Cat’s Can’t Dance
“That ‘Hershey Bar’ with the almonds in just the right places….” So begins the catalog description for Cats Can’t Dance, a wonderful Soundie starring “gawges”
“That ‘Hershey Bar’ with the almonds in just the right places….” So begins the catalog description for Cats Can’t Dance, a wonderful Soundie starring “gawges”
Post cont I was thrilled to see how many people enjoyed the last post, I’m Just a Lucky So and So featuring the Ray Bauduc combo. I
Post co We have yet to investigate a rather solid set of Soundies featuring a combo led by jazz drummer Ray Bauduc. There are not
Smith Ballew, largely forgotten today, was one of the earliest “singing cowboys.” He was a versatile artist who recorded hundreds of dance and jazz vocals,
A joyous romp by an unknown jazz combo is one of the delights that one discovers in the World of Soundies, and it is time
Cab Calloway’s 1942 series of four Soundies was successful enough that he was asked back in June 1945 to appear in five more. This time
I am a tried-and-true dog lover – that is Ozzie the Aussie who introduces this clip – and if truth be told, I have never
Just to show that I pay close attention to how popular a clip or artist is, Max Muller and his trained dogs, scheduled to be
String bassist John Levy screened a videotape of the Soundies by Tiny Grimes in March 2001, then gave me a call. Almost incredulous, John said,
Every so often I hesitate posting a Soundie that has seen a great deal of circulation. This certainly describes Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose, but the