But when Garland, who died in 1969, got the lyrics for the first time, she thought they were too sad and didn’t want ... “I cannot sing that,” Judy Garland biographer and friend of Martin ...

Judy Garland (née Frances Ethel Gumm) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She first gained recognition playing Dorothy in 1939's The Wizard of Oz. She earned two Oscar nominations in her ...

Take heart: We’ve got the unmerry miserabilists for you. Sad Christmas music is practically a genre unto itself. One good starting point, if you can find it, is Rhino’s long-out-of-print “Bu ...

But if not for Judy Garland, the classic may have been ... arguing the song was supposed to be sad. Garland and Martin were in a standoff. That’s when Tom Drake stepped in, Gordon Martin explained.

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 ...

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 ...