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Musical Highlights

Musical Highlights I Dood It All of the hot swing music from the 1943 Red Skelton film The 1943 Red Skelton comedy included more than its share of memorable musical moments. This lengthy excerpt features the Jimmy Dorsey...

Savoy Ballroom Battle of the Bands

Benny Goodman, Chick Webb

Savoy Ballroom Battle of the Bands “The Musical Battle of the Century” May 11, 1937 If you’d been around on May 11, 1937, had a dollar, and gotten there very early, you could have seen this…They called it...

With Harry James in 1956

Buddy Rich, Harry James

With Harry James in 1956 Juan Tizol A rare television clip featuring Harry James and Buddy Rich Juan Tizol (1900-84) made major contributions as a composer and valve trombonist to Duke Ellington’s orchestra.One of the first...

Honeysuckle Rose

Lena Horne

Honeysuckle Rose Lena Horne A brief but memorable version by the glamorous star One of Lena Horne’s best cameo appearances in a film was this version of “Honeysuckle Rose” from 1943.First, altoist Benny Carter is featured for a...

Let’s Scuffle

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Let’s Scuffle Bill “Bojangles” Robinson The famous tap dancer in his prime Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was one of the most famous African-American performers of the 1930s and ‘40s.A decent singer and actor,...

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Musical Highlights

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Honeysuckle Rose

Let’s Scuffle

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Honeysuckle Rose

Let’s Scuffle

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