Favorite song by Judy Garland in a movie?

[sarah_j]

Over the Rainbow is my favorite as well. No one else performs this song with as much feeling as Judy Garland (not even soprano Kathleen Battle and Judy Collins). Her later performances of the song are even more moving since they contain in her voice a lifetime of experience and heartache. Another favorite is The Man that Got Away, which Judy Garland sings even better than Frank Sinatra, and that is saying something. Two others include Smile (also sung with tears in the voice) and A Merry Little Christmas.

In my experience, the only other female singer who can approach the pathos of Judy Garland’s singing, which is etched into the timbre of her voice, is the French chanteuse, Edith Piaf.

There's something in Judy Garland's voice that touches your heart.

My favorite is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
:crying:
[youtube.com/watch?v=MKG5X0QMSWA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKG5X0QMSWA)

 

[7_Sorrows]

No doubt Piaf was the greatest French popular singer.

I have never heard the name before.

 

[7_Sorrows]

There’s something in Judy Garland’s voice that touches your heart.
My favorite is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
:crying:

 [youtube.com/watch?v=MKG5X0QMSWA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKG5X0QMSWA)

I like that song too from the wonderful movie Meet Me in St. Louis.

 

[meltzerboy]

I have never heard the name before.

Many of her recordings are on YouTube. Most of them are sung in French but a few are in English.

 

[7_Sorrows]

I believe she was fifteen… this was a year or so before “The Wizard of Oz”.

She looks really young. She was so pretty.

Remember all the movies she made with Mickey Rooney.

 

[7_Sorrows]

Many of her recordings are on YouTube. Most of them are sung in French but a few are in English.

ok. thanks. I will check her out.

 

[sarah_j]

I have never heard the name before.

Edith Piaf was great. Maybe you’ve heard La Vie En Rose?
That’s probably her most well-known song.

youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4

 

[7_Sorrows]

Edith Piaf was great. Maybe you’ve heard La Vie En Rose?
That’s probably her most well-known song.

youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4

it said the video was not available. I did hear louis armstrong it though.