Performed by Judy Garland in A Star Is Born, 1954. This is a High Quality, Close Up. Considered to be one of the greatest musical sequences ever created. Many genius talents contributed to this masterpiece. Born In A Trunk was written by Leonard Gershe & Rogers Edens. A note from Leonard Gershe, courtesy of The Judy Garland Database www.jgdb.com says: I would appreciate your straightening out a misapprehension about "Born In A Trunk." I wrote the lyric, but the music was composed by Roger Edens, who could not be credited at the time because he was under exclusive contract to MGM. If you read the credit on the screen, it reads: "Born In A Trunk" by Leonard Gershe. That was as ambiguous as we could get. It does not say I wrote the music. I feel enough time has gone by for the truth to be known and for Roger Edens to be given his credit....when asked if Judy had anything to do with creation of the "Born in a Trunk" sequence: "No, Judy had nothing to do with the writing of the song. I had had the first stanza of the lyric (with a totally different tune, in a faster tempo) going through my head for some time. Sid Luft called Roger when they realized they needed a musical number in the film to show exactly what made Vicki Lester a star. Roger came to me and asked me if I had any ideas. I sang him my 'Born In A Trunk.' He liked it. He wrote a new tune and I completed the lyric. I wrote the narration for the body of the number that follows the first chorus and Roger picked the ...
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