The Programs

Disc 1. Introducing Soundies

1.  Starting from Swing

Jam Session – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Dipsy Doodle – Larry Clinton and His Orchestra

Air Mail Special – Count Basie and His Orchestra

Swing for Sale – The Charioteers

Jammin’ in the Panoram – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

Let Me Off Uptown – Gene Krupa and His Orchestra

Take It and Git – Thelma White and Her All-Girl Orchestra

She’s Crazy with the Heat – The International Sweethearts of Rhythm featuring Anna Mae Winburn

3.  At the Piano 

Tiger Rag – Walter Liberace

Got a Penny Benny – The King Cole Trio

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller

Adventure in Boogie Woogie – Robert Crum

Jealous – Mary Brian with Charles Baron featuring Stan Kenton and Hal Bourne

Harry the Hipster – Harry Gibson

Dispossessed Blues – Lynn Albritton and the Four Knobs

Grand Pianos and Gals – Dorothy Janice and the Mills Piano Quartette

4.  We’ll Drink to That 

Abercrombie Had a Zombie – Liz Tilton and Lee Murray

Clink! Clink! Another Drink – Spike Jones and His City Slickers [featuring Mel Blanc]

Moonlight Cocktail #1 – The Murphy Sisters and Patricia Hall

Moonlight Cocktail #2 – Buddy Clark with Dolly Mitchell

Bottoms Up – The Globe Trotters

Cocktails for Two  – Bob Hughes and The Mellowaires

Penthouse Party – Gloria Parker

Beer Barrel Polka – The Eton Boys

5.   Outrageously Incorrect—and Sometimes Subversive 

Ching Chong – Maxine Conrad and Muzzy Marcellino

Hong Kong Blues – Hoagy Carmichael with Mee Chee

Lazybones – Hoagy Carmichael with Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Ray

Ballet Dancer’s Nightmare – The Slate Brothers with Vivien Fay

Ruff and Tuff – Mary Parker and Lou Leonard

Operatin’ Rhythm – The Three Heat Waves

Sleep Kentucky Babe – Day, Dawn, and Dusk

Rigoletto – Day, Dawn, and Dusk

6.   Straight from the Panoram #4: Soundies Parade of Hits No. 1189, November 20, 1944

Canine Capers – Max and His Gang

The Line Is Busy – Unknown

Tea on the Terrace – Marvel Maxwell

Side by Side – Nick Lucas

Paris Is Gay Again – John Marshall and James Alexander

Dance Impressions – Bobby Davis

Ja Da – The Dixieland Jazz Band

Ain’t She Pretty – The Three Peppers

Disc 2. Life in the Soundies Era

1. Going to War

We’ll Slap the Japs (Right into the Laps of the Nazis) – The Four Sportsmen

Paddy Callahan Has Joined the Army – John Feeney with Charles Devlin

GI Jive – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 

K. P. Serenade – The Hoosier Hot Shots

Gee! The Jeep Jumps – The Kim Loo Sisters and Bobby Davis

Johnny Zero – The Song Spinners

Goodbye Mama (I’m Off to Yokohama) – Johnnie Johnston and Marvel Maxwell

Hey! Tojo, Count Yo’ Men – Bob Howard

2.  The Home Front

I Shut My Mouth for Uncle Sam – Frances Faye

Keep Smiling – The Four Ginger Snaps

When Hitler Kicks the Bucket – Toni Lane

Plant a Little Garden in Your Own Back Yard – The Song Spinners

Ration Blues – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Take It Off – The Pretty Priorities

Defend America – The Patriotairs

When Johnny Comes Marching Home – The Four Ginger Snaps

3. On the Job

Rosie the Riveter  – The Smoothies and Cappy Barra’s Harmonica Boys

Don’t Be an Absentee – Patti Ryan

On Time – Carolyn Ayres

Stop That Dancing Up There – Kay Starr and Jimmie Dodd

The Blacksmith Song – Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Frim Fram Sauce – The King Cole Trio 

Struttin’ to Sutton Place – Mary Jane Walsh

A Little Jive Is Good for You – Martha Tilton with The Slate Brothers

4.  City Life

Take the ‘A’ Train – The Delta Rhythm Boys

Take Me Out to the Ball Game – The Kim Loo Sisters

Tenement Symphony – Bob Carroll

The Joint Is Jumpin’ – Fats Waller

The Kerry Dance – Kay Lorraine

Give Me Some Skin – The Delta Rhythm Boys

Navy Yard – Toni Lane

Good-Nite All – Johnny Taylor [and Drucilla Drew]

