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

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

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.

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

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

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

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

1942 Soundies musical short

Harry Langdon lip syncs the title song and interacts with models.

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.

Soundie featuring The Chanticleers singing "Babbling Bess." Also starring Francine Everett (as Babbling Bess) and Mable Lee (Dancer).

The Bronco Busters perform "Silver Spurs."

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

"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 'race film'. (This was the term used by American cinema exhibitors in the 1940s and earlier for any movie with an all-black cast, intended primarily for distribution in black neighbourhoods at a time when many American cinemas were segregated.) The song-and-dance performer here is none other than the great Bill Robinson.

R.C.M. Soundie

Ozzie Nelson takes us along for a typical day for a bandleader.

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