went thru on set this movie and story meant a lot to her because her father read this story to her as a child.
The worst she had to deal with was a corset which she found uncomfortable, but never complained about. You can just forget all that kak about her being starved, drugged, beaten, harassed, assaulted, raped, and all the other idiocy that people talk.
I'm 20 soon to be 21 this is one of my favorites I just love the oldies I grew up around older folks so it makes sense in my taste in music and this will be the last song I ever hear along with the Carter family's Wildwood Flower
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why, then, oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why can't I?
Always makes me cry. I still miss my grandma 9 years after her passing. She introduced me to Judy when I was a child and I would watch the wizard of oz everyday after school. So much of what I hold dear to my heart is because my grandma- I especially hold Judy close. ❤️
Singing to the troops. Beautiful. I read that she initially refused to sing "Have Yourself a MerryMerry Little Christmas" until part of a verse was changed. The first draft read, "Have yourself.... It may be your last." She stated that she could not sing that verse Overseas and in the Pacific, fighting and truly dying. She would not relent. The verse was changed. LOVE her for that.
My dad was in love with Judy. As a private in the army, he danced with her for 60 seconds at the Hollywood Canteen during WWII, which were the best sixty of his 86 years on the planet. Judy touched a lot of souls with her presence.
Magical. I don't think Judy Garland really ever knew how much joy she brought into the World when she sang this song. A beautiful voice from a beautiful lady
This song would bring a tear to my father's eye. He was raised that men don't cry, so he would always pull back if he started crying, but this was one of the times he would start to cry and then try to pull back. Any time I watched Wizard of Oz he would do this. He passed a little over a year ago. I miss that.
One of the greatest of the greats. This makes me cry every time for the magnitude of talent and the millions who heard this before they died in World War 2. RIP to an American legend
"Nobody sang better than my mom."- once said Liza Minnelli. You bet my dear... " Over the rainbow"- it is a song perfectly sung by my mother- said Lorna Luft. I couldn't agree more on that my darling. Judy's anthem for her lifetime. Composed by her favourite beloved composer- Harold Arlen (The man that got away, I could go on singing)
@chris falkenberg Good Lord !!! What a remarkable streem of subconsciousness spurred by my immaculate rant.. nice poetic prose of yours a bit pretencious.. still a good start to meteroric rise to your immortal stardom. ALOHA, PENPAL !
@chris falkenberg Thanks a lot for the amazing show of satirical theatre of absurd. Kafka would have been under your spell... cheerio... Keep it up that way. Thats Entertainment !
"Hollywood is a place, where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss but fifty cents for your soul" Marilyn Monroe"
Well said
OMG, you made sense of it all.
"TRUTH"!!!!" Rest In Heavenly Peace Marilyn and Judy💔💘💓
Elvis Quinn Hollywood is evil
I think all work places have their sense of evil about them
21 years old and her voice like this? JUDY GARLAND WAS TRULY A GIFT!
Well, when she sang it in the film she was only 15.
Her singing still gives chills. What a beautiful woman. ♥️
@@theoriginalsurferbob Sixteen.
@@MaskedMan66 Iv heard her several times claim to be 15. Perhaps the movie was released at 16, but Iv seen countless Judy docs where she claimed to be 15 when the movie was filmed.
@@theoriginalsurferbob She was born in 1922. She began working on the movie in 1938. 38 - 22 = 16. And she turned 17 during post-production.
There are stars, superstars and generational stars. Then there's a Judy Garland, who only comes along once in a lifetime.
So, so true.
God that was well said❤️
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely, well said
When she hits that last note, you can see the relief and joy and realization of her vocal power all at once. Amazing.
Chezzarai sings this song on UA-cam, just posted today
Oh, she was fully aware of her power! 🙂
I love how she belts this one a bit more - but love how somber and understated her performance was in the actual movie. Keeping the movie version so much more yearning and longing and reflective rather than bombastic is what made it last a century. But that's why I like that there is this version too. It glorious getting to here her cut loose on it a bit!
