Judy Garland - Swanee

Judy Garland sings Swanee.

[@brucekrause6852]

Saw her live 1967 Chicago Opera house. I was 16. I had an floor aisle seat, Judy entered from the back of the house, walking up the aisle. To this day I can still remember the screams, the incredible emotion and focused love on this tiny genius walking to the stage as she caught our attention. She was the best.

[@Yasyyyyy]

Meu Deus! Que sonho conhecer essa estrela e mulher maravilhosa que Judy era! Nossa, que adorável! 💗

[@millers3888]

When Judy was in good voice, she was perfect, flawless and genius.

[@kittystolemycookie94]

I think she loved singing more than oxygen! You can tell by that last note! :P

[@jonathankieranwriter]

Words don’t suffice when the Gift is that great and obvious. “Spectacular” barely skirts the surface.

[@mattmammone2338]

The Power of Judy Compels you! The power of Judy Compels you!!

[@jaccusefashion]

that's what GENIUS looks like....

[@heartofglass7235]

How does she hold those last notes forever seemingly effortlessly time and time again? Old man river is fantabulous too

[@ImTash]

She looks fantastic here!! I know she thought she was fat but she looks so healthy and so vital here - I feel kind of protective of her in her show - she looks so brittle and awkward dancing around there I'm always worried she's going to fall over and hurt herself. She looks so much more confident, sure of her footing and robust here I love it.

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 No-one can touch Garland! You hear me Babs? You hear me Dolly? You hear me Bette? You hear me World? A volcanic talent! Still number one! 🎹

[@TheJohnGent1]

Barbra would agree with you, actually.

[@97sweeney10]

A Star is Born was on yesterday on TCM. I watched from beginning to end! It was the best movie I've ever seen!!!

[@markstabinski2568]

GODS GIFT TO THE WORLD

[@sunlitweb]

Oh, that was pure heaven... I want this version played at my funeral.

[@Sillylittlebug]

Are you dead yet

[@petulia67]

That voice just fills the stage.

[@cserannie80]

i just love this song the way she sings it. Always makes me happy!

[@eirikastokes9652]

Absolutely electric. She really was lightning in a bottle.

[@pianofogel1]

AMAZING. She was mind blowing. Still is.

[@liberte5847]

The best ever original Hollywood artist!

[@cat120977]

Judy at her finest, wow.

[@jasonwhite5160]

She was in great voice this night. Wish she had done "By Myself" on this special.

[@joeyjosephs]

Jason White she didn’t didn’t have the slow arrangement, because didn’t film I could go on singing yet

[@robertsafner8018]

I own this on DVD. I never tire of it. I watch a lot of it.

[@balto4]

whats the dvd called?

[@robertsafner8018]

@@balto4 Judy Frank and Dean

[@balto4]

@@robertsafner8018 thanks

[@billharrison9646]

This performance gives me chills everytime.

[@renatoespinoza8792]

A gift from God 😢💓💓

[@robinharris8837]

Now THERE is a SHOW!!!!!!

[@ChicagoLove95]

truly one of a kind. i absolutely adore her in this! gives me chills.

[@TGTSTS]

It's really funny because the Golden Age of Broadway ended in 1969 - the same year Judy passed. I know the two technically aren't connected, but it's quite coincidental that since Judy's passing, theatre and music theatre has never been the same.

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

I was thinking this same thing!

[@Elphaboi101]

I constantly think about what it would've been like to hear Judy sing the likes of Sondheim's FOLLIES

[@mattmammone2338]

Now its like Aladdin and Wicked and Tina Turners musical while the real woman is still with us and nobody can outperform her. Back in just 1949 you had debuts of classics, Death of a salesman, Carousel South Pacific Gentleman Prefer Blondes! Just from 49. Which would you rather see, South Pacific or Aladdin the Musical. Even The Book of Mormon is nothing like Carousel I think.

[@showmequeer]

She was in great voice for this song. We all love(d) her so!

