I sang this in Long Beach CA in 1967, in a huge choir with youths from 6 other colleges, while people I knew and loved were trying to survive battles in the jungles of Vietnam. That line gave me chills, too, and 57 years years later still chokes me and fills my eyes with tears.
Judy Garland starred in "The Wizard of Oz" as young girl and she was Liza Minelli's mother. Liza is best known as starring in the Broadway hit "Caberet".
I am not an American or even religious, but this just hits you deep when you think that hundreds of thousands of young men marched to their death singing this song because they believed it was wrong for one man to own another.
The great Judy Garland. She sang the original " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the 1939 movie " The Wizard of Oz ". She played Dorothy, at 16 years of age. Classic, Classic, Classic.
The story behind "Over the Rainbow" is that Mayer almost cut from the movie, so they brought her in to sing it for him, and of course, that 15-year-old genius knocked it out of the park.
@@JaimeMesChiens Funny you should say so. She actually had a weight problem, so the studio put her on diet pills, and she became an addict. Horrible story.
One of the greatest natural voices of all time. She lived on a stage from infancy until her untimely death in 1969. Deified network executives by performing this song on live TV following JFK's death.
Judy actually sang this song live two weeks earlier on her live TV show the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated. She and the President were good friends and she dedicated this song to him. The TV network thought it was too political so they cut out her dedication but her performance was brilliant!
I hope the young man will find and hear the version she did at first. It's my favourite. My grandfather was in the war and I sang the song at his funeral, years after I played Judy's version for him on my tape recorder - he recognised her voice immediately...
I know iam a little late seeing this but Judy Garland was a beautiful person and loved everyone with what's going on in today's world protects and matches this is the song they should sing Judys version
@@billyhockman9451 I saw her sing it live that night on her show and I remember the dedication to Kennedy. And I know she ended up losing the show. Are you saying that that song was part of the reason?
Battle Hymn of the Republic, a defiantly anti-slavery song, was the unofficial anthem of the American Civil War, sung by Northern soldiers through the bloodiest days of the war. Judy Garland sang this in the early 1960s. She had an amazing voice; unexpected based on her appearance.
I believe you are wrong. What I do believe is you are one of those idiots who love the fact that she had a pill problem. Or you wouldn't have brought it up. SHAME ON YOU. Obviously you get off on her problem.
She sang this originally in tribute to John F. Kennedy, who had just been assassinated. The network wouldn't let her say anything about why she was singing it, but everybody knew.
@Ernestine The network was afraid it would remind the audience too much of their grief. Because of filming/broadcast schedules, the show wasn't being broadcast till several weeks after the funeral. According to several of Judy's biographers, the network felt the nation needed to move on, that most people would, in fact, be trying to put the assassination behind them by that point, and that bringing it up again would not make for good programming. It was not a decision based on emotion, as Judy's desire to sing it was, it was a coldly calculated decision about ratings, and audience reactions which might affect those ratings. In fact, it's my memory that the Battle Hymn was not Judy's first choice of song -- she wanted to sing the old Irish folks song "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye," as I recall, or some other such very pointed song, but settled for Battle Hymn as a compromise, hoping that people would get the point. And they did. And it was VERY effective and popular -- shows you what the network execs know! Judy was actually quite close with Jack Kennedy. He would often call her and ask her to sing Over the Rainbow to him when he was depressed or exhausted, and sometimes she would just call him and sing it to him out of the blue, to cheer him up. She was devastated by his death.
Well, she died in 1969 and was forgotten by many, not all, but many. You only think of her when you come across a song on RUclips or see the "Wizard of Oz" or some movie she made that happens to be on tv.
I've always been a huge Garlnd fan, actually. She was the Monet of musicians, never understanding why people loved her so much. Perhaps the younger generations know her for just Wizard of Oz. I remember her most from "Meet Me in St Louis," the street car song.
I prayer everyone sees this video and finally, finally gets the truth from the message...ALL people should be free. Free to live, free to love, free to worship, free to be...Blessings!
BTW... when President Lincoln was assassinated this song was also played for Lincoln. " As he died to make me holy, let us die to make men free" His flagged draped coffin was put on a train. The coffin car was open so all could come to tracks as train made it's way to burial. 100,000+ stood along tracks to pay respects as train made it's way through towns.
Quote: you wrote, " As he died to make me holy, let us die to make men free" ... Correction: "...Christ was born across the Sea ... as HE died to make men Holy, let us die to make men free, while GOD is marching on." Type 'battle hymn' in the search window, and take your pick ...from The Mormon Tabnacle Choir to Whitney Houston!
Sorry folks I missed the "n" in the first men....my sloppy typing. But, I'm sure you are all smart enough to know it was an honest sloppy typing overlook....cheers
@@singsing1133 Hey! No problem. Have you heard about the "lost letter" office deep in the heart of our own dear interwebz? Seems they're looking for new tube space since they took delivery of a huge new shipment of CAP LOCKS letters! 😷 Cheers.
The night before he was assassinated, King quoted a line from this song, "mine eyes hath seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." That speech, where he said, I might not get there with you.
Ewa Sadowski I was referring to the history of America, and the Civil War not being taught. I may be wrong, but I have been saddened for a long time with your education system. Ours is nowhere near as good as it was when I was at school, either.
This was my first time hearing Judy Garland sing anything other than "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." How I managed to live 65 years without hearing her sing this, I'll never know. I reacted as you did, my young friend, and I know the song. It is an "American" song, an anthem. I felt this in my soul.
I'm 52 and this is my first time hearing her version of this song. I'm very familiar with the song. I think of bands and chiors sing this song. I think she did a good job. And Judy Garland will always be Dorothy to me.
The original also said to kill all the white southerners. Happy there isn’t slavery anymore but I personally hate that song bc it dated to basically kill my great great grandparents that didn’t have slaves
@Agency in Repose Gurl, please I done used up all my damn kleenex behind that. You have touched my cold stony lump-of-coal- of a heart-sis----love and thanks. And one more cheers to someone who sounds like an awesome friend.
@Agency in Repose AND Glenn, y'all just tore me to pieces reading this dialogue BEFORE we got to this gem of a little narrative. I have so much love and positive hopes and positives vibes to you both. Thank you for your vulnerability and for giving a stranger a glimpse of humanity on the internet.
Like a woman possessed. Fire in this song, feels the full weight of the meaning of the words. And for all her demons she was always 'on' once the music hit.
"She came on snapping!" That's right! And it IS an American song: God was trampling out the vintage of the grapes of wrath to free the slaves: a Civil War song.
Anti-slavery anthem of the Civil War--against the Confederacy and in defense of the Union. Written by an abolitionist in defense of the troops fighting to wipe out slavery. This is our real heritage.
It's sad that the curriculum in our schools neglects arts. All schools should teach songs like this, God Bless America, and most definitely The Star Spangled Banner. As part of our history, if nothing else!
Just a little info about Julia Ward Howe, her husband Dr. Samuel Howe was the founder of the Perkins School for the Blind and proved a blind and deaf child can be educated.
No, but we don’t need memorials to traitors who wanted to enslave human beings, monuments that were made much later than the civil war for the purpose of reminding black people that they weren’t “equal” to whites while the traitorously racist confederate flag still flies. Like the nazis, we can read about the south in books and see history in museums; we don’t need to celebrate these terrible monsters.
I’m balling! I can’t hear or sing this song without crying and the way that Judy belts it out is amazing! Thank you. It’s so sad what Hollywood did to her.
If you’re ever seen the movie “The Wizard of Oz” (and who hasn’t?), look carefully at the actress playing Dorothy. Yep, it’s Judy Garland. She was 16 when she started in “The Wizard of Oz”...and it was her first movie!! What a talent she was. So sad, she died in 1969, at the age of 47!! She had such a sad life. Read her story.
This was the battle hymm of the.Union soldiers who won the freedom for all the slaves by fighting, dying and winning the Civil War! Gives me goosebumps!
