Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night 1942

5.50

Cab Calloway and his Cabaliers sing "Blues in the Night".

1942

Take It Off

Take It Off 1943

7.00

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".

1943

Let Me Off Uptown

Let Me Off Uptown 1942

5.80

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".

1942

Minnie the Moocher

Minnie the Moocher 1942

8.00

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

1942

The Skunk Song

The Skunk Song 1942

10.00

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".

1942

Skip to My Lou

Skip to My Lou 1941

6.00

Four dancers, two males and two females, merrily dance to the merry tune of "Skip to my Lou".

1941

On Guard

On Guard 1941

1

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.

1941

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond 1941

1

Martha Tilton & Ben Pollack's Orchestra

1941

Take the 'A' Train

Take the 'A' Train 1941

1

Soundie of the Delta Rhythm Boys' version of the eponymous classic song, accompanied by some dancing beauties.

1941

Toot That Trumpet

Toot That Trumpet 1941

5.00

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.

1941

Basin Street Boogie

Basin Street Boogie 1942

6.00

Will Bradley's Six Texas Hot Dogs perform "Basin Street Boogie."

1942

Sugar Hill Masquerade

Sugar Hill Masquerade 1942

1

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.

1942

Tyrone Shapiro

Tyrone Shapiro 1941

1

Willie Howard sings of his escapades as Tyrone Shapiro, the Bronx Cavallero, in Yiddish, Spanish, and English.

1941

The Mexican Jumping Bean

The Mexican Jumping Bean 1942

1

Soundie in which Noro Morales and his orchestra play while "Dolores and Nino and Lenora" perform.

1942

America, I Love You

America, I Love You 1942

1

Claude Thornhill and his orchestra adaptation of "America, I Love You" during war times.

1942

I've Got To Get Hot

I've Got To Get Hot 1942

1

Soundies short film in which Gracie Barrie sings "I've Got to Get Hot"

1942