|
|
1/1/40 |
Records
"If I Forget You" (& also films) for short Will
Rogers Memorial Fund |
2/1/40 |
Begins
filming Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (Date Approx) |
2/13/40 |
Performs
"All The Things You Are" on Bob Hope radio
program |
2/29/40 |
Receives
special Oscar for The Wizard Of Oz |
3/14/40 |
Records
"I'm Nobody's Baby" for film Andy Hardy
Meets Debutante |
3/14/40 |
Records
"Buds Won't Bud" (deleted) for film Andy
Hardy Meets Debutante |
4/1/40 |
Completes Andy
Hardy Meets Debutante (Date Approx) |
4/1/40 |
Begins
filming Strike Up The Band (Date Approx) |
4/10/40 |
Records
"Buds Won't Bud" for Decca Records |
4/10/40 |
Records
"I'm Nobody's Baby" for Decca Records |
4/10/40 |
Records
"(Can This Be) The End Of The Rainbow" for
Decca Records |
4/10/40 |
Records
"Wearing Of The Green" for Decca Records |
4/12/40 |
Records
"Our Love Affair" for film Strike Up The
Band |
4/12/40 |
Records
"Nobody" for film Strike Up The Band |
4/15/40 |
Records
"Friendship" for Decca Records |
4/23/40 |
Records
"Nell Of New Rochelle" sequence for film Strike
Up The Band |
5/10/40 |
Records
"All I Do Is Dream Of You" for film Andy
Hardy Meets Debutante |
5/10/40 |
Records
"Alone" for film Andy Hardy Meets Debutante |
6/8/40 |
Records
"Drummer Boy" for film Strike Up The Band |
6/10/40 |
18th
Birthday |
6/26/40 |
Judy
graduates from Hollywood High School |
6/27/40 |
Records
"Do The La Conga" for film Strike Up The
Band |
7/5/40 |
Andy
Hardy Meets Debutante released |
7/10/40 |
Records
"Finale" sequence for film Strike Up The
Band |
7/29/40 |
Begins
filming Little Nellie Kelly - During production,
Judy's contract is renegotiated for $2,000 per week |
8/1/40 |
Completes Strike
Up The Band (Date Approx) |
8/9/40 |
Records
"It's A Great Day For The Irish" for film Little
Nellie Kelly |
9/1/40 |
MGM
tears up old contract and makes new one: $2,000 per
week with options for 7 years up to $3,000 per week |
9/10/40 |
Records
"Danny Boy" for film Little Nellie Kelly |
9/10/40 |
Records
"A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow" for film Little
Nellie Kelly |
9/10/40 |
Records
"Singin' In The Rain" for film Little Nelly
Kelly |
9/19/40 |
Filming
completed on Little Nellie Kelly |
9/24/40 |
Appears
on "Cavalcade of Music" Radio Show |
9/24/40 |
Performs
"Over The Rainbow" at the Golden Gate Exposition |
9/30/40 |
Strike
Up The Band premieres in New York |
10/1/40 |
Enters
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for a tonsillectomy. The
studio is nervous, but everything goes fine |
10/28/40 |
Appears
on "The Lux Radio Theater" Radio Show with
Mickey Rooney |
11/1/40 |
Appears
on "Leo Is On The Air" Radio Show to promote Little
Nellie Kelly |
11/22/40 |
Little
Nellie Kelly premieres |
11/13/40 |
Records
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" for film Ziegfeld
Girl |
12/18/40 |
Records
"Our Love Affair" for Decca Records |
12/18/40 |
Records
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" for Decca Records |
12/18/40 |
Records
"It's A Great Day For The Irish" for Decca
Records |
12/18/40 |
Records
"A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow" for Decca Records |
12/22/40 |
Records
"We Must Have Music" for film Ziegfeld Girl |
12/22/40 |
Records
"Special Material/I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Deleted
Finale) for film Ziegfeld Girl |
1/14/41 |
Records
"Minnie From Trinidad" for film Ziegfeld