@@gsimon123 There are too many singers who turn it into an overblown "diva" piece. Two wonderfully understated covers in recent years have been done by Ai Kago and P!nk.
Yea! ikr! Each and every note has a strong resonance
I wanna go back in the time she's alone and hug her and tell her that everything's gonna be alright
Blackvelvet in your Area - beautiful comment, God bless your kind heart.
Ya'll want to sing with me when we see her over the rainbow? ❤🌈 I love her!
sadly enough, though, it never really was 😢😢😢
I agree 100 percent to the first comment.
She’s not alone I saw people in the beginning with their instruments
i love her vibrato in this. so powerful
Yeah!!! And so emotional. It's almost like you could touch the notes, so consistent. Judy was a beast.
It's not correct to say that 'vibrato is powerful'. Technically it's not correct to describe vibrato in this way. What you mean is you like her vibrato, the consistency, its speed and the fact that it may be punchy, etc, but it is not correct to say 'powerful'. You can describe her voice, chest voice, etc as powerful.
@@jotasier7098 she was an amazing singer
@@organisationxiv2927 Coming from Judy, it's powerful!
@@organisationxiv2927 yeah but to the average person it sounds powerful, no offence I doubt the person who wrote the original comment cares what the exact right terms are but it’s those technical terms that you mentioned that makes it powerful. This is coming from from somebody who is training in drama school and has voice lessons and singing lessons daily. It’s perfectly acceptable to say someone’s vibrato is powerful… you just have gone in to minute detail about why it’s powerful
Nobody, but nobody sings "Over The Rainbow" better than JUDY GARLAND.
thats not TRUE Can singer it liké you will never hear it ever l am mc Tortilla Jackson Martinez de la Cabronada..l did l live version that will bring you to tears for a minimum OF 2 w WEEKS straight Spécial appearance ...by thé UNDOCUMENTED AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SUPER WINO ALCOHOLICS AND ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION ORCHESTRA HEAVY METAL
earance .
Her talented daughter Liza Minelli refused to sing it, out respect for her mother. I don't think any other vocalists attempted it - they knew they cold not compare with Judy. I doubt if any performer has been so strongly identified with a song.
@@LaurenceDay-d2p What are you talking about? *Tons* of people have covered it!
@@MaskedMan66 Name three.
@@LaurenceDay-d2p Ai Kago, P!nk, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
this is judy's song, it will always be judy's song no matter how many others attempt it. it will never have the magic that is judy garland.
No, but she would be the first person to say that anyone who loves the song is perfectly welcome to sing it. And there have been many excellent renditions of it; two that spring to mind are by Ai Kago and P!nk.
It will always be Judys song 🎵
Try Patti LaBelle
@@brandonthomas5563 I didn't know she'd done a cover! That's gotta be good.
@@MaskedMan66 yes take a listen it's wonderful
i feel like she really wanted to fly. just away, over the rainbow. :( and gosh she was so beautiful.
Hi, I noticed that she looked towards someone i believe to give her courage maybe? How beautiful it was to see her proud of herself at the end , what a beautiful woman, she probably ran fast to another gig for money, makes me so angry, her own mother basically and the studio's pimped her out
That look in those beautiful eyes at 2:35 when she realizes she nailed it is *priceless* !!
My opinion: her eyes were one of the most beautiful things about her.
It is the genuine smile she gives, really sweet.
I still get chills when I hear this song. My mom loved this song as she was raised in Kansas. We played this song by Judy at my mom's wake and funeral....miss you mom!
Rest in peace mom
So sorry to hear this my mom passed and she loved that song as well may she Rest In Peace❤️🙏
Chills when I hear her sing anything!
"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh, why can't I?" makes me feel so many things at once
The industry killed her :-(
Her stage mother, who gave her uppers and downers from the time she was a child, contributed more to her death than the industry ever did.
