Miss Show Business
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{{Infobox album
| name = Miss Show Business
| type = studio
| artist = Judy Garland
| cover = Miss Show Business.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1955|09|26}}
| recorded = August 25–September 2, 1955
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length =
| label = Capitol
| producer =
| prev_title = A Star Is Born
| prev_year = 1954
| next_title = Judy
| next_year = 1956
}}
Miss Show Business is a studio album by Judy Garland. It was released on September 26, 1955, by Capitol Records. The album's arrangements were crafted by Hal Mooney and Roger Edens, with Jack Cathcart serving as the conductor. The cover photography was handled by Sanford Roth. The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine |title=Best selling popular albums |magazine=Billboard |date=19 November 1955 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |access-date=11 October 2024 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/judy-garland-p3104/charts-awards|title=Judy Garland: Charts & Awards|accessdate=August 5, 2011|publisher=Allmusic|archive-date=November 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114011316/http://allmusic.com/artist/judy-garland-p3104/charts-awards|url-status=live}}
Billboard praised the album, highlighting its selection of iconic songs associated with Miss Garland, including some from her renowned New York Palace Theater performance.{{cite magazine |title=Review Spotlight on... |magazine=Billboard |date=5 November 1955 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |access-date=11 October 2024 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}} The review emphasized the album's early success, noting its strong sales potential and urging retailers who missed the initial release to restock it promptly.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Recording date
| title1 = This Is the Time of the Evening / While We're Young
| writer1 ={{hlist|Roger Edens|Leonar Gershe}}
| extra1 = August 29, 1955
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = Medley: You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) / For Me and My Gal / The Boy Next Door / The Trolley Song
| writer2 = {{hlist|James V. Monaco|Joseph McCarthy|George W. Meyer|Edgar Leslie|E. Ray Goetz|Hugh Martin|Ralph Blane}}
| extra2 = August 29, 1955
| length2 = 6:17
| title3 = A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
| writer3 = {{hlist|Traditional|arr. by Edens}}
| extra3 = August 25, 1955
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jean Schwartz|Sam M. Lewis|Joe Young}}
| extra4 = August 25, 1955
| length4 = 2:39
| title5 = Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
| writer5 = {{hlist|Harold Arlen|E.Y. "Yip" Harburg}}
| extra5 = September 1, 1955
| length5 = 4:24
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Recording date
| title1 = Judy at the Palace / Shine on Harvest Moon / Some of These Days / My Man / I Don't Care
| writer1 = {{hlist|Edens|Nora Bayes|Jack Norworth|Shelton Brooks|Maurice Yvain|Channing Pollock|Harry O. Sutton|Jean Lenox}}
| extra1 = August 29, 1955
| length1 = 6:08
| title2 = Carolina in the Morning
| writer2 = {{hlist|Walter Donaldson|Gus Kahn}}
| extra2 = August 29, 1955
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Danny Boy
| writer3 = Fred E. Weatherly
| extra3 = September 1–2, 1955
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = After You've Gone
| writer4 = {{hlist|Henry Creamer|Turner Layton}}
| extra4 = August 25, 1955
| length4 = 2:15
| title5 = Over the Rainbow
| writer5 = {{hlist|Arlen|Harburg}}
| extra5 = August 25, 1955
| length5 = 3:31
}}
References
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{{Judy Garland}}
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Category:Albums arranged by Hal Mooney
Category:Capitol Records albums
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