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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor

Meet Me in St. Louis lyrics

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Meet Me in St. Louis lyrics, made popular by the Judy Garland musical, Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, better known as just Meet Me in St. Louis, was a popular song from 1904 which celebrated the St. Louis World’s Fair. The lyrics were written by Andrew B. Sterling, with music by Kerry Mills.

The song and the fair were focal points of the Judy Garland movie, Meet Me in St. Louis.Read More »Meet Me in St. Louis lyrics

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor

Skip to My Lou lyrics

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Skip to My Lou lyrics — €“ traditional American dance song

Skip to My Lou is a traditional song, dating back to America’s frontier period. Since musical instruments were frowned upon, the dancers had to create their own music by clapping and singing.

Couples would dance around a lone male who sang — €œlost my partner, what’ll I do. — € At the appropriate point in the lyrics, he would — €œsteal — € the partner of a dancing man as he sang — €œI’ll find another one prettier than you. — € The displaced man would take his place in the circle.

— €œLou — € is apparently a corruption of — €œloo, — € the Scottish word for love.Read More »Skip to My Lou lyrics

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor

Meet Me in St. Louis

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DVD review of Meet Me in St. Louis – starring Judy Garland, directed by Vincent Minelli – one of the best musicals of the 20th Century

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The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke

The Wizard of Oz

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The Wizard of Oz (75th Anniversary Edition) (1939)

As one of the best-loved musicals of the 20th century, The Wizard of Oz had a wonderful selection of now-classic movie tunes.   They include:

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Judy Garland biography

Judy Garland biography

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Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 — June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Tony Award.After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and the film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz (1939). After 15 years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series and a return to film acting beginning with A Star Is Born (1954).

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