MICKEY AND JUDY

This Sunday the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience will be celebrating the partnership of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Please stop by and listen to rare recordings of the pair performing together on radio, television, and the concert stage.

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP (for the week of August 26, 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

Excerpt from Judy at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1952.

ENCORE

Mark Murphy reprises one of Peggy Lee's greatest hits.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT

Live from Lincoln Center, February 25, 1968. New recording!

JUDY GARLAND MAIL CALL

Per a request, #19 starring Judy Garland, Groucho Marx, Betty Grable, Jose Iturbi, and others. Originally broadcast on January 1, 1943.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER

Per a request, Lady Esther presents The Saga Of Stanwyck And Crawford. Shirley Eder kept the tape recorder running when she dined out with the Stars in the early 60's, during a 1967 phone call where Joan Crawford attempts to do damage control for an incident she caused at a White House dinner, Eder's follow up call to Stanwyck, who out's Joan as being guilty as charged, a wild car ride with Crawford (who apparently mistook 11AM for the cocktail hour, and Missy is curios about the whereabouts of her late friend's jewels.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES

SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL

A few moments with Miss Betty Roche.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED

Cleo Laine at Lincoln Center, 1975.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #35

 Judy and Sid visiting with Vic Damone at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, where Damone was appearing... on February 21, 1963.

Photo Credit: Associated Press 

WHAT IF #2

IF LOVE WERE TWO JUDY'S

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP for the week of August 19, 2012

Special thanks to Allen Morris for this week's beautiful homepage.

Here is a recap of the new audio files posted at the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience.

To access the files click HERE.

A JUDY MOMENT

HooHah Jodie requested this AJM because it has great personal meaning for her.

ANOTHER JUDY MOMENT

Hoohah Greg asked for something new or different from TJGS. Well, here is something that's only been posted once before. It's a clip from an unedited stream from Capitol's line recording of the shows. Not only can you hear Eydie Gorme laughing from the audience, but Judy goes for, and hits, an Eydie style high note at the end of the song.

ARROWHEAD SPRINGS 1939

Judy Garland with Rudy Vallee, Al Jolson,Patsy Flick, and others.

DUET OF THE WEEK

Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert recorded live, November 2, 1958.

ENCORE

On paper this looks like it could be camp, a disaster, or both! But a tasteful chart and Keely Smith's sensitive performance save the day.

EVOLUTION

Judy takes three distinctly different approaches to one of her classics. Two of them ended up being definitive.

JUDY AT THE SHRINE

Judy Garland at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. With Harold Arlen and the David Rose Orchestra. Recorded February, 1941.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT

We told you you we were going to bring you a month of random performances from Judy's 1967 engagement at the Palace. Well, you can't get any more random than this undated concert that was recorded sometime in the middle of the run.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER

presents PEG: THE MUSICAL starring Miss Peggy Lee. This week part 4: All Those Other Men.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES

SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL

Per a request on our Youtube page here are highlights from June Christy On Tour 1953-1954.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED

Was there ever a year when Joe Williams DIDN'T play the Newport Jazz Festival? Here is a segment from an unreleased recording of his 1959 appearance.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #34

Backstage at the Palace Theatre on opening night, September 26, 1956.

Photo Credit: United Press International

STAR SPANGLED GIRL

Judy Garland and other VIPs sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” on May 10, 1958 at a commemorative dinner the night before the big show at Memorial Stadium. Front row, from left: Lt. Gov. Karl Rolvaag, Garland and Robert Snook, a centennial organizer. Back row, from left: Judge Luther Youngdahl, Mrs. James L. Morrill and University of Minnesota President James L. Morrill, and Eleanor Pillsbury.

was this the WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN?

could this be the WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN?

AND I CAN'T FORGET WHAT YOU DID FOR LOVE

Accompanied by Billy Stritch, Liza Minnelli attends the funeral 

for Marvin Hamlisch in New York City, August 14, 2012.

or is this the WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN?

Wait! Maybe this is the WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN!

eh, WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN?

WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUDY FAN?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #33

 Judy and Robert Walker in a quiet moment at Van Johnson's birthday party 

... on or near August 25, 1944.

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP (for the week of August 12, 2012)

Here is a recap of the new audio files posted over at the Yahoo version of TJGE. 

