Over the Rainbow; The Jitterbug
Object Details
- recording artist
- Garland, Judy
- Victor Young and his Orchestra
- manufacturer
- Decca
- Description (Brief)
Judy Garland with Victor Young and his Orchestra. side 1: Over the Rainbow; side 2: The Jitterbug (Decca 2672).
78 rpm.Judy Garland (1922-1969) began her musical career as a vaudeville performer, touring the country with her two sisters until the early 1930s. Having signed with MGM Studios in 1935, she was cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at age sixteen. Garland’s 1939 Decca recording of “Over the Rainbow” is not the version featured in the film. The b-side track "The Jitterbug," was originally intended for the same film, but studio producers cut it before deciding on the final script. The record reached the fifth position on the Billboard charts in 1939, and along with The Wizard of Oz, cemented Garland’s status as a major celebrity.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stanley E. Whiting
- recording date
- 1939
- ID Number
- 1986.0771.35
- accession number
- 1986.0771
- maker number
- 2672
- catalog number
- 1986.0771.35
- Object Name
- sound recording
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Related Publication
- Discography of American Historical Recordings
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- 1939 exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Music
- Record ID
- nmah_682246
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0112-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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