You think is was the illuminati?
Soulaesthete yeah and the music industry encouraged it...
Gary James Amen it did!
Adriana no
She is so pretty here :)
She looks like the mother in The It's a wonderful life!
@@QV33N1 Buffalo girls won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon what did you wish for when you threw that rock!😂😂😂😂😂🌕🌕🌕🌛🌛🌈🥳👯♀️👯♀️
Aw, she’s so beautiful. 🥺
Cool Steez yes she’s legal here.
But she's hurting in her soul, very sad but true
Aside from her pitch perfect tone, her breath control from start to finish is astonishing.
That little smile as she ends HER song with absolute perfection is so heart warming, it makes me believe that her artistry and talent gave her great joy, in spite of all the hardships she experienced. She was obviously in a hurry, but she still took a moment to acknowledge the Conductor and the orchestra as she always did. I’ve seen hundreds of her performances on video, and she NEVER failed to acknowledge the orchestra, or pianist who accompanied her. What a classy star! RIP the best that ever was!
THANK YOU! YOU get it! There are so many people here who think she was "suffering" and left in a hurry because she "couldn't take it" and garbage like that. People don't understand that Judy's real troubles began after "Wizard."
@@MaskedMan66 you need to watch the judy garlen movie. itll show you more info about her
@@12cyberninja Which Judy GARLAND movie? She made dozens.
@@MaskedMan66 rofl sorry I'm dying, I meant the documentary too young to die
@@12cyberninja Who made it? I like to check sources.
Watch her eyes. Holy shit she looks miserable. But then at the last line, she kills it like an opera singer, and for a moment, she's happy, because she knows exactly how damn good she is. Nobody can take that away from her.
that's the tragedy: they used and abused her. they popped her full of drugs and then act surprised when she burnt out so quick. no one will ever pay for those crimes.
Drugs
How in the world do you see her as looking "miserable?" You're superimposing the ridiculous notion too many people have of Judy being tragically miserable 24/7 over a simple performance of a song that she loved. She may look intense, but that's just the kind of performer she was.
"Miserable" indeed. Yeesh!
@@BigDaddyDracula Who's "they?" What "drugs?" Make sure you know what you're talking about before you pop off.
@@sav7568 Specify. And make sure you know what you're talking about.
No one can sing this song better than Judy at any time. Judy is forever.
You are wrong, buddy. Doris Day's version is much better.
I believe you are minority, friend.
Gene Vincent (👂)
@@mikevaljean9468 No.
What a genius she was. They destroyed her in many ways but not her voice or her spirit. She lifts my soul when I hear her sing. Thank you Judy for all you’ve done for us fans❤
"They" who? Judy had a hand in her own problems, but she was not a walking tragedy. She had good times as well as bad, and a sharp, wicked sense of humor.
this is my favorite movie and song. I'm 53 & this song always makes me cry. I can relate to Dorothy being so sad and wanting to go somewhere else where she can be happy.
I'm pushin' 61 & we watched this film on TV every year as a family. Judy singing this song still gets me every time. It is a song of struggle, trying, yearning, trying...& never quite getting there. always barely out of reach. The end of the song says it all...as if the writer took a cue from Baum's life when he wrote it.
I would like to no more about your wisdom on Baum. I am very curious about what you wrote stating "like a cue from Baum's life." I actually saw 1 of the 3 pair of ruby slippers left in 2001 in Washington, D.C. absolutely amazing. even had a huge blow up photo of the scene w/the pelican on the lawn when they meet the wicked witch and the tin man. no one believes me on this, but, it is there. go look?