Girl |
1/26/41 |
Performs
"Love's Sweet Song" (which she wrote) on CBS's "Silver
Theater" radio show |
2/22/41 |
Performs
"America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)" at the
Academy Awards |
2/25/41 |
Performs
"Over The Rainbow" & "It's A Great
Day For The Irish" at personal appearance at the
Greek Resistance Benefit |
3/1/41 |
Completes Ziegfeld
Girl (Date Approx) |
4/1/41 |
Begins
filming Life Begins For Andy Hardy (Date Approx) |
4/25/41 |
Ziegfeld
Girl released |
4/27/41 |
Appears
on "Young America Wants to Help" Radio Show |
5/19/41 |
Records "America" (Deleted)
for film Life Begins For Andy Hardy |
6/4/41 |
Records
"Easy To Love" (Deleted) for film Life Begins
For Andy Hardy |
6/4/41 |
Records
"Abide With Me" (Deleted) for film Life
Begins For Andy Hardy |
6/4/41 |
Records
"The Rosary" (Deleted) for film Life Begins
For Andy Hardy |
6/10/41 |
19th
Birthday |
6/30/41 |
Completes Life
Begins For Andy Hardy (Date Approx) |
7/2/41 |
Appears
on "The Treasury Hour" Radio Show |
7/14/41 |
Begins
filming Babes On Broadway |
7/18/41 |
Records
"How About You?" for film Babes On Broadway |
7/20/41 |
Records
"The Birthday Of A King" for Decca Records |
7/20/41 |
Records
"The Star Of The East" for Decca Records |
7/27/41 |
Appears
on "Leo In On The Air" Radio Show to promote Life
Begins For Andy Hardy |
7/28/41 |
Marries
David Rose |
7/29/41 |
Judy
absent on Babes On Broadway set so the crew
is laid off for the day |
8/1/41 |
Life
Begins For Andy Hardy opens (Date Approx) |
8/11/41 |
Records
"Bombshell From Brazil" for film Babes On
Broadway |
8/29/41 |
Records
"Hoe Down" for film Babes On Broadway |
9/10/41 |
Records
"Chin Up! Cherrio! Carry On!" for film Babes
On Broadway |
9/23/41 |
Records
"Minstrel Show Sequence (Including 'FDR Jones')"
for film Babes On Broadway |
9/24/41 |
Records
"Babes On Broadway" for film Babes On Broadway |
9/24/41 |
Records
"Ghost Theatre Sequence" for film Babes
On Broadway |
10/24/41 |
Records
"How About You?" for Decca Records |
10/24/41 |
Records
"FDR Jones" for Decca Records |
10/24/41 |
Records
"Blues In The Night" for Decca Records |
11/7/41 |
Completes
filming of Babes On Broadway |
11/9/41 |
Appears
on "The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre" Radio
Show to promote Babes On Broadway |
11/9/41 |
Performs
"God's Country" & "I Cried For You"
on the "Lux Radio Theatre" |
11/17/41 |
Appears
on "Lux Radio Theater" with Mickey Rooney
to introduce
"How About You?," also performs "The Peanut
Vendor." |
12/7/41 |
Appears
on "The Chase And Sandborn Hour" Radio Show |
12/28/41 |
Judy
is made Honorary Corporal by the soldiers at Fort Ord,
CA |
1/1/42 |
Performs
"Over The Rainbow" in Command Performance film (Date
Approx) |
1/2/42 |
Babes
On Broadway premieres |
1/20/42 |
Appears
on "Roy Shields Sustaining Program" Radio
Show |
2/1/42 |
Begins
filming For Me And My Gal lasts for 8 weeks (Date
Approx) |
3/21/42 |
Records
"Ballin' The Jack" for film For Me And My
Gal |
3/24/42 |
Records
"After You've Gone" for film For Me And
My Gal |
3/27/42 |
Records
"Till We Meet Again" for film For Me And
My Gal |
3/27/42 |
Records
"How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm" for
film For Me And My Gal |
3/27/42 |
Records
"For Me And My Gal" - Outtake Finale for film For
Me And My Gal |
3/27/42 |
Records
"Where Do We Go From Here Boys?" for film For
Me And My Gal |
3/30/42 |
Records
