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Founded in 1929, it was the largest [citation needed] and oldest production facility in St. Louis, used to shoot feature films and television commercials. It contained a recording studio where Ike & Tina Turner cut their first track in 1960, and Chuck Berry recorded there in the 1960s and 1970s.
On the album Facing Future (1993), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole included "Over the Rainbow" in a ukulele medley with "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. At 3 a.m one morning in 1988, Kamakawiwo'ole called a recording studio to request a session. Its owner and engineer, Milan Bertosa, agreed to record him if he could get there in 15 minutes.
The cut version — Over the Rainbow — was released in 2001 on the posthumous album Alone In Iz World. The cut version became a sleeper hit , after charting across Europe in 2010 and 2011 and in the meanwhile being featured in numerous film and TV soundtracks throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" December 1, 1943: Joan Carroll, Harry Davenport, Judy Garland, and the MGM Studio Chorus Kerry Mills Andrew B. Sterling "The Trolley Song" December 2, 1943: Judy Garland and the MGM Studio Chorus Hugh Martin Ralph Blane "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" (Duet Version) December 3, 1943
Over the Rainbow is the debut album of child singer Connie Talbot, and was released 26 November 2007 by Rainbow Recording Company.Talbot, who had entered the public eye after her appearance on the first series of Britain's Got Talent at age six, signed with Rainbow, an independent label, after briefly recording with Sony BMG.
By 1967, Universal was operating five studios 24 hours a day, and began a $1 million 26,000 square foot expansion of four additional studios and more. [9] Murray Alan became President of Universal Recording in the early 1970s. At its peak, Universal Recording Corporation employed over 400 people.
The Club Manhattan was a nightclub at 1320 East Broadway in East St. Louis, Illinois. [1] The venue was owned by Booker Merritt. [2] The Club Manhattan has a prominent place in Greater St. Louis music history. It is best known for being the nightclub where singer Tina Turner met her future husband, bandleader Ike Turner.
Publicity still showing music for The Wizard of Oz being recorded — ironically, for a deleted scene, the "Triumphant Return". The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film.