Soundies: Jazz and Jive | Sepian Stars on Parade

Duration: 600

Genre: Soundie

Year Published: 1940

Format: 16mm

Description:

Jazz and Jive:
Delta Rhythm Boys in “Take the ‘A’ Train”. Black men and women sing and dance about taking the subway train to happy Harlem and Sugar Hill. 1949.

Fats Waller in “Your Feet’s Too Big” Black man sings about how your feet are too big to dance. Demonstrates how that is a problem on the dance floor. 1949.

Count Basie Orchestra in “Take Me Back, Baby”. Man trying to win back a pretty lady. 1949.

Sepian Stars on Parade:
The Mills Brothers in “You Always Hurt the One You Love” Black quartet singing on a porch. 1944.

Bill Robinson in “Let’s Scuffle” Man sings and teaches the scuffle dance in a bar. 1942.

Bob Howard in “She’s Too Hot to Handle”. Man plays the piano as women dance on stage. 1944.

Complete Record: Jazz and Jive: Delta Rhythm Boys in “Take the ‘A’ Train”. Black men and women sing and dance about taking the subway train to happy Harlem and Sugar Hill. 1949. Fats Waller in “Your Feet’s Too Big” Black man sings about how your feet are too big to dance. Demonstrates how that is a problem on the dance floor. 1949. Count Basie Orchestra in “Take Me Back, Baby”. Man trying to win back a pretty lady. 1949. Sepian Stars on Parade: The Mills Brothers in “You Always Hurt the One You Love” Black quartet singing on a porch. 1944. Bill Robinson in “Let’s Scuffle” Man sings and teaches the scuffle dance in a bar. 1942. Bob Howard in “She’s Too Hot to Handle”. Man plays the piano as women dance on stage. 1944.