Baum had many set-backs in his life in the 19th century world he was born into. He was actually scared by a scarecrow he happened upon while playing as a boy near the home in the middle of NY State. It obviously stuck with him. He wrote & produced plays in play houses his father financed, which eventually went bust. He married Maud Gauge against her mother's wishes in the 1880's, then moved to Aberdeen, Dakota territory. His stories reflected life around him. Droughts & all. Many farmers there went bust during the industrial age's beginning by the time he got there though. He opened a store selling luxury goods anyway. They were in hock for everything they owned. The store was forced to close in the 1890's. He then bought & renamed a local newspaper that he illustrated. He wrote about a tornado that picked up a house & dropped it 2 miles away. So here you can see Dorothy's house winding up in Oz. Dorothy was based on the women of the high plains he'd known & see struggling to survive in the Dakota territory. Many people left the Aberdeen area from mortgage losses & an Indian uprising that never happened. His newspaper then slowly failed. His health began to fail from all the travel & working at so many things to, " make it". He then was basically forced to turn to writing. His many stories of Oz tried to show that dreams can come true. But, in life, they surely didn't.
thank you for all that info. lots of stuff I never knew. but, don't forget to look 4 the pelican! dreams do come true but sometimes you have to go thru a tornado OR 2 to get there. I'm living proof, clinically dead 5 times & survived an abduction w/intent 2 murder. God bless you
Glad you found it interesting. He had many adventures in his life with Maud. But the only one that seemed to work at all were his Oz stories. The name came from a filing cabinet, named O to Z.
Judy plays in heaven now....with her angel voice!!!!
or most likely is burning in hell
Well you're not sure
@@minos121 What do you mean "most likely?" You don't know where she stood with God when she died, so don't act a fool.
@@MaskedMan66 i dont but everybody assumes shes is in heaven
@@minos121 It's more of a hope that she is. And it's pretty likely, given she was raised a Christian.
100 years ago today, June 10th 1922, Judy was born. Happy Birthday Judy.
Rest in Peace Judy Garland.
Happy birthday Judy 🎁🎁
Her vibrato and her ability to sustain is so pure. I love her so much
In a Jack Paar Show in 1962 she sang a duet with Roubert Goulet. Amazing her voice even at this stage was nearly as big as his. A treat to hear them sing.
@@JRobbySh Well, she'd been at it a bit longer than him! ;-)
Even here you can tell she's damaged, they stole her soul. Only 21yo here and I could tell she's not happy, she's damaged. They killed her ultimately not the drug addiction.
i disagree, this is judy at her best, the fact that she's invoking melancholy and hope through the melody is just her skill, she's not damaged in this video she's skilled.
She looks like a robot singing for her supper. She looks unhappy. So I agree with the first poster.
@@billymccollum2897 me too
Lea Conway - You clearly don’t know her story. She was definitely damaged already. She had been on drugs since she was a teenager and was forced to diet and do drugs during the filming of The Wizard of Oz and was forced to smoke cigarettes and take antidepressants on top of the other drugs they were giving her and she was only 16 or 17 years old. She was already damaged as a child too because of her mother. So you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
@@billymccollum2897 thank you.
The greatest of all time. No one except Judy Garland could reduce grown men to tears.
Alphie Prager Even the meanest and toughest men.
@themeatyouworkwith even football players can be reduce to tears.
Any grown up for that matter.
Alphie Prager
You said it. She was a star from Heaven itself.
Michael Jackson could. Go watch Man in the Mirror live at Bucharest.
Many other performers of various genres have covered this tune, but after 85? Years, Judy still owns it and always will!!
I will never understand how anyone could called her ugly she was so pretty
I doubt anyone ever called her "ugly." She did not fit the movie studio's very narrow ideals of beauty, at least before she blossomed, so she was seen as imperfect.
Beauty is the eyes of the beholder.
In today’s standards, she’s considered adorable imho. But back then, unfortunately that’s not the case. Sad but there’s a lot of those even going around to this very day
@@jonathannocon Movie studios and modeling agencies in those days had rather rigid standards of beauty, according to which, Judy's forehead was too big, her eyes were too wide apart, her nose was too button, and she had a gap in her teeth. The teeth were an easy fix; in fact, Mervyn LeRoy paid for the procedure out of his own pocket. As for the rest, audiences thought Judy was lovely, and MGM make-up artists learned to work with her features as they were.
