This is a great song by Harold Arlen and Ira
Gershwin, written for Judy Garland’s 1954 comeback movie A Star Is Born. In which
her performance of The Man That Got Away has been called the greatest vocal
performance in film history. It is, for sure, a masterpiece. Frank Sinatra
recorded it as The Gal That Got Away, and it is magnificent too. I very much wanted
to do this song, but I knew that my piano playing could never do it justice. Plus,
when you sing it, you have to give it your all. It takes everything you’ve got.
So, I found an instrumental version of it online and I just sang it, which was
a new experience for me. Also, I made it The Gal WHO Got Away because it’s much
easier to go from “gal” to “who” than “gal” to “that.” So here now, in honor of
Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Harold Arlen, and Ira Gershwin is The Gal Who Got
Away.
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