“Meet Me in St. Louis” was one of Garland’s signature songs even before her death. Culture writer and critic Manuel Betancourt, who wrote a 33 1/3 book on the seminal live album from ...

The Smithsonian is home to the famous Ruby Slippers that Garland wore in the movie. Her 1939 Decca recording of “Over the Rainbow” is not the version featured in the film, but it reached no. 5 on the ...