Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tuhia te waiata i te 1943 mo te kiriata e haere mai ana "Meet Me in St. Louis", na MGM i utu a Martin raua ko Blane ki te tuhi i etahi waiata. I hararei a Martin i roto i tetahi whare i te takiwa o Southside i Birmingham, Alabama i hangaia e tona papa a Hugh Martin mo tona whaea hei whare marena hou, kei te taha o te huarahi mai i tona kainga whanau, a, i muri mai ka noho a Martin me tona whanau i te tau 1923. I puta tuatahi mai te waiata i roto i tētahi tirohanga i roto i te mea e raruraru ana te whānau i ngā mahere a te pāpā ki te neke ki New York City mō te whakatairanga mahi, ka mahue i muri i to rātau kāinga aroha i St. Louis, Missouri, i mua tonu i te haerenga o te whānau
Ka tīmata te Whakaaturanga o te Ao o te tau 1904. I roto i tetahi whakaaturanga i te po o te Kirihimete, ko te ahua o Judy Garland, ko Esther, e waiata ana i te waiata hei whakakaha i tana tuahine e rima-tau te pakeke, a Tootie, i whakatangihia e Margaret O'Brien.