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JOHN: Because of <strong>Linda</strong>'s obvious emotional commitment to every melody and lyric, it's difficult to pick and choose. But I've<br />
always loved "It Never Was You" as a song — and I think she's especially tender and "introspectively communicative"... is that<br />
possible!? [laughs], on that one. And I have the same enthusiasm for "I'd Like To Hate Myself In The Morning" and the whoopdee-do<br />
ride she gives it. I'm a major John Meyer fan, and I love hearing his words and music get the all-out, orchestral and<br />
vocal star treatment they warrant. I'd like to hear <strong>Linda</strong> take a flyer on his "It's All For You" (which Judy sang on "The Tonight<br />
Show" just months before her passing) and "When Do The Words Come True?" — which is a song John wrote after Judy died<br />
and which summarizes the life of a bravura entertainer who's given her all (and more) to her work.<br />
VOICE: Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions, and of course for all your help in preparing this issue<br />
of THE VOICE!<br />
All about John Fricke...<br />
Widely acknowledged as the preeminent Judy Garland and WIZARD OF OZ historian/author,<br />
John Fricke received a 2004 Emmy Award as co-producer of the two-hour, PBS-TV<br />
"American Masters" program, "Judy Garland: By Myself." This was his second recognition<br />
by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; he won similar honors in 1997 as coproducer<br />
and co-writer of the A&E "Biography" special, "Judy: Beyond the Rainbow," which<br />
was based on his acclaimed book, Judy Garland: World's Greatest Entertainer (Henry Holt,<br />
1992).<br />
Currently, John serves as consultant for the new, deluxe DVD sets of M-G-M's THE WIZARD<br />
OF OZ, to be released by Warner Home Video in October 2005. He selected the repertoire<br />
and wrote the liner notes for THAT OLD FEELING/CLASSIC BALLADS from "The Judy<br />
Garland Show," the Savoy Music compact disc which hit stores on June 14, 2005; his<br />
second Savoy CD is comprised of numbers Judy sang on her TV series with her guests —<br />
JUDY GARLAND AND FRIENDS: DUETS appeared in stores in August and includes<br />
performances with Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Vic Damone, Mickey<br />
Rooney, Count Basie, Mel Torme, Martha Raye, Liza Minnelli, and others. John's 6,500-word<br />
profile about the career association of Garland and OZ/A STAR IS BORN composer Harold<br />
Arlen appeared in the April 2005 issue of The Cue Sheet/Quarterly Journal of The Film<br />
Music Society.<br />
His most recent book, Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art and Anecdote, was published in 2003<br />
by Bulfinch Press and includes a foreword by Garland's daughter, Lorna Luft. It was the first<br />
Judy Garland: World's Greatest<br />
Entertainer by John Fricke<br />
such participation in any author's treatise on their mother by one of Judy's children. John's other books include The Wizard of<br />
Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History (Warner Books, 1989) and 100 Years of Oz (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1999).<br />
Total sales for his four titles now approaches two hundred fifty thousand copies.<br />
Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art and Anecdote<br />
by John Fricke<br />
John received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Album Notes for the<br />
compact disc, JUDY GARLAND: 25TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE<br />
(1996), which he produced for Capitol Records. In 2004, he served as DVD<br />
on-camera host for Warner Home Video, writing and delivering<br />
introductions to three classic Garland films (LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY,<br />
ZIEGFELD GIRL, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME); he also recorded<br />
complete historical commentary for the alternate audio tracks of two of<br />
other Garland titles in their DVD debut, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and FOR ME<br />
AND MY GAL, and is similarly heard throughout EASTER PARADE, which<br />
was released on DVD in March 2005. Earlier, he was co-producer of the<br />
highly acclaimed laser disc box sets, THE ULTIMATE OZ (1993) and JUDY<br />
GARLAND: THE GOLDEN YEARS AT M-G-M (1995).<br />
Between 1995 and 2002, he wrote the extensive booklets for the Turner<br />
Classic Movie Music/Rhino Movie Music series of Garland Metro-Goldwyn-<br />
Mayer soundtrack compact discs, thus providing detailed histories of THE<br />
WIZARD OF OZ, BABES IN ARMS, STRIKE UP THE BAND, BABES ON<br />
BROADWAY, FOR ME AND MY GAL, GIRL CRAZY, THE HARVEY GIRLS, THE<br />
PIRATE, EASTER PARADE, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, and SUMMER<br />
STOCK. John provided similar notes for the 2004 Sony compact disc of<br />
Garland's A STAR IS BORN.<br />
Associate producer and writer for the two sold-out 1998 concerts, Carnegie<br />
Hall Celebrates the Music of Judy Garland, John also co-produced the 1992
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