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unusual facts about Judy Garland and chorus perform "The Trolley Song" in ''Meet Me in St. Louis


Herb Alpert's Ninth

The Brass' leisurely rendition of "The Trolley Song" was in deliberate contrast to the well-known energetic version originally sung by Judy Garland in the film Meet Me in St. Louis.


A'Lelia Walker

She grew up in the neighborhood where Scott Joplin and other ragtime musicians gathered at Tom Turpin's Rosebud Cafe on St. Louis's Market Street.

Adolphe Danziger De Castro

In 1883 he emigrated to the U.S.A., where he first lived as a journalist and teacher in St. Louis and Vincennes (IN), before settling in San Francisco in November 1884, where he practiced as a dentist and free-lance journalist until 1900.

Art in Bloom

The original exhibit was held in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1976, where it is held annually; other institutions hosting such displays include the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.

At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis

At the River's Edge, by the rock band Styx is a single-disc version of Arch Allies: Live at Riverport, featuring only the Styx set, and including live versions of the tracks "Everything Is Cool" and "Lorelei" in place of the Jam versions of "Blue Collar Man" and "Roll with the Changes" that Styx performed with REO Speedwagon on that album.

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Henry Hitchcock (1879–80), president of the American Bar Association and the Missouri Bar

Belleville Air Force Station

Belleville AFS was one of twenty-eight stations built as part of the second segment of the Air Defense Command permanent radar network, primarily to provide air defense radar coverage for Saint Louis and Scott Air Force Base.

Benjamin Bristow

He prosecuted the so-called "Whiskey Ring," which was headquartered in St. Louis, and which, beginning in 1870 or 1871, had defrauded the federal government out of a large part of its rightful revenue from the distillation of whiskey.

Bracken County, Kentucky

White burley tobacco, a light, adaptable leaf that revolutionized the industry, was first sold at the 1867 St. Louis Fair by the farmer Mr. Webb from Higginsport, Ohio.

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

Completed in 1914, it is the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the seat of its archbishop, currently Robert James Carlson.

Christians for Biblical Equality

Beginning in 1989, CBE has presented international conferences—three-day events consisting of plenary sessions and workshops in such U.S. cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Park, Colorado, Wheaton, Illinois, San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida, Dallas, Texas Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, Toronto, Canada, and St. Louis, Missouri.

Cofactor Genomics

Upon graduation, Dr. Glasscock pursued his doctorate in Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis where he studied under Warren Gish, Ph.D., developer of the NCBI BLAST sequence analysis program.

College Hill, St. Louis

The park's area was reduced by five and a half acres in 1954 when the State Highway Department acquired the right of way for the Mark Twain Expressway.

Conference of Chief Justices

The first meeting, organized by the Council of State Governments and funded by private foundations, and held in St. Louis, Missouri, was held at the behest of New Jersey Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Nebraska Chief Justice Robert G. Simmons and Missouri Chief Justice Laurance M. Hyde, who was elected as the first chairman by the representatives of the 44 states in attendance.

Dallas Spirit

It was intended to bring as much publicity to the city as the Spirit of St. Louis did earlier in the year with Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic crossing.

Day of Daggers

The morning of the same day a chevalier of St. Louis, M. de Court de Tombelle, entered the Tuileries carrying a short stiletto and several pistols.

Delmar Loop

The portion of Delmar Boulevard within the city of St. Louis has been designated Barack Obama Boulevard, making it one of the world's first streets to be renamed for the U.S. President.

Elsa Benham

Elsa Benham (November 20, 1908 – April 20, 1995, Irving, Texas) was a dancer and silent movie performer from St. Louis, Missouri.

Going My Way

The film follows Father Charles “Chuck” O’Malley (Bing Crosby), an incoming priest from East St. Louis whose unconventional style transforms the parish life of St. Dominic’s Church in New York City.

Hal B. Jennings

He was accepted for further plastic surgery training at the Barnes Hospital of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and began two years training with the Blair Brown Group of Surgeons on July 1, 1949.

History of the Jews in St. Louis

According to Jonathan Sarna, it is the oldest synagogue west of the Mississippi River.

Jim McKelvey

McKelvey began blowing glass as a teenager at Washington University and then studied briefly with master Lino Talgiapietra.