Though retain in mind that slavery began in the north, and it was only until they had the ability to replace slaves with technology that they gave up the practice, but then the south did not have the factories. The north would not have ceased slavery, if they did not have other means of production. Wanting the cheapest labor as possible is still a thing. They moved from slaves to child labor, with children being maimed and killed in factories. These days, jobs are being sent overseas so they can pay workers dimes compared to the low wages they would be paying Americans. If they could cut out the middle-man, the worker, altogether they would do it, because it was always ultimately about the benefit of the one who owns the company, not the workers. Loyalty is not mutual. You give your blood, sweat, tears, and years to the ones on top of the pyramid. There's nothing new under the sun as far as human behavior goes
The ”freedom of the slaves” is really a misnomer. The time following theCivil War was terrible time for black Americans. Slavery ( even in the North) faded slowly. In PA some blacks remained slaves till they died at the turn of the twentieth century. After ”freedom” the Jim Crow laws kept blacks terrified to use their newly attained rights. We owe them so much. How can we pay them back for such things?
@@janerainsford8996 Exactly, and it wasn't until the civil rights movement, which wasn't that long ago that their full rights were given to them. How awful that this country allowed this tyranny to continue for so long.
@@johnscanlan9335 lol!! The glory of America? You don't live outside the US, do you? You didn't get any actual history about the invasion of the Americas, the genocide and theft of land, the lack of rights for any other races or sexes than white men, and on and on and on? Through assassinating leaders they don't like, and funding nasty leaders that help American political and economic interests? The US has more people in jail per capita than anyplace except murderous dictatorships, has child poverty, maternal deaths, lack of healthcare up the wazoo. Up to now, with the US being pretty much the only country outside Brazil doing nothing to actually address Covid-19, locking up immigrants and refugees while having The Statue of Liberty declaring how America welcomes immigrants and refugees, and spending more on the military than all the rest of the world combined. And look at who is your president. Chosen by the people. I would say that shows that the voting generations don't show any American glory at all. BTW, can you tell me which public school systems stopped teaching history?
@@leannefranson1198 I'm so sorry to see that you're a complete and total victim of lefty propaganda. As someone who has lived around the world and truly knows global history, I know how blessed I am to be American. I'll pray that you somehow overcome your miserable pathetic existence!
it's so sad isn't it ??All that the younger generations don't know,don't understand,. they are so poorly educated.! haven't heard Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline, judy Garland. so very many who could enrich their souls.
i am a fan of JUDY GARLAND. the fact that you took the time to present this type of music to your viewers shows your ability to not limit yourself into one genre of music. this lady is a legend in music history. she was HUGE during her era. she died in 1969, b4 either your or I were born. but i remember her music. i am VERY proud of you for expanding your mind and allowing yourself to hear so many different kinds of music. i think what you are doing is just fantastic!
this is an abolitionist song. it was originally known as "John Brown's Body," about John Brown, the first man killed by the state for "treason." Brown killed numerous slave owners and organized with others to incite many slave revolts in his lifetime before being captured at the raid on Harpers Fairy, West Virginia. These lyrics were written later, to preserve the popular tune but water down the insurrectionary message. Check out the original lyrics!! Much more important these days!
John Brown was quite literally responsible for Bleeding Kansas. His mural decorated the Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka. Nice art, but that dude’s story is....brutal.
I was so happy upon finding out my great-great grandpa's biggest pride was his friendship with John Brown, and then learning his side project was running a safehouse on the western route to freedom. Research your relatives, sometimes it reminds you that there are goals worth putting everything on the line... Just remember, lots of abolitionists were racist AF & we always must move forward...
"Man That Got Away" is one of her best from A Star is Born. She was a child star with many famous movies. Like so many greats she burned out from drugs and died young.
I never knew that but I had a feeling she might’ve been on them in this song she hasn’t blinked but one time during thewhole song... I hate that for her. Another good one gone to early
Started with movie studios putting her on stuff to lose weight. In reality she couldn't get off the drugs and booze. Billie Holiday, Karen Carpenter, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jim Morrison and many others the same ending.
Agree!!! Was going to ask the Twins to do it, found this one and your comment. On the DVD extras it was amazing to see George Cukor had them do like 36 takes six different ways, four different dresses and all that. Imagine frail little Judy doing that vocal six times in a row in one nite. Oh wait, one doesn't have to imagine. She did it, and flawlessly everytime. That's Judy Garland! Forever. 👋❤️
@@RoryVanucchi i dont really think its fait to put karen carpenter in with those others. She suffered from anorexia. Not drug addiction. However there wasbt even a word for a anorexia at the time. Her living and dying with that brought attention to thia disorder and saved thousands and thousands of luves.
Not many reactions to Judy Garland going on, so good for you. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her do this one before, though she’s got so many other really good ones, but she did this one great too just like she always does
Yeah she was out in public press conferences with June Allyson after the church bombing that killed little girls for being black and devout. Judy and June came forward and used their Hollywood notoriety to focus Americans attention. The beauty of it was how they came across as simply mothers for protecting young children from violence. They weren’t Movie-stars that day they were women with a message. Not too many stars of their day did that and when they did it was also to self promote. They were pioneers
Actually, this song is from a nation that was killing each other over whether they could own other people or not, whether black people were actually human beings or one step down the ladder. And there were assassinations of presidents, as well as civil war, if you don't remember. So, maybe you are talking about when Judy Garland was around, and not when this proud glorious strong song was written and sung? You mean, when there was segregation, the McCarthy era, JFK being assassinated, atom bombs incinerating entire cities, interracial marriages illegal, women being treated like child-servants, the Vietnam War? Though if you are talking about your current president, I certainly can agree it has had much better days.
Well unless you're rich or have connections you still kinda need to be a triple treat in Hollywood lol. I've danced in Pepsi commercials, sang in a Budweiser one and acted in others
@@andrewthezeppo good for you.. but I still say the numbers are not what they used to be. A lot of it has to do with the lack of modern musicals. For 20 years nearly half of all big budget films were musicals.
@Agency in Repose you still can! I've worked with babies and people in their eighties! Even just being an extra is fun, free food, get to be on set, don't have to do anything but walk lol. It's a good time.
@@Damoor a few.. I agree with that. Beyonce is a great example. But 60 years ago a studio probably wouldn't give you a contract unless you sing, act, and dance like a pro. Most actors spent years in dance and vocal lessons just so they could get that first job... of course.. half the movies were musicals back then lol.. now you get what.. 1 or 2 musicals a year. If that.
Really you taught to avoid it? I was born in the south too......it was on the radio, in churches........it a glorious hymn for America......land of the free.
Me too, I was born as a white kid in southern Virginia in 1948 and grew up singing this song. Until now I did not know the background but knowing it just makes it that much better. It has always stirred a lot of emotion and I am not even religious any longer. Judy Garland is one of the saddest Hollywood stories. You can see the ravishes of her life even as she sings this song so beautifully
Some people in/from the south still haven't learned that they LOST the war. #ONEnation I now live in the south and love it... some of the most beautiful souls I've ever met.
Can you imagine hearing this right after JFK's death? I was a kid but I always loved Judy Garland and I can recall her doing this. We all knew it was for JFK.
We learned this in grade school. It is a beautiful, especially for those of us who are African American....Amen. By the way Judy Garland was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Sweetie you are so young! Keep up the good work.
In the 70s song like this were taught in elementary school,along with other patriotic songs. The “golden rule” was also taught. That went away over 30 yrs ago.
She was not old. She died at age 47 in 1969. One of the greatest talents of all time. A decent and kind women. Judy was so much to so many. God love her.
I was going to add this song also. When I was about 12, I saw her sing , "the man who got away" in the older version of A Star is Born. I was just astounded how wonderfully she sang that song! Ever since I heard her sing it, it has been one of my favorite songs by Judy. I am now 75. Please react to that one.
Important note, Judy was robbed. She should have won the Oscar for A Star Is Born, and I’m still salty about it. That dressing room scene alone deserved the Oscar!
Thank you for doing this! Watch the version when she sang it after President Kennedy was shot. I saw her sing in person when I was 10 and her performance made me cry. No one like her still. Peace out.
