JUDY GARLAND - Battle Hymn of the Republic - December 13, 1963
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- December 13, 1963: Videotaping of both the dress rehearsal (from 5:30 to 7 p.m.) and the final performance (from 9 to 10:30 p.m.) of "Episode Sixteen" of "The Judy Garland Show" at CBS Television City, Stage 43, Hollywood. Judy's guests were Ethel Merman, Shelly Berman, and Peter Gennaro. The episode was aired on January 12, 1964.
Judy's songs: "Everybody's Doin' It" and "Let's Do It" (opener with Merman, Berman, and Gennaro); "Shenandoah"; "Makin' Whoopee" (with Gennaro, then joined by Berman); and "[Ethel] Merman Medley." The "Trunk" segment featured Judy singing "A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow"; "Puttin' On The Ritz" and her once-in-a-lifetime performance of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" which she sang in tribute to John F. Kennedy who had been assassinated just a few weeks prior. JFK and Judy were friends and she was devastated by his death. She had wanted to do a tribute show just after the assassination but CBS nixed the idea, with one exec now famously telling Judy that in a week no one would remember JFK.
Judy also taped an unaired comedy sketch with Berman in which she played a pushy newspaper reporter who "interviews" Berman about working with Judy Garland. The sketch exists and is on the now out-of-print DVD of this episode.
Who is listening to this great performance in 2024?🇺🇲
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See you here in 2034😏
I am happily obsessed with the brilliant Miss. G. SHE WAS TRULY A GENIUS. ONE OF A KIND. SHE ABSOLUTELY CAPTIVATES ME. I BELIEVE SHE WAS A ONCE IN A CENTUY TALENT. SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME.
Watching this live must've felt like a religious experience. What a beautiful, beautiful performance by Judy. I know she had a very special relationship with President Kennedy, and took his death extremely hard. He would call her from time to time from the White House, making a special request for her to sing, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" over the phone to him.
This number was chosen by Judy to sing for this particular show as a tribute to JFK who had just been assasinated. They had been friends and she had canceled the show that was Scheduled the week of his death so this was her first time performing since the assassination.
Yes, and when Judy was worried about The Judy Garland show, JFK called to let her know that the First Family always watched and loved it.
God I love this woman. You can feel the rage and devastation punching you in the face through the screen. Nobody will ever rival Judy. They broke the mould when they made her.
Tasha Speak that's the absolute truth!
I am not a Kennedy fan, but this tribute blows me away.
I never add comments. You absolutely nailed it. God bless her. ...and you. Xx
My parents were lucky enough to see Judy at Carnegie Hall. Judy said “ Jack this is for you” not included in this clip.
CBS wouldn't let her say "this is for you, Jack" on the air. She was upset.
Judy--thank you and tell the TV network that JFK is STILL remembered since he was a great president and would love this tribute!
Judy was one of the most talented entertainers of the modern age. Periodt.
You can see the pain in her face, and it almost looks as though she is physically and emotionally tired. You can tell the events that led to her singing this brought her a great amount of grief.
God you can see the pain and grief in her eyes! :(
She was one of the truly greatest. Frank Sinatra, who was a friend, said once: In the end we will all be forgotten. But not Judy. Never Judy. And he was right. She could do it all. Act, sing, dance, whatever. She was the total performar.
She and Barbra are similar national treasures. Her passion is striking!
so unreal....remarkable talent like no other
This might sound strange but I’ve always been fascinated by the way Judy held her microphones. Especially the cable. She grasps it, whips it, thrashes it, throws it over her shoulder… and all to great effect. Perhaps she didn’t know what to do with her left hand but I somehow doubt that’s the case. Also, given the background of the couple of days they had to put this number together, this is one of the greatest live performances caught on screen. You can see she was hurting deeply after the sudden, awful death of her friend.