John S. Hager

Hager died in San Francisco on March 19, 1890 and was interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kenneth Blackfan

He did a residency under John Howland starting in 1911 at Washington University in St. Louis, and in 1913 Blackfan followed Howland to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Kevin Stevens

Not only did he rarely see the ice during this season, but after a game against the St. Louis Blues, he was caught in an East St. Louis, Illinois motel with a prostitute and crack cocaine.

KNLC

KNLC maintains studio facilities located at the church's facilities on Locust Street in the Downtown West section of St. Louis, and its transmitter is located in House Springs.

Laclede's Landing, St. Louis

Alternative rock band Wilco references the Landing in "Heavy Metal Drummer", a song off the 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

Lepiota maculans

The type collection was made by physician and amateur botanist Noah Miller Glatfelter from St. Louis, Missouri.

Lindenwood Park, St. Louis

Two nationally prominent Americans of the 1880s who are commemorated are General Winfield Scott Hancock, a Union general in the American Civil War and presidential nominee in 1880, and Chester A. Arthur, the Republican vice-president who succeeded to the presidency after the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881.

Martin Stanislaus Brennan

Brennan was a member of several scientific societies, including the British Astronomical Association, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Astronomy and Astrophysical Society of America, the Saint Louis Academy of Science, the American Mathematical Society, and the National Geological Society.

Martin Wilkes Heron

In his old age, Wilkes lived at 4950 McPherson Ave, in a St. Louis neighborhood now known as the Central West End.

Michael W. Vannier

On July 19, 1983, M. Vannier (Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis) and his co-workers J. Marsh (Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Deformities Institute, St. Louis Children's Hospital) and J. Warren (McDonnell Aircraft Company) published the first three-dimensional reconstruction of single CT slices of the human head.

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1904

The election was held on November 8, 1904 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, Joseph W. Folk, over the Republican candidate, former Mayor of St. Louis Cyrus Walbridge, and several other candidates representing minor parties.

Mountain Vista Governor's School

Top acceptances for the Class of 2011 have included Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, University of California, Berkeley, Tufts University, and Purdue University.

New Madrid Seismic Zone

The quake damaged virtually all buildings in Charleston, creating sand volcanoes by the city, cracked a pier on the Cairo Rail Bridge and toppled chimneys in St. Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, Gadsden, Alabama and Evansville, Indiana.

Orrin W. Robinson

They raised two children: M. Ethel, who graduated from Mary Institute in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Boston Conservatory of Music; and Dean L., who finished a course of study at Smith Academy in St. Louis, Missouri, then entered the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, graduating in 1895.

Ralph Cheli

What are believed to be Major Cheli's and other similarly executed POWs remains are now interred at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Richard Dooling

He has been a practicing attorney and developer of web-based legal tools for the St. Louis firm Bryan Cave.

Robert Heyssel

After serving with the United States Public Health Service in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan between 1956 and 1958, he returned to the United States as a fellow in hematology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Roderick Carr

Despite this they had covered a distance of 3,420 mi (5,506 km), which was sufficient to set a new world distance record, but which was beaten in turn within a few hours by Charles Lindbergh's solo Atlantic flight between New York and Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis, covering 3,590 mi (5,780 km).

St. Jude Medical Center

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet began operating their first hospital in Eureka, California in 1919 as a response to the Spanish Flu epidemic.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

The Kevin Kline Awards, named after Kevin Kline, an established stage and screen actor and native of St. Louis, began in 2006, to recognize outstanding achievement in professional theatre in the Greater St. Louis area.

Thomas H. Stix

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1924, Stix graduated from John Burroughs School and served in the U.S. Army as a radio expert in the Pacific theater during and after World War II.

Tim Bozon

Bozon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father, Philippe Bozon, played hockey for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), but was raised in France, where his father is from.

Tower Grove East, St. Louis

Like Tower Grove Heights, these residences were built on the four-square plan.

Transportation in Greater St. Louis

At Missouri Route 367, US 67 turns north, crosses the Missouri River on the Clark Bridge into Illinois, through Madison and Jersey counties, then leaving the region.

U.S. Route 11 in Louisiana

After crossing the state line into Mississippi, US 90 intersected US 11 then curved back to the south, bypassing Pearlington on the way to Bay St. Louis.

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit across Missouri in St. Louis has jurisdiction over decisions appealed from the Western District of Missouri (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

United States Playing Card Company

Introduced in 1927 in commemoration of Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, Aviator playing cards feature a bordered, monotone back design of predominantly circles.

