Sort of Soundies: A Musical History by Michael Feinstein
January 8, 2024 6:34 PM Subscribe
So, I bought the DVD set for Soundies: A Musical History by Michael Feinstein and decided subsequently, via individual YouTube videos, to recreate it as a Christmas present for you all starting with...
Duke Ellington -- Hot Chocolate (Cottontail)
Cab Calloway -- Blowtop Blues
Louie Jordan & his Tympany Five -- Jumpin' at the Jubilee
Nat King Cole Trio -- Frim Fram Sauce
among others....
In the meantime, here are...
The Les Paul Trio -- Don't Cry Baby
Merle Travis and Carolina Cotton -- Why'd I Fall for Abner?
Spike Jones and his City Slickers* -- Clink! Clink! Another Drink!
*By the way that’s Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Foghorn Leghorn to name but a few, in the above middle trio wearing the vertically striped jacket, derby and handlebar lip wig...
Will Bradley and his Orchestra -- Boardwalk Boogie
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra with Helen O'Connell -- Man, that's Groovy
Kay Starr and Jimmy Dodd -- Stop That Dancing Upstairs
The Martins -- Huckleberry Ducks
By the way, Raymond Scott composed Huckleberry Duck...
Fats Waller -- Honeysuckle Rose
Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie and his Orchestra -- Take Me Back Baby
Mel Torme and his Mel-tones -- Lullaby of Broadway
Sally Rand -- Fan Dance
Faith Bacon -- A Lady with Fans
Teddy Powell and his Orchestra with Peggy Mann -- There Won't Be a Shortage of Love
There is no video for the Lois Collier with the Glamourettes -- Just As Though You Were Here soundie, so here sans Soundie is the Frank Sinatra and the Plaid Pipers with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra -- Just As Though You Were Here version instead.
Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music Orchestra featuring Maryann Mercer and Tommy Taylor -- You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Dick Robertson and the Johnny Messner Orchestra -- Bless Them All lacks a soundie and no adequate substitute, so there it is...
Frances Faye -- Shut Your Mouth for Uncle Sam
Spike Jones and his City Slickers -- Der Fuerher's Face
International Sweethearts of Rhythm -- Jump Children
The Mills Brothers -- Lazy River
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra -- America I Love You
Dorothy Dandridge and Cee Pee Johnson -- Jungle Jig
Dorothy Dandridge and Paul White with Ted Fio Rio and his Orchestra -- Zoot Suit
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra -- Shine -- which can be compared and contrasted to Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra -- Shine from his
Louis Armstrong -- A Rhapsody in Black and Blue.
Which are fairly well explained here.
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra with Anita O'Day -- Let Me Off Uptown
Nat King Cole Trio -- Got A Penny, Benny?
Doris Day with Les Brown and his Orchestra -- My Lost Horizon
Jayne Walton with Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra -- I Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forget
Cyd Charisse -- Did Anyone Call? is yet another missing Soundie on YouTube so oh, well again...
And we close with
Walter Liberace -- Tiger Rag
...not to mention Yvonne DeCarlo -- The Lamp of Memory long before her days as Lily Munster.
And that's a wrap for the time being or so I hope...
Duke Ellington -- Hot Chocolate (Cottontail)
Cab Calloway -- Blowtop Blues
Louie Jordan & his Tympany Five -- Jumpin' at the Jubilee
Nat King Cole Trio -- Frim Fram Sauce
among others....
In the meantime, here are...
The Les Paul Trio -- Don't Cry Baby
Merle Travis and Carolina Cotton -- Why'd I Fall for Abner?
Spike Jones and his City Slickers* -- Clink! Clink! Another Drink!
*By the way that’s Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Foghorn Leghorn to name but a few, in the above middle trio wearing the vertically striped jacket, derby and handlebar lip wig...
Will Bradley and his Orchestra -- Boardwalk Boogie
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra with Helen O'Connell -- Man, that's Groovy
Kay Starr and Jimmy Dodd -- Stop That Dancing Upstairs
The Martins -- Huckleberry Ducks
By the way, Raymond Scott composed Huckleberry Duck...