She did this for JFK and he was such a close friend of hers that you can see how emotional she is performing this right after his death! They didn’t want her to do this and had a regularly programmed episode prepared! Judy refused, she went ahead with this anyways but what they did cut from the episode for controversial reasons was Judy looking into the camera and saying ‘this is for you Jack’ turned out to be the most emotional powerful episode of the entire show! Every time I get to the end of the performance and she belts our god is marching on I get tears and the chills! 🙏🙏🔥❤️ happy birthday Judy
Judy didn’t just sing this song, she shredded it and wrung out every drop. When she whips that mike cord around her, wow! The lady meant business. This is a great example of the steely resolve she obviously possessed when she felt very passionately about something. EDIT: Wanted to add that it was newly-appointed President Lyndon Johnson who asked the TV stations not do any tributes to JFK. The excuse he gave was wanting the country “to move on”.
And how often does LBJ come up? We moved on from him pretty quick. JFK will be with us forever.
Stop framing Johnson as if he had anything to do JFK's death. He was a man who wanted to heal the nation and Kennedy's people wouldn't allow him to. They are the true villains, not him.
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60 years later and I’m in tears. Amazing conviction. Amazing talent. ❤️ Rest in peace.
3:33 the way she tears into that Hallelujah after the tone changes
Wow, I never got what the big deal was about her...but this is INTENSE!!! She looks starved, suffering and saintly...how did that big voice came out of that frail body?? Much respect for her memory...RIP❤️👊
Look up what her dear friend mickey rooney said about the studio and what just went through. You appreciate even more this fragile, suffering but immensely talented soul
The same can be said about Karen Carpenter.
Love this tribute to
John F. Kennedy.
Thank you Judy, do many yeargo, but
You are marvelous, for so much you've
Given, again for
Remembering JFK
So much passion! Hard to believe what has become of Hollywood
Some people just sing the song. She is totally immersed in it.
Judy Garland I will love you forever!
How relevant for NOW!
A defining moment for her TV show. Incredibly awesome.
I'd have loved the chance to meet this woman. all her songs hit somthing in me, truly one of the best soul singers we have ever had in my opinion
She sang this so well you'd think she wrote it, same goes with the rest of the songs she sung.
Judy Garland is simply the best that we will ever see. The Battle Hymn of the Republic
I love Judy so much. I was so blessed to have seen her daughter Liza in concert many years ago. What a talented family.
I worked with Liza! Visited her upper west apartment twice! She’s an Angel.
This is my all time favourite solo rendition of this hymn.
Thank you, Judy.
Judy embodied music and humanity all by herself...
Thanks a lot for sharing the marvelous jewel...
Judy-The greatest singer of all time!!!
ABSOLUTELY! And she will always be!
PURE PERFECTION JUDY 🇺🇸
Coming back to this agian. I love watching Garland sing it, she puts so much effort behind it and while it is spur of the moment, i think it’s perhaps one of more beautiful renditions of the song
Garland fue una de las mejores artistas que han pasado por Hollywood en su historia
Her single greatest performance ever!
I heard that she said right after singing this, "This is for you, Jack". They edited that comment out of the show.
Wow. Just freakin' wow.
Thanks babe, love you!
Incredible!
Sing it!
Thank you for this. Thank you.
Amazing❤️
So beautiful....
Goose bumps.
I felt inclined to listen to this performance immediately after hearing about Sen Colin Powell’s passing to covid-19 just now. 😔
Nice
Union living historian here. If she had been alive to sing this during the Civil War, the war might have ended sooner had she performed in every Southern state's capital! 😂
W-O-W !!!!!
Her eyes
Has anybody ever seen the “this is for you, Jack” footage?
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that was for Jack Kennedy
What did we just watch
I wish I was there. I'd offer her my shoulder..🪷
She was 41 years old here
Interesting story that Judy's death was one of the contributing factors to Stonewall riots. Supposedly not at all true, but nice to think that we held her in such regard that she could spark a riot. Simply a favorite legend
It's 100% true 1969 at Stonewall, Marsha Threw the 1st Brick that started the Gay Power movement.
@@DADDYRANDY1989 That's correct, Randall.
randall chandler that’s been debunked so many times
I was just thinking about this….
I did hear John Waters say “well, Judy Garland had died so we were all very upset that day.”
In the beauty of my lilly ....... Tremendi🤪
After hearing Judy's rendition of this song, I simply cannot listen to another singer sing this song. All others pale in comparison.
She changed the words in honour of JFK: "let us die to make men free" instead of "let us live to make men free."
Right before she sang this she said " this is for you Jack" . CBS thought it was to political and cut it.