1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men
Jan 1942
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"
Jan 1943
Featuring Jimmy Dorsey
Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".
Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra
Apr 1941
Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.
Feb 1941
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White
Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are jitterbugging constantly until, one by one, they get tired and start to fall down on the floor.
Dec 1941
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers
Feb 1942
Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Jammin' in the Panoram."
Lucky Millinder and His Band are joined by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Jan 1941
Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".
Mar 1942
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.
Aug 1944
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"
Mar 1944
Soundies short film with Maurice Rocco and His Rockin' Rhythm performing "Rhumboogie".
Feb 1944
The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.
Jun 1944
Soundies short film featuring Maurice Rocco performing "Rock It For Me" on the piano.
Dec 1943
Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).
Oct 1945
The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"
Aug 1941