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Easter Parade is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film directed by Charles Walters, written by Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett from a story by Goodrich and Hackett, and starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, and Ann Miller.
The original soundtrack to the film Easter Parade was released by MGM Records as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm shellac records [1] and as a 10-inch 33-rpm long-play. [3] The soundrack featured songs performed by Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller and played by the Johnny Green Orchestra.
"Easter Parade" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin and published in 1933. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title "Smile and Show Your Dimple", as a "cheer up" song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in World War I. A recording of "Smile and Show Your Dimple" by Sam Ash enjoyed modest success in 1918. [1]
This wasn't the first movie to feature the song 'Easter Parade.' It was also featured in Irving Berlin's 1942 musical film Holiday Inn, in which it was performed by Bing Crosby.
Easter Parade. This 1948 hit starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, and Ann Miller is based on Irvin Berlin’s popular, same-name song recorded in 1933.
The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas". The film features a complete reuse of the song "Easter Parade", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer and used as a highlight of the 1948 film Easter Parade, starring Astaire and Judy Garland.
Here are the best Easter songs to play all Sunday long. Find traditional hymns, popular Christian songs, contemporary worship tunes and fun sing-a-longs. ... ‘Easter Parade’ by Judy Garland ...
Since "Easter Parade", the song has been recorded and performed by several artists, most notably Tony Bennett, in whose treatment it has become a jazz standard. [2] Introduced as the title song on his 1993 Astaire-themed album Steppin' Out , a stylish music video for it garnered some MTV airplay and was part of Bennett's commercial resurgence ...