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As I approach the veteran age of seventy-four, I realize that I have never been to a fashion show. Even the concept seems a bit

It was very hard for Soundies producers to trust in the music alone to hold the attention of the viewer. Certainly, the owners of a

The team of Johnny and George – vocalist Johnny “Baby Face” Macklin and pianist George MacLean – were Philadelphia-based entertainers who often made the train

Does size matter in the World of Soundies? Well, maybe yes, maybe no. I’ll let you watch this Soundie and then decide for yourself We’ll

One of the most important jazz artists of the 1940s was Louis Jordan. An African American bandleader whose music crossed over to white audiences, Jordan

Almost twenty-five years after the end of the so-called “Big Band Era,” many misconceptions still circulate about the music from this period. I heard one

In 1945 Nat “King” Cole was well on his way to becoming one of the most popular, influential and beloved entertainers in American music. He

Now, there were Soundies cartoons, four in all, and we’ll post a few at some point in time. But here, not a cartoon, but an

In a 2003 telephone interview, Pat Kim Loo firmly stated, with a twinkle in her voice, “I think I can claim that we were the