Judy Garland - Overture/I Feel A Song Coming On

[pal035s]

Solid backup provided by Mort Lindsey & Orchestra. Fantastic performance.

[IvyJordan]

Her voice is better compares to when she is young, singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Thank you for posting this clip.

[MonbaraChan]

She looks so marvellous, so Elegant, but her voice is beyond words!

[rkve2000]

Sid Luft once said that nodbody knew better than Judy how to plan a concert, that she knew what a first number should be, and knew what the second number should be. Well, THAT was exactly what an opening number should be. Aside from her magnificent voice, Judy had a very shrewd musical mind, and this performance is proof positive of that.

[NFitalianGuy]

I know I am not supposed to smoke, but I bought a pack of Pall Mall reg non filter and watched this show. My Nana smoked those. If you smoke, Pall Mall reg NON filter cigs are smoother than marlboro filter. You dont see shows sponsored by cigarette companies anymore.

[NFitalianGuy]

Her rendition here is awesome! Watch her at 6:40 her body language when she moves back and belts the hell out of this song too everyone watching!

[NFitalianGuy]

I find Judy Garland's Overtures were to buil the audience up so much so that when she emerged, they would go wild!

[defundthewar]

I loved this particular JG show, but putting a 4-minute overture at the beginning of a show was not the way to keep 1963-4 viewers from straying to Bonanza. So many things were excellent about the series- Judy in particular- yet there were so many blunders as far as what makes a successful TV series. I could be wrong, but I think if the show had run for 4 or 5 years and Judy got her finances in order, she would be alive today.

[NFitalianGuy]

@defundthewar Judy could've been in the black if she didnt trust those around who knew nothing about solid blue chip investments & tax shelters. Bogart had the Lufts hire his Biz manager to take careof her $ but eventually Sid let him go. The many men in her life, she trusted, robbed her blind & never set her $ aside for the IRS & other expenses. Judy never seen a cent of her earnings & assumed ppl were paying the bills. I'm sure Judy would've been wealthier if just 1 honest person assured her

[defundthewar]

There's no evidence anyone robbed Judy except her lover/agent David Begelman & it was for several thousands, not millions. Sid Luft didn't rob her, just enjoyed Judy's big spending ways. The mansion they had, if you've seen it, was collosal, AFTER she quit MGM and her $6,000/week salary. She had expensive tastes like Sinatra, but was often unemployed. Frank worked non-stop in film, TV, records, Vegas, and wasn't too stoned to keep track of his money. Only one source Judy was robbed: Judy.

[NFitalianGuy]

@defundthewar She let other's handle her Money. I liked Sid when I met him in 1997 but he liked to gamble. I was trying to say that she depended on the men to handle her finances & yes Judy had expensive taste. The men who handled her money never set money aside to pay her taxes & living expenses. She made the money but it was other ppl who enjoyed the fruits of her labor more than Judy herself. Even before her Agent D.B. came on the scene others squandered her money.

[defundthewar]

Nope, you wrote "robbed her blind," which only has one meaning, and many people buy into this myth because Judy was such a great actress, a Method Actress, but without all the Actors Workshop crap. Every busy person in Hollywood "let others" do the math. Judy had maids, children's governesses, shrinks, doctors, gofers and flunkies, entertaining, a career-less gambling boozing husband and a huge mansion, & long periods of not working. She enjoyed herself plenty, but it caught up with her.

[solomonmorris7]

@NFitalianGuy So very true......

[funkytune2006]

Fabulous...Judy The Great xxx

[edr333]

Mort Lindsey is a fantastic arranger! He was so good with Judy's music!

[DreamsCumTrue469]

@edr333 you said it. His charts on this show are on the money.

[NFitalianGuy]

@edr333 Mort Lindsey was perhaps one of a very few men who had Judy's best interest at heart. He was a gentleman to her & didnt mix biz with any romantic pleasure. Roger edens was another. Mort really brought the best out in Judy's concert performances. Whenever we hear her arangements after they parted ways, you could tell Mort's arrangementsadded magic to her singing. They had a great respect for each other.

[NFitalianGuy]

No one sings like this Angel!