It was an intense, sophisticated song for a 12-year-old, but Dorothy Gale was, of course, no ordinary 12-year-old. She was, recalled Harburg in a 1963 interview, “a little girl in Kansas, which is an arid, colorless place, almost no flowers there because it’s so dry. The only thing in her life that was colorful, I thought, was the rainbow.”
Read how one of the greatest movie songs of all came about.
[HT: American Heritage ]
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And in a related way, you've just GOT to see this!
Connie!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=En0A8KGMgq8
Thanks for the link. Absolutely charming. Here's hoping that she doesn't get ruined by the entertainment business.
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