A Star Is Born (1954 soundtrack)

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A Star Is Born
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Released1954
Label Columbia
Judy Garland chronology
Summer Stock
(1950)
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Miss Show Business
(1955)
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The original soundtrack to the 1954 film A Star Is Born was released by Columbia Records in late 1954 in four formats: as a set of five 10-inch 78-rpm shellac records, a set of three EPs, as a 10-inch 33-rpm long-play, and as a 12-inch long-play. [3] The latter was Columbia's first "de luxe" LP priced at 6.95 dollars. [4] The soundtrack featured songs performed by Judy Garland.

The album reached the top 10 of Billboard's both "Best Selling Popular Albums" and "EPs" charts. [5]

Track listing

12-inch long-play record (Columbia Records BL-1201)

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Have Me Go with You" 
2."The Man That Got Away" 
3."Born in a Trunk"
(a) "I'll Get By"
(b) "You Took Advantage of Me"
(c) "Black Bottom"
(d) The Peanut Vendor
(e) "My Melancholy Baby"
(f) "Swanee"
 
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Here's What I'm Here For" 
2."It's a New World" 
3."Someone at Last" 
4."Lose That Long Face" 

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