Fats Waller -- Honeysuckle Rose
Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie and his Orchestra -- Take Me Back Baby
Mel Torme and his Mel-tones -- Lullaby of Broadway
Sally Rand -- Fan Dance
Faith Bacon -- A Lady with Fans
Teddy Powell and his Orchestra with Peggy Mann -- There Won't Be a Shortage of Love
There is no video for the Lois Collier with the Glamourettes -- Just As Though You Were Here soundie, so here sans Soundie is the Frank Sinatra and the Plaid Pipers with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra -- Just As Though You Were Here version instead.
Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music Orchestra featuring Maryann Mercer and Tommy Taylor -- You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Dick Robertson and the Johnny Messner Orchestra -- Bless Them All lacks a soundie and no adequate substitute, so there it is...
Frances Faye -- Shut Your Mouth for Uncle Sam
Spike Jones and his City Slickers -- Der Fuerher's Face
International Sweethearts of Rhythm -- Jump Children
The Mills Brothers -- Lazy River
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra -- America I Love You
Dorothy Dandridge and Cee Pee Johnson -- Jungle Jig
Dorothy Dandridge and Paul White with Ted Fio Rio and his Orchestra -- Zoot Suit
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra -- Shine -- which can be compared and contrasted to Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra -- Shine from his
Louis Armstrong -- A Rhapsody in Black and Blue.
Which are fairly well explained here.
Gene Krupa and his Orchestra with Anita O'Day -- Let Me Off Uptown
Nat King Cole Trio -- Got A Penny, Benny?
Doris Day with Les Brown and his Orchestra -- My Lost Horizon
Jayne Walton with Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra -- I Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forget
Cyd Charisse -- Did Anyone Call? is yet another missing Soundie on YouTube so oh, well again...
And we close with
Walter Liberace -- Tiger Rag
...not to mention Yvonne DeCarlo -- The Lamp of Memory long before her days as Lily Munster.
And that's a wrap for the time being or so I hope...
What a feast, y2karl! Thank you for putting all this together!
Not a Soundie, but possibly of interest to this thread's audience: Tony Todd posted this Lambert, Hendricks & Ross tune with Joe Williams on his Twitter, and as someone who's pretty picky about vocal jazz, it floored me. He posts a fair bit of jazz.
posted by smirkette at 8:20 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Not a Soundie, but possibly of interest to this thread's audience: Tony Todd posted this Lambert, Hendricks & Ross tune with Joe Williams on his Twitter, and as someone who's pretty picky about vocal jazz, it floored me. He posts a fair bit of jazz.
posted by smirkette at 8:20 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Weird. Every one of the video links in y2karl’s post gives me an “An error has occurred” message, when I try to watch them inline here. They work fine if I follow the link to YT itself.
Conversely, smirkette’s link plays just fine inline.
Great raft of music, though. Many thanks!
posted by Thorzdad at 4:43 AM on January 9
Conversely, smirkette’s link plays just fine inline.
Great raft of music, though. Many thanks!
posted by Thorzdad at 4:43 AM on January 9
I can't wait to get into these. I'm delighted by how many of them you were able to find, y2karl. Thank you!
posted by EvaDestruction at 6:45 AM on January 9
posted by EvaDestruction at 6:45 AM on January 9
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 12:39 PM on January 9
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 12:39 PM on January 9
But wait, there's more!
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm -- I Left My Man
for starts...
posted by y2karl at 1:54 AM on January 28
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm -- I Left My Man
for starts...
posted by y2karl at 1:54 AM on January 28
Gene Rodgers -- Jukebox Boogie
The Delta Rhythm Boys -- Snoqualomie Jo Jo
posted by y2karl at 5:58 PM on January 28
The Delta Rhythm Boys -- Snoqualomie Jo Jo
posted by y2karl at 5:58 PM on January 28
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