USA3000 Airlines

The last destinations USA3000 Airlines operated to were, Cancún and St. Louis.

Western Film Exchange

One of over 100 such "exchanges," Western Film proved to be more successful than most, opening branch offices in several midwestern cities, including Chicago, St. Louis, and Joplin, Missouri.


see also

4 to 1 in Atlanta

"4 to 1 in Atlanta" is a song written by Bill Kenner and L. Russell Brown, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd.

Abba Kovner

Kovner's story is the basis for the song "Six Million Germans / Nakam", by Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird.

Acquiring the Taste

The song "Pantagruel's Nativity" is inspired by the books of Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais.

April Stevens

She is perhaps best known for her 1963 Atco Records recording of "Deep Purple" (music by Peter DeRose and lyrics by Mitchell Parish) with her brother Antonino LoTempio (singing under the stage name Nino Tempo).

Bam Thwok

The song's lyrics display a surrealistic and nonsensical nature typical of the band; Deal's inspiration was a discarded child's art book she found on a New York City street.

Bonnie Dundee

Bonnie Dundee is the of title of a poem and a song written by Walter Scott in 1825 in honour of John Graham, 7th Laird of Claverhouse, who was created 1st Viscount Dundee in November 1688, then in 1689 led a Jacobite rising in which he died, becoming a Jacobite hero.

Breaking Atoms

(***) - This song, depending on the release, is slightly different from the single version/The Brand New Heavies album Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 version in that it is approximately 1 minute longer and the organ noise is less prominent

Bruce McCulloch

McCulloch also directed the music video for the Tragically Hip’s song “My Music at Work,” for which he won the award of "Best Director" at the 2000 MuchMusic Video Awards.

Bugle Call Rag

The song appears in several Hollywood films, including The Big Broadcast of 1937, Orchestra Wives (1942), Stage Door Canteen (1943), The Benny Goodman Story (1956) and The Aviator (2004).

Count von Count

His first performance of the Count was in a YouTube video called "Counting the Yous in YouTube", a song about the celebration of Sesame Street's YouTube channel reaching 1 billion views.

Dave Gunning

The track "A Game Goin' On" from Gunning's album No More Pennies was submitted to the Great Canadian Song Quest (2013 edition: Hockey Night In Canada Song Quest).

Dead and Gone

Rob Knox (not to be confused with the murdered actor), one of the producers, expressed his feelings into creating the song.

Do You Love as Good as You Look

"Do You Love as Good as You Look" is a song written by Jerry Gillespie, Charlie Black and Rory Michael Bourke, and recorded by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers.

Dusty in Memphis

Samples from "Son of a Preacher Man" were used on Cypress Hill's cult-classic stoner-culture song "Hits from the Bong" on their album Black Sunday in 1993 and on Adil Omar's "Known to Kick It" in 2008.

Elton Welsby

Welsby is name-checked by the Birkenhead band Half Man Half Biscuit in the song "A Country Practice", found on their 1998 album Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral.

Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions

The idea for the song was inspired by an old train depot in Stuart's home town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.

I Have But One Heart

The song was recorded in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio for his album Classic Rewinds which pays tribute to Vic Damone, Al Martino and 13 other popular Italian-American singers.

I Still Miss Someone

Jimmy Buffett performed the song as a dedication to Cash at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington on September 16, 2003, four days after Cash's death.

If I Only Had a Brain

Jackson Browne sang a folk music tempo of this song in the 1995 television special The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True when he performed as the Scarecrow.

Iza, Now!

"Kotoba yori Taisetsu na Mono" is the theme song of the drama Stand Up!! starring Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya, Anne Suzuki, NEWS member Tomohisa Yamashita, Shun Oguri and Hiroki Narimiya, while "Pikanchi Double" is the theme song of the movie Pikanchi: Life is Hard Dakara Happy, the sequel to Pikanchi: Life is Hard Dakedo Happy.

Jon Hume

In May 2012 Hume was featured on the Hook N Sling song "Surrender," which he co-wrote from his studio in rural Victoria (The Stables Recording Studio).

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd

Kan man älska nå'n på avstånd is a song written by Karin Hemmingsson and Tommy Andersson, and recorded by Swedish dansband Vikingarna on the album "Kramgoa låtar 1998" from the within the album title mentioned year.

