Sunday, April 29, 2012

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP (for the week of April 29, 2012)



Here is a rundown of the new audio files posted to the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience.
To access the files click HERE.


A JUDY MOMENT
Bench Wench Eleanor requested this song as a Could, Woulda, Shoulda entry. We can do better than that. How about been there, done that, and here's the tee shirt? Judy invades Jo Stafford's territory and sings one of the most popular tunes from the 50's.


CHESTERFIELD SHOW
Judy Garland guest star's on Bing Crosby's Chesterfield Show, May 21, 1952.


DUET OF THE WEEK
Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli reunite for a medley from Cabaret.


ENCORE
Royalty salutes royalty.


JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT
Yet another night of Judy onstage at The Talk Of The Town. This performance was recorded on January 28, 1969 and belies once again Tracie Bennett's assertions and disingenuous performance that suggest that Judy gave less than her best during most of the run. The many recordings made during the engagement prove that on most nights Judy was in good spirits, working hard, entertaining the audience, and singing well (something that Ms. Bennett is apparently unable to do). I'm starting to wonder if maybe Trace Bennett is trying to downplay the quality of Judy's performances at The Talk of The Town as a way to justify her own harsh, wobbly, and pitch challenged vocals. Maybe because she can't sing like Judy Garland Ms. Bennett is trying to rewrite history to make Judy Garland sing like Tracie Bennett.


JUDY PIPES IN
After Judy Garland sang her songs and had her interview with Johnny Carson on the December 17, 1968 episode of the Tonight Show she decided to remain on the panel and stick around for the rest of the show. Here is a rare recording of Judy joining in while Carson interviews Shari Lewis and you can even hear her flirting a bit with Superbowl winning Green Bay Packer Jerry Kramer.


LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER
Presents KATHERINE HEPBURN in LITTLE WOMEN. Originally broadcast on December 23, 1945.


MY DIME
Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Bing Crosby in a March Of Dimes radio fundraising special/salute honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his birthday. This program was originally broadcast on January 30, 1945.


REQUESTS AND RARITIES
Oddities and the unexpected.


SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL
Nina Simone live at the Drury Lane, October 12, 1977.


WHERE JUDY PLAYED
From 1965, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin showed up when pal Joey Bishop was guest hosting the Tonight Show and brought along their own unique brand of havoc and used it to full advantage to terrorize their friend.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #18 In Palm Springs relaxing, taking a break after the completion of A STAR IS BORN ... mid-1954. Photo Credit: Bernard / Globe Photo

Sunday, April 22, 2012

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP (for the week of April 22, 2012)


Here is a rundown of the new audio files posted to the yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience.
To access the files click HERE.

A JUDY MOMENT
Well, of course this week's moment is from the extraordinary night of April 23, 1961. Judy sings one of her great standards in full Capitaliscious stereo.

DUET OF THE WEEK
44 years after first singing this song, Roy Eldridge and Anita O'Day reunited on the stage of Carnegie Hall to give it one final fling.

ENCORE
Per a request here is an encore posting of the Judy/Liza Palladium rehearsal.

HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SESSIONS
Raw, unedited material from the Till The Clouds Roll By pre-recording sessions.

JUDY SOUNDING GREAT IN '68!
Judy's solos from the Mike Douglas show, 1968.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER
Presents Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in the radio adaptation of ANCHORS AWEIGH. Also featuring Kathryn Grayson and others. Originally broadcast on December 29, 1947.

MAIL CALL #19
Starring Judy Garland, Groucho Marx, Jose Iturbi, Betty Grable, and others. Judy and Jose perform what has to be the best version of The Joint Is Really Jumping Down At Carnegie Hall ever! Originally broadcast on January 9, 1943.

MANHATTAN CENTER ANNIVERSARY
April 26 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Judy Takes Broadway concert. Here are excerpts from the CD release of the show as well as some unreleased rehearsal and outtake material.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES
Oddities and the unexpected.

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?
Linda McCartney and Manson

WHAT JUDY SANG
Lorna Luft live at Carnegie Hall singing selections from the Judy Garland songbook, 1998. Also featuring Mort Lindsey.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED
Liza Minnelli live at Carnegie Hall, June 5, 1993.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK


David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #17

December 14, 1961 ... seated with Maximillian Schell at the dinner which followed the world premiere of JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG at the Kunsthalle in Berlin, Germany.

Photo courtesy of the Collection of Christian Matzanke, Berlin.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

TCM CELEBRATES JUDY'S 90TH WITH A 24 HOUR MARATHON


Turner Classic Movies TCM will be celebrating the extraordinary film career of the legendary Judy Garland with a salute on what would have been her 90th birthday, June 10, 2012.

Hosted by TCM's iconic cornerstone, Robert Osborne, and Emmy Award winning author and historian, John Fricke (author of the current best seller JUDY A LEGENDARY FILM CAREER)


The event will start at 6:00 A.M. on June 10th with 1938's Everybody Sing and end at 4:00 A.M. on June 11th with 1963's I Could Go On Singing (AKA The Lonely Stage).

John Fricke is without question the world's foremost authority on all things Garland, and a world class golden era film buff to boot. Paired with Robert Osborne, and his vast knowledge of all things Hollywood, it should be an entertaining and educational dialogue.
Fricke and Osborne will first appear at 12:00 P.M. to co-host the proceedings, and have in depth discussions between the films, for the following 14 hours!


Included in the programming (as selected by Fricke):
* the four pinnacle films of the Garland career: The Wizard of Oz(1939), A Star is Born (1954), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and Easter Parade (1948, costarring Fred Astaire);
* three of the ten pictures in which she was billed with Mickey Rooney: Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Strike Up the Band (1940), and Girl Crazy (1943);
* For Me and My Gal (1942) — the film in which Judy won her first sole-star-billing-above-the-title and in which Gene Kelly made his motion picture debut;
* the re-teaming of Garland and Kelly in Summer Stock (1950);
* one of Judy’s earliest feature showcases, Everybody Sing (1938); and
* her final film, I Could Go On Singing (1963).
Rounding out the Garland 90th birthday celebration is 1990′s The Wizard of Oz: Fifty Years of Magic. Hosted by Angela Lansbury, the Emmy Award-nominated documentary will precede the telecast of The Wizard of Oz.

The schedule is as follows:

6am — Everybody Sing



7:45am – Love Finds Andy Hardy



9:30am – Strike Up the Band



12pm – For Me and My Gal (hosted by Fricke and Osborne) 

2pm – Girl Crazy
 (hosted by Fricke and Osborne)


3:45pm – A Star Is Born
 (hosted by Fricke and Osborne)


7pm – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (hosted by Fricke and Osborne) 



8pm – The Wizard of Oz 



10pm – Meet Me in St. Louis (hosted by Fricke and Osborne)



12am – Easter Parade
 (hosted by Fricke and Osborne)


2am – Summer Stock (hosted by Fricke and Osborne)



4:15am – I Could Go On Singing