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Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra

Featuring Jimmy Dorsey

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men

Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are...

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"

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

Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go...

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers

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

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".

The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".

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

Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".

Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day

Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Jammin' in the Panoram."

Lucky Millinder and His Band are joined by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

The Song Spinners perform "Love's Gonna Be Rationed"