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Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy".

Yvonne De Carlo sings herself to sleep, in her dreams she dances with a Latin dancer. She awakes to sing again.

1942 Soundies musical short

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

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

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date.

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa".

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them.

"Let's Scuffle" is a short subject -- a single song-and-dance number -- that appears to have been cut from a feature-length movie: to be precise, a...

R.C.M. Soundie

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

Comedic musical short featuring the Hoosier Hotshots.

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."

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

Dona Drake sings "Sticks and Stones".

A little music from Lynn Albritton, Lou Ellen and The Harlem Cuties.