
12 Jan 1942

Let Me Off Uptown
Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".
Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

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12 Jan 1942

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".
Sylvia Froos features in this Vitaphone short from 1941.

05 Aug 1926

Anna Case sings a song while the Cansino family dances in the background.

01 Jan 1942

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men

01 Jan 1943

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"

21 Apr 1941

Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra

02 Feb 1942

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers

23 Jan 1942

Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Jammin' in the Panoram."

30 Mar 1942

Lew Hearn and Phyllis Kenny perform "Deep in the Heart of Texas"

09 Jul 1945

1945 Soundies musical short starring Merle Travis

20 Feb 1941

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

01 Jan 1942

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them.

08 Dec 1941

Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are jitterbugging constantly until, one by one, they get tired and start to fall down on the floor.

04 Oct 1943

"When Hitler Kicks the Bucket" is sung by Toni Lane. The lyrics recount all the delightful things that will happen on the day of Hitler's funeral.

01 Jan 1946

Big Band leader and 1930s Broadway starlet Gracie Barrie sings a lovely little ditty about a wife’s revenge on her cheating husband. (Oddball Films)

07 Apr 1941

Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day

19 Jun 1944

The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.

27 Mar 1942

Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".

12 Jul 1943

Johnny Taylor sings "Good Nite All" at a house party.

20 Feb 1941

Alan Ladd was discovered by Sue Carol for his incredible voice in radio. And then she married him. In I Look At You, he is sweet and graceful. And at the very beginning of his career in film. He sings and leads Rita Rio's all-girl band while she dances around him.