There are tales like that of all sorts; Rita Hayworth, for instance, had what was considered too low a hairline, so she had it shaved back.
@@jonathannocon I agree with you, though, that she was adorable!
I saw Judy’s early Oz makeup before director Victor Fleming made changes to then Judy’s makeup to what we would all come to know it as in the final cut, and she definitely had the looks department there also. Too much so that they had to dumb it down to make her look “younger & poorer” to suite Dorothy’s back story accordingly.
Judy was a young, very talented and had all the trademarks of a super star that there were no doubt ppl in that field that were threatened by her rather quick success. Hence calling her ‘not pretty enough’ and so forth to subtlety stab her in her back which I’d imagine is the norm socialite(s) behaviour(s) & high society Hollywood at that era. Especially in the entertainment biz afaik.
I wanted to save Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz and I wish I could have saved Judy Garland in real life. She was a special one amongst even the most special. Once in a lifetime talent.
We all wish we could had... :(
@@princesspeachfan100 she was before my time but what a women.
@@jenniferhcsmith-5586 ^^
@@jenniferhcsmith-5586 Woman.
My goodness she was beautiful. Her looks, expressions . Her voice.
Jason Warren I know. It breaks my heart that MGM told her she wasn’t. She was one of the most gorgeous women of all time.
Elliott Kunerth o
@@elliottkunerth8648 MGM was populated and run by idiots.
@@faithfulforever6331 peds
@@faithfulforever6331 Hollywood was, and always will be corrupt
The way she sings over the rainbow and her eyes move at the sky like she’s really looking for it 😢 what a voice, and what power !! My Nan sang exactly the same. Goosebumps
Thank God we have this recording that still exists. So many things in our past have been lost or forgotten. This is a true gem that still exists for us to love.
I'd like to hear the rest of this broadcast; I wonder who else was in it?
To know how sad she must have been during this performance is heartbreaking. She left that stage so fast. Hollywood killed her hope
i know and she didn't bother looking at the audience or anyone while leaving :(
Why did she left the stage that fast? What happened to her that time?
@@girlinblack8643 she had a hard life right when she was born when she started her career her mom got her on drugs to keep her slim the industry has had on her and that's all I heard about her
I wish I could run right up to her and give her a big hug
That's why Hollywood should burn to the grounds for ruining so many lives.
The ending was utter perfection
OMG. Age 21. Just 21, and so very deep with emotion. So completely masterful of her craft. Unbelievably talented. No entertainer that age can compare today.
Hey, she was always a very on-point, brilliant performer. Consider how she sang this when she was 16!
Michael Jackson ?
@@BD2784KOP yah. He was very talented. To each his own preferences and tastes.
@@BD2784KOP The OP said "today." MJ has sadly been dead for 14 years. Though I have no doubt that if he was still with us, he'd still be brilliant.
To think this song was almost taken out of the wizard of oz!!! This song became her anthem for the next 30 years of her life. A song that defined her life exactly. Nobody should even touch this song. This is hers! Only Judy/Frances (her birthday name) can sing this song. She’s over the rainbow now watching over Liza,Lorna& her baby Joey♥️
She would not say that. She would not begrudge anyone the chance to sing that song; her own daughter Liza sang it.
It's stupid to say nobody else should touch it because this is your favorite version.It's art and the entire point of art is to share it with other people. I hope after two years you learned how to grow up and stop acting like a child
this was my grandmother's favorite song, I wish she was still alive. R.I.P. Annette Nall; May God be with you
Effortless contralto very velvety, and love the tension and the vibrato. What a wonderful singer she was with a style and sound that made her instantly recognizable and boy could she hold a note.
Mezzo soprano.
Agreed
Such a big voice in such a little body.
@@ocandro Let's split the difference: alto.
