Showing posts with label 1930s music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s music. Show all posts

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Thanks For The Memory (1938)

"Thanks for the Memory" was a song introduced in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Shep Fields and His Orchestra with vocals by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and became Bob Hope's signature tune which he used for the rest of his career.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Benny Goodman- Sing Sing Sing (1937)

This clip from the 1937 film Hollywood Hotel features Benny Goodman performing the classic hit "Sing Sing Sing". It features Benny Goodman on clarinet, Gene Krupa on drums, Harry James on trumpet and Teddy Wilson on drums.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians- Boo Hoo

In this vintage clip, Carmen Lombardo, Cliff Grass and Fred Higman sing the classic song "Boo Hoo". This song was released in 1937. Guy Lombardo formed The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown. The billed themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven".

Monday, August 30, 2010

Sentimental Ballad- (1934)

The famed Cocoanut Grove Nightclub in 1934 with Bing Crosby singing "With Every Breath I Take". Also present are Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Leo Carrillo and Ted Fiorito's Orchestra. Filmed in Three Color Technicolor.