This article is a list of recordings made by Judy Garland. Throughout her career Garland recorded numerous soundtracks for her films, as well as studio recordings for Decca, Columbia and Capitol Records. In addition to these soundtrack and studio recordings, Garland would also perform numerous songs on her 1963–1964 CBS television series, The Judy Garland Show, with an array of famous guest performers. Garland also performed countless times on the radio and gave hundreds of concerts throughout her career, many of these performances were recorded and have survived in audio format.
Soundtrack recordings (1929–1967)
Key
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Indicates a song that was omitted from the film and the recording has not survived
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Indicates a song that was omitted from the film, but the recording survives
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Indicates a song that was omitted from the film, but was reinstated for the 1983 restoration
December 14, 1938 December 15, 1938 December 16, 1938 December 19, 1938 December 22, 1938 April 13, 1939
Billie Burke, Judy Garland, Billy Bletcher, Joseph Koziel, Frank Cucksey, Pinto Colveg, J.D. Jewkes, Harry Stanton, Lorraine Bridges, Betty Rome, Carol Tevis, and the Munchkins
December 28, 1938 December 30, 1938 January 3, 1939 May 8, 1939
Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Tyler Brook, Ralph Sudam, Bobby Watson, Oliver Smith, Charles Irwin, Lois January, Elivda Rizzo, Lorraine Bridges, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Annie Rooney, Richard Quine, Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Judy Garland, Robert Bradford, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Roger Edens
"Hoe Down"
August 29, 1941 October 27, 1941
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss, the Five Music Maids & the MGM Studio Chorus
Roger Edens
"Minstrel Show Sequence"
"Minstrel Show, Part 1"
"Blackout Over Broadway"
"Minstrel Show, Part 2"
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon"
"Minstrel Show, Part 3"
"F.D.R. Jones"
"Minstrel Show, Part 4"
"Swanee River"
"Alabamy Bound"
"Minstrel Show, Part 5 / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
September 2, 1941 September 23, 1941 September 24, 1941 October 24, 1941 November 17, 1941
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ray McDonald, Virginia Weidler, Richard Quine, Annie Rooney, Richard Quine, Eddie Peabody (banjo), the Uptowners, the Dick Davis Quartet, and the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus
Roger Edens Burton Lane Ralph Freed Gus Edwards Edward Madden Harold J. Rome Stephen Collins Foster Ray Henderson Lewis F. Muir L. Wolf Gilbert
"Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On!"
September 10, 1941
Judy Garland, Saint Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Burton Lane E.Y. Harburg
"Babes on Broadway"
September 24, 1941
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ray McDonald, Virginia Weidler, Richard Quine, Annie Rooney, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Burton Lane Ralph Freed
"Ghost Theatre Sequence"
"Ghost Theatre Prelude"
"Mary's a Grand Old Name"
"She Is Ma Daisy"
"I've Got Rings on My Fingers"
"Bernhardt (La Marseillaise)"
"The Yankee Doodle Boy"
October 10, 1941 October 27, 1941
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and the MGM Studio Orchestra
Roger Edens George M. Cohan Harry Lauder J.D. Harper Maurice Scott R.P. Weston F.J. Barnes Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
"Jimmy K. Metcalfe & Company"
"The Doll Shop, Part 1"
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll"
"The Doll Shop, Part 1" (Continued)
"Don't Leave Me, Daddy"
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (Reprise)
"The Doll Shop, Part 2"
"By the Beautiful Sea"
"Darktown Strutters Ball"
March 20, 1942 June 17, 1942
Lucille Norman, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Ben Blue, and the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus
Roger Edens Nat D. Ayer Seymour Brown Joe Verges Harry Carroll Harold Atteridge Shelton Brooks
"Y.M.C.A. Montage, (Continued) / Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile"
May 26, 1942
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Ben Blue, and the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus
George M. Cohan Harry Williams Jack Judge Roger Edens Billy Baskette C. Francis Reisner Benny Davis Dr. Richard Shackburg Lee M. Roberts J. Will Callahan Con Conrad Sam Ehrich Felix Powell George Asaf
"Vaudeville Montage"
"When You Wore a Tulip"
"Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You" (Outtake)
May 26, 1942 June 17, 1942
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Abe Dinovitch, and Maude Erickson
Percy Wenrich Jack Mahoney James Morgan Thomas Hoier Richard Wagner Arthur Pryor
For Me and My Gal(1942)
"Three Cheers for the Yanks" ‡
May 27, 1942
Judy Garland, Six Hits and a Miss, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Hugh Martin Ralph Blane
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
June 25, 1942
Judy Garland and the MGM Studio Chorus
Lewis Lambert Roger Edens
"For Me and My Gal" (Finale Reprise)
June 25, 1942
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and the MGM Studio Chorus
George W. Meyer Edgar Leslie E. Ray Goetz
"Smiles" ‡
June 25, 1942
Judy Garland, Six Hits and a Miss, and the MGM Studio Chorus
December 29, 1942 January 2, 1943 February 2, 1943
Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss, the Music Maids, Hal Hopper, Trudy Erwin, Bobbie Canvin, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra & the MGM Studio Chorus
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Nancy Walker & the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
"Where There's Music" (Finale Medley)
"Where There's Music"
"St. Louis Blues"
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary"
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
"It's Three O'clock in the Morning"
"Broadway Rhythm"
March 4, 1943 March 5, 1943
Judy Garland, Judy Carol, Charles Walters, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Roger Edens W.C. Handy John Judge H.H. Williams Edward Van Alstyne Steven Stept Lew Brown Charlie Tobias Julian Robledo Dorothy Terris Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed
Presenting Lily Mars(1943)
"But Not for Me"
March 29, 1943
Judy Garland
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
Girl Crazy(1943)
"Bidin' My Time"
April 14, 1943
Judy Garland, the King's Men, and the MGM Studio Orchestra
"Embraceable You"
April 15, 1943
Judy Garland, Henry Kruze, P. Hanna, G. Mershon, H. Stanton, E. Newton, and the MGM Studio Chorus, with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
"Embraceable You" (End Title)
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and the MGM Studio Chorus
"Could You Use Me?"
