If I Love Again by -Bev-

-Bev- - If I Love Again

-Bev-

Jan 17, 2025 05:51pm

This is a lovely song that Judy Garland sang ...it was so tragic that she had to die so soon ...such a beautiful singing talent... <img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRq3rOWMYKqO5Nuu3uZsm6gBerNNbP26Y5thA&s" alt="Watch This: Judy Garland Sings a Song ...">TriviaJudy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaudeville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vaudevillian</a>. She attained international stardom and critical acclaim as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Renowned for her versatility, she received a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Golden Globe Award</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Special Tony Award</a> and was one of twelve people in history to receive an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Juvenile_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Academy Juvenile Award</a>.Garland began performing as a child, with her two elder sisters, in a vaudeville group, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gumm_Sisters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Gumm Sisters</a>, and was signed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> as a teenager in 1935. She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Wizard of Oz</a> (1939), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Me_in_St._Louis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meet Me in St. Louis</a> (1944), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvey_Girls" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Harvey Girls</a> (1946), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Parade_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easter Parade</a> (1948), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Stock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Summer Stock</a> (1950). Garland was a frequent on-screen partner of both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mickey Rooney</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kelly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gene Kelly</a>, and regularly collaborated with director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincente_Minnelli" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vincente Minnelli</a>, her second husband. In 1950, after 15 years with MGM, she was released from her contract with the studio amid a series of personal struggles that prevented her from fulfilling the terms of her contract.Although her film career became intermittent thereafter, two of Garland's most critically acclaimed roles came later in her career: she received <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Academy Award</a> nominations for the musical drama <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1954_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Star Is Born</a> (1954) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legal drama</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_at_Nuremberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Judgment at Nuremberg</a> (1961). She also made concert appearances that attracted record-breaking audience sizes, released <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland_discography#Studio_albums" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eight studio albums</a> and hosted her own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmy</a>-nominated television series, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Judy_Garland_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Judy Garland Show</a> (1963–1964). At age 39, Garland became the youngest (and first female) recipient of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cecil B. DeMille Award</a> for lifetime achievement in the film industry.Throughout her career, Garland recorded and introduced numerous songs including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Over the Rainbow</a>", which became her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signature song</a>, the Christmas classic "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Yourself_a_Merry_Little_Christmas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas</a>" and the Saint Patrick's Day anthem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Great_Day_for_the_Irish" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">It's a Great Day for the Irish</a>". She won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Album of the Year</a> for her 1961 live recording, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_at_Carnegie_Hall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Judy at Carnegie Hall</a>; she was the first woman to win that award.Garland struggled in her personal life from an early age. The pressures of early stardom affected her physical and mental health from the time she was a teenager; her self-image was influenced by constant criticism from film executives who believed that she was physically unattractive and who manipulated her onscreen physical appearance. She had financial troubles, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_taxes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">back taxes</a>. Throughout her adulthood, she struggled with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_use_disorder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">substance use disorder</a> involving both drugs and alcohol; she died from an accidental <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbiturate_overdose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">barbiturate overdose</a> in 1969, at age 47. In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>, and in 1999 the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Film Institute</a> ranked her as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Stars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eighth-greatest female screen legend</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Hollywood_cinema" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">classic Hollywood cinema</a>.