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Music Appreciation

Jeffersons Ghost

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5. I never kenw he was obese. Beauty is beyond how we appear. Did you know this?

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:42 PM

Sep 2017

I really love this modern rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow; but the original version, by Judy Garland, has an interesting history.

To obtain a female, with such a dynamic voice, producers of The Wizard of Oz hired an actress, who was too mature for the role. Judy Garland actually taped her breasts down, to play the part of Dorothy, who was a young girl. Anyway, here is the original version:

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Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole [View all] Goonch Sep 2017 OP

He was phenomenal.... gone far too early... hlthe2b Sep 2017 #1

I love his voice and the arrangement but... More_Cowbell Sep 2017 #2

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/i/israel_kamakawiwoole/somewhere_over_the_rainbow.html Goonch Sep 2017 #4

We used his version for WhiteTara Sep 2017 #3

I never kenw he was obese. Beauty is beyond how we appear. Did you know this? Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2017 #5

Yes, I did know and I think he WhiteTara Sep 2017 #6