5.  …And City Fashion

Gorgeous – Michael Loring

Down, Down Down – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Beautiful Clothes (Make Beautiful Girls) – Harry Langdon

Jack, You’re Playing the Game – The Delta Rhythm Boys

A Zoot Suit – Dorothy Dandridge and Paul White

Glamour Girl – Gale Storm

After Awhile – Danny O’Neill

Emily Brown – Bob Parrish and Chinky Grimes

6.   Straight from the Panoram #2: Soundies Miniature Revue No. 1061, March 30, 1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas – Van Alexander and His Orchestra with Lew Hearn and Phyllis Kenny

As Mabel Goes So Goes the Navy – Mary Jane Walsh

Where Has My Little Dog Gone – Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra with Martha Wayne and Buddy Stewart

Two Pair of Shoes – Jean Porter and Larry Stewart

The Skunk Song – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Frankie and Johnny – Moore and Revel with the Dixieland Jazz Band

Farewell Blues – Tommy Reynolds and His Orchestra with Sunny O’Dea

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes – Ginger Harmon and Harry Barris

Disc 3. Musical Evolutions

1.  Stirring Up the Melting Pot

I’m an Old Cowhand – Gus Van

Ta Ha Wa Hu Wai (Hawaiian War Chant) – Lani McIntyre and His Orchestra

Pete the Piper –Susan Miller and Danny Hoctor

Kazbek – Yasha Davidoff with Simeon Karavaeff, Lalla Zalipskaya, Nadia Veralle, Russian Balalaika Orchestra

Willie Willie – Sam Manning and Bell Rosette [Beryl McBurnie]

There’s Nothing Like the Smile of the Irish – Lanny Ross

Swinging in a Harem – Marian Lawrence and Her Dancers

 Dance, Baby, Dance – The Mel-Tones

2.  The Home Front

I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia – Slim Andrews and The Fashionaires with Sybil Rae

There’s a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket – Florence Gill, Redd Harper and The Sells

Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy – Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Back in the Saddle Again – Dick Thomas

Montana Plains – Emerson’s Mountaineers 

Along the Navajo Trail – John “Shadrach” Horace and Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers

Why Did I Fall for Abner – Merle Travis and Carolina Cotton [with The Glee Gates Trio and other musicians]

Horse Hairs – Ginger Dulo

3. Latin to Staten Island

Rhumba New York – Caridad Garcia with Gerald Marks and His Orchestra

Dark Velvet Night – Sergio De Karlo with Patricia Hall

Pumpa Pumpa – The De Castro Sisters

Paran-Pan-Pan – Maya’s Pan-American Orchestra with Carlos and Zedra

Chi-Chi Castenango – Marilyn Hare and The Paragons

Havin’ a Time in Havana – Marvel Maxwell

Cielito Lindo – The Four King Sisters with Alvino Rey and His Orchestra

He’s a Latin from Staten Island – Ricardo Montalban

4. Heading Toward Rock ’n Roll

Wham – The Four Ginger Snaps

Rock It for Me – Maurice Rocco

Opus 12EEE – Harry Gibson

Shoo Shoo Baby – The Les Paul Trio and Carolyn Grey

Four or Five Times – Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Lonesome Road – Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Sister Rosetta Tharpe 

Jumpin’ at the Jubilee – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

47th Street Jive – June Richmond with Roy Milton and His Band

5. Latin Boogies & Other Hybrids

Rhumboogie – Maurice Rocco

Hula Rhumba – Gloria King and Bernie Kaai with Kuaana’s Dream Islanders

Jive, Little Gypsy, Jive – Bobby Sherwood’s Orchestra, The Three Cheers, Diana Castillo

Jitterbug Señorita – Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra with Anne Barnett

Rhumba Swing – Leona Fredericks and Irving Fields Trio

Yodel – Rosalie Allen

Cowboy Calypso – The Cactus Cowboys with Bobby Gregory

Cow Cow Boogie – Dorothy Dandridge

6. Straight from the Panoram #3: Soundies Parade of Hits No. 1137, October 11, 1943

Au Reet – Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Helen O’Connell

They’re Going to Build a Monument – The Delegates – Elmer, Sonny, and Glen

Boxcar Rhapsody – Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica Rascals