@@MaskedMan66 not a vocal fach
It's really noticeable how much she'd worked on and developed her voice by the time of this performance. A grown woman compared to the little girl that sang it on the Oz set only a few years before.
To be sure! In 1950 she played Dorothy again on the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of _The Wizard of Oz._ It's really interesting to listen to; when she speaks, she sounds just like she did in the movie, but when she sings, her voice is fuller and richer. 🙂
Happy birthday Judy. 99 years old.
She died when she was 47.
@@MaskedMan66 Yes I realize, she would have been 99 when I made this comment if she was still alive.
@@ronan8757 Just making sure.
One of the greatest talents America has ever had. Not just singing, but acting, dancing, everything. What a shame she was so abused by the Hollywood system.
She abused herself as well, sad to say. But she was always appreciative of her audiences and loved to perform for them.
The second she sang that first note my eyes immediately welled up with tears. There is just such a unique spirit in there. Love you Judy
she was like in a hurry, damn those bastards treated her really bad :(
She was always in a hurry. It was the drugs, and nobody could keep up with her, actually. Can't you see how her eyes flicker all over the place? She tried to control it by staring at the mic, but it didn't help much.
They were actually rushing her off the stage so they could complete the broadcast in a timely manner
I wish to God she had a way better life than she had before.
They did!!!!
The Britney Spears syndrome.
May your soul rest in piece miss garland…..
Happy 100th birthday Judy
You may be gone but your not forgotten.
I like to imagine you reincarnated as all the beautiful blue birds in the world and your flying through every beautiful rainbow you can find.
In my opinion, Judy will be forever the greatest singer in Hollywood! Hollywood should be forever ashamed of what they did to this poor woman!
Becky C...I think that Judy was certainly one of the very top female singers of her era, no doubt.
And yes, Hollywood SHOULD be ashamed with how they destroyed Judy Garland; as well as many, many other great talents, but to be ashamed requires a conscience and Hollywood does not have one.
Judy did a lot to herself, as well as other people in her life; it isn't all on Hollywood.
@@MaskedMan66 because of them she get addicted to drugs😉
@@AnnaF33 More likely because of her mother. But her addictions came later than this performance.
@@MaskedMan66 yeah when she was 17 filming Oz she was forced to take drugs for not sleeping and be able to resist 18 h of filming, diet with cigarettes and coffee.. and after the movie finish she was already addicted
She nailed this performance and this song. The end tho, she took a small bow and went offstage. I do Truely believe Hollywood killed her. Thank God for these child labor laws now. RIP judy
Laurie Faith Prescott - wasn't just the labour laws it was the evil deeds of those satanist pedophiles of hollywood and her greedy mother who did that to her..
Yes, she seemed to be in a hurry to get out of there...
She stopped smiling when you couldn’t fully see her whole face
They had child labor laws then; Judy only worked for four hours a day when she made "The Wizard of Oz."
@@arnebroxleirnes418 "I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there."
-- Dr. Who
Am I the only one here 2019 ?
I'm here
Trina LastName, no I’m here too ✌🏻
Here 2019
I'm here! I love you, Judy Garland. God Bless You!
@@cherubimbean8320 - 💝 I love this comment. So sweet and endearing💝 I'm sure Judy heard you and God blesses you back💝
She came straight out of heaven. So effortlessly. She just opens her mouth and the voice just comes out like that.
This angel that Hollywood destroyed
She had a hand in that as well.
This special angel is over the rainbow up in heaven,❤️
Am I the only one here 2020 ?
You not alone
Aren't you here voluntarily?
Yes. Just you.
Nope
I'm here too listening to the beautiful Miss Garland 💔
No Computers, No high tunes, Not special microphones, Just pure raw, sophisticated, Natural Talent, perfect song, perfect singer, the genius of Judy Garland forever, No one has came close to HER, is 2017 and she still the Greatest❤❤❤
i am at 76 year old englishman and i cannot help but wonder at the talent this lady had
math analysis I’m 20 and I wander the same about her haha
I mean u cant say there aren't still talented people because they use tech...but yes judy was insanely talented and I love her
Mate, she'll always be the greatest no doubt about it!
mari69 Diaz Best female singer on earth 🌎🌈✨
She truly owns this song.... others sing it.... but Judy owns it!
