Movies: Soundies Distributing Corporation Of America

Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra...

Soundies short film featuring Maurice Rocco performing "Rock It For Me" on the piano....

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers...

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....

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short....

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men...

Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher"....

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"...

The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie....

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....

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White...

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"...

The Song Spinners perform "Love's Gonna Be Rationed"...

Musical short...

Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Jammin' in the Panoram."...

Soundies short film featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five performing "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"...

Soundies short film with Maurice Rocco and His Rockin' Rhythm performing "Rhumboogie"....

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off"....

Featuring Jimmy Dorsey...

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"...