Strolling Through the Park – Kaye Popp, Stanley Catron, Jack Baker, Betty Heather, Benny de Sio, Margie Jackson

International Revue – Jack Hylton and His Band

My Reverie – Larry Clinton and His Orchestra

There’s a Pampas Moon on the Campus – Diana Del Rio

Do I Worry? – Patterson and Jackson

Disc 4. Women, Sexuality, and Gender

1. Is It Love or Is It Conscription? Heterosexuality and World War II

Goodbye Dear, I’ll Be Back in a Year – The Landy Trio

Is It Love or Is It Conscription? – Les Brown and His Orchestra featuring Doris Day

Love’s Gonna Be Rationed – The Song Spinners

Pinups on Parade– Lee Sullivan and The Dream Dolls

Paper Doll – The Mills Brothers [and Dorothy Dandridge]

But What Are These? – Gracie Barrie

Lackadaisical Lady – Jimmie Dodd

I’d Love to Know You Better – Gayle Mellott and Ralph Young

2. Anxieties, Bickering, Heartbreak

Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Ida James and the King Cole Trio

Better Not Roll Those Eyes  – Harry Barris and Jean Porter

You’re Unfair to Me – Florence Pepper with The Cameo Girls

Buzz Me – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Mailman Blues – Nita Norman

Low Down Dog – Meade (Lux) Lewis and Dudley Dickerson

The Story of Two Cigarettes – Vickee Richards and Don De Leo

I’m Tired – Apus and Estrellita

3.  Playing with Expectations—Loosening & Upending 1940s Stereotypes of Women 

Does You Do or Does You Don’t – Vanita Smythe

He Plays Gin Rummy – Gale Storm and Iris Dawn

The Blushing Bride – Jackie Gately

I’ve Got to Get Hot – Gracie Barrie

Bearcat Mountain Gal – Cindy Walker

Time Takes Care of Everything – June Richmond

Stone Cold Dead in the Market – Gracie Barrie

Minnie from Trinidad – Luba Malina

4. Jumping into Gender Play

Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me – Ted Fio Rito and His Skylined Music featuring Candy Candido

Faust – Day, Dawn, and Dusk

Shy Anne from Old Cheyenne – Denver Darling and His Texas Cowhands

On the Boulevard – Carolyn Grey and Jimmie Dale

Too Many Sailors – The Burch Mann Dancers

The Better Half – Leila Moore

You Never Know! – The Harem Trio and Arica Wild

Shoeshiners and Headliners – Florence Pepper

5. Dorothy Dandridge and Gale Storm

I’m a Shy Guy – Gale Storm and Ray Shultis

Yes, Indeed! – Dorothy Dandridge and The Five Spirits of Rhythm

Let’s Get Away from It All – Johnny Downs with Gale Storm

Blackbird Fantasy – Dorothy Dandridge with Billy Mitchell

I Know Somebody Who Loves You – Gale Storm with The Fashionaires

Jungle Jig – Dorothy Dandridge and Cee Pee Johnson

The Merry-Go-Roundup – Gale Storm and the Dorn Brothers and Mary with The Palladium Handicap Girls

6.  Straight from the Panoram #4: Soundies Parade of Hits No. 1189, November 20, 1944

Canine Capers – Max and His Gang

The Line Is Busy – Unknown

Tea on the Terrace – Marvel Maxwell

Side by Side – Nick Lucas

Paris Is Gay Again – John Marshall and James Alexander

Dance Impressions – Bobby Davis

Ja Da – The Dixieland Jazz Band

Ain’t She Pretty – The Three Peppers

7. BONUS! Celebrating the Chorus Line

Backstage Blues – Lynn Albritton, Llewelyn Crawford, and The Harlem Cuties

Born to Swing – Ginger Harmon

Brazil – Nilo Menendez and His Orchestra with Maria Del Rey and Raul Martinez

Give the Little Girl a Great Big Hand – Ann Pennington

Chatter – Cook and Brown and the Sepia Steppers

Pan-Americonga – Rita Rio with Allan Baldwin and Theodore

There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Ginger Harmon

Everybody’s Jumpin’ Now – Noble Sissle and Mabel Lee