Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) - a one hour and ten minute Google video

November 20, 2007 11:32 PM

And here we have, among others, Perdido by Sarah "Little Miss Sassy" Vaughan; the comedy stylings of Nipsey Russell and Mantan Moreland; Bad Bad Whiskey by Amos Milburn; Count Basie with One O'Clock Jump; Ruth Brown singing Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean and Raining Teardrops From My Eyes; Nat King Cole singing the Calypso Blues; Big Joe Turner shouting out Shake, Rattle and Roll, a dance interlude with Bill Bailey and the Larks warbling The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise in doo wop harmony in a musical variety show emceed by Willie Bryant with Paul "Huckebuck" Williams and His Orchestra at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City in 1955 in a little film entitled The Rhythm and Blues Revue--55 minutes of Google Video goodness presented for yur infotainment. See also Rhythm and Blues Revues from which this poster for the film was found. Parts of this were previously posted by andihazelwood.

Parts of this were previously posted by andihazelwood.

And what a great post that was. Well, this is the film entire, submitted for your at work or at home video viewing pleasure.

posted by y2karl (8 comments total)

Oooh, sweet. Thanks for the post.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:49 PM on November 20, 2007

This video was posted by madamjujujive last November.
posted by mediareport at 12:04 AM on November 21, 2007

I hear Ruth Brown had the blues.

Brilliant resource, ta v. much.
posted by Wolof at 4:16 AM on November 21, 2007

This video was posted by madamjujujive [mefi] last November.

Just slot me in the "dumb" pigeonhole, OK?

Still love me some Ruthie, though.
posted by Wolof at 4:20 AM on November 21, 2007

Just slot me in the "dumb" pigeonhole, OK?

Get in line. And what a stellar post, too. I remember it well, but, *blush* never clicked on the movie. And I didn't run across it in my quick search. Oh, man, madmaejujujive, that was about the best obit post ever. What a labor of love.
posted by y2karl at 5:13 AM on November 21, 2007

Oh, man, madamejujujive, that is For sure.

Serves me right for being hasty but I wanted to get that in before this fades into the ether. Just got up and I'm scrambling off to work. Man--well, I couldn't believe it hadn't posted yet...
posted by y2karl at 5:18 AM on November 21, 2007

Great post, though! Hope the work day goes well!
posted by languagehat at 5:30 AM on November 21, 2007

So far it has. The sky was so starry when I went out to check the furnaces--a rare thing here this time of year. I happened to pop on the Space Station Sighting site this AM and then went out and caught three minutes of it passing across the southern sky in total silence. Man, I loves me some space station. Well, off to work!
posted by y2karl at 6:05 AM on November 21, 2007