@@antoniowatts956 Dear Mr. Watts, Please believe me when I say with all my heart that your performances I am watching on your channel make me feel as if you could be the reincarnated Judy. Your style is similar, your voice is deeply rich...you possess the demeanor of someone who takes the stage completely, as did she. As to my impression of Miss Garland at age 10...she touched me, even though we were in the last row. We were visiting my grandmother in Redwood City, and Miss Garlard was at the Circle Star Theater, and my mother was a Big Fan and got us tickets last minute!!! I was standing on my seat, and cried as I watched the greatest singer because she had that gift, as do you. Thank you Soooo much for asking me your question. Many many blessings on your journey. I am now your fan. Joanie 🙏😁🌹
@@antoniowatts956 Dear Sir, This is a link to I Could Go On Singing with Miss Garland. I've watched it over and over. I hope you will give it a look... 🙏 ruclips.net/video/YDKs1zpg_zs/видео.html
@@jayrainstone4764 I'm deeply moved by your remarks on my artistry. Thank you. I must say her final film is among my favorites! What a great body of work she left us...
This is the one song my father wanted sung at his funeral. The vocalist wasn't keen. Imagine, it is his request and his funeral. I stuck to my guns, so to speak. He even gave an eyeroll as it began. It played at the recessional in all its glory. Following the casket to the sounds of this song was glorious. As the casket with the flag was placed into the Army placarded hearse, the song still rang. Mine eyes have seen the Glory.
So happy to see people reacting to the legend and icon that was and still continues to be Judy Garland! You should definitely react to her singing earlier in her career. At this point in her timeline, her body and voice had been severely damaged by drugs and misuse - at the height of her voice she was the best belter on the planet
She said before this performance ''This is for you Jack'' - referring to J.f.K - learn your history! She was taken down from the network because she had Barbara Streisand, Lena Horne, and Nat King Cole on her show!
That’s not true at all. The JGS was placed against Bonanza and lost ratings and it cost CBS too much money to continue the show without the higher ratings and the sponsors pulled out! If you’re going to talk about this get your facts right!
*A quick history from Wikipedia. Saves me the effort of writing the story in a less concise manner. Also saves you the time of looking it up if you are interested. I find it highly interesting. My apologies for the length* The "Glory, Hallelujah" tune was a folk hymn developed in the oral hymn tradition of camp meetings in the southern United States and first documented in the early 1800s. In the first known version, "Canaan's Happy Shore," the text includes the verse "Oh! Brothers will you meet me (3×)/On Canaan's happy shore?" and chorus "There we'll shout and give him glory (3×)/For glory is his own." This developed into the familiar "Glory, glory, hallelujah" chorus by the 1850s. The tune and variants of these words spread across both the southern and northern United States. At a flag-raising ceremony at Fort Warren, near Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, May 12, 1861, the John Brown song, using the well known "Oh! Brothers" tune and the "Glory, Hallelujah" chorus, was publicly played "perhaps for the first time." The American Civil War had begun the previous month. In 1890, George Kimball wrote his account of how the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Massachusetts militia, known as the "Tiger" Battalion, collectively worked out the lyrics to "John Brown's Body." Kimball wrote: We had a jovial Scotchman in the battalion, named John Brown. ... [A]nd as he happened to bear the identical name of the old hero of Harper's Ferry, he became at once the butt of his comrades. If he made his appearance a few minutes late among the working squad, or was a little tardy in falling into the company line, he was sure to be greeted with such expressions as "Come, old fellow, you ought to be at it if you are going to help us free the slaves," or, "This can't be John Brown-why, John Brown is dead." And then some wag would add, in a solemn, drawling tone, as if it were his purpose to give particular emphasis to the fact that John Brown was really, actually dead: "Yes, yes, poor old John Brown is dead; his body lies mouldering in the grave." According to Kimball, these sayings became by-words among the soldiers and, in a communal effort - similar in many ways to the spontaneous composition of camp meeting songs described above - were gradually put to the tune of "Say, Brothers": Finally ditties composed of the most nonsensical, doggerel rhymes, setting for the fact that John Brown was dead and that his body was undergoing the process of decomposition, began to be sung to the music of the hymn above given. These ditties underwent various ramifications, until eventually the lines were reached,- "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, His soul's marching on." And,- "He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord, His soul's marching on." These lines seemed to give general satisfaction, the idea that Brown's soul was "marching on" receiving recognition at once as having a germ of inspiration in it. They were sung over and over again with a great deal of gusto, the "Glory, hallelujah" chorus being always added. Some leaders of the battalion, feeling the words were coarse and irreverent, tried to urge the adoption of more fitting lyrics, but to no avail. The lyrics were soon prepared for publication by members of the battalion, together with publisher C. S. Hall. They selected and polished verses they felt appropriate, and may even have enlisted the services of a local poet to help polish and create verses. The official histories of the old First Artillery and of the 55th Artillery (1918) also record the Tiger Battalion's role in creating the John Brown Song, confirming the general thrust of Kimball's version with a few additional details. Kimball's battalion was dispatched to Murray, Kentucky, early in the Civil War, and Julia Ward Howe heard this song during a public review of the troops outside Washington, D.C., on Upton Hill, Virginia. Rufus R. Dawes, then in command of Company "K" of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, stated in his memoirs that the man who started the singing was Sergeant John Ticknor of his company. Howe's companion at the review, The Reverend James Freeman Clarke, suggested to Howe that she write new words for the fighting men's song. Staying at the Willard Hotel in Washington on the night of November 18, 1861, Howe wrote the verses to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Of the writing of the lyrics, Howe remembered: I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to myself, "I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them." So, with a sudden effort, I sprang out of bed, and found in the dimness an old stump of a pencil which I remembered to have used the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper. Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was first published on the front page of The Atlantic Monthly of February 1862. The sixth verse written by Howe, which is less commonly sung, was not published at that time. The song was also published as a broadside in 1863 by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments in Philadelphia. Both "John Brown" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" were published in Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert Tunes in 1874 and reprinted in 1889. Both songs had the same Chorus with an additional "Glory" in the second line: "Glory! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!"
Judy Garland had chosen to sing this song in commemoration of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. She had an amazing and fraught career, if you'd like to know more I'd suggest watching bekindrewind's "Judy Companion" video, which is a great starting point for people who are interested in diving into the life of Judy Garland. She was a performer that I feel should have been with us much longer than she was, but died prematurely due to a drug overdose after years of struggling with mental illnesses and addiction.
Judy sang this as a tribute to John F Kennedy. He was just assassinated and it happened to be his favorite song. Judy considered him a friend and idolized him. His truth is carrying on she is speaking of everything he stood for.
She was born in my hometown.. Grand Rapids, MN SALUTE! My great grandma baby sitted her. She had two sisters and they would all three sing at the Rialto theater. (Now a brewepub) Her real name was Frances Gumm, they were known as the Gumm Sisters until Wizard of Oz hit. They still do a festival honoring her every year. I think all the munchkins have since died, but the town used to fill up with them.. signing autographs and shit. The house she was born in is now a little museum. Lot of gay men stop by She was kind of an icon for gay men for some reason. Great voice. And, dear God, I hope you know what the Battle Hymn is about now man. I didn;t read comments, but that song freed the slaves, and I aint kidding. Look it up. It got the civil war going... It was The Battle Hymn of The Republic! Say it proud!
Nice to see a young person watching Judy Garland, and that he appreciated her. RUclips is filled with amazing videos of her. She was an incredible singer - one of the greatest, who died young - in her 40's - in 1969. Her daughter is also an incredible singer, Liza Minnelli. Search RUclips for both. There is thousands of videos.
What a pure reaction to Judy's voice! She's my all time favorite and I'm so happy you liked her! I believe this recording was from her tv program which aired in the 60s, though I'm not sure exactly when this particular clip aired. I do know she sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic on her show in honor of Kennedy after his assassination, but that is not this clip. This is probably from a 1963 recording of her tv show. I hope you listen to more Judy Garland in the future! She really had a voice on her!