She was a true national treasure. What a painfully beautiful voice she had! She had so much power for such a small stature at 4’11”. She’s brought me, a grown man and a tough guy to tears on multiple occasions. When she sings a song she owns it. She owned Merry Little Christmas also.
Only Judy can sing this. She gives me chills.
Gives me chills and makes me cry
Lots of people can sing it, but she was the best.
@@MaskedMan66 she sang it first so she’s the best
@@Bloomix_winx1 I said she was the best.
@@Bloomix_winx1 By the way, I love _Winx Club!_
That is a mature woman in her 60s singing. It's a misery that her Mum, MGM and Hollywood destroyed her innocence, her youth and her fate.
Hollywood is a cult nothing more as for her mother she only cared about money
if i could go back in time i would have saved Judy from all that misery. i also have murdered her mom, MGM and Hollywood for Ruining her life.
she died at 47
@@michaelmorris7238 I believe if her father hadn't passed her childhood would have been better.
@@Legend-vs6vu she never wanted Judy she wanted her aborted once she knew she was pregnant because she "didn't and couldn't afford another child".
She did a special on TV back in the 60's my dad loved her when she sang, at the end she thanked all of her fans for sticking behiond her when she had problems, this was the first time I saw my dad shed any tears.
I’ve never heard a voice like hers
Full body chills.. I believe despite what she went thru on set this movie and story meant a lot to her because her father read this story to her as a child.
The worst she had to deal with was a corset which she found uncomfortable, but never complained about. You can just forget all that kak about her being starved, drugged, beaten, harassed, assaulted, raped, and all the other idiocy that people talk.
The consummate entertainer. She could sing, act, and dance. The gold standard. Not much if any left like her.
She was happy when performing.
That's called a "triple threat!" 🙂
The the late Judy garland's voice was quite distinctive you knew it was her with your eyes closed that voice was golden
One of greatest voices of the century. She was overworked, drugged and abused. She deserved so much better.
judy garland will always be one of the greatest singers of all time.
the best ever
I'm 20 soon to be 21 this is one of my favorites
I just love the oldies I grew up around older folks so it makes sense in my taste in music and this will be the last song I ever hear along with the Carter family's Wildwood Flower
I’m just glad that she’s not suffering anymore the industry ruined her 😭 may you Rest In Peace ❤️🙏🏾
I hope the industry is rioting in hell for messing up her life.
Not to sound insensitive, and I love Judy as much as anyone, but she caused a lot of her own problems, especially in her adult life.
@@jacobnorris5725 The industry is still around and isn't a sentient being.
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, then, oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?
Always makes me cry. I still miss my grandma 9 years after her passing. She introduced me to Judy when I was a child and I would watch the wizard of oz everyday after school. So much of what I hold dear to my heart is because my grandma- I especially hold Judy close. ❤️
So sweet
I’m 36 and I’m still an avid watcher since I first laid eyes on this film at 2 it touched my soul .. i will never let it go
I relate to this comment so much!
Judy is the finest controlto that has ever existed! Voice. Control , emotion have never been given so generously! Jim Ruge
She deserved to be loved unconditionally. Such a sad story for the most naturally gifted soul.
She deserves a 1000 time better than before.
So young, but with such control and strength. No theatrics, no whistles. Just old school singing. Love it. When u got it, you got it
No riffs and runs and "adlibs" thingies
I’m 74 years old and I believe this video is one of America’s greatest musical treasures.
No one sings this song as well as her. No one.
Her voice 🔥🔥🔥 god it’s hauntingly beautiful
Definitely at her best and the most beautiful she ever looked.