April 28, 1943
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
"Walking in the Garden"
June 9, 1943
The MGM Studio Orchestra, with humming by Judy Garland and whistling by Roger Edens
January 5, 1945 January 6, 1945 January 8, 1945 April 18, 1945 June 30, 1945
Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Virginia O'Brien, Marjorie Main, Ray Bolger, Benny Carter, The Seckler Group, The Williams Brothers, Alice Ludes, Dorothy McCarthy, Lee Botch, Jud Conlon, Ralph Blane, Loulie Jean Norman, Dorothy Jackson, Judy Matson, Mary Moder, Ruth Clark, Jimmie Garland, Dorothy Wilkerson, Vivian Edwards, Joe Karnes, Kenneth Rundquist, Claude Martin, Arnet Amos, Elva Kellogg, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Harry Warren Johnny Mercer Kay Thompson Ralph Blane
"Training Montage (The Train Must Be Fed)"
January 13, 1945 June 30, 1945
Edward Earle, Selena Royle, Marjorie Main, Joe Karnes, Elva Kellogg, Judy Garland, Virginia O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, and the MGM Studio Chorus
Roger Edens Conrad Salinger Harry Warren
"In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down)"
February 16, 1945
Judy Garland
Harry Warren Johnny Mercer
"My Intuition" ‡
February 16, 1945 June 30, 1945
Judy Garland and John Hodiak
"In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down)" (Reprise) ‡
February 17, 1945
Kenny Baker, Judy Garland, and the MGM Studio Chorus
"March of the Doagies" ‡
Judy Garland, Joe Karnes, Frank Laine, Don Ellis, Eugene Dorian, Ralph Blane, Don Williams & the MGM Studio Chorus
"March of the Doagies" (Reprise) ‡
Judy Garland and the MGM Studio Chorus
"Hayride ‡
February 19, 1945
Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, and the MGM Studio Chorus
"Swing Your Partner Round and Round"
Judy Garland, Marjorie Main, and the MGM Studio Chorus
"In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down)" (Vocal / Piano Demo)
April 23, 1945
Judy Garland and Kay Thompson, with Roger Edens on piano
Harry Warren Johnny Mercer Alfred H. Miles Royal Lovell Charles Zimmerman
May 28, 1954 June 14, 1954 June 15, 1954 June 16, 1954 June 18, 1954 July 15, 1954
Judy Garland and Chorus
Ira Gershwin I. Caesar L. Gershe R. Turk F. Ahlert Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers R. Henderson L. Brown B.G. DeSylva M. Simons M. Sunshine L.W. Gilbert G.A. Norton E. Burnett
Judy at the Palace Medley: a) "You Haven't Lived Until You've Played the Palace" b) "Shine On, Harvest Moon" c) "My Man" d) "Some of These Days" e) "I Don't Care"
a) Charles Gaynor b) Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth c) Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain d) Shelton Brooks e) Jean Lenox, Harry O. Sutton
Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Medley: a) "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together" b) "The Best Is Yet to Come" c) "Bye, Bye Baby" d) "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)"
a) Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane b) c) Joseph Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton d) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart e) Joseph Kern, B.G. DeSylva f) Joseph Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton g) Joseph Kern, B.G. DeSylva
Songs We're Famous For Medley: a) "Inka Dinka Duo" b) "if You Knew Susie Like I Knew Susie" c) "My Mammy" d) "Indian Love Call" e) "Rose Marie" f) "Will You Remember (Sweetheart) g) "Stout Hearted Man" h) "Italian Street Song" i) "Indian Love Call"
Vaudeville Medley: a) "In Those Good Old Days of Vaudeville" b) "Nagasaki" c) "Yacka Hula Hickey Dula" d) "You Can Always Find a Little Sunshine at the Y.M.C.A." e) "At the Moving-Picture Ball" f) "The Old Soft Shoe"
a) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart b) Burton Lane, Ralph Freed c) George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin d) George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin e) Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg f) George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin g) Roger Edens, Arthur Freed h) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Mickey Rooney / Recorded to replace deleted Garland and Van Dyke performance, "I Believe in You", and deleted comedy sketch.
The night of this recording Garland had a bad case of laryngitis and finished only 9 of the 13 scheduled songs. Later that night, after the audience left, she completed "Why Can't I?" and attempted "Do What You Do", but halted it after singing just the verse.
Medley: (Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli) a) Hooray for Love b) After You've Gone c) By Myself d) 'S Wonderful e) How About You? f) Lover, Come Back to Me g) You and the Night and the Music h) It All Depends on You
Available on JSP Records 2011 release Swan Songs, First Flights: Her First and Last Recordings.[37] Songs marked with an asterisk (*) are not included on this release because they were discovered, remastered and released for the first time via the Judy Room's YouTube channel in 2017.[39]
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