Gloria Parker, the glass harpist.

When the penthouse party became a drag and the guests were about to doze off Gloria Parker brought out her glass harp for an envigorating exercise.

Years later, she's still there ...

Moonlight Cocktail

Let's have a moonlight cocktail with Buddy Clark.

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Some time ago Baikinange posted about The Kidoodlers. Now here comes the follow-up post. This soundie reveals the greatness that was The Kidoodlers. I see this rather as a tribute to Chinese culture and language than mockery. This is good fun! Though not politically correct. Well, those were the days. We live in another world now.

If you liked this as much as me just go ahead and enjoy "Little Brown Jug", another fun soundie from these sharp gents.

The Murtah Sisters are in the Mood!

Kate-Ellen Murtah is now my only idol.

This really brought back my mood!!!

A Knife, A Fork and A Spoon

Look! This is how a nice and sound Sunday dinner should end up. No fighting. No politics. No scheming. No prozac for desert.
Just happiness, and a knife, a fork and a spoon. The Fashionaires & Billy Reed.

Xylophonia

Harry Breuer, booze, miles of mallets ... g'night.

"Mallets Alla Zurke" / "Flight of the Bumblebee"

Lazybones soundie

In this Soundie from 1941, Hoagy Carmichael sings his composition Lazybones while Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Ray perform a novelty dance number.



Read all about Soundies in THE SOUNDIES BOOK: A REVISED AND EXPANDED GUIDE TO THE "MUSIC VIDEOS" OF THE 1940s (2007) available from iUniverse at www.iuniverse.com

Alvino Rey Lies Over The Ocean

We have posted about Alvino Rey and his "talking guitar" before. But this is kind of cute, and I am going to bed with "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" ringing in my ears.


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