Soundies Distributing Corporation Of America Movies

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

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".

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

Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are...

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

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

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"

Johnny Taylor sings "Good Nite All" at a house party.

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

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).

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

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"

Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go...

Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day

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

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

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

Featuring Jimmy Dorsey