Jolly Joe – The Balators • Jack and June Blair • Dorn and Delsa
Cheap or economical does not mean unimportant. This post of Jolly Joe, a polka Soundie that at first may seem inconsequential, features three dance teams
Cheap or economical does not mean unimportant. This post of Jolly Joe, a polka Soundie that at first may seem inconsequential, features three dance teams
I would guess that almost all members of this group purchased something online this holiday season: a toy, clothing, books, electronics … you name it.
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
This Soundie is among the major missed opportunities among 1,869 releases, yet it makes perfect sense in terms of the weekly release for June 26,
Hop on the Soundies time machine, we are about to head off on our next journey. It is Monday, January 6, 1941, and over the
Song-stories, in which lyrics were acted out without any musicians appearing on screen, were a familiar Soundies format, especially during the first two years of
The team of Billie Haywood and Cliff Allen were together for seventeen years, and their association only ended when Allen was tragically killed in an
Our clip today is not a Soundie, but rather a very close relative, a first cousin if you will. And without question, it is one
One of my all-time favorite recording artists, someone whose music I return to often, is Louis Jordan. Subject for a master’s thesis: discuss and address
Every film collector knows the awful feeling of opening a can of 16 mm film after the passage of time and discovering that the film