JUDY GARLAND AUTOGRAPHED 1961 ALBUM COVER. THE OVERTURE FROM JUDY GARLAND’S 1961 CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL PLAYS. Gino Francesconi: I listened to it <applause> actually for the first time from ...

In September 1935, the 13-year-old Baby—recently rechristened Judy Garland—signed a contract with MGM. But only two months later, tragedy struck when her father became ill with spinal meningitis.