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Judy performing 'Cry, Baby, Cry' [1938].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrcmuYl3JeA

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'Stormy Weather'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N57hZFIUEVA

"Love the solo horn and sax “singing” around Judy’s voice. This is perhaps the most beautiful of all the London Studio recordings." - Joan Coulson

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Judy sings 'Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe' for her son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzIsozIipAU

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'Come Rain Or Come Shine'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wN_YzZVT5g

“'Come Rain or Come Shine'” – I remember thinking at the Dominion 1957 that this was the most exciting thing I had ever seen on stage. She wore a feathered tomato red-colored dress, while the bongo drummer sat at Judy's feet. He never left her side as they both gave each other encouraging and inspiring looks throughout the performance. Then the orchestra soared behind them till the song reached its climatic finish." - Joan Coulson

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'San Francisco'

"'Chicago' and 'San Francisco' – Happy songs and memories of Judy skipping around the stage." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3SOsNPaUoc

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'The Man That Got Away'

'The Man That Got Away' – "One of the best versions of this song. Love the solo sax that comes in behind her. If I could only have one song with me on a desert island, I would choose to have every version of this song." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSs44KjlAFU

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'Swanee'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEKDpoOY1_8

"Norrie Paramor was conducting the orchestr 2000 a with about 12 people in the chorus. She told them they had to sound like 50 -- so "sing big" or something like that. Another time while she was doing “Swanee” and the orchestra didn't know how it went (the pauses, etc.), Judy went through it with them, encouraging them and showing them exactly how she wanted it to go; guiding and advising the chorus and orchestra on rhythm, tempo, pitch and volume. She was always very sweet, charming, and funny; she also knew exactly what was going on at every moment. Even when singing with intense concentration, she could pick out a fault in the orchestra or chorus. She would sing over some of the lines for the chorus, sometimes conducting, leading, and almost willing them to perfection. "Could you sing a little louder there?" she inquired at one point to the chorus. She grinned. The leader suggested he stopped his note when Judy stopped. "I don't stop," smiled Judy, "I hold it through to the end." (The chorus collapsed in laughter.)" - Joan Coulson

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'Rock-a-Bye'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64rQRbVSmZw

“'Rock-a-Bye' takes me back to Judy's engagement at the London Palladium in 1951. - Joan Coulson

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'You'll Never Walk Alone'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alqj0nd9-A

“'You'll Never Walk Alone' – When I first heard this song years ago (Judy recorded it the first time in NY in 1945, just after her marriage to Vincente Minnelli), I felt then it was nearly operatic. She wanted so much to do a Broadway show". - Joan Coulson

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'I Happen To Like New York'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6c9_3yjV7k

"The songs she recorded that evening were, 'I Happen to Like New York', 'Why Was I Born?', 'Swanee' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' She would record one song and then we would go into the sound proof room and listen to it in the playback. At one point after one version of “I Happen to Like New York”, another guest, an English girl pop singer, made some disparaging remarks about New York. It was along the lines that it was a dirty smelly place. Judy stood looking down at sheet music on a table, said quietly and very firmly, 'I happen to like New York!'" - Joan Coulson

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'Why Was I Born'

"Many years later Lorna Smith asked Judy about the recording she had made that day of 'Why was I Born', commenting how beautiful it was and asked what they did with it. Judy laughed and said, 'I expect they lost it.' That is how she was -- a funny, charming, woman. It is nice to know that these recordings have been discovered and are being re-issued." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7B6Ni6tK2M

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'Do It Again'

"I remember the completely still theater and one small spotlight on Judy’s face as she performed this song at her Palladium show in 1960." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMWRI_XIZaA

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'Chicago'

"'Chicago' and 'San Francisco' – Happy songs and memories of Judy skipping around the stage." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZW3wwYXT2U

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'I Can't Give You Anything But Love'

"These recordings, which were made when I was actually present in the studio, are very emotional for me." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hInQI1z2GDA

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'After You've Gone'

"These recordings, which were made when I was actually present in the studio, are very emotional for me." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJ0KPWAYVM

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'Over the Rainbow'

"My first thoughts were…what a complete collaboration there was between Judy and the orchestra. Of course she had been recording since she was a teenager and it was part of her life. Whatever troubles there were in Judy’s personal life at the time, it didn't matter when she was in the recording studio. It never encroached upon her recording sessions. There she could be natural and not bother with dressing up, because it was just her and the musicians. She was at home, loving her craft." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOAZG5K6wf4

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'It's So Lovely to Be Back in London'

"I choked up right away as I heard the first track, 'It's So Lovely To Be Back Again in London.' I was at the opening of Judy's Dominion Theatre engagement on October 16, 1957, when she sang this song. And I still have the small LP which Judy gave to the opening night audience members." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alqj0nd9-A

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'Please Say Uh'

"Love 'Please Say 'Ah' – So nice to hear something new." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Oza1LHoHY

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Hello, Bluebird'

"We were at the London Palladium all day, cast as extras in the audience, while they filmed the concert scenes for her movie, I COULD GO ON SINGING. I remember listening to the playback of this song over and over again as we sat in the theater, with Judy coming out now and then to film her sequences. Oh! Happy Day! 1962" - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuG13PMPjo