"For Me And My Gal" for film For Me And
My Gal |
3/30/42 |
Records
"Jimmy K. Metcalfe & Co." Medley for film For
Me And My Gal |
4/1/42 |
Films
"After You've Gone" for film For Me And
My Gal (Date Approx) |
4/3/42 |
Records
"Poor You" for Decca Records |
4/3/42 |
Records
"The Last Call For Love" for Decca Records |
4/3/42 |
Records
"On The Sunny Side Of The Street" for Decca
Records |
4/3/42 |
Records
"Poor Little Rich Girl" for Decca Records |
5/11/42 |
Records
"Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee" for film Babes
On Broadway |
5/26/42 |
Records
"When You Wore A Tulip" & "Don't Bite
The Hand That's Feeding You" for film For Me
And My Gal |
5/26/42 |
Records
"YMCA Montage" for film For Me And My Gal |
5/27/42 |
Records
"Three Cheers For The Yanks" for film For
Me And My Gal |
6/10/42 |
20th
Birthday |
6/21/42 |
Appears
on "The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy" Radio
Show |
6/25/42 |
Records
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again/For Me And
My Gal" (New Finale) for film For Me And My Gal |
6/25/42 |
Records
"Smiles" for film For Me And My Gal |
7/26/42 |
Records
"For Me And My Gal" for Decca Records |
7/26/42 |
Records
"When You Wore A Tulip" for Decca Records |
7/26/42 |
Records
"I Never Knew" for Decca Records |
7/26/42 |
Records
"That Old Black Magic" for Decca Records |
7/28/42 |
Records
"Every Little Movement Has A Meaning Of Its Own"
for film Presenting Lily Mars |
7/28/42 |
Records
"Tom, The Piper's Son" for film Presenting
Lily Mars |
7/29/42 |
Filming
completed on For Me And My Gal |
9/1/42 |
Begins
filming Presenting Lily Mars (Date Approx) |
9/18/42 |
Records
"Caro Mona (When I Look At You)" both ballad
and comedy versions for film Presenting Lily Mars |
10/12/42 |
Appears
on "The Lux Radio Theatre" Radio Show |
10/15/42 |
"Your
Hollywood Radio Reporter" presents the audio promo
for For Me And My Gal |
10/16/42 |
Records
"Paging Mr. Greenback" (deleted) for film Presenting
Lily Mars |
11/20/42 |
For
Me And My Gal premieres in New York |
12/22/42 |
Records
"The Joint Is Really Jumpin' Down At Carnegie Hall"
for film Thousands Cheer (films this guest spot
around this date) |
12/28/42 |
Appears
on "The Lux Radio Theatre" in A Star Is
Born Radio Version |
12/29/42 |
Records
"I Got Rhythm" for film Girl Crazy |
1/2/43 |
Records
"Bronco Busters" (deleted) for film Girl
Crazy |
1/4/43 |
Filming
begins on Girl Crazy |
1/29/43 |
Judy
exhausted and confined to bed. Dr. Marcus Rabwin suggests
that she not dance for 6 to 8 weeks, but she is back
at the studio by mid February |
3/1/43 |
Completes
principle photography for Presenting Lily Mars (Date
Approx) |
3/4/43 |
Records
"Where There's Music (Finale)" for film Presenting
Lily Mars |
3/22/43 |
Appears
in "The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre" Radio
show based on For Me And My Gal with Gene Kelly &
Dick Powell |
3/22/43 |
Performs
"After You've Gone," " How
Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm". "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home Again/Strike Up The Band," "For
Me And My Gal," on the "Screen Guild Players"
radio show edition of For Me And My Gal |
3/29/43 |
Records
"But Not For Me" for film Girl Crazy |
4/14/43 |
Records
"Bidin' My Time" for film Girl Crazy |
4/15/43 |
Records
"Embraceable You" for film Girl Crazy |
4/15/43 |
Records
"End Title (Embraceable You)" for film Girl
Crazy |
