The Emile Coleman Orchestra -- with two pianos! -- perform the big band standard, with Joan Barton singing the words in this nice little soundie.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
Miss Barton is another chick singer -- as they used to be called -- who delivers a solid version. Before this, I don't believe I had ever heard of her before. That's a lot of the fun of looking at these old shorts: finding great singers and players absolutely unfamiliar to me.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
Miss Barton is another chick singer -- as they used to be called -- who delivers a solid version. Before this, I don't believe I had ever heard of her before. That's a lot of the fun of looking at these old shorts: finding great singers and players absolutely unfamiliar to me.