Oh WOW, it’s lovely to watch somebody discover her like this... I grew up with the Wizard of Oz, then (thanks to a friend of mine) found out about the rest of her films & the concert/ TV show footage. Has anybody suggested ‘Over the Rainbow’ yet? It’s the big song from Wizard of Oz, and is *most* people’s first introduction to her.
You may be interested to know that it is sung on Catholic churches as well, particularly at services around Veterans' Day, Independence Day, 9/11 and funerals of those who served in the military.
Seeing your reaction to the last verse brought tears to my eyes. I’ve loved Judy every since I can remember and it’s so cool to see a young man of a younger generation so moved by her voice and this powerful song. Awesome video!
Oh my. I have a Million thoughts jumping my mind right now! Hearing This song at This moment in our history....goosebumps for Judy Garland and tears for us. First young sir you give me so much joy!! The genuine love and joy that just emanates from you is a gift. Thank you. You are correct when you say it sounds like an American song. Julia Ward Howe wrote that song as a pro-Union, anti-slavery anthem. Contrary to a mistake said by Johnny Cash just before he played it “here’s a song that was reportedly sung by both sides in the Civil War.” It was not. Cash did go on to say...”which proves to me that a song can belong to ‘all’ of us.
Very true. In the civil war however the North and the South both said God was on their side. Can you believe people are fighting wars today and still think that Allah is on their side or God is on their side? Hebrew Christian or Muslim it is ridiculous to believe that; He is the same entity, the God the Jews believe in, the Christians believe in an the Muslims believe in is the same God. I really don’t understand how some young kid in a US bomber could believe That God is on his side while dropping bombs on the Levant and the children on the ground are praying to the same guy to miss their house. We need to come together right now and see that God takes nobody’s side I’m destroying each other.
Especially now as the world is faced with the great equalizer that is death. Come together in love and reason to fight this great plague Covid-19 or the Coronavirus. Reason first and pray when you have nothing else to fight with
If you want to see the TRUE genius of Judy Garland, watch the clip of A Cottage for Sale/ Hey Look Me Over. She had the unique ability to break your heart with one song, and lead the parade with the next! Truly one of a kind!
Watch her in The Wizard Of Oz...she's amazing. Somewhere Over The Rainbow. She died at 47 from drug overdose. She was used and abused by Holllywood as a child star.
"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
That line gives me chills every time I hear it.
I sang this in Long Beach CA in 1967, in a huge choir with youths from 6 other colleges, while people I knew and loved were trying to survive battles in the jungles of Vietnam. That line gave me chills, too, and 57 years years later still chokes me and fills my eyes with tears.
Me too!
I got something my eye right then.
Amen!!
Judy Garland starred in "The Wizard of Oz" as young girl and she was Liza Minelli's mother. Liza is best known as starring in the Broadway hit "Caberet".
I am not an American or even religious, but this just hits you deep when you think that hundreds of thousands of young men marched to their death singing this song because they believed it was wrong for one man to own another.
I'm an atheist and this song gives me the feels!
Very well said!!
This song was very popular during the Civil war ...
My dad nearly gave his all for his country (and our allies) in WWII. This was his favorite song.
That’s not why they fought my man
The great Judy Garland. She sang the original " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the 1939 movie " The Wizard of Oz ". She played Dorothy, at 16 years of age. Classic, Classic, Classic.
And they still play that original wizard of Oz at least once you should really watch it if you haven't already
I Second Somewhere Over The Rainbow sung when she was a teenager
The story behind "Over the Rainbow" is that Mayer almost cut from the movie, so they brought her in to sing it for him, and of course, that 15-year-old genius knocked it out of the park.
OMG! She’s Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz?
Wow, she is! She’s so pretty.
@@JaimeMesChiens Funny you should say so. She actually had a weight problem, so the studio put her on diet pills, and she became an addict. Horrible story.
One of the greatest natural voices of all time. She lived on a stage from infancy until her untimely death in 1969. Deified network executives by performing this song on live TV following JFK's death.
Abraham Lincoln called it "The song that saved the Union."
This is an awesome history song.
And Lincoln knew a thing or two of why the Union fught the Civil War and in the end it was to make men free.
Judy actually sang this song live two weeks earlier on her live TV show the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated. She and the President were good friends and she dedicated this song to him. The TV network thought it was too political so they cut out her dedication but her performance was brilliant!
I hope the young man will find and hear the version she did at first. It's my favourite. My grandfather was in the war and I sang the song at his funeral, years after I played Judy's version for him on my tape recorder - he recognised her voice immediately...
I know iam a little late seeing this but Judy Garland was a beautiful person and loved everyone with what's going on in today's world protects and matches this is the song they should sing Judys version
This is the song that got her in trouble.
@@billyhockman9451 I saw her sing it live that night on her show and I remember the dedication to Kennedy. And I know she ended up losing the show. Are you saying that that song was part of the reason?
@@Liz500 yes, that didn't help. She knew it was over, she did it to prove a point. It was her name in lights.
Battle Hymn of the Republic, a defiantly anti-slavery song, was the unofficial anthem of the American Civil War, sung by Northern soldiers through the bloodiest days of the war. Judy Garland sang this in the early 1960s. She had an amazing voice; unexpected based on her appearance.
@Daniel Blain this song is very relevant at this time in history.
W H A T ??????????????
Yeah, this is peak of her addiction. Another sad product of old white men using and then destroying women for their own motives.
I believe you are wrong. What I do believe is you are one of those idiots who love the fact that she had a pill problem. Or you wouldn't have brought it up. SHAME ON YOU. Obviously you get off on her problem.
Based on her appearence. WHAT IN THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
She sang this originally in tribute to John F. Kennedy, who had just been assassinated. The network wouldn't let her say anything about why she was singing it, but everybody knew.
@Ernestine The network was afraid it would remind the audience too much of their grief. Because of filming/broadcast schedules, the show wasn't being broadcast till several weeks after the funeral. According to several of Judy's biographers, the network felt the nation needed to move on, that most people would, in fact, be trying to put the assassination behind them by that point, and that bringing it up again would not make for good programming. It was not a decision based on emotion, as Judy's desire to sing it was, it was a coldly calculated decision about ratings, and audience reactions which might affect those ratings. In fact, it's my memory that the Battle Hymn was not Judy's first choice of song -- she wanted to sing the old Irish folks song "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye," as I recall, or some other such very pointed song, but settled for Battle Hymn as a compromise, hoping that people would get the point. And they did. And it was VERY effective and popular -- shows you what the network execs know! Judy was actually quite close with Jack Kennedy. He would often call her and ask her to sing Over the Rainbow to him when he was depressed or exhausted, and sometimes she would just call him and sing it to him out of the blue, to cheer him up. She was devastated by his death.
Judy. Say her name, and every adult knows who she is. Judy is legend.
Gwejian Exactly!
How can you not know of Judy Garland🤦🏻♀️
"She can SING sing. I don't know who she is, but she's good." Made me laugh and I found rather precious. Judy would have laughed, for sure.
Well, she died in 1969 and was forgotten by many, not all, but many. You only think of her when you come across a song on RUclips or see the "Wizard of Oz" or some movie she made that happens to be on tv.
I've always been a huge Garlnd fan, actually. She was the Monet of musicians, never understanding why people loved her so much. Perhaps the younger generations know her for just Wizard of Oz. I remember her most from "Meet Me in St Louis," the street car song.
@@birdlandartrenae2632 Oh yes, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, I ugly cry every single time at that part.
She absolutely would have - you worded it perfectly. 😭
You don’t forget the greatest entertainer the world has ever seen!
I prayer everyone sees this video and finally, finally gets the truth from the message...ALL people should be free. Free to live, free to love, free to worship, free to be...Blessings!
Jannine Gannon yes!!!!!!!!!! Exactly right!!!!!!! This song needs to be heard. Especially now, right?
I humbly agree!!
BTW... when President Lincoln was assassinated this song was also played for Lincoln. " As he died to make me holy, let us die to make men free" His flagged draped coffin was put on a train. The coffin car was open so all could come to tracks as train made it's way to burial. 100,000+ stood along tracks to pay respects as train made it's way through towns.
Thank you for that history.
We all should know that
Quote: you wrote, " As he died to make me holy, let us die to make men free" ... Correction: "...Christ was born across the Sea ... as HE died to make men Holy, let us die to make men free, while GOD is marching on."
Type 'battle hymn' in the search window, and take your pick ...from The Mormon Tabnacle Choir to Whitney Houston!
@@woodlark391 oops... I must have missed that "n" in men..... or maybe it was a Freudian slip...🤔
Sorry folks I missed the "n" in the first men....my sloppy typing. But, I'm sure you are all smart enough to know it was an honest sloppy typing overlook....cheers
@@singsing1133 Hey! No problem. Have you heard about the "lost letter" office deep in the heart of our own dear interwebz? Seems they're looking for new tube space since they took delivery of a huge new shipment of CAP LOCKS letters! 😷 Cheers.
The night before he was assassinated, King quoted a line from this song, "mine eyes hath seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."
That speech, where he said, I might not get there with you.
The education system has a lot to answer for. I am in Australia, and I know all about this, and Judy Garland.
Ok I was thinking that he never seen wizard of oz?
This has nothing to do with the education system as much as family not introducing their children to great music and actors😊.
Ewa Sadowski I was referring to the history of America, and the Civil War not being taught. I may be wrong, but I have been saddened for a long time with your education system. Ours is nowhere near as good as it was when I was at school, either.
@@jaynebuchanan4955 Sorry! My bad. Actually, I attended Catholic elementary and high schools so the education was much better.
Ewa Sadowski thank you for this friendly exchange. Take care, from Australia.
This was my first time hearing Judy Garland sing anything other than "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." How I managed to live 65 years without hearing her sing this, I'll never know. I reacted as you did, my young friend, and I know the song. It is an "American" song, an anthem. I felt this in my soul.
I can’t wait for you to listen to more of her work. 🥰
I'm 52 and this is my first time hearing her version of this song.
I'm very familiar with the song. I think of bands and chiors sing this song. I think she did a good job.
And Judy Garland will always be Dorothy to me.
The hymn that led to the freeing of the slaves. Glory hallelujah.
The original also said to kill all the white southerners. Happy there isn’t slavery anymore but I personally hate that song bc it dated to basically kill my great great grandparents that didn’t have slaves
@@josephodell4830 I didn't know that. I live and learn. Thanks.
Hallelujah hallelujah
@@josephodell4830 I don't know what you're talking about
@@pamwatson5905 don't take what he said at face value. This is a deeply religious song
From a busted old drag queen in her 50's, it brings me joy to see how much you enjoy this. We are all one family, and we are all Judy's children.
@Agency in Repose You are my new favourite person on the whole internet. Also, cheers to your friend.
@Agency in Repose Gurl, please I done used up all my damn kleenex behind that.
You have touched my cold stony lump-of-coal- of a heart-sis----love and thanks. And one more cheers to someone who sounds like an awesome friend.
40s. She was 41 in 1963. Drugs and booze took their toll.
You are so right!
@Agency in Repose AND Glenn, y'all just tore me to pieces reading this dialogue BEFORE we got to this gem of a little narrative. I have so much love and positive hopes and positives vibes to you both. Thank you for your vulnerability and for giving a stranger a glimpse of humanity on the internet.
Like a woman possessed. Fire in this song, feels the full weight of the meaning of the words. And for all her demons she was always 'on' once the music hit.
She played Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Her daughter is Liza MInelli.
Her other daughter played Paulette in Grease 2.
Judy Garland, a mega star, her daughter Liza also a mega star. So much talent, and a sad ending.
Let me guess. You're 12.
TL M and they both were drunk addicts 🧐
@@akrenwinkle If your saying I am 12 ....I am 30 something years passed that.
"She came on snapping!" That's right! And it IS an American song: God was trampling out the vintage of the grapes of wrath to free the slaves: a Civil War song.
You do realize the union really didn’t care about freeing the slaves
@@Dom_510 you do realize the only thing the south cared about was keeping slaves
@@fukc26 that’s literally false
@@Dom_510 The ones who died while singing this song might have.
@@clinte6468 unlikely
Anti-slavery anthem of the Civil War--against the Confederacy and in defense of the Union. Written by an abolitionist in defense of the troops fighting to wipe out slavery. This is our real heritage.
Truth! God Bless the Union, down with the traitors, away with slavery, and horrah for Lincoln the Great Emancipator!
It must be noted too that she sang this song on her TV show in response to the assassination of JFK just weeks before.
It's sad that the curriculum in our schools neglects arts. All schools should teach songs like this, God Bless America, and most definitely The Star Spangled Banner. As part of our history, if nothing else!
Julia Ward Howe wrote the song as a pro-Union, anti-slavery anthem for the Union army.
Glory Hallelujah,
Should be the new national anthem
Thank you for posting that very important information!!!
Just a little info about Julia Ward Howe, her husband Dr. Samuel Howe was the founder of the Perkins School for the Blind and proved a blind and deaf child can be educated.
@@donwarbucks I've been thinking that lately
"Let us die to make men free". History should not be removed or banned, we need to know the hearts, minds, and history of those who came before us.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
No, but we don’t need memorials to traitors who wanted to enslave human beings, monuments that were made much later than the civil war for the purpose of reminding black people that they weren’t “equal” to whites while the traitorously racist confederate flag still flies. Like the nazis, we can read about the south in books and see history in museums; we don’t need to celebrate these terrible monsters.
@@CarlosRodriguez-jz3eu I feel that we should learn from history, BUT never celebrate evil. So, I agree with you!!
@@CarlosRodriguez-jz3eu AGREED!
Thank you. That was perfectly said. 🙂
I’m balling! I can’t hear or sing this song without crying and the way that Judy belts it out is amazing! Thank you. It’s so sad what Hollywood did to her.
Exactly! I was learning this song on the guitar and it took me 4 times as long as it should have because I kept breaking down in tears.
If you’re ever seen the movie “The Wizard of Oz” (and who hasn’t?), look carefully at the actress playing Dorothy. Yep, it’s Judy Garland. She was 16 when she started in “The Wizard of Oz”...and it was her first movie!! What a talent she was. So sad, she died in 1969, at the age of 47!! She had such a sad life. Read her story.
Best movie ever
Sorry, far from her first movie. She had already been under contract to MGM for years when she made the Wizard of OZ.
@@freshpievintage834 agree wasn't her first but it was the one that made her famous
Also mother to the fabulous Liza Minneli who looks and sounds just like her:)
She nearly died making the Wizard of Oz crossing the bridge something went wrong as she nearly drowned
This was the battle hymm of the.Union soldiers who won the freedom for all the slaves by fighting, dying and winning the Civil War! Gives me goosebumps!
Though retain in mind that slavery began in the north, and it was only until they had the ability to replace slaves with technology that they gave up the practice, but then the south did not have the factories. The north would not have ceased slavery, if they did not have other means of production. Wanting the cheapest labor as possible is still a thing. They moved from slaves to child labor, with children being maimed and killed in factories. These days, jobs are being sent overseas so they can pay workers dimes compared to the low wages they would be paying Americans. If they could cut out the middle-man, the worker, altogether they would do it, because it was always ultimately about the benefit of the one who owns the company, not the workers. Loyalty is not mutual. You give your blood, sweat, tears, and years to the ones on top of the pyramid. There's nothing new under the sun as far as human behavior goes
Uncivil Society You might want to check out the Baha’i Faith then if you want something new.
Brings me to tears, and I’m not that patriotic.
The ”freedom of the slaves” is really a misnomer. The time following theCivil War was terrible time for black Americans. Slavery ( even in the North) faded slowly. In PA some blacks remained slaves till they died at the turn of the twentieth century. After ”freedom” the Jim Crow laws kept blacks terrified to use their newly attained rights. We owe them so much. How can we pay them back for such things?
@@janerainsford8996 Exactly, and it wasn't until the civil rights movement, which wasn't that long ago that their full rights were given to them. How awful that this country allowed this tyranny to continue for so long.
dude, I'm so sorry our schools quit teaching history decades ago... it makes me sad this generation doesn't know...
They taught about Judy Garland in history class in school?
The American public school system stopped teaching history to disconnect the next generation from the glory of America!
@@johnscanlan9335 lol!! The glory of America? You don't live outside the US, do you? You didn't get any actual history about the invasion of the Americas, the genocide and theft of land, the lack of rights for any other races or sexes than white men, and on and on and on? Through assassinating leaders they don't like, and funding nasty leaders that help American political and economic interests? The US has more people in jail per capita than anyplace except murderous dictatorships, has child poverty, maternal deaths, lack of healthcare up the wazoo. Up to now, with the US being pretty much the only country outside Brazil doing nothing to actually address Covid-19, locking up immigrants and refugees while having The Statue of Liberty declaring how America welcomes immigrants and refugees, and spending more on the military than all the rest of the world combined.
And look at who is your president. Chosen by the people. I would say that shows that the voting generations don't show any American glory at all.
BTW, can you tell me which public school systems stopped teaching history?
@@leannefranson1198 I'm so sorry to see that you're a complete and total victim of lefty propaganda. As someone who has lived around the world and truly knows global history, I know how blessed I am to be American. I'll pray that you somehow overcome your miserable pathetic existence!
it's so sad isn't it ??All that the younger generations don't know,don't understand,. they are so poorly educated.! haven't heard Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline, judy Garland. so very many who could enrich their souls.
Makes me cry everytime I hear it - and to hear Judy sing it. Oh, man the best. My time again.
i am a fan of JUDY GARLAND. the fact that you took the time to present this type of music to your viewers shows your ability to not limit yourself into one genre of music. this lady is a legend in music history. she was HUGE during her era. she died in 1969, b4 either your or I were born. but i remember her music. i am VERY proud of you for expanding your mind and allowing yourself to hear so many different kinds of music. i think what you are doing is just fantastic!
this is an abolitionist song. it was originally known as "John Brown's Body," about John Brown, the first man killed by the state for "treason." Brown killed numerous slave owners and organized with others to incite many slave revolts in his lifetime before being captured at the raid on Harpers Fairy, West Virginia. These lyrics were written later, to preserve the popular tune but water down the insurrectionary message. Check out the original lyrics!! Much more important these days!
John Browns Body is a different song than Battle Hymn of the Republic. Same tune though.
Milt Jackson Trio did a sweet version of John Brown's Body.
John Brown was quite literally responsible for Bleeding Kansas. His mural decorated the Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka. Nice art, but that dude’s story is....brutal.
wow knew all except new title. john brown lives
I was so happy upon finding out my great-great grandpa's biggest pride was his friendship with John Brown, and then learning his side project was running a safehouse on the western route to freedom. Research your relatives, sometimes it reminds you that there are goals worth putting everything on the line... Just remember, lots of abolitionists were racist AF & we always must move forward...
Fun fact, this is one of two songs Churchill requested at his funeral!
What’s the other I know I can search it but it’s interesting to learn from someone that could respond
He was half American, part of why he was so awesome, lol!
Additionally, He had Tapps played and then Reville because he was "getting up!"
"Man That Got Away" is one of her best from A Star is Born. She was a child star with many famous movies. Like so many greats she burned out from drugs and died young.
I never knew that but I had a feeling she might’ve been on them in this song she hasn’t blinked but one time during thewhole song... I hate that for her. Another good one gone to early
Started with movie studios putting her on stuff to lose weight. In reality she couldn't get off the drugs and booze. Billie Holiday, Karen Carpenter, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jim Morrison and many others the same ending.
She was very much loved in the uk, sadly missed....gone too young ☺ xx
Agree!!! Was going to ask the Twins to do it, found this one and your comment. On the DVD extras it was amazing to see George Cukor had them do like 36 takes six different ways, four different dresses and all that. Imagine frail little Judy doing that vocal six times in a row in one nite. Oh wait, one doesn't have to imagine. She did it, and flawlessly everytime. That's Judy Garland! Forever. 👋❤️
@@RoryVanucchi i dont really think its fait to put karen carpenter in with those others. She suffered from anorexia. Not drug addiction. However there wasbt even a word for a anorexia at the time. Her living and dying with that brought attention to thia disorder and saved thousands and thousands of luves.
Not many reactions to Judy Garland going on, so good for you. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her do this one before, though she’s got so many other really good ones, but she did this one great too just like she always does
Well give credit i guess but maybe the man/woman who paid for the reaction deserves the credit dont u think?
Seriously, I almost choked on my tea when he said he never heard this song before. That's kind of frightening 😳
I work at an American university and the the amount of what should be common knowledge and basic education that young adults DON'T have is tragic.
Request: Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand “Happy Days Are Here Again” because that’s what I feel when I watch you boys.
Yes!!! I think it’ll knock his socks off
I love them singing that ❤️
@@LPope-kr1qd yes i have requyested it dozens of times..pleaded for it!!!!
Google Judy Garland and Ertha Kitt and you see pics of her involvement in various Civil Rights projects. AN AMAZING lady.
Yeah she was out in public press conferences with June Allyson after the church bombing that killed little girls for being black and devout. Judy and June came forward and used their Hollywood notoriety to focus Americans attention. The beauty of it was how they came across as simply mothers for protecting young children from violence. They weren’t Movie-stars that day they were women with a message. Not too many stars of their day did that and when they did it was also to self promote. They were pioneers
Scroll down to 1963 🙂
This is the America I remember proud strong glorious brings a tear to my eyes so sad to see the state of this great nation today
Actually, this song is from a nation that was killing each other over whether they could own other people or not, whether black people were actually human beings or one step down the ladder. And there were assassinations of presidents, as well as civil war, if you don't remember.
So, maybe you are talking about when Judy Garland was around, and not when this proud glorious strong song was written and sung? You mean, when there was segregation, the McCarthy era, JFK being assassinated, atom bombs incinerating entire cities, interracial marriages illegal, women being treated like child-servants, the Vietnam War?
Though if you are talking about your current president, I certainly can agree it has had much better days.
Back when to be a true star you had to be a triple threat. Back then you had to be able to act, sing, and dance like a pro to make it in Hollywood.
Well unless you're rich or have connections you still kinda need to be a triple treat in Hollywood lol. I've danced in Pepsi commercials, sang in a Budweiser one and acted in others
@@andrewthezeppo good for you.. but I still say the numbers are not what they used to be. A lot of it has to do with the lack of modern musicals. For 20 years nearly half of all big budget films were musicals.
@Agency in Repose you still can! I've worked with babies and people in their eighties! Even just being an extra is fun, free food, get to be on set, don't have to do anything but walk lol. It's a good time.
That hasn’t completely changed. The biggest stars are still triple threats.
@@Damoor a few.. I agree with that. Beyonce is a great example. But 60 years ago a studio probably wouldn't give you a contract unless you sing, act, and dance like a pro. Most actors spent years in dance and vocal lessons just so they could get that first job... of course.. half the movies were musicals back then lol.. now you get what.. 1 or 2 musicals a year. If that.
Being from the South, I was taught to avoid this song. But we sang it in church the Sunday after 911 and I “got it”!!!! Beautiful.
Really you taught to avoid it? I was born in the south too......it was on the radio, in churches........it a glorious hymn for America......land of the free.
She sang over the rainbow in the wizard of oz
Me too, I was born as a white kid in southern Virginia in 1948 and grew up singing this song. Until now I did not know the background but knowing it just makes it that much better. It has always stirred a lot of emotion and I am not even religious any longer. Judy Garland is one of the saddest Hollywood stories. You can see the ravishes of her life even as she sings this song so beautifully
Some people in/from the south still haven't learned that they LOST the war. #ONEnation
I now live in the south and love it... some of the most beautiful souls I've ever met.
“She can SING sing!”
