Judy Garland – Miss Show Business (1955/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Miss Show Business is American singer Judy Garland’s 1955 release. The Capitol Records album features songs “Danny Boy”, “Carolina in the Morning” and “Over the Rainbow”. The record peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart.

As Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland captured the hearts of America with her velvety vocals even as a youngster. As she grew, Garland became respected as an actress and vocalist winning a Golden Globe Award as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award.

„Miss Show Business“ combines songs from Garland’s movies and old vaudeville numbers which includes medley groupings of songs such as ‘You Made Me Love You’, ‘The Trolley Song’, ‘Some Of These Days’, and more. The album also includes the ever popular ‘Over the Rainbow’.

Judy Garland’s first two Capitol Records albums, 1955’s Miss Show Business and 1956’s Judy, are combined on this discount-priced reissue. Both were recorded when the singer was 33 years old. By then, she had come to the end of her Hollywood career and launched her second career as a concert performer. Both albums were tied into television specials without being soundtracks per se. The ten tracks making up Miss Show Business actually hearkened back further, since they constituted much of the repertoire Garland had developed to launch her stage act in 1951, combining songs from her movies and old vaudeville numbers, many of them organized into medleys featuring special introductory material fashioned by longtime Garland associate Roger Edens. To listen to such tracks as “Judy at the Palace” was to get a sense of at least what the audio was like at one of Garland’s shows. Naturally, the set concluded with her signature number, “Over the Rainbow,” which oddly comes halfway through this disc, since Miss Show Business is followed by Judy, a collection of songs arranged by Nelson Riddle. Riddle induced Garland to try some material that was new to her, but much of it is still in her familiar style. There are more songs written by Harold Arlen, composer of “Over the Rainbow,” as well as more vaudeville-era material associated with Al Jolson, such as “April Showers.” As such, Judy makes a good follow-up to Miss Show Business and an appropriate pairing for it on this disc. Judy contains less razzle-dazzle than its predecessor, and it allows Garland to plumb more of the depths of her interpretive talent, especially in the heart-rending version of “Last Night When We Were Young.” Still, there is plenty of lighthearted fare, making for a well-rounded collection. –AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
1. This Is The Time Of The Evening/While We’re Young 04:48
2. Medley: You Made Me Love You/For Me And My Gal/The Boy Next Door/The Trolley Song 06:17
3. A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow 03:03
4. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody 02:38
5. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 04:26
6. Medley: Judy At The Palace/Shine On Harvest Moon/Some Of These Days-My Man/I Don’t Care 06:06
7. Carolina In The Morning 03:04
8. Danny Boy 03:05
9. After You’ve Gone 02:14
10. Over The Rainbow 03:31

Personnel:
Judy Garland, vocals
Jack Cathcart, conductor
Hal Mooney, arranger

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