Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Sure you all know this song, but do you know it's writer? My B'ham BFF Tommy wrote this fantastic article for b Metro : The Magazine of Metro Birmingham Living.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

When Frank Sinatra asked master songwriter Hugh Martin to change a lyric in his classic, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Martin found the inspiration he needed on a visit to his native Birmingham. It was 1957, and Ol’ Blue Eyes found the line, “Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow,” lacking in the uplift he wanted for the album he was calling Jolly Christmas. Martin was staying in his childhood home on 15th Avenue South. A walk beneath the canopy of trees along nearby Highland Avenue inspired Martin to change the wistful line to something happier: “Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. ( the rest, read it, it's very intresting)
So very proud of my friend!