Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall

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Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
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Live album by Rufus Wainwright
Released December 4, 2007 (US)
Recorded June 2006
Label Geffen
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Rufus Wainwright chronology
Release the Stars
(2007)		 Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
(2007)

Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall is Rufus Wainwright's sixth album. It is a live recording of his June 2006 tribute concert to Judy Garland. Backed by a 36-piece orchestra under the conduction of Stephen Oremus, Wainwright recreated Garland's April 23, 1961 concert, often considered "the greatest night in show business history." After overcoming many personal problems, her comeback performance of 25+ American standards spawned the double album, "Judy at Carnegie Hall."

Due to popular demand, Wainwright's tribute was performed 6 times total:
June 14, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY
June 15, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in New York City, NY
February 18, 2007 at the London Palladium in London, UK
February 20, 2007 at L'Olympia in Paris, France
February 25, 2007 at the London Palladium in London, UK
September 23, 2007 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA

Guests on the album include Martha Wainwright ("Stormy Weather"), one of Garland's daughters, Lorna Luft ("After You've Gone"), along with Kate McGarrigle ("Over the Rainbow" - piano). Related to the album, the February 25 London Palladium concert was recorded and released as Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live From the London Palladium on DVD (December 4, 2007).

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1:

  1. Overture: "The Trolley Song" / "Over the Rainbow" / "The Man That Got Away" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) / (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) / (Arlen, Ira Gershwin)
  2. "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)" (Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay)
  3. "Medley: Almost Like Being in Love" / "This Can't Be Love" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) /(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
  4. "Do it Again" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva)
  5. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
  6. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
  7. "Who Cares?" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  8. "Puttin' On the Ritz" (Irving Berlin)
  9. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  10. "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
  11. "The Man That Got Away"
  12. "San Francisco" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper)

Disc 2:

  1. "That's Entertainment!" (Dietz, Schwartz)
  2. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
  3. "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
  4. "You're Nearer" (Rodgers, Hart)
  5. "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)
  6. "If Love Were All" (Noel Coward)
  7. "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - (J. F. Hanely)
  8. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) -- Performed by Martha Wainwright
  9. Medley: "You Made Me Love You" / "For Me & My Gal" / "The Trolley Song" (Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco, Roger Edens) / (Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose)
  10. "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Fred Schwartz, Joe Young)
  11. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) - With Kate McGarrigle
  12. "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, G. Gershwin)
  13. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) -- With Lorna Luft
  14. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher)

Bonus Track: "Get Happy" (Track 15 on Disc 2) -- offered in the UK, and on the US iTunes version