[@philmurphy995]

Hairraisig...she was the greatest entertainer of our time....let's hand it to her Miss Garalnd

[@terrygrant3467]

She was the GREATEST OF ALL & ANYTIME no one can or ever will be able to touch her.

[@SaxonC]

Judy had the greatest training, Vaudville, MGM, Roger EDENS, the best song writers. She worked 45 out of 47 yrs. Her Name speaks Volumes today as it did when she was alive. No other Artist can come close to GARLAND! AGAIN she is PEERLESS! Listen to the woman scream at the end of this song! Now THAT!!!! is a sing

[@davidrobbio9816]

And to hear that “scream” in 1961 must have been something else ...

[@robertsafner8018]

What a talented lady. I love Judy Garland.

[@dlsw23]

ohhh! how I loves ya Judy! Will never get enough!

[@ChicagoLove95]

oh & for the record, i was the girl that screamed at the end.

[@mikep2671]

We have no way of knowing if that's really true or not! And quite frankly, I don't believe you!

[@Brandon-yq9th]

mike p Why should it matter? Let people live their lives.

[@shaunwakefield9793]

It was very noticeable lol

[@SaxonC]

ardegsyhr serfdgsetdgdf I love it! lol awesome!

[@daleandrews9356]

Oh, so it took you this long to come out of the shadows, eh? I wondered who that was, as it was quite prominent! Must have enjoyed it. You must have been young, too. Just goes to show you Judy appealed to all ages.

[@dayfan1962]

What a performance by a genuine legend!!!!

[@ConservativeMan59]

My God she was such a power house! Continue to RIP beautiful lady!

[@marisanmarisan357]

Would love to see her entire medley colorized and sounding this good.

[@SaxonC]

I love the woman at 1:54 who screams when she finishes her number! Judy always gives the best performances. She died too soon I was just over a yr old and never got the chance to have the "Garland experience".. Thank God she did these TV shows for CBS! A great lady indeed!

[@johndalton3180]

We are very lucky to have those CBS shows. And she did them just in the nick of time. She taped her last show in March of 1964, and in May of 1964 there was a terrible incident in Hong Kong. Some reports of an overdose, and some reports say a heart attack. Whatever happened, poor Judy was intubated, which caused damage to her vocal chords. Her voice was never the same after that. So it's great to have those CBS shows where she sings virtually every song she ever sang, twice. And her voice was almost up to the level it was at in Carnegie Hall.

[@longgrayline8055]

The Great One

[@msbeckyleigh]

Amazing. I love her wow she’s great

[@pharmasteve]

I feel like crying every time i hear her. The Great Artistes from that era are dying off slowly but surely. Very sad indeed.

[@opelske]

Magnificent voice - goes right through you!

[@MiiZzJ0kEr]

i freakin love her!!!

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Legend

[@billiamdabne9932]

oh my god, iconic

[@jakegladdy3984]

This is what true talent sounds like. Nobody else can outmatch the magic and power of Miss Garland or of The Garland Cult

[@DanielVenadjv]

Judy, what can I say, her stage presence is just captivating and her voice has always put me on a knee. She worked so hard.

[@juliusmaloney]

So thankful for the Judy, Frank & Dean TV special. It’s the one recording that gets us as close as we will ever get to the Carnegie Hall concert. Amazing!! 🥰

[@mattmerrill3708]

I see the same presence in Liza! Amazing

[@Fratelliyo]

I love this song so much and I love how she sings it!

[@hollywoodpills]

Literally the best singer that has ever graced the earth.

[@Picardy]

Judy - forget about it. Amazing! Thank you for posting this. Love live the hearts and souls of artists and songs of yesterday that gave so much of themselves.

[@terryhammond1253]

Judy's Magic? She just got out there and did it! And did it better than anyone else! Still the greatest entertainer of them all... bar none!

[@MrMarcusvimar]

That show!