4/28/43 |
Records
"Could You Use Me?" for film Girl Crazy |
5/1/43 |
AFRMS
Personal Album - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore";
"But Not For Me"; "I Lost My Sugar In
Salt Lake City"; "Takin' A Chance On Love" (Date
Approx) |
5/19/43 |
Completes
filming Girl Crazy |
6/10/43 |
21st
Birthday |
7/1/43 |
Gives
first "solo/popular" concert and the Robin
Hood Dell in Philadelphia |
7/1/43 |
Goes
on her 2nd Army Camp Tour - completes one month later |
7/2/43 |
Presenting
Lily Mars is released |
7/4/43 |
|
9/8/43 |
Hollywood
Bond Cavalcade/Third War Loan Campaign kicks off with
Judy as a part of it |
09/11/43 |
Judy
poses for photos at the St. Moritz hotel for the third
War Loan Rally to be held at Madison Square Garden
with James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, Greer
Garson, Paul Henreid, Betty Hutton, Harpo Marx, Margie
Stewart, Barney Ross, May Kyser, Mickey Rooney, Rosemary
LaPlanche. |
11/2/43 |
Records
"But Not For Me" for Decca Records |
11/2/43 |
Records
"I Got Rhythm" for Decca Records |
11/2/43 |
Records
"I Got Rhythm" (alternate take) for Decca Records |
11/3/43 |
|
11/4/43 |
Records
"Could You Use Me?" for Decca Records |
11/4/43 |
Records
"Embraceable You" for Decca Records |
11/4/43 |
Records
"Bidin' My Time" for Decca Records |
11/4/43 |
Records
"Embraceable You" (alternate take) for Decca
Records |
11/11/43 |
Meet
Me In St. Louis goes into production |
11/26/43 |
Girl
Crazy is released |
12/1/43 |
|
12/2/43 |
|
12/3/43 |
|
12/3/43 |
|
12/4/43 |
|
12/4/43 |
|
12/17/43 |
|
12/18/43 |
Judy
arrives late for Meet
Me In St. Louis filming, meets with producer
Arthur Freed, then leaves at approx 10:30 am not feeling
well |
12/22/43 |
Records
"A Journey To A Star" for Decca Records |
12/22/43 |
Records
"No Love, No Nothing" for Decca Records |
12/30/43 |
|
1/7/44 |
Thousands
Cheer is released |
1/12/44 |
|
3/1/44 |
|
3/9/44 |
|
3/23/44 |
|
4/20/44 |
Records
"Boys And Girls Like You And Me" for Decca
Records |
4/20/44 |
Records
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" for
Decca Records |
4/20/44 |
Records
"The Boy Next Door" for Decca Records |
4/21/44 |
Records
"Meet Me In St. Louis" for Decca Records |
4/21/44 |
Records
"Skip To My Lou" for Decca Records |
4/21/44 |
Records
"The Trolley Song" for Decca Records |
5/26/44 |
|
6/1/44 |
|
6/1/44 |
Performs
"Dixieland Band" & "Long Ago And Far
Away"
on "Command Performance" radio show |
6/4/44 |
Performs "The
Trolley Song," "The Way You Look Tonight"
& "Long Ago & Far Away" on The Bakers
of America Salute to the Armed Forces radio show. |
6/5/44 |
|
6/7/44 |
Files
for divorce from David Rose |
6/10/44 |
22nd
Birthday |
6/25/44 |
Does
"Mail Call" radio program with Bing Crosby |
7/7/44 |
Judy
in MGM Rehearsal Hall A rehearsing "Madame Crematon"
number with director Charles Walters for film Ziegfeld
Follies |
7/11/44 |
Appears
on "Everything For The Boys" Radio Show |
7/11/44 |
Performs
"There Is A Tavern" on "Everything For
The Boys" radio show |
7/22/44 |
On
MGM Stage 21 filming "Madame Crematon" with
new director Vincente Minnelli for film Ziegfeld
Follies (rehearsed 10 days, recorded in 1 day,
shot in three days) |
7/31/44 |
Records
"Mine" for Decca Records |
8/1/44 |
Begins
filming The Clock with director Fred Zinnemann. (Date
Approx) |
8/13/44 |
Performs
"Over The Rainbow" on Your All-Time Hit Parade
radio program |
8/13/44 |
Judy
Garland VDISC - "Over The Rainbow', "I May