To access the files click. HERE

A JUDY MOMENT

This AJM was chosen by HoohHah Bobby W.

DOUBLE TAKE

When Judy first sang this song in 1951 she approached it with a brassy toughness.

When she returned to it in 1957 her interpretation was more reminiscent of an experienced victim.

DUET OF THE WEEK

Judy Garland and Bing Crosby invade Doris Day territory with this duet that they originally performed on October 6, 1948. This week's duet was chosen by HooHah Dan O.

ENCORE

Marilyn Maye tells Daisy Clover to move over!

JUDITH CRIST REMEMBERS JUDY GARLAND

A Barry Gray Round Table discussion on Judy Garland that was broadcast shortly after Judy's death in June, 1969. Panelist's: Judith Crist, John Springer, Rex Reed, and Edward Epstein.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT

Another entry in our month long series of concerts from Judy's 1967  Palace Theatre engagement. 

This week's performance was recorded on August 8, 1967.

KAY KYSER MAIL CALL

Starring Jack Haley, Georgia Gibbs, and others. Originally broadcast on October 5, 1944.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER

Presents PEG The Musical starring Miss Peggy Lee

This week, part 3: Falling in Love. Next week, part 4: All Those Other Men.

REMEMBERING MARVIN HAMLISCH

A handful of great singers, a trio of Marvin's most enduring melodies, 

and a few moments with Marvin himself.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

Frank Sinatra At The United Nations, September 13, 1963.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED

Abbey Lincoln at Lincoln Center, September 17, 2005.

This track is dedicated to Judith Crist 1922-2012

and Marvin Hamlisch 1944-2012.

FRIDAY FOTO FUN

FOR MARVIN

TECHNICOLORIFIC!

Gene Kelly and Judy Garland during the filming of The Pirate.

ON LOCATION

Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, John Cassavetes, and crew between set-ups while on laceration filming for A Child Is Waiting (1963).

NEW FILES POSTED TO THE YAHOO GROUP (for the week of August 5, 2012)

Here is a recap of the new audio files posted to the Yahoo version of The Judy Garland Experience.

To access the files click HERE.http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thejudygarlandexperience/

A JUDY MOMENT
Oh, hell yeah! Judy's reinvent's a Jolie classic and makes it her own. December, 1950.

BARRY GRAY SHOW
Barry Gray interviews Judy Garland, July, 1967.

DOUBLE TAKE
Judy first recorded this song in 1957. When she returned to it five years later she had something completely different to say with it.

DUET OF THE WEEK
Mamie and June go to the beach.

ENCORE
Accompanied by Roger Edens on the piano, Tony Martin sings this one like he means it. R.I.P. Tony Martin 1913-2012.

EVOLUTION
Judy learns a song, rehearses it, performs it for the first time before a national audience (featuring a swinging Mort Lindsay assisted chart), and then brings it back to it's roots by singing a brisk uptempo version with it's composer.

JUDY AND BING '49
Judy Garland promotes her new film, In The Good Old Summertime, on the Chesterfield Show. September, 1949.

JUDY GARLAND IN CONCERT
Opening night at the Palace, July 31, 1967. Includes songs recorded on the 3rd and 4th nights of the run and bonus tracks not included on the original album.

LADY ESTHER BLODGETT THEATER
Presents PEG: THE MUSICAL starring Miss Peggy Lee. This week part 2: The Teenage Years. Next week, part 3: Falling In Love!

MAIL CALL JACK BENNY
Benny plays host to Judy Garland, The Delta Rhythm Boys, and Johnny Mercer. Originally broadcast on January 5, 1944.

REQUESTS AND RARITIES


SUNDAY MORNING SPECIAL
Frank Sinatra at Harrah's, 1976.

WHERE JUDY PLAYED
Charlie Parker at Carnegie Hall, September 25, 1954. Billie Holiday was also on the bill so we included one of her songs as a bonus track.

What If...? #1

JUDY AND MARILYN 1962

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

David Price's PHOTO OF THE WEEK #32

 School days at M-G-M ... in a publicity shot taken in 1937.

Photo Credit: Eric Carpenter -- Serial number MG65961

IN LIVING COLOR 1963

Judy Garland and Gregory Phillips at a press reception for their film I Could Go On Singing.