The Trolley Song

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"The Trolley Song" is a classic show tune from the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis*, widely recognized as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic musical performances.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song
show tune
song
academyAwardsEdition 17th Academy Awards
associatedCityInFilm St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: "St. Louis"
associatedWith Judy Garland
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
awardNominationYear 1945
composer Hugh Martin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
coveredBy Barbra Streisand
Harry Connick Jr.
Liza Minnelli
Mel Tormé
The Andrews Sisters
culturalStatus American standard
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: "Golden Age of Hollywood musicals"
featuredIn Meet Me in St. Louis
filmAppearanceYear 1944
filmDirectorOfOriginalContext Vincente Minnelli
firstPublisher MGM music publishing
genre film music
popular music
show tune
hasChorusLyric Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
Ding, ding, ding went the bell
Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings
hasPerformerCharacterInFilm Esther Smith
includedIn Judy Garland concert repertoires
soundtrack of Meet Me in St. Louis
language English
lyricist Ralph Blane
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song
notableFor being one of Judy Garland’s signature songs
trolley car sequence in Meet Me in St. Louis
originalFilm Meet Me in St. Louis
originalMedium film
originalPerformer Judy Garland
performedByCharacter Esther Smith
performer Judy Garland
portrayedByInFilm Judy Garland
productionCompanyOfOriginalFilm Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
recordLabelForHitRecording Decca Records
releaseDecade 1940s
style up-tempo
subjectMatter romantic encounter on a trolley car
title The Trolley Song
writer Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane

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Judy Garland hasSignatureSong The Trolley Song
Meet Me in St. Louis notableSong The Trolley Song
The Trolley Song title The Trolley Song

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