[@philmurphy995]

This song from Judy's infamous Carnegie Hall concert sends chills up my spine. She was in great form.

[@dbdwhatcha12]

I wouldn't call it "infamous." Her Carnegie Hall concert was absolutely amazing.

[@renatoespinoza8792]

She's just spectacular that makes You cry. Too much talent 😭😭🥰

[@Belrivers]

I can see the vaudeville training. Her theater, radio, Broadway, film training. And dance training she respected other artists. I'm interested in the choreographers she worked with. I found out she worked with Lester Horton. Her tap dance teachers. When I grew up people loved her. And we learned how abusive the entertainment industry can be through Judy's experience. Yet in spite of it all she put her existence in her delivery. I wish the people, companies that are still financially benefited could be confronted to give some of that wealth to Judy's lineage. She should not have lost her home and have to live in hotels with her children that she could not afford.

[@philmurphy995]

OMG, seems like the great one holds that last note like five minutes.....truly incredidabe

[@ImTash]

Have you ever seen her trolley song duet with Mel Torme on her show? My god I was beginning to wonder if she was ever gonna come up for air

[@Marcel_Audubon]

I love that cross shaped stage from the show

[@glenmclaughlin2972]

I LOVE JUDY! x

[@jonathangrewcock3533]

SO DO I!

[@spokeshole]

The complete entertainer!

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 Judy sacrificed everything in life to keep singing for her adoring fans. Never forget that. 💖

[@laurelmancini3596]

I always feel that Judy Garland truly loved to entertain. And it was not “ oh look here I am”. She was just herself and loved to entertain. She was always in the moment and the audience took the ride with her.

[@superhetoric]

simply the best!

[@balto4]

this is amazing gosh I love her so much shame she died before I was born. But I adore Judy Garland and always will

[@ActorAaronBooth]

@HxSxMfanatic014 You're comment makes me smile. I hope that you still enjoy Judy as well as many of the other performing greats :)

[@torresongs2]

Listen to someone in the audience scream with delight at 1:54. Judy really could drive an audience WILD!

[@scotte3103]

Judy sounds like a TRUMPET here!!

[@christinerandenberg4076]

BRAVO

[@philmurphy995]

Enough of these lousy entertainers today.....this is entertainment

[@irenegewinner8193]

Perfection.

[@rjnuzzi1648]

The first lady of belters... take that, everyone who comes after!!!!!

[@ImTash]

I dunno - Ethel Merman managed to drown out even Judy when they sang together - she's a foghorn! Together they could have knocked down buildings just with their voices!

[@sophiam1234]

haha the video buffered right before her high note.... KZbin cant take the power of judy garland!!! Xx

[@MiiZzJ0kEr]

thiis Comment Made My Day!!...Love iiT!!

[@shaunwakefield9793]

That swanee show. Ace vocal

[@simplyhaydn]

LOL at her dancing though, she reminds me of Summer Heights High's Mr G.

[@robertpaciullo1540]

Judy was the greatest of alltime She is the voice. The only one close to her is the great Whitney Houston

[@hollydrucker3508]

All that talent and big voice ln that tiny body. OMG

[@balto4]

yea thats what amazes me she was so tiny but had such a powerful voice

[@OldieMusicMan]

This was great. From where does this clip come?

[@mikep2671]

Your question is 6 years old, but here's the answer: A terrific television special with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, 1962.

[@napdaw]

Gotta love the grandma slacks and slippers

[@suealder3458]

This is how I imagine she looked at Carnegie Hall. I can't believe there is not video of Carnegie!!

[@zbagz01]

I know. I had her Carnegie Hall record growing up. It was my mother's. I took it to college with me in 1970 and would listen to it at least once week. But I had to listen to the entire record - not just a song or two. That would be like getting out of the bath with soap still all over you. The record was an experience. I would close my eyes just imagining I was there in Carnegie Hall seeing her perform. And the audience is part of it all.

