Oscar-Nominated Songs: The Trolly Song

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Between this song and yesterday’s tune y’all might be wondering what’s going on with the hillbilly music lover. Good music is good music, period. It’s not my fault this isn’t a country song. Here’s today’s song on my month-long list of favorite Academy Award-nominated songs. The Trolly Song - Judy Garland I can’t help myself. I’m a hopeless sucker for songs like this from the 40s. They may seem ridiculous by today’s standards, but those old musicals were magical. Meet Me in St. Louis was centered around the 1904 World’s Fair. I haven’t seen it (or saw it when I was a kid and don’t remember it), so I don’t know if the invention of the ice cream cone was included (the ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair, if you didn’t know), but I do know that Liza Minnelli came to be because of this movie. No kidding: Vincente Minnelli was the director of the film, and that’s where he met Judy Garland. When I announced the countdown I used “Swining On a Star” from Going My Way, which was the 1944 Oscar winner over this song. Heck, I like ‘em both! The Trolly Song Written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin Recorded by Judy Garland From Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944 Zing zing zing went my heart strings: