Judy Garland - Always - Previously Unreleased 1937 Radio Performance

April 20, 1937: 14-year-old Judy Garland performs "Always" on the popular CBS Radio show “Jack Oakie’s College” hosted by the film star Jack Oakie.

Since her January 5, 1937, premiere appearance on the popular CBS Radio show “Jack Oakie’s College” hosted by the film star Jack Oakie, 14-year-old Judy Garland had become a series regular.

On the show’s April 20, 1937, edition Judy premiered a sizzling version of “Johnny One Note” which is one of the first (if not the very first) performances of the song to a nationwide audience. Here is the link to that unreleased recording:    • Judy Garland - Johnny One Note - Prev...  

Later in the broadcast, Judy sang this version of Irving Berlin’s “Always.” This is the only known recording of Judy singing “Always.”

Irving Berlin originally wrote “Always” in 1925 as a wedding gift for his wife Ellin Mackay, who he married in 1926. He also gave her the royalties generated by the song.

Berlin and Mackay stayed happily married until her death in 1988. Berlin died a year later at the age of 101.

A decade after this fantastic performance of “Always,” Judy would work with Berlin on the MGM musical “Easter Parade” (1948) (http://www.thejudyroom.com/ep/index.h.... He wrote several new songs for the film, including the classics “It Only Happens When I Dance With You” and “A Couple of Swells.”

This previously unreleased recording is presented here thanks to the generosity of collector John Newton.

Thank you, John!