Ladies of the Canyon

It features several of Mitchell's most noted songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game".

Les Elgart

Among their better-known tunes is "Bandstand Boogie", which was used by Dick Clark as the theme song for American Bandstand.

Luna de Xelajú

A fairly notorious rendition by amateur musician Jared Smith was made famous by its use in the "software toy" Jared: Butcher of Song.

Netral

In 2009, Netral released a song entitled "Garuda Di Dadaku" as part of a soundtrack for the film of the same name.

Nikos Gounaris

His song; Pame Sta Bouzoukia is featured in a custom map on the MMOFPS Counter-Strike titled de plaka.

Ooh It's Kinda Crazy

The song was originally released in 1998 as an independent single when the band was known as Indecision.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and smile, smile, smile." It is the team's second feature-length picture.

Party Queen

Only 2 songs had commercial endorsements prior to the album release: "Party Queen" was used as commercial song for Peach John and "How Beautiful You Are" was the theme song for drama show "Saigokara Nibanme no Koi".

Peace thru Vandalism

The song gained renewed interest when it was mentioned in the 2002 Vin Diesel movie xXx.

Queen of the Slipstream

It was a favorite song of actress Farrah Fawcett and was played during the opening credits for the documentary Farrah's Story shown on NBC on May 15, 2009.

Reid Jamieson

He performed the song live with Margo Timmins at the release at The Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto On Nov 22a and 23, 2013.

Ronnie Van Zant

The band's national exposure began in 1973 with the release of their debut album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), which has a string of hits and fan favorites including: "I Ain't the One", "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man," and their signature song, "Free Bird", which he later dedicated to the late Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band.

Sándor Jemnitz

Jemnitz: Trio for violin, viola and guitar – Benjamin Hudson (violin); Kim Kashkashian (viola); David Starobin (guitar); A Song from the East, Bridge Classics BDG 9004 (1987); David Starobin Favorite Tracks Vol.

Sarjana Muda

10.Bangunlah Putra Putri Pertiwi (Awaken Sons & Daughters of the (mother)land) - A nationalistic song referencing three aspects of Indonesian national identity, Garuda, the winged bird, Pancasila, the national philosophy, and the Indonesian flag

Sharmila Melissa Yogalingam

She was specially commissioned to write the lyrics of the theme song for Project Hope (Singapore), which ended up being entitled 'With Hands United'.

Shingle Street

Shingle Street was the inspiration of the Thomas Dolby song "Cloudburst at Shingle Street", from the album The Golden Age of Wireless.

Shut It

The song was released to promote the Not of This Earth album, recorded by a new line-up which featured long-term members Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies, and new members Kris Dollimore (Guitar), Allan Lee Shaw (Guitar), and Moose (Bass).

Sökarna

The Swedish hip-hop group Infinite Mass gained public attention after their appearance in the movie with their controversial song "Area Turns Red", also known as "Shoot the Racist".

Sun Arise

The Godfathers covered the song as one of their first singles, which was later compiled onto Hit by Hit.

Surferosa

The group's song Royal Uniform from the album The Force was used on the soundtrack for the computer/video game FIFA 07 released by Electronic Arts.

The Ragpicker's Dream

The first song, "Why Aye Man", was used as the theme tune for the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet which first aired in 2002.

Vindaloo

Joey Ramone also references chicken vindaloo when introducing the song "I Wanna Be Well" on the 1979 It's Alive album.

When Love Comes to Town

"When Love Comes to Town" is the 12th song on U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, where it was recorded at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis TN as a duet between U2 and B.B. King.

Where Them Girls At

An early version of the song featuring a cappella vocals was obtained by computer hackers, through accessing Guetta's recording studio's Wi-Fi connection.

Wildstylez

Metekohy worked with Headhunterz again in 2011, on his song "Tonight" which also featured another fellow Dutch hardstyle act: Noisecontrollers, the song proved successful also and was nominated for a 2012 hard dance award of which the song was put upon the compilation album "Hard Dance Awards 2012" where it was featured as a remix from Alpha².

Wupper

The writer of the song was Gus Kahn who was born in Koblenz, about 100 kilometres from the Wupper Valley and might have known this saying.

Xin Zhan: Red Cliff

The song was nominated for Best Original Song in the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards but lost to Jane Zhang's Painted Heart.

You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me

"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" is a 1932 popular song with music by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Al Dubin.