Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer- Friendship(1940)

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  • words and music by Cole Porter.
    On December 18,1940 Judy Garland and songwriter Johnny Mercer recorded 'Friendship' for Decca Records.
    in 1941 32 year old Johnny would begin an intense affair with 19 year old Judy. they would continue to have an affair later on. Johnny was greatly affected by this affair and it is said that he considered her the great love of his life. 'That Old Black Magic' and 'I Remember You' were written by Johnny, expressing his feelings for Judy.

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  • @heatherkelly2580
    @heatherkelly2580 4 роки тому +17

    The world greatest entertainer singing with the world's greatest song writer. What a perfect couple.

  • @souleclipse558
    @souleclipse558 4 роки тому +9

    I 'm here from Hollywood series, great old new song!

  • @marciacox2319
    @marciacox2319 Рік тому +2

    Cole Porter, fabulous. The rhyming is particularly fun

  • @barbaragoodwin4194
    @barbaragoodwin4194 4 роки тому +7

    Yes this is Judy Garland, I have it on CD

  • @CoolHandCat
    @CoolHandCat 4 роки тому +4

    Heard this on Hollywood, and I was going crazy trying to remember where I heard it prior.. I Love Lucy duh!

  • @nicnak51
    @nicnak51 6 років тому +3

    heard this for the 1st time the other day, on the radio great tune

  • @nancycartwright2206
    @nancycartwright2206 4 роки тому +3

    LOVELY!

  • @ForeverJudyGarland
    @ForeverJudyGarland  11 років тому +4

    yes it is! thank you for listening :)

  • @nmuphelps1
    @nmuphelps1 3 роки тому +2

    Perfection!!!

  • @csrhiatt
    @csrhiatt 6 місяців тому

    Awesome tune. Johnny Mercer had the Midas Touch for a nice spell of hits.

  • @martinepstein3332
    @martinepstein3332 Рік тому

    Perfect Cole Porter lyrics

  • @knockedoutloaded279
    @knockedoutloaded279 2 роки тому

    Great lyricist

  • @TraceyDBaker
    @TraceyDBaker 4 роки тому +1

    Here after hearing this in panto (cinderella and Buttons)
    Love it!

  • @sabinowilliam2735
    @sabinowilliam2735 3 роки тому +2

    Judy Garland was a great entertainer.

  • @BrianGeraghty77
    @BrianGeraghty77 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant song from Judy Garland’s Archive
    I’m in a nursing home in Dublin and I was listening to one of the other residents and her daughter singing this song.

  • @BigJDawg4523
    @BigJDawg4523 9 місяців тому +1

    I thought this was created by Mickey and his friends...
    But this is great!

  • @knockedoutloaded279
    @knockedoutloaded279 7 років тому +2

    clever Lyrics....

  • @theambitiousduck
    @theambitiousduck Рік тому

    my teacher keeps singing this in the middle of class

  • @salvease
    @salvease 2 роки тому

    Cute version.
    I read once that the Johnny Mercer song I Remember You was written by him for her. They had had an affair when she was nineteen.
    She ended up marrying someone else.
    It's a lovely song.

    • @tombrown1898
      @tombrown1898 11 місяців тому +1

      That's true about "I Remember You.". Mercer's wife, Ginger, knew that and would not allow the song to be played in her presence. I love this song because I met a girl in highschool, and she and I had an intermittent romance for the next 30 years. But at the core of it was true friendship. We each thought of the other, "How can anybody BE like you?". Then we'd just laugh. I played this song with Judy and Johnny for my daughter when she was 8, and she thought it was a hoot. Listened to it at least 10 times!

    • @salvease
      @salvease 10 місяців тому

      ​​​​@@tombrown1898Your romance story was very sweet.
      Also, your playing this song for your daughter reminded me of the fun I had playing older songs(Crosby's "Swinging on a Star" comes to mind)and laughing with my son when he was a kid.
      Although when I first read of your playing the song for your daughter, I was confused. I thought you'd played "I Remember You" for her😂.
      NOW it makes sense.

  • @OmnTragic
    @OmnTragic 2 роки тому

    I’m here from redarrowcamp 2021 camp play.

  • @xander7ful
    @xander7ful 8 років тому +12

    Their friendship was hot alright. ;)

    • @elizabethdacosta5601
      @elizabethdacosta5601 4 роки тому +4

      Xander Taylor
      Ha! Yes it was, but I don’t begrudge her-she deserved whatever happiness she could grab! And having someone who loved her that much must have given her interludes of great happiness in a life that had far too much abuse and heartbreak.

