"Get Happy" is a song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by #RuthEtting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930. The song expresses the #gospelMusic theme of #gettingHappy, an expression of #religiousEcstasy for salvation. It is most associated with #JudyGarland, who performed it in her last MGM film #SummerStock (1950) and in live concert performances throughout the rest of her life.
https://youtu.be/HDp9b9eYoLM
#haroldarlen #tedkoehler #ruthetting #gospelmusic #gettinghappy #religiousecstasy #judygarland #summerstock
"#StormyWeather" is a 1933 #torchSong written by #HaroldArlen and #TedKoehler. #EthelWaters first sang it at #TheCottonClub night club in #Harlem in 1933 and recorded it that year, and in the same year it was sung in London by #ElisabethWelch and recorded by #FrancesLangford. Also in 1933, for the first time the entire floor revue from Harlem's Cotton Club went on tour, playing theatres in principal cities.
https://youtu.be/TPgnj5upihQ
#stormyweather #torchsong #haroldarlen #tedkoehler #ethelwaters #thecottonclub #harlem #elisabethwelch #franceslangford