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1939 Hit Song, Featured in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Kickstarted 17-Year-Old’s Music Career

Judy Garland was only 17 when she played Dorothy Gale in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, but her performance of “Over the Rainbow” would become much more than a memorable movie moment.  The song helped launch Garland’s music career and later became the signature song that followed her for decades. Written by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg, “Over the Rainbow” was created for The Wizard of Oz, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical fantasy that introduced Garland to audiences around the world in one of her most famous roles. Garland’s version of the song quickly became closely linked with…

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