The Man That Got Away

~ Recording by Judy Garland

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.19The Man That Got Away (from “A Star Is Born”)4:24Judy GarlandThe Best of Broadway: The Early ’50sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR855-2
1.13The Man That Got Away4:24Judy GarlandLeading Ladies: The Best of the Great Ladies of SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music, Polymusic203B
3.1The Man That Got Away (from A Star Is Born)4:25Judy GarlandWarner Bros. 75 Years Entertaining the World: Film MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-06-02
Rhino (reissue label)
1.19The Man That Got Away4:25Judy GarlandJudy Garland in Hollywood: Her Greatest Movie Hits (digitally remastered)Judy GarlandAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-27
Rhino Movie Music, Turner Classic Movies Music (dedicated imprint for restored soundtracks of classic films)R2 75292
2.2The Man That Got Away4:22Judy GarlandJudyJudy GarlandAlbum + Compilation
32 Records
1.12The Man That Got Away4:23Judy GarlandMovie Music: The Definitive PerformancesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)J2k 65813
13.12The Man That Got Away4:23Judy GarlandSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century (part of a 26-disc box set)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)65750
13.12The Man That Got Away4:20Judy GarlandSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750
2.6The Man That Got Away4:46Judy GarlandClassic Judy Garland: The Capitol Years: 1955-1965Judy GarlandAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-09-24
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 5 39281 2 4
1.9The Man That Got Away4:23Judy GarlandThe Very Best of Judy Garland: The Essential Collection of Her Greatest Movie HitsJudy GarlandAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-02-07
Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom8122 74621 2
3.15The Man That Got Away4:23Judy GarlandShe’s Got the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Golden Stars (reissues, cat. no. GSS ####)

Relationships

vocals:Judy Garland (on 1953-09-04)
orchestra:The Warner Bros. Orchestra (on 1953-09-04)
conductor:Ray Heindorf (on 1953-09-04)
sampled by:You Must Remember This #5, “The Lives, Deaths and Afterlives of Judy Garland” by Karina Longworth (film historian & podcaster, You Must Remember This)
recording of:The Man That Got Away (A Star Is Born) (on 1953-09-04)

The Man That Got Away (A Star Is Born)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1953)
composer:Harold Arlen (in 1953)
publisher:Chappell/Morris Ltd.
Harwin Music Corporation
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
later translated versions:El hombre que se fue