Blues in the Night 1942
Cab Calloway and his Cabaliers sing "Blues in the Night".
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Git Along Little Pony 1944
Jimmy Wakely Trio sing "Git Along Little Pony".
Minnie the Moocher 1942
Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".
On Guard 1941
Willie Howard is a guard on sentry duty sent to the mess hall where pretty girls are present to entertain the troops in this soundie.
The Skunk Song 1942
Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers are singing about how The Big Bad Wolf only talks about his Disney money, Felix the Cat is fat and rich, and Mickey the Mouse is riding in his motor car, while the skunk moans about how "nobody loves me" on account of him just being a "dirty old skunk".
Let Me Off Uptown 1942
Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".
Take It Off 1943
The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".
Take the 'A' Train 1941
Soundie of the Delta Rhythm Boys' version of the eponymous classic song, accompanied by some dancing beauties.
How to Go to a French Restaurant 1941
A language teacher gives the titular advice to a class in this comedy short.
Skip to My Lou 1941
Four dancers, two males and two females, merrily dance to the merry tune of "Skip to my Lou".
Loch Lomond 1941
Martha Tilton & Ben Pollack's Orchestra
Toot That Trumpet 1941
The Deep River Boys sing an exciting version of Toot that Trumpet (1941), staged as a club setting with lots of dancers, Chinese paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling and a lively trumpet player.
Basin Street Boogie 1942
Will Bradley's Six Texas Hot Dogs perform "Basin Street Boogie."
The Darktown Strutters Ball 1942
The Charioteers perform the classic title song in this early music video format.
Sugar Hill Masquerade 1942
The soundie begins with the guys in the bandbox playing nurdy stuff & the dancers in the street chanting "No, No, No!" until at long last Walter Fuller bursts into a wild, rapid jazz rendition of "After I'm Gone," setting the dance competition in motion.
Where the Sweet Mamas Grow 1941
The Korn Kobblers and Where the Sweet Mamas Grow.
Tyrone Shapiro 1941
Willie Howard sings of his escapades as Tyrone Shapiro, the Bronx Cavallero, in Yiddish, Spanish, and English.
The Mexican Jumping Bean 1942
Soundie in which Noro Morales and his orchestra play while "Dolores and Nino and Lenora" perform.
America, I Love You 1942
Claude Thornhill and his orchestra adaptation of "America, I Love You" during war times.
I've Got To Get Hot 1942
Soundies short film in which Gracie Barrie sings "I've Got to Get Hot"