  • @wolfdwarf
    @wolfdwarf 2 роки тому +1

    Agnis Holloway, aka A.G.N.I.S. brought me here.

  • @bevkahn3147
    @bevkahn3147 11 місяців тому

    Why can't I share this via messaging?

  • @elizabethdacosta5601
    @elizabethdacosta5601 4 роки тому +2

    What a funny, charming piece of music! One commenter doesn’t think it is Judy Garland, but although it doesn’t sound much like her, I’m willing to believe that’s because she would have been so young in 1940 and she was trying to disguise her voice. I hope it is the two of them. I always wanted to hear them singing together and I never have unless this is it! It’s definitely Johnny Mercer. Are you sure it’s Judy Garland?

    • @AllAboutJudy
      @AllAboutJudy 4 роки тому +2

      Yep, that's definitely Judy Garland. :)

    • @elizabethdacosta5601
      @elizabethdacosta5601 4 роки тому +3

      AllAboutJudy
      THANK YOU for responding!! Now that I know it’s her, I can “hear” her better-that’s called confirmation bias, right?

    • @AllAboutJudy
      @AllAboutJudy 4 роки тому +2

      @@elizabethdacosta5601 No problem. You mentioned in your previous comment about wanting to hear Judy and Johnny singing together, well search for Taking a Chance on Love here on UA-cam. It's lovely. :)

    • @elizabethdacosta5601
      @elizabethdacosta5601 4 роки тому +2

      AllAboutJudy
      Just listened to it! Although it looks like I had listened to it before, I didn’t remember, because I didn’t know their history at the time. It is so lovely and is now on my playlist, which I just learned how to create. It was so kind of you to tell me about it! Think of the great pleasure you have given a complete stranger, who will now enjoy this performance over and over again!

    • @russellcandy9850
      @russellcandy9850 3 роки тому +1

      It's our Judy alright. It's on am Looking I purchased in 1980 called Judy Garland. The Beginning. Great album!!!

  • @higbyrocket09
    @higbyrocket09 5 місяців тому

    Lucy & Ethel brought me here

  • @smiles12331
    @smiles12331 9 років тому +3

    :)))

  • @Muuu.06
    @Muuu.06 4 роки тому +2

    Who came here from young Dracula 🧛‍♂️??

  • @tuckerhawkey9561
    @tuckerhawkey9561 Рік тому

    Judy's singing voice sounds different in this song

  • @timfuneral2031
    @timfuneral2031 11 років тому +2

    then explain the father of margaret whiting's daughter

  • @hannahlynn8028
    @hannahlynn8028 Рік тому

    why couldn't they stay together?

  • @johnparker4538
    @johnparker4538 2 роки тому

    Oddly, Mr Mercer actually sings this better than Judy does. It's not that she doesn't sing it well, it's just that he is perfect whilst that stunning sparkle is slightly absent for once from my all time favourite female singer, at least to my ears.

  • @Ruesen
    @Ruesen 2 роки тому

    I still think i love lucy did it better, but nice to hear the original

  • @henryhorwitz8332
    @henryhorwitz8332 8 років тому +1

    Not Judy, might be Johnny

    • @cindyjk1
      @cindyjk1 5 років тому

      I agree with Henry - I DON'T think this is Judy Garland. Maybe Betty Garrett?

    • @jeannef8095
      @jeannef8095 4 роки тому

      Reference to the book Boo ?

    • @rachelberrythegleequeen.3221
      @rachelberrythegleequeen.3221 4 роки тому

      Cindy Koehn That can’t be Judy.

    • @elizabethdacosta5601
      @elizabethdacosta5601 4 роки тому

      I admit that I want it to be Judy Garland, but if you consider she would only have been 18 in 1940, and that she was obviously trying to disguise her voice, couldn’t it be her? I always wanted to hear them singing together and never have unless this is the two of them. Theirs was such a heartbreaking love story; I always wondered if her life would have been easier if they could have married. She needed someone who loved her that much.

    • @THEDUSTINLEWITSHOW
      @THEDUSTINLEWITSHOW 3 роки тому +1

      That's Judy.

  • @laraeejohnson7880
    @laraeejohnson7880 5 років тому +1

    kinda corny but quite/

  • @jeanbean5707
    @jeanbean5707 4 роки тому +1

    Music was immature back then, glad I wasn't around

  • @rogerpropes7129
    @rogerpropes7129 5 років тому +1

    Surprisingly bad version of a good song.