It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. It ...

Gays love our Judy Garland. I mean, how can you not? The talent, the pain, the tragedy, the voice (and, incidentally, the Stonewall Riots). She had a plaintive, sad, powerful voice that she wielded ...

Later in life, Garland’s voice began to feature a lower register, bits of talk-singing, and even moments of breathiness. At the end, Garland had fears getting onto the stage, and the movie aimed to ...