Be Wrong" |
9/1/44 |
Filming
begins anew on The Clock with new director Vincente
Minnelli |
10/8/44 |
Judy
performs "parody of Over the Rainbow,""Someone
to Watch Over Me" and "The Trolley Song"
on the radio as part of the Hollywood Democratic Committee
Dinner |
11/1/44 |
First
preview of Ziegfeld Follies |
11/6/44 |
Performs
"Gotta Get Out And Vote" on "Democratic
National Committee" radio show |
11/21/44 |
Completes
filming The Clock |
11/22/44 |
|
12/17/44 |
Performs
"The Trolley Song." "Have Yourself A Merry
Little Christmas," and "Jerome Kern Medley
for Philco Radio Hall Of Fame |
1/10/45 |
Production
Memo for The Harvey Girls: "Judy Garland
had an 11:00 ready call this a.m. to make wardrobe
tests, she arrived in studio at 10:45. At 12 noon she
called Griffin, assistant on the picture, to say she
couldn't be ready till after lunch. We went to lunch
at 12:30 and on return she still was not ready; she
arrived on the stage at 3:07p.m. all made up but not
in wardrobe; she came on set dressed at 3:35. At 4:00
she left the stage without making a test, for a conference
with LB [Mayer] and did not return to the stage again." |
1/11/45 |
Production
Memo for The Harvey Girls: "Judy Garland
had a 10 a.m. makeup call to be ready on the set at
1 p.m. She arrived at the studio at 12:12 and came
on the set at 1:48." |
1/12/45 |
Production
Memo for The Harvey Girls: "Last night
Judy Garland was given a call for this morning, by
the assistant, 8:00 in makeup, 10:10 ready on set.
She told him she wouldn't be in until 8:30 as she didn't
need more than an hour and a half for makeup. This
morning she arrived at the studio at 9:25, onstage
10:50, went into her dressing room and didn't come
on the set until 11:25." |
1/12/45 |
Filming
begins on The Harvey Girls |
1/5/45 |
Records
"On The Atchison, Topeka, & The Santa Fe" for
film The Harvey Girls |
1/5/45 |
Records
"It's A Great Big World" for film The Harvey
Girls |
1/13/45 |
Records
"Training Montage" for film The Harvey Girls |
1/26/45 |
Production
Memo for The Harvey Girls: "Miss Garland
called at 3:20 this morning to say that she was not
feeling well and could not come to work today. We will
try and shoot whatever we can without her
" |
1/26/45 |
Records
"This Heart Of Mine" for Decca Records |
1/26/45 |
Records
"Love" for Decca Records |
1/26/45 |
Records
"This Heart Of Mine" (alternate) for Decca
Records |
1/30/45 |
Performs " Love"
& "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" on March
Of Dimes Radio Show |
2/9/45 |
Judy
on set of The Harvey Girls but does not come
out to film due to illness and states that she will
not be available for filming the following Monday due
to having two teeth extracted and a bridge being made
on that date. |
2/15/45 |
Appears
on "Command Performance" Radio Show in Dick
Tracy in B Flat - Judy does a parody of "Over
The Rainbow"
titled " Over
A Barrel" as well as "I'm Gonna Be Strong
For You" (w/Bob Hope) |
2/16/45 |
Records
"In The Valley When The Evening Sun Goes Down" for
film The Harvey Girls |
2/16/45 |
Records
"My Intuition" (deleted) for film The Harvey
Girls |
2/17/45 |
Records
"March Of The Doagies" (deleted) for film The
Harvey Girls |
2/17/45 |
Records
"In The Valley When The Evening Sun Goes Down" (deleted
reprise) for film The Harvey Girls |
2/17/45 |
Records
"March Of The Doagies" (deleted reprise) for
film The Harvey Girls |
2/19/45 |
Records
