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Regarded now as one of the finest film musicals of all time, the initial reception to The Wizard Of Oz in 1939 was almost lukewarm. The film did not go into profit until it was re-releaeded in 1949 and its reputation did not begin to soar until it began getting an annual showing on television in 1956. Songs such as Over The Rainbow, We’re Off To See The Wizard and Follow The Yellow Brick Road have a timeless quality about them, even as stand alone songs; sat within the film soundtrack they are little short of works of art.
1. Over the Rainbow – Dorothy (Judy Garland)
2. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are – Glinda (Billie Burke, erroneously reported dubbed by Lorraine Bridges) / The Munchkins (Singer’s Midgets, billed as The Singer Midgets in the film’s closing credits)
3. It Really Was No Miracle – Judy Garland and the Munchkins
4. We Thank You Very Sweetly – The Munchkins
5. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead – The Munchkins
6. As Mayor of the Munchkin City – The Munchkins
7. As Coroner I Must Aver – The Munchkin Coroner
8. The Lullaby League – Three Munchkin girls (Betty Rome, Carol Tevis, Lorraine Bridges)
9. The Lollipop Guild – Three Munchkin boys (Billy Bletcher, Jerry Maren, Pinto Colvig)
10. We Welcome You to Munchkinland – The Munchkins
11. You’re Off to See the Wizard – The Munchkins
12. If I Only Had a Brain – Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)/Judy Garland
13. We’re Off to See the Wizard – Judy Garland/Ray Bolger/Buddy Ebsen (pre-recorded)/Bert Lahr
14. If I Only Had a Heart – Tin Man (Jack Haley)
15. If I Only Had the Nerve – Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr)
16. Optimistic Voices – unseen chorus
17. The Merry Old Land of Oz – Carriage Driver at Emerald City (Frank Morgan)/Judy Garland/Ray Bolger/Bert Lahr/Jack Haley/Citizens of the Emerald City
18. If I Were King of the Forest – Bert Lahr/Judy Garland/Ray Bolger/Jack Haley
19. The Jitterbug (cut from the film) – Judy Garland/Ray Bolger/Jack Haley/Bert Lahr
20. Ding Dong! Emerald City – Ken Darby
21. Delirious Escape & End Title – MGM Studio Orchestra
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