Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart | Listen, Darling | Warner Archive

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Shot right before she ascended to the cinematic firmament in Wizard of Oz, Darling pairs Judy up with fellow child star Freddie Bartholomew. Judy and Freddie play pals Pinkie and Buzz who will do anything to stymie the marriage plans of Pinkie's mom (Mary Astor). Alan Hale and Walter Pidgeon play the kid's preferred step-candidates, and Judy sings "Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart," her audition piece for MGM, reprised years later in her legendary 1961 Carnegie Hall concert.

Directed By Edwin L. Marin
Starring Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland, Mary Astor

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[texasweather]

She had so much passion and beauty yet this undeniable sense of sadness in her eyes

[joecaribbeancool]

I really hope that she’s in a better place now. A happy place. Somewhere over the rainbow! :’-)

[ulsd]

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland

[sitbone]

"I'd love you heaps". what a great line.

[chrisallen]

There has never been an Angel with a voice like Judy’s on Earth. I pray she will be at peace in Heaven and singing there for us.

[mchn]

I'm a 19 year old boy and I just fell in love with the girl in the video. I feel my heart falling deeper in my chest, with every word she sings.

[klassicalmuzik]

The way she said “in perfect harmony”
My heart melted

[samray]

The pure innocence is so evident in her eyes & on her face! What a shame that she could never enjoy the early stages of her life! Like Marilyn, they lost their bearings facing endless deceptions until they quit life so early!

[martilives]

A crime what happened to this glorious woman...we didn’t deserve her

[nonosmacca]

My biggest flex ? Having the dvd of this movie

[sdyer]

This kind of talent is disappearing from our world today -- not just in the entertainment world....but its simple beauty and its sheer bliss is fading from our society. Judy Garland captures this in this charming simple tune -- she was truly one of a kind

[MarkoBlack]

Born in 2005 I was, but when I listen to this, I feel like I was born in the 30s, this makes me have an old feeling. I love her singing, I wish she hadn’t have died.

[wearmouth]

I adore this song by Judy. I was very very surprised to find out the studio didnt think she was beautiful which she carried with her all her life. As a little girl growing up on musicals supplied by my wonderful mam I always thought she was absolutely lovely. People are so cruel!!!

[eljengkoy]

she was an angel, with an angel's voice

[logancomics]

And Zing! Went the strings of our hearts

[JohnDonovanProductions]

Written in 1934, Zing ! Went The Strings Of My Heart " was a Garland favorite while she was still a young vaudeville sensation . Her mother Ethel is said to have made her original arrangement, with its slow introductory passage and dramatic mid - song shift to a swinging up tempo finale . She sang this version on NBC's Shell Chateau radio program on the night of November 16, 1935, with her stricken father listening in on a hospital room radio . The following day he died of spinal meningitis . " I sang my heart out for him, " Garland later recalled, " but by morning he was gone . " The song remained in her repertoire the rest of her life . She sang it in her 1938 film Listen Darling and on numerous radio appearances . It would later become a perennial concert favorite .

[MiguelGarcia-hljo]

There is always a physical change in my heart when I listen to her voice

[m-l]

She was a national/world treasure. Her sweetness and passion we're pure, unpretentious and soulful. She was victimized and misused. God bless and rest her soul. May she be singing and flying freely always. True American excellence

[patuberTV]

Happy 100th Judy, that song transcends beauty and goes someplace higher.

[Fan_Made_Videos]

I love how this song incorporates Grieg's "Morning Mood" into its melody. I always tell younger people that a lot of modern music is inspired by older compositions and it's a tradition going back centuries.