This Day in History June 22, 1969 – Judy Garland Dies
- Union Village Media
- Jun 22, 2018
- 5 min read
Updated: Jul 22, 2018
On this day in 1969, actress and singer Judy Garland dies of an overdose of sleeping pills. Garland began performing as a child and became one of America’s most loved stars when she played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
She made more than 200 films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and had a wildly successful recording career, becoming the first woman to win a Grammy for Album of the Year. She began using amphetamines to combat a weight problem during her teens and became dependent on drugs and alcohol, which undermined her career.
Jun 21 2018, 10:00 PM by HISTORY Canada
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Judy Garland
Today, we remember the iconic Judy Garland on what would have been her 94th birthday. The songstress, who stood just 4 feet 11 inches tall, may have been physically small, but her voice and personality were anything but. With each new song she sang, Garland captured our hearts and further cemented herself among Hollywood's all-time greats.
Judy Garland Discography
Judy Garland recorded scores of singles of her hit songs for Decca Records beginning in the mid-1930s. Garland began recording albums for Capitol Records in the 1950s. Her first album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200. Judy at Carnegie Hall charted for 73 weeks on the Billboard chart (including 13 weeks at number one), was certified gold, and took home five Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance).
Singles
1936 Swing Mr. Charlie / Stomping at the Savoy (w. Bob Crosby's Orchestra) Decca 848 1945 This Heart of Mine / Love Decca 18660 1937 Everybody Sing Decca 1332 1945 You'll Never Walk Alone / Smilin' Through Decca 23539 1937 All God's Chillun Got Rhythm / Everybody Sing Decca 1432 1945 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe / In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down) Decca 23438 1937 (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You / You Can't Have Everything Decca 1463 1945 Round and Round Decca 23459 1938 Cry, Baby, Cry / Sleep, My Baby, Sleep Decca 1796 1945 It's a Great Big World (w. Virginia O'Brien and Betty Russell) Decca 23460 1938 It Never Rains But It Pours / Ten Pins in the Sky Decca 2017 1946 For You, For Me, For Evermore / Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did? (w. Dick Haymes) Decca 23687 1939 Over the Rainbow / The Jitterbug Decca 2672 1946 Changing My Tune / Love Decca 23688 1939/1937 Over the Rainbow / (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You MGM KGC-166 1946 There Is No Breeze / Don't Tell Me That Story Decca 23746 1939 Embraceable You / Swanee Decca 2881 1947 I Wish I Were in Love Again / Nothing but You Decca 24469 1939 Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart / Fascinatin' Rhythm Decca 18543 1947 Look for the Silver Lining MGM 30002 1939 In Between / Sweet Sixteen Decca 15045 1947 Who? MGM 30003 1939 Oceans Apart / Figaro Decca 2873 1947/1949 Look for the Silver Lining / Merry Christmas MGM 30212 1940 Friendship (w. Johnny Mercer) / The Wearing of the Green Decca 3165 1948 Be a Clown MGM 30097 1940 Buds Won't Bud / I'm Nobody's Baby Decca 3174 1948 Love of My Life / You Can Do No Wrong MGM 30098 1940 The End of the Rainbow Decca 3231 1948 Mack the Black MGM 30099 1940 Our Love Affair / I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Decca 3593 1948 I Wish I Were in Love Again (w. Mickey Rooney) / Johnny One Note MGM 30172 1940 It's a Great Day for the Irish / A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow Decca 3604 1948 Easter Parade (w. Fred Astaire) / A Fella With an Umbrella (w. Peter Lawford) MGM 30185 1941 The Birthday of a King / Star of the East Decca 4050 1948 A Couple of Swells / Irving Berlin Medley (w. Fred Astaire) MGM 30186 1941 How About You? / F.D.R. Jones Decca 4072 1948 Better Luck Next Time MGM 30187 1941 Poor You / Last Call For Love Decca 18320 1949 Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey / Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland MGM 50025 1942 For Me and My Gal / When You Wore a Tulip (w. Gene Kelly) Decca 18480 1949 Play That Barbershop Chord / I Don't Care MGM 50026 1942 I Never Knew / On the Sunny Side of the Street Decca 18524 1950 Happy Harvest / If You Feel Like Singing, Sing MGM 30252 1942 That Old Black Magic / Poor Little Rich Girl Decca 18540 1950 Friendly Star / Get Happy MGM 30254 1943 Could You Use Me? ( w. Mickey Rooney) / Embraceable You Decca 23303 1953 Send My Baby Back to Me / Without a Memory Columbia 40010 1943 But Not For Me Decca 23309 1953 Go Home, Joe / Heartbroken Columbia 40023 1944 Over the Rainbow / I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) (w. Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra) V-Disc 335-A 1954 The Man That Got Away / Here's What I'm Here For Columbia 40270 1943 Bidin' My Time / I've Got Rhythm Decca 23310 1956/1955 Maybe I'll Come Back / Over the Rainbow Capitol 6128 1943 No Love, No Nothin' / A Journey to a Star Decca 18484 1957 It's Lovely to Be Back Again in London / By Myself EMI CL-14791 (British release) 1944 Meet Me in St. Louis / Skip to My Lou Decca 23360 1961 Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart / Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody Capitol 4624 1944 The Trolley Song / Boys and Girls Like You and Me Decca 23361 1961 San Francisco / Chicago Capitol 6125 1944 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / The Boy Next Door Decca 23362 1961/1956 The Man That Got Away / April Showers Capitol 6126 1944 The Trolley Song / Meet Me in St. Louis Decca 25494 1961 Swanee / That's Entertainment Capitol 6129 1945/1944 Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) / You've Got Me Where You Want Me (w. Bing Crosby) Decca 23410 1961 Come Rain or Come Shine / Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody Capitol 6127 1945/1944 Connecticut / Mine (w. Bing Crosby) Decca 23804 1961 Comes Once in a Lifetime / Sweet Danger Capitol 4656 1945 On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe / If I Had You (w. The Merry Macs) Decca 23436 1962 Little Drops of Rain / Paris Is a Lonely Town Warner Bros. 5310 1944/1945 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / You'll Never Walk Alone Decca 9-29295 1963 Hello Bluebird / I Could Go On Singing Capitol 4938 1944/1945 The Boy Next Door / Smilin' Through Decca 9-29296 1965 Hello, Dolly! / He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (w. Liza Minnelli) Capitol 5497
Original songs introduced by Garland
1936 "Americana", Every Sunday
1939 "Over the Rainbow", The Wizard of Oz
1939 "Good Morning", Babes in Arms
1940 "Our Love Affair", Strike Up the Band
1940 "It's A Great Day for the Irish", Little Nellie Kelly [6]
1941 "How About You?", Babes on Broadway
1944 "The Trolley Song", Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", Meet Me in St Louis
1946 "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", The Harvey Girls
1948 "Be a Clown", The Pirate
1949 "Merry Christmas", In the Good Old Summertime
1954 "The Man That Got Away", A Star Is Born
1960 "Faraway Part of Town", Pepe (written by André and Dory Previn; nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song)
1962 "Paris is A Lonely Town", Gay Purr-ee
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