"Hayride" (deleted) for film The Harvey
Girls |
2/19/45 |
Records
"Swing Your Partner Round And Round" for film The
Harvey Girls |
3/2/45 |
Production
Memo for The Harvey Girls: "The company
was informed by Evelyn Powers, Judy Garland's secretary,
that as of this date use of her Webster phone number
was to be discontinued and that a new address but no
phone number would be supplied to us March 3rd. Our
contact with Judy Garland from now on will be through
Evelyn Powers and a call bureau. This, of course, will
be of inconvenience to the company and of greater inconvenience
to Judy Garland should we ever wish to change a call
to a later hour. She is aware of the latter possibilities." |
3/9/45 |
Records
"Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) for Decca
Records |
3/9/45 |
Records
"Connecticut" for Decca Records |
3/9/45 |
Records
"Connecticut" (alternate) for Decca Records |
3/9/45 |
Records
"Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) (alternate)
for Decca Records |
3/12/45 |
Second
preview of Ziegfeld Follies |
4/19/45 |
Judy
cancels scheduled "loops" for The Harvey
Girls due to being bruised from previous day's
filming of fight scenes |
4/19/45 |
Records
"You've Got Me Where You Want Me" for Decca
Records |
4/23/45 |
Is
recorded singing impromptu duet with Kay Thompson "In
The Valley When The Evening Sun Goes Down" - only
know recording of these two great friends singing together |
4/24/45 |
Judy
absent from filming of The Harvey Girls due
to illness |
5/14/45 |
Records
"Swing Your Partner Round And Round" for Decca
Records |
5/15/45 |
Judy
calls studio and says she cannot film this date due
to being up all night recording for Decca Records |
5/24/45 |
Judy
cancels scheduled "loops" for The Harvey
Girls due to hoarse throat |
5/26/45 |
Judy
cancels scheduled "loops" for The Harvey
Girls due to illness |
6/4/45 |
Principle
photography completed for film The Harvey Girls |
6/10/45 |
23rd
Birthday |
7/7/45 |
Records
"On The Atchison, Topeka, & The Santa Fe" with
the Merry Macs for Decca Records |
7/7/45 |
Records
"If I Had You" for Decca Records |
7/7/45 |
Records
"If I Had You"(alternate) for Decca Records |
7/10/45 |
Records
"Smilin' Through" for Decca Records |
7/10/45 |
Records
"You'll Never Walk Alone" for Decca Records |
7/12/45 |
First
preview of The Harvey Girls |
8/20/45 |
"Road
Show" premiere in Boston, MA of Ziegfeld Follies |
9/7/45 |
Records
"In The Valley When The Evening Sun Goes Down" for
Decca Records |
9/7/45 |
Records
"It's A Great Big World" for Decca Records |
9/10/45 |
Records
"On The Atchison, Topeka, & The Santa Fe" (chorus
version) for Decca Records |
9/17/45 |
Judy
marries Vincente Minnelli - studio boss Louis B. Mayer
gives the bride away |
10/5/45 |
Performs
"How Deep Is the Ocean," " Gotta
Be This Or That" (with Frank Sinatra) and "My
Romance" (with Frank Sinatra) on "The Danny
Kaye Show" Radio Show |
10/6/45 |
Appears
on "The Danny Kaye Show" Radio Show |
10/9/45 |
Records
"Who?" for Till The Clouds Roll By |
10/9/45 |
Records
"Look For The Silver Lining" for film Till
The Clouds Roll By |
10/15/45 |
Records
"D'Ya Love Me?" (deleted) for film Till
The Clouds Roll By |
11/1/45 |
Completes
filming her guest spots in film Till The Clouds
Roll By (Date Approx) |
12/9/45 |
|
12/25/45 |
Appears
on "Command Performance" Christmas Radio
Show |
12/25/45 |
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