I’m done😂😂😂😂😂 Love it💕💕💕
Can you imagine hearing this right after JFK's death? I was a kid but I always loved Judy Garland and I can recall her doing this. We all knew it was for JFK.
good for you that you are willing to listen to music from different generations. Each generation has something great to offer
Totally agree
She was a wonderful actress.loved her as Dorothy in wizard of oz and her daughter liza millina can sing
This was before butt implants and having to be naked wow what confidence
Her other daughter is also famous, Lorna Luft. Look her up. She's lovely!
She sure is. I worked backstage on her tour of White Christmas this past December. So talented.
It's Lisa Munelley silly
It's Lisa Migliotti... Really?
We learned this in grade school. It is a beautiful, especially for those of us who are African American....Amen. By the way Judy Garland was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Sweetie you are so young! Keep up the good work.
In the 70s song like this were taught in elementary school,along with other patriotic songs. The “golden rule” was also taught. That went away over 30 yrs ago.
Oh yeah that’s a voice. But you already have a fine tuned ear... you are developing a wealth of music in your brain- keep it up!!!
The original performance was her way of celebrating JFK after his assassination.
She was not old. She died at age 47 in 1969. One of the greatest talents of all time. A decent and kind women. Judy was so much to so many. God love her.
I m crying my eyes out. Keep it up up young man
Listen to Jim Nabor’s sing “Impossible Dream”. Chills.
Anything that Jim Nabors sings.
Tennessee Ernie Ford is another singer that the twins should look at listening to.
By all means YES. !!!!!
If you like this song, Judy’s version of “the man that got away” from A Star is Born will blow your mind.
I was going to add this song also. When I was about 12, I saw her sing , "the man who got away" in the older version of A Star is Born. I was just astounded how wonderfully she sang that song! Ever since I heard her sing it, it has been one of my favorite songs by Judy. I am now 75. Please react to that one.
That song was done in one take
Important note, Judy was robbed. She should have won the Oscar for A Star Is Born, and I’m still salty about it. That dressing room scene alone deserved the Oscar!
"As he lived to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
"As He DIED to make men holy, let us die to make men free"
I’m so sad the younger generation has never heard of these songs. They’re missing so much
Well THIS kid ain't. Good for him.
As her body, heart, and soul fell apart, her voice was a powerhouse until the end.
..."BHOTR" was from the Union side of the Civil War. Old but Gold.
Your heart is so pure. I love watching you discover these songs. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for doing this! Watch the version when she sang it after President Kennedy was shot. I saw her sing in person when I was 10 and her performance made me cry. No one like her still. Peace out.
Please share more details of your impression at age 10?
@@antoniowatts956 Dear Mr. Watts, Please believe me when I say with all my heart that your performances I am watching on your channel make me feel as if you could be the reincarnated Judy. Your style is similar, your voice is deeply rich...you possess the demeanor of someone who takes the stage completely, as did she. As to my impression of Miss Garland at age 10...she touched me, even though we were in the last row. We were visiting my grandmother in Redwood City, and Miss Garlard was at the Circle Star Theater, and my mother was a Big Fan and got us tickets last minute!!! I was standing on my seat, and cried as I watched the greatest singer because she had that gift, as do you. Thank you Soooo much for asking me your question. Many many blessings on your journey. I am now your fan. Joanie 🙏😁🌹
@@antoniowatts956 Dear Sir, This is a link to I Could Go On Singing with Miss Garland. I've watched it over and over. I hope you will give it a look... 🙏 ruclips.net/video/YDKs1zpg_zs/видео.html
@@jayrainstone4764 I'm deeply moved by your remarks on my artistry. Thank you. I must say her final film is among my favorites! What a great body of work she left us...
@@jayrainstone4764 also, you may follow me on Instagram @singerantoniowatts
This is the one song my father wanted sung at his funeral. The vocalist wasn't keen. Imagine, it is his request and his funeral. I stuck to my guns, so to speak. He even gave an eyeroll as it began. It played at the recessional in all its glory. Following the casket to the sounds of this song was glorious. As the casket with the flag was placed into the Army placarded hearse, the song still rang. Mine eyes have seen the Glory.
So happy to see people reacting to the legend and icon that was and still continues to be Judy Garland! You should definitely react to her singing earlier in her career. At this point in her timeline, her body and voice had been severely damaged by drugs and misuse - at the height of her voice she was the best belter on the planet
I’ve been a huge Judy fan since I was 15. I’m 40 now and she’s still my idol. Love seeing youngsters discover her!
She said before this performance ''This is for you Jack'' - referring to J.f.K - learn your history! She was taken down from the network because she had Barbara Streisand, Lena Horne, and Nat King Cole on her show!
That’s not true at all. The JGS was placed against Bonanza and lost ratings and it cost CBS too much money to continue the show without the higher ratings and the sponsors pulled out! If you’re going to talk about this get your facts right!
If you've ever seen the original Wizard of Oz, she's the girl with the dog who kills witches.
This is a great explanation of Dorothy lol
She killed the witches with a house🏡 and water💦
🤣🤣the girl with a dog who killed witches with a 🏠 and water. 😂😂
*A quick history from Wikipedia. Saves me the effort of writing the story in a less concise manner. Also saves you the time of looking it up if you are interested. I find it highly interesting. My apologies for the length*
The "Glory, Hallelujah" tune was a folk hymn developed in the oral hymn tradition of camp meetings in the southern United States and first documented in the early 1800s. In the first known version, "Canaan's Happy Shore," the text includes the verse "Oh! Brothers will you meet me (3×)/On Canaan's happy shore?" and chorus "There we'll shout and give him glory (3×)/For glory is his own." This developed into the familiar "Glory, glory, hallelujah" chorus by the 1850s. The tune and variants of these words spread across both the southern and northern United States.
At a flag-raising ceremony at Fort Warren, near Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, May 12, 1861, the John Brown song, using the well known "Oh! Brothers" tune and the "Glory, Hallelujah" chorus, was publicly played "perhaps for the first time." The American Civil War had begun the previous month.
In 1890, George Kimball wrote his account of how the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Massachusetts militia, known as the "Tiger" Battalion, collectively worked out the lyrics to "John Brown's Body." Kimball wrote:
We had a jovial Scotchman in the battalion, named John Brown. ... [A]nd as he happened to bear the identical name of the old hero of Harper's Ferry, he became at once the butt of his comrades. If he made his appearance a few minutes late among the working squad, or was a little tardy in falling into the company line, he was sure to be greeted with such expressions as "Come, old fellow, you ought to be at it if you are going to help us free the slaves," or, "This can't be John Brown-why, John Brown is dead." And then some wag would add, in a solemn, drawling tone, as if it were his purpose to give particular emphasis to the fact that John Brown was really, actually dead: "Yes, yes, poor old John Brown is dead; his body lies mouldering in the grave."
According to Kimball, these sayings became by-words among the soldiers and, in a communal effort - similar in many ways to the spontaneous composition of camp meeting songs described above - were gradually put to the tune of "Say, Brothers":
Finally ditties composed of the most nonsensical, doggerel rhymes, setting for the fact that John Brown was dead and that his body was undergoing the process of decomposition, began to be sung to the music of the hymn above given. These ditties underwent various ramifications, until eventually the lines were reached,-
"John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
His soul's marching on."
And,-
"He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
His soul's marching on."
These lines seemed to give general satisfaction, the idea that Brown's soul was "marching on" receiving recognition at once as having a germ of inspiration in it. They were sung over and over again with a great deal of gusto, the "Glory, hallelujah" chorus being always added.
Some leaders of the battalion, feeling the words were coarse and irreverent, tried to urge the adoption of more fitting lyrics, but to no avail. The lyrics were soon prepared for publication by members of the battalion, together with publisher C. S. Hall. They selected and polished verses they felt appropriate, and may even have enlisted the services of a local poet to help polish and create verses.
The official histories of the old First Artillery and of the 55th Artillery (1918) also record the Tiger Battalion's role in creating the John Brown Song, confirming the general thrust of Kimball's version with a few additional details.