She is so beautiful and her voice too.
This song is magical -- makes me think of wonderful things over a Rainbow.
One of my absolute favorite female singers of all time - I love her voice. She was a once-in-a-lifetime talent.
best ever
That tone though! It's just full and rich in color. I just love it!
Singing to the troops. Beautiful.
I read that she initially refused to sing "Have Yourself a MerryMerry Little Christmas" until part of a verse was changed.
The first draft read, "Have yourself.... It may be your last."
She stated that she could not sing that verse Overseas and in the Pacific, fighting and truly dying.
She would not relent.
The verse was changed.
LOVE her for that.
Those lyrics were changed before they were ever used in the movie, much less in any live performance.
My dad was in love with Judy. As a private in the army, he danced with her for 60 seconds at the Hollywood Canteen during WWII, which were the best sixty of his 86 years on the planet. Judy touched a lot of souls with her presence.
She casually prances offstage after totally slaying it.
Wow music back then was so beautiful. They dressed so classy and everything. They had pure talent in their voice
Her vibrato is so strong.
Chezzarai sings this on UA-cam, just posted today
What a voice, what a talent, what a soul! People during her time didn't deserve her.
Mom, this always makes me remember you ------with a smile. ---------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o
No one has ever topped her version of this song. 🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶
Magical. I don't think Judy Garland really ever knew how much joy she brought into the World when she sang this song. A beautiful voice from a beautiful lady
I bet she did/does.
I will always love Judy Garland. And be so sorry for the tragedies that she had to endure.
Her life had good times, too. She would want people to remember that.
2:16 I get chills every time. What a talent.
Although you can feel her magic, you can also feel the pressure to which she was subjected
....
Breaks my heart to wonder how many people never told this woman “you did a great job.”
This song would bring a tear to my father's eye. He was raised that men don't cry, so he would always pull back if he started crying, but this was one of the times he would start to cry and then try to pull back. Any time I watched Wizard of Oz he would do this. He passed a little over a year ago. I miss that.
One of the greatest of the greats. This makes me cry every time for the magnitude of talent and the millions who heard this before they died in World War 2. RIP to an American legend
Think of the many more millions who lived because of that sacrifice.
No one quite like her! 💖
I'll always love Judy. I sang a mellow version of this to my boy every night when he was a baby.
Still nobody who sings this song better!
THIS IS THE AMERICA THAT EXISTED ONCE UPON A TIME AND THAT I LOVE. 😭😭😭❤❤❤LOVE YOU GUYS ALL WHO ARE HERE.
Spoken like a TRUE American!!
@@elizabethdacosta5601 definitely
"Nobody sang better than my mom."- once said Liza Minnelli. You bet my dear...
" Over the rainbow"- it is a song perfectly sung by my mother- said Lorna Luft. I couldn't agree more on that my darling.
Judy's anthem for her lifetime. Composed by her favourite beloved composer- Harold Arlen (The man that got away, I could go on singing)
Ariana too
@@dhitaj7712 she can hit those notes.
@chris falkenberg Good Lord !!! What a remarkable streem of subconsciousness spurred by my immaculate rant.. nice poetic prose of yours a bit pretencious.. still a good start to meteroric rise to your immortal stardom. ALOHA, PENPAL !
@chris falkenberg Thanks a lot for the amazing show of satirical theatre of absurd. Kafka would have been under your spell... cheerio... Keep it up that way. Thats Entertainment !
She's just so naturally beautiful
Everytime I hear her I cry for her. She was beauitful in everyway. God bless her.
One of the greatest singers ever. Incredible
She was the best voice I've ever heard. No one can top that girl. No one!
Whitney, Celine, Mariah, Adele, Ariana, Edith
@@AnnaF33 Mariah? NO WAY, Alicia Keys is better than Mariah
She’s so pretty 😍
I would love to go back in time and watch her live and meet her
If only, me too...
Alot of people would.