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'By Myself'

"Very emotional, as she was in the last stages of her marriage to Sid Luft." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGDRzK-dsdI

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"In 1964, Judy was not supposed to have sung for a long period after being ill in Hong Kong earlier that year. But she came back to London, went to a benefit and they encouraged her to sing – and off she went again! Four joyful “Maggie May” songs were recorded in August 1964, during the 6 months she lived in England." - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qMXF1usj_w

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"We were at the London Palladium all day, cast as extras in the audience, while they filmed the concert scenes for her movie, I COULD GO ON SINGING. I remember listening to the playback of this song over and over again as we sat in the theater, with Judy coming out now and then to film her sequences. Oh! Happy Day! 1962" - Joan Coulson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wHp37YCjHw

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From the Lost Tracks.

'Bill'
Judy's first ever recorded song from The Lost Tracks 1929-1959. This was recorded in 1935 with Ethel Gumm on piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_mjQZ1-y8U

'On the Good Ship Lollipop'/'The Object Of My Affection'/'Dinah'
Judy recorded this on March 29, 1935. Ethel 16d0 Gumm is on piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRphbHrBLPg

'Broadway Rhythm'
Judy's first radio appearance on October 26, 1935.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmu3ud-6NFI

'Zing Went the Strings Of My Heart'
Judy performs another one of her signature tunes for the first time in public. Broadcast on ''The Shell Chateau Hour'' with Wallace Beery on 16 November, 1935. On the night of the show's broadcast, Judy discovered that her father (Frank Gumm) was seriously ill in hospital with spinal meningitis, but had no choice but to go on and perform - her performance has an added intensity. Her father died the next morning and Judy never saw him alive again. However, a radio was placed next to his bed so he could hear the broadcast, and hear 'Baby' sing one last time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTq4DFLkD4

'Smiles'
Judy Garland sang many songs about 'Smiles'. This is perhaps the most rare ... it is not the song you may be thinking of. ... Performed on 'Jack Oakie's College' radio program, April 6, 1937. Judy was 15 years old. Included with this rare audio are seldom seen photos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciHyZqy0R98

'They Can't Take That Away From Me'
Performed on 'Jack Oakie's College', a weekly radio show with which Judy was a regular, broadcast on 11 May, 1937.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuSp3FPMEQg

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'Crying For the Carolines'

Judy Performed on 'Good News of 1938', broadcast on 14 April, 1938.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEovj82UG3g

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'God's Country'

Judy performed this on GOOD NEWS OF 1938, May 5, 1938.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvMtahEvp4s

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'How Deep Is the Ocean?'

Judy performed this on GOOD NEWS OF 1938, May 5, 1938.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCfqxkYL-ik

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'My Old Kentucky Home'

Judy performed this on AMERICA CALLING, 14 December 1938

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBrpoocSpc

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'Are We Having Any Fun?'

Judy sings this on Bob Hope's radio show in 1940.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSqgozKZcU

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'Dardanella'

A rare recording of Judy on the Bob Hope Show in 1939. This song was featured on the now out-of-print 1971 LP, ''The Wit And Wonder Of Judy Garland''.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Sr9mXqY8s

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'Comes Love'

Performed at the opening ceremony of the Arrowhead Springs Hotel. Judy appeared alongside stars such as Rudy Vallee and Al Jolson at the ceremony. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS radio on 16 December, 1939; Judy was fresh from her success in ''The Wizard of Oz''.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBp7tSW-15k

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'Oh, Johnny'

Judy sang this on Bob Hope's show in 1941.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7fn6H0qNM

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'Ma'

Judy performed this on THE PEPSODENT SHOW [1939/1940].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhMeRt01cg

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'FDR Jones'

Judy performed this on Bob Hope's radio show in 1939.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTxJ9jcl_VE

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'Sweet Sixteen'

Judy sang this on 'Tune Up Time' in 1939.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDYsdSc7DRs

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'Silent Night'

Judy sang this on Bob Hope's radio show THE PEPSODENT SHOW, December 19, 1939.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl89sOehPZQ

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metalman091 said... 'Silent Night'

Judy sang this on Bob Hope's radio show THE PEPSODENT SHOW, December 19, 1939.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl89sOehPZQ
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Judy's personally recorded version of 'I'll Be Seeing You' is pretty cool. I like it because it has the personal touch of not being professionally recorded. Judy recorded it in her house.

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I'd recommend you get yourself something with her Decca recordings on it, whether it's a complete collection (I'd recommend the box sets by the JSP label - all of them are superb, but particularly Smilin' Through - The Singles Collection and Creations: Songs She Introduced) as well as her Capitol recordings - the Carnegie album, and there's this wonderful set called The Very Best of Judy Garland - The Capitol Years 1955-1965 (http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Judy-Garland-GARLAND/dp/B000SO7JCU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1439961113&sr=1-1&keywords=very+best+of+judy+garland) which has the most comprehensive look at her Capitol records career available.

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That's an excellent collection.

I also like the CD collection I have of Judy's 40s material.
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