In 1957, when Frank Sinatra approached Martin to record the song, he asked him to revise the lyrics to promote more positive themes he particularly pointed out the line "until then we'll have to muddle through somehow," saying "the name of my album is A Jolly Christmas. Garland's version of the song, which was also released as a single by Decca Records, became popular among United States troops serving in World War II her performance at the Hollywood Canteen brought many soldiers to tears. For example, the lines "It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past" became "Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight". Though he initially resisted, Martin made several changes to make the song more upbeat. When presented with the original draft lyric, Garland, her co-star Tom Drake and director Vincente Minnelli criticized the song as depressing, and asked Martin to change the lyrics. Some of the original lyrics penned by Martin were rejected before filming began. In a scene set on Christmas Eve, Judy Garland's character, Esther, sings the song to cheer up her despondent five-year-old sister, Tootie, played by Margaret O'Brien. Louis, Missouri, just before the long-anticipated 1904 World's Fair begins. The song first appeared in a scene in which a family is distraught by the father's plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their beloved home in St.
Martin was vacationing in a house in the neighborhood of Southside in Birmingham, Alabama, that his father Hugh Martin had designed for his mother as a honeymoon cottage, located just down the street from his birthplace, and which later became the home of Martin and his family in 1923. Louis, for which MGM had hired Martin and Blane to write several songs. The song was written in 1943 for the film Meet Me in St. 76 in AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs rankings of the top tunes in American cinema. In 2007, ASCAP ranked it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.
Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Song by Judy Garland in the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. For other uses, see Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (disambiguation) and A Merry Little Christmas. This features a clarinet solo and piano solo.This article is about the song. Without vocals, I found that this was the best way to have contrasting voices for the melody. For the melody, I play the duet between clarinet and muted trombone. Baby It's Cold Outside is the final song on the album. This was my last piano trio tune of this album. Unlike the rest of the tunes on the album, I do not go back to the melody at the end, but instead build up to a piano shout section. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is a song that I put over rhythm changes, a popular chord progression in jazz. Winter Wonderland was my second piano trio tune. This tune features a piano solo over double time feel. I start with a solo piano intro, followed by a muted trumpet playing the melody with four clarinet parts playing backgrounds. The Christmas Song is this album's ballad. It features clarinet, trumpet, trombone, and piano. Mele Kalikimaka, although typically played as a relaxed Hawai'ian song, I played at breakneck speed. This features a clarinet soli, a clarinet solo, and piano solo. I played the melody with a four part clarinet section. Jingle Bell Rock is a tune that was originally rock, but I played it as straight ahead jazz. I played with a swinging samba feel inspired by Oscar Peterson. O Little Town of Bethlehem is the other traditional carol that I played, and I did it as a piano trio. I played the melody on piano and clarinet, and it features a piano solo. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is the first traditional song I played on this album. This features clarinet, trumpet, and piano. I combined the rock and roll feel of the Berry recording with the jazz that I'm more familiar with. Run Rudolph Run, made popular by Chuck Berry, is a 12 bar blues. This tune features clarinet as the "vocalist", as well as a piano. I played six brass parts and five clarinet parts, in addition to the rhythm section. This was my most ambitious track, in which I played a big band chart on my own. I combined my own arranging with the arrangement of Ella Fitzgerald's big band recording. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm is a song by Irving Berlin.
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