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Over the Rainbow

Written: 1938

Music by: Harold Arlen

Words by: E. Y. Yip Harburg

Written for: The Wizard of Oz
(movie, 1939)

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Eva Cassidy

performing

"Over the Rainbow"

at Blues Alley, Washington (Georgetown) DC
(January 3, 1996)

Eva Cassidy's recording of "Over the Rainbow"
appears on her album Songbird.

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"Over the Rainbow"

Critics Corner || Lyrics Lounge
About the Movie The Wizard of Oz / Origins of the Song

 

Other songs written for The Wizard of Oz currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:

1. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

2. If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve

 

For a complete listing of songs used in this movie, see IMDB Soundtrack.

 

 


The Wizard of Oz
(Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition)

 

 



Judy Garland introduces "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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The Cafe Songbook
Record/Video Cabinet:
Selected Recordings of

"Over the Rainbow"


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1939
Judy Garland
album: The Wizard Of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)


same track as on album referenced above

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Notes: The album referenced above is the reissue of the classic soundtrack celebrating 75th Anniversary of the film in 2012. The music video is the original soundtrack version.
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