[@NicoleLeighKarbowski]

@HxSxMfanatic014 a straight boy who loves Judy!! omg 2 words....MARRY ME?? :D

[@danadallessandro2324]

1:44 uuughhhhaaa!

[@65wiseman]

A feast for an audience -

[@NicoleLeighKarbowski]

@ChicagoSouthDan yea but i have the body of a teenager, I'm immortal. I drank from fountain of youth, just like in Tuck Everlasting. :) i know its crazy...

[@stephaniestanley8041]

People were screaming

[@thomastimlin1724]

All of today's divas are now busted for fraud by Judy, hahahahha

[@deadandburied7626]

Is this show on DVD?

[@gabe-po9yi]

That looks like her Carnegie Hall outfit. Her son said she loved that jacket.

[@g20938]

She s small 4'11

[@michaelneel4828]

I was just wondering if African Americans love this as much as we do ???

[@weidihodiuk3128]

On 28 August 1963, over 250,000 people walked the streets of Washington and gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the biggest civil rights march to date. The Rev. Dr Martin Luther King delivered a speech to the gathering which included the likes of Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster and Bob Dylan.

[@gloss26]

@HxSxMfanatic014 That's because you get it, music. It's a gift. ;O)

[@antoniosuau8729]

¿ Porqué no enumerais las normas de la comunidad? Se supone que así no las conoce nadie para poder respetarlas.

[@isaacblue902]

Judy is NOT screaming at 1:53. It's the voice of a woman in the audience.

[@ChicagoSouthDan]

@NicoleLeighKarbowski But he's 12 and you're 109, according to your profile page. If you were 89, it might be okay, but 97 years is just too great an age difference :-).

[@MFjaYWiLL]

The temptations make her sound a little dull. But she sounds okay in her own right

[@JoshLo3340]

We used to have Judy... Now we have freaking Beyonce... What's happening to this world?

[@ImTash]

Preach 🙌

[@Belrivers]

I can see the vaudeville training. Her theater, radio, Broadway, film training. And dance training she respected other artists. I'm interested in the choreographers she worked with. I found out she worked with Lester Horton. Her tap dance teachers. When I grew up people loved her. And we learned how abusive the entertainment industry can be through Judy's experience. Yet in spite of it all she put her existence in her delivery. I wish the people, companies that are still financially benefited could be confronted to give some of that wealth to Judy's lineage. She should not have lost her home and have to live in hotels with her children that she could not afford. They owe her.

[@natirasohumana]

Beyonce is wonderful and has another style. What are you on about? Lmao

[@antoniosuau8729]

No parece verdad pero es mejor que su amiradísima hija LIZA.

[@gloss26]

I know i should be shot, but is this really Garland? Something is odd.

[@hodjpodj3958]

Sadly this hectic, butchered rendition does not meet the standard of her definitive version from A Star Is Born.

[@millers3888]

+HODJ PODJ Butchered version??? 0:44 "I LOVE YOUR SWAAAANNEEE" - totally better than the film version

[@hodjpodj3958]

+millers3888 Check out 1:44 (ugh, sloppy).

[@millers3888]

+HODJ PODJ I think that was more of Garland's signature live, emotion-pouring-out-of-her singing quirks. The film version is a spliced up version of many different takes, it will inherently sound better. But Swanee is an incredibly difficult song to sing, especially the way Garland did it with that huge finale. That probably explains when she's singing it live, she starts quietly to conserve the power for the end. I wouldn't look at 1:44, I would like at 1:37 where she holds a huge note for nearly ten seconds and finishes with a triumphant "SHOOOORE" - better than the film IMO but just an opinion.

[@jonathangrewcock3533]

For goodness sake, how picky are you? Judy has just held an extraordinary long note for perhaps the longest seconds in christendom, sung with the greatest depth of emotion and feeling and you're still not happy!

[@johndalton3180]

@@millers3888 Right. The Star is Born version was recorded in a studio. This is LIVE. I find this to be a more exciting version.