Sinatra & Garland-2 versions of the ultimate torch song--The Man OR Girl that got away
In the 1954 film " A Star is Born", Judy Garland played a Big Band singer who w as catapulted into movie stardom. Early in the film, Garland is in an after hours jazz club where musicians go to play for themselves.
In an iconic film moment, Judy sings a lament for lost loves in the emotional Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin song
' The Man that Got Away." Her stunning performance is on a par with her earliest triumph singing " ,Over The Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.."
Frank Sinatra also latched on to this torch song but now the lyrics underscore " The Gal that Got Away."
Both Sinatra and Garland were consummate singing actors who could bring to life the character and feelings of the person who sings the song.
Popular songs will never stop exploring the emotional turmoil of a love that has been lost. Such songs should continue to be written since they are an important aspect of the human condition. Harold Arlen has written many of these kinds of songs like " One for My Baby" " Blues in the Night" " I Gotta A Right To Sing the Blues" " Ill Wind" " Last Night When W e Were Young" and " Stormy Weather."
Garland version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYoc8h75KVM
Sinatra version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W84Te_AvdeA
