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Porter has elementary schools named for him in Greensboro, North Carolina ( William Sydney Porter Elementary ) and Garland, Texas ( O. Henry Elementary ), as well as a middle school in Austin, Texas ( O. Henry Middle School ).

The Wizard of Oz has been adapted to other media numerous times, most famously in the MGM's 1939 film starring Judy Garland.

Patrick Garland wrote and directed a play Brief Lives based on Aubrey's work of the same title ; featuring Roy Dotrice in the title role, the production has been performed worldwide since 1969.

He has also appeared in various musical roles on the stage including " The Producers ", " Bathhouse: The Musical ", " All Shook Up ", " Psycho Beach Party ", " Valley Of The Dolls ", " La Cage aux Folles ", " Curtains ", and " Judy's Scary Little Christmas " where he portrayed legendary Judy Garland and such plays as the controversial " Corpus Christi ".

Dedicated to the city by Rosalynn Carter, the Historic Downtown Garland Square has plans for renovations.

It has always preserved its stable small country town status thanks to its close proximity to Garland ( 21. 3 miles ) and Dallas ( 33. 5 miles ).

Garland ISD has a " choice-of-school " system that allows any student in the district to attend any school.

Garland ISD has a free choice program that allows for a student to attend any school within the district.

Another pair, the close-up or insert shoes, is in best shape of all, appears to be better made, and has no orange felt on the soles, with "# 7 Judy Garland " written in the lining.

Canty has been doing a variety of soundtrack scores and playing bass in the trio Garland Of Hours alongside frequent Fugazi guest contributors Jerry Busher and Amy Domingues, and has played bass live with Mary Timony.

Rimes has also stated that Judy Garland was an influence as well.

She has presided over the marriages of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Michael Jordan, Britney Spears, Bruce Willis, and Demi Moore.

Other artists with whom she has recorded with over the years include: David Johansen, Yoko Ono, Cameo, Talking Heads ( 3 albums ), Garland Jeffreys, Dan Hartman, Afrika Bambaata ( performing a duet of " Giving Him Something He Can Feel " with Boy George ), Canadian band Rough Trade, Curtis Hairston, and Graham Parker on the hit single, " Soul Christmas.

Hotchkiss has twelve dormitories on campus, six for boys ( Tinker, Edelman, Coy, Dana, Watson, and Wieler ) and six for girls ( Bissell, Buehler, Flinn, Memorial, Garland, and Van Santvoord ).

It is striking that Kamakawiwo ' ole's recording of the song, which was hastily prepared, has performed better in those countries in which English is not the native tongue ; his free interpretation of the song using not exactly the same lyrics was perhaps less noticeable to listeners and audiences not as familiar with the original recordings by Garland.

Burton has played with a variety of jazz musicians, including Carla Bley, Hank Garland, Gato Barbieri, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Steve Lacy, Pat Metheny, Makoto Ozone, Adam Nussbaum, Tiger Okoshi, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, B. B.

Finally, the town has inspired twelve songs for voice and piano-A Garland for Presteigne

He has also acted as the series editor for four different multi-volume series of reference books: The Churches Speak ( published by Garland ), Cults and New Religions ( published by Garland ), Sects and Cults in America Bibliographical Guides ( published by Garland ), and Religious Information Systems Series ( published by Garland ).

In the scene, Dorothy Gale ( Judy Garland ) has reached the Emerald City with her companions, The Scarecrow ( Ray Bolger ), The Tin Woodsman ( Jack Haley ), and The Cowardly Lion ( Bert Lahr ), and are treated to the hospitality and technological comforts of the fantastic city.

Garland has published many of them in facsimile in modern times.

Most commonly, it is stated that " friend of Dorothy " refers to the film The Wizard of Oz because Judy Garland, who starred as the main character Dorothy, is a gay icon.

Lewis tried his hand at releasing solo music in the 1950s, having a chart hit with the song " Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody " ( a song largely associated with Al Jolson and later re-popularized by Judy Garland ) as well as the song, " It All Depends on You " in 1958.

Both the fair and the song are focal points of the 1944 feature film Meet Me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland, which also inspired a Broadway musical version.

A notable recording of a popular song, such as Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow ( from The Wizard of Oz ), Mary Martin singing Never Never Land ( from Peter Pan ), Allan Jones singing The Donkey Serenade ( from The Firefly ), or Danny Kaye singing Inchworm ( from Hans Christian Andersen ) would be heard while the cutouts played on the screen, animated by a concealed puppeteer.

Thereafter, Astaire nicknamed Rogers " Feathers " — also a title of one of the chapters in his autobiography — and parodied his experience in a song and dance routine with Judy Garland in Easter Parade ( 1948 ).

Judy Garland thought the song as written was too mean to sing to Margaret O ' Brien, so he changed the lyrics.

* Judy Garland recorded a studio version of the song for her " London Sessions " with Capitol.

In 1938, composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. Harburg ( composers of " Over the Rainbow " and many other hits ) wrote the song " God's Country ", for the finale of the MGM musical Babes in Arms, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.

In spite of the 1962 animated feature Gay Purr-ee ( distributed by Warner Bros .), which featured the voices of Judy Garland and Robert Goulet and a Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg song score, and the beloved animated special Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, UPA was shut down in 1964.

Lee recorded the song, " Rockin ' Around the Christmas Tree ", in July with a prominent twanging guitar part by Hank Garland.

The song was to be recorded by Judy Garland, who was fired from the film.

Garland performed the song " I'll Remember April " on the broadcast.

Another song Ebb wrote with Springer was " Heartbroken " ( 1953 ), which was recorded by Judy Garland, the mother of his future protégée, Liza Minnelli.

In the 1938 film " Love Finds Andy Hardy ", Judy Garland sings a song lamenting being an " inbetween ", a term considering being too young to be a teen that can date but too old to be a child.

Translated as What Now My Love, the song became a hit by Shirley Bassey, Sonny & Cher, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Herb Alpert, and Frank Sinatra.

The title track, a cover version of a song by Garland Jeffreys, had previously appeared on Posh Boy Records ' 1980 compilation Rodney on the Roq.

It was adopted ( along with Irving Berlin's " White Christmas ") by American troops in Europe in World War II as a symbol of the United States -- in fact, Garland even performed the song for American troops as part of a 1943 command performance.

Judy Garland first pre-recorded the song on the MGM soundstages on October 7, 1938, using an arrangement by Murray Cutter.

Garland always performed the song without altering it, singing exactly as she did for the movie.

However, " Over the Rainbow " would eventually become the signature song most closely identified with Garland, and she would perform it for the next thirty years, until her death in 1969.

" The song as sung by Judy Garland as Dorothy and some of the establishing dialogue survived from the soundtrack as the B-side of the disc release of Over the Rainbow.

In addition to musical performances from Garland and the week's guest stars, the series ' initial format included the recurring segments " Born in a Trunk " ( the name taken from a number in A Star is Born ) in which Garland would tell stories of her show business career and sing a related song, and " Tea for Two " which would feature her chatting with a surprise guest.