<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ingoma yabhalwa ngo-1943 ngefilimu eyayizovela ngaleso sikhathi ethi Meet Me in St. Louis, i-MGM eyayiqashe uMartin noBlane ukuba babhale izingoma eziningana. UMartin wayeseholidini endlini esendaweni yaseSouthside eBirmingham, e-Alabama uyise uHugh Martin ayilungiselele umama wakhe njengendawo yokuhlala inyanga yezinyosi, etholakala phansi nje komgwaqo ukusuka lapho azalelwa khona, futhi kamuva yaba yikhaya likaMartin nomndeni wakhe ngo-1923. Le ngoma yaqala ukuvela endaweni lapho umndeni ukhungathekiswe izinhlelo zikayise zokuthuthela eNew York City ukuthola ukukhushulwa emsebenzini, beshiya ngemuva ikhaya labo abathandayo eSt. Louis, eMissouri, ngaphambi nje kwe-1904 Worlds Fair eyayilindelwe isikhathi eside  <response>: iqala. Esikhathini esenzeka ngoKhisimusi, umlingiswa kaJudy Garland, u-Esther, ucula le ngoma ukuze athokozise udadewabo oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, uTootie, odlalwa nguMargaret OBrien. 