native Hugh Martin wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time. But if not for Judy Garland, the classic may have been a holiday dud.

The original version, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane ... Garland told Martin, “I cannot sing that,” Judy Garland biographer and friend of Martin John Fricke told The New York Times ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Judy Garland has been gone for more than half a century. In fact ...