Movies and TvShows featuring "soundie" theme.
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.
A drinking song.
Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".
Alan Ladd was discovered by Sue Carol for his incredible voice in radio. And then she married him. In I Look At You, he is sweet and graceful. And at the very beginning of his career in film. He sings and leads Rita Rio's all-girl band while she dances around him.
Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers are singing about how The Big Bad Wolf only talks about his Disney money, Felix the Cat is fat and rich, and Mickey the Mouse is riding in his motor car, while the skunk moans about how "nobody loves me" on account of him just being a "dirty old skunk".
In this short film, a talented jazz musician, played by Duke Ellington, leads his orchestra in a lively performance. The film showcases the vibrant energy and spirit of jazz music, with thrilling musical numbers, dancing, and a captivating atmosphere. It celebrates the contributions of African-American musicians and the legacy of big band music.
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle with Carson Robison and His Buckaroos.
Kaye Lorraine singing "I Don't Want to Walk Without You".
Martha Tilton sings in this Soundies film from 1941, with Slate Brothers, and Ben Pollack and His Orchestra accompanying.
Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".
Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".
Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".
Noble Sissle & Mable Lee perform "Sizzle with Sissle."
Big Band leader and 1930s Broadway starlet Gracie Barrie sings a lovely little ditty about a wife’s revenge on her cheating husband. (Oddball Films)
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Walking with My Honey".
In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them.
Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra