“The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. It was released back when gay was more ...

Judy Garland in 'Meet Me in St. Louis.' The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a holiday classic, but its genesis goes back to Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. It turns out ...

native Hugh Martin wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time. But if not for Judy Garland, the classic may have been a holiday dud.

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” cemented its place in the holiday song canon after it appeared in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland. Although the song ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family ...

Singer and actress Judy Garland (June 10, 1922–June 22 ... but it reached no. 5 on the Billboard charts in 1939 and became her signature song. The song also endeared her to the gay community, which ...

The song also became not about the future but ... My all-time favorite versions are from the olden days. Judy Garland, of course, [was] always tops with me. And Mel Torme, who wrote a beautiful ...

The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a holiday classic, but its genesis goes back to Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. It turns out, she helped this melancholy Christmas ...