“Chattanooga Choo Choo” February 10, 2008
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From Sun Valley Serenade (1941), an intro by the Glenn Miller Orchestra segues into …
“I Got A Gal In Kalamazoo” February 9, 2008
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A year after Sun Valley Serenade, Glenn Miller, the Nicholas Brothers and Harry Warren and Max Gordon continue their survey of songs about American cities with funny names …
“Lucky Numbers” February 8, 2008
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From The Black Network, a 1936 short, fifteen-year-old Harold and twenty-two-year-old Fayard Nicholas perform “Lucky Numbers” by Cliff Hess.
Adelaide Hall and the Nicholas Brothers February 7, 2008
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From 1935, the VitaPhone short “An All-Colored Vaudeville Show” …
“Alright” February 6, 2008
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Somebody involved with Janet Jackson’s 1990 music video Alright had a nice sense of cultural history …
“Jumpin’ Jive” February 5, 2008
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This clip from Stormy Weather (1943) features Calloway and his orchestra, and the amazing Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard).
Forgotten Broadway classics: St. Louis Woman January 30, 2008
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Forgotten by myself, amongst others.
When I did my series of non-posts about the Nicholas Brothers, I forgot that they co-starred in a musical by one of my favorite Broadway composers.
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