Kimball's battalion was dispatched to Murray, Kentucky, early in the Civil War, and Julia Ward Howe heard this song during a public review of the troops outside Washington, D.C., on Upton Hill, Virginia. Rufus R. Dawes, then in command of Company "K" of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, stated in his memoirs that the man who started the singing was Sergeant John Ticknor of his company. Howe's companion at the review, The Reverend James Freeman Clarke, suggested to Howe that she write new words for the fighting men's song. Staying at the Willard Hotel in Washington on the night of November 18, 1861, Howe wrote the verses to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Of the writing of the lyrics, Howe remembered:
I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to myself, "I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them." So, with a sudden effort, I sprang out of bed, and found in the dimness an old stump of a pencil which I remembered to have used the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper.
Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was first published on the front page of The Atlantic Monthly of February 1862. The sixth verse written by Howe, which is less commonly sung, was not published at that time. The song was also published as a broadside in 1863 by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments in Philadelphia.
Both "John Brown" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" were published in Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert Tunes in 1874 and reprinted in 1889. Both songs had the same Chorus with an additional "Glory" in the second line: "Glory! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!"
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Judy Garland had chosen to sing this song in commemoration of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. She had an amazing and fraught career, if you'd like to know more I'd suggest watching bekindrewind's "Judy Companion" video, which is a great starting point for people who are interested in diving into the life of Judy Garland. She was a performer that I feel should have been with us much longer than she was, but died prematurely due to a drug overdose after years of struggling with mental illnesses and addiction.
This kind of a voice comes around once in a generation. No matter how big her troubles were, she always gave a spot on perfomance.
Her voice is amazing, but I can see the telltale signs of her addictions in her performance. Such a tragedy.
@@paulajean4540 she was one of the greatest perfomers of the 2oth century. She was also one of the greatest casualties of Hollywood. Such a waste....
Judy sang this as a tribute to John F Kennedy. He was just assassinated and it happened to be his favorite song. Judy considered him a friend and idolized him. His truth is carrying on she is speaking of everything he stood for.
We sang this song in chorus when I was in high school at Veterans Day assemblies and I fell in love with it. I still love it today.
Wow you goin way back with this one. Thanks.
She was born in my hometown.. Grand Rapids, MN SALUTE!
My great grandma baby sitted her. She had two sisters and they would all three sing at the Rialto theater. (Now a brewepub) Her real name was Frances Gumm, they were known as the Gumm Sisters until Wizard of Oz hit.
They still do a festival honoring her every year. I think all the munchkins have since died, but the town used to fill up with them.. signing autographs and shit.
The house she was born in is now a little museum. Lot of gay men stop by She was kind of an icon for gay men for some reason. Great voice.
And, dear God, I hope you know what the Battle Hymn is about now man. I didn;t read comments, but that song freed the slaves, and I aint kidding. Look it up. It got the civil war going...
It was The Battle Hymn of The Republic! Say it proud!
Thank you so much for reacting to Judy! She doesn't get the recognition she deserves.
This was sung in older churches, in my childhood! I gets chills everything I hear this song! Thanks for playing this one❤️❤️❤️
Definitely try Paul Robeson - America's low octave for his version. Great, great voice.
Oh, yes. Fabulous voice.
Paul Robeson singing Old man River is phenomenal
Yes. This.
Brings tears.
I watch Showboat just to hear him sing Old Man River. I stop when he's done.
This song goes back to our civil war. The fight to free the slaves. Love it.
Nice to see a young person watching Judy Garland, and that he appreciated her. RUclips is filled with amazing videos of her. She was an incredible singer - one of the greatest, who died young - in her 40's - in 1969. Her daughter is also an incredible singer, Liza Minnelli. Search RUclips for both. There is thousands of videos.
What a pure reaction to Judy's voice! She's my all time favorite and I'm so happy you liked her! I believe this recording was from her tv program which aired in the 60s, though I'm not sure exactly when this particular clip aired. I do know she sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic on her show in honor of Kennedy after his assassination, but that is not this clip. This is probably from a 1963 recording of her tv show. I hope you listen to more Judy Garland in the future! She really had a voice on her!
The lyrics were written by Harriett Beecher Stowe.
Actually written by Julia Ward Howe.
@@stephaniewarrix9988 I stand corrected.
Bless you for reviving this song. It means so much to us. ALL OF US
Gone too soon! 😭
To say she was tremendously talented is an understatement.
Oh WOW, it’s lovely to watch somebody discover her like this... I grew up with the Wizard of Oz, then (thanks to a friend of mine) found out about the rest of her films & the concert/ TV show footage.
Has anybody suggested ‘Over the Rainbow’ yet? It’s the big song from Wizard of Oz, and is *most* people’s first introduction to her.
She is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Check out Judy Garland singing Somewhere over the rainbow.
This is a protestant church song.
You may be interested to know that it is sung on Catholic churches as well, particularly at services around Veterans' Day, Independence Day, 9/11 and funerals of those who served in the military.
Alice Tylock It's an American song. Sung in MANY venues.
Seeing your reaction to the last verse brought tears to my eyes. I’ve loved Judy every since I can remember and it’s so cool to see a young man of a younger generation so moved by her voice and this powerful song. Awesome video!
I’m crying my eyes out... so beautiful and powerful. Hallelujah
You are reviewing one of the most powerful voices ever to hold a mic. The great Judy Garland. I always liked the Trolley song best.
Love your variety of music, it is great man. Nice work.
It was song by Harriet Beecher Stowe was used by Union when they went into battle against the Confederacy. The Confederates sang Dixie.
Tim Alonzo Julia Ward Howe wrote the lyrics.
Yeah, Harriet Beecher Stowe's contribution to abolishing slavery was her widly popular book "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Oh my. I have a Million thoughts jumping my mind right now! Hearing This song at This moment in our history....goosebumps for Judy Garland and tears for us.
First young sir you give me so much joy!! The genuine love and joy that just emanates from you is a gift. Thank you.
You are correct when you say it sounds like an American song. Julia Ward Howe wrote that song as a pro-Union, anti-slavery anthem. Contrary to a mistake said by Johnny Cash just before he played it “here’s a song that was reportedly sung by both sides in the Civil War.” It was not. Cash did go on to say...”which proves to me that a song can belong to ‘all’ of us.
You kids are adorable! Every song is exactly what you think they are.
Judy Garland sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
i suggested the late hawaiian native guys version
This is a Union song from the Civil War.
When you said you didn’t know who Judy Garland was, I wondered if you ever saw the Wizard Of Oz? She has a voice many can not match.
Judy Garland, Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. This is a Christian song a hymn
It's a church hymn, and the "His" she is singing about is GOD and His vengeance and righteousness winning over His enemies.
Very true. In the civil war however the North and the South both said God was on their side. Can you believe people are fighting wars today and still think that Allah is on their side or God is on their side? Hebrew Christian or Muslim it is ridiculous to believe that; He is the same entity, the God the Jews believe in, the Christians believe in an the Muslims believe in is the same God. I really don’t understand how some young kid in a US bomber could believe That God is on his side while dropping bombs on the Levant and the children on the ground are praying to the same guy to miss their house. We need to come together right now and see that God takes nobody’s side I’m destroying each other.
In destroying each other*
Especially now as the world is faced with the great equalizer that is death. Come together in love and reason to fight this great plague Covid-19 or the Coronavirus. Reason first and pray when you have nothing else to fight with
That song is an old civil war song used by the North States.
*the United States
For more chills, watch Whitney Houston sing "The National Anthem."
Whitney was beyond category. She was in a league all her own. The absolute greatest of all time.
Very moving too when sung by a military choir. Often here it around the 4th of July.
If you want to see the TRUE genius of Judy Garland, watch the clip of A Cottage for Sale/ Hey Look Me Over. She had the unique ability to break your heart with one song, and lead the parade with the next!
Truly one of a kind!
Judy Garland, absolute LEGEND!! The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite films of all time, mostly because of her
It's a Civil War era anti-slavery song
that song was the song of the union soldiers during the civil war who fought to free the slaves
Watch her in The Wizard Of Oz...she's amazing. Somewhere Over The Rainbow. She died at 47 from drug overdose. She was used and abused by Holllywood as a child star.
This might be my favorite yet. So glad to watch your reaction.
I am so glad this song touched you. The song, the voice, incredible!