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If you are looking for a real/reel rarity, this jukebox short is just for you As I have mentioned before, there were many competitors in

For those of you who purchased my Soundies book, you will find an extraordinary amount of detail in terms of the personnels for country/hillbilly music

While this appears to be “just another band short,” there is more to the story than that – not uncommon in the World of Soundies.

“Al who?” you may ask? Al Trace is certainly not a name that resonates with many contemporary music fans. Working primarily in Chicago and the

The blues of the Mississippi Delta and country sounds of rural Virginia was much too “raw” for most Panoram viewers, and as a result none

The Little Four Quartet is one of more obscure vocal harmony groups appearing in Soundies. In the late 1930s the four vocalists were working separately

The Shadrach Boys are virtually unknown today and I think it is time to rectify that situation, at least within the World of Soundies. To

            Racial integration, if not absent in Soundies, was quite rare. While there is nothing in the production papers that suggests any racial bias in

Judy Garland’s interpretations of “The Trolly Song,” “Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas,” and the “The Boy Next Door.” All familiar film performances to members

While our offering here is not a Soundie per se, it is definitely a part of the audiovisual jukebox story. The last reel of Soundies