At Your Service
At Your Service – 1940s
MORE ...Fred Lamire and his Twins: Mighty Lak’ a Rose / Dream Kisses
Fred Lamire and his Twins: Mighty Lak’ a Rose / Dream Kisses – 1928 Fred Lamire and his Twins perform Mighty Lak’ a Rose and Dream Kisses from 1928. “Fred plucks giant floor banjo while his sons strum a lively duet.”
MORE ...Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux: Happy I Am
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux and Congregation sing Happy I Am in 1935 live on CBS radio.
MORE ...El Fiel Enamorado
Estudiantina Invencibal: El Fiel Enamorado (The Faithful Lover) – 1929 It is often wrongly assumed that estudian-inos were “student” bands when really they were just another expression of the same Cuban music tradition as the Sextetos and Septetos. The main differences were that the number of musicians in estudiantinas was not fixed at 6 or […]
MORE ...Mary, Don’t You Weep
A field recording from an unknown band recorded singing “Mary Don’t You Weep” shot in the 1920’s. Oh, Mary, don’t you weep, don’t you mourn Oh, Mary, don’t you weep, don’t you mourn Pharaoh’s army got drowned-ed. Oh, Mary, don’t weep Oh, Mary, don’t you weep, don’t you mourn. Oh, Mary, don’t you weep, don’t […]
MORE ...Jeannie Sterling: The Wonder of You
Jeannie Sterling: The Wonder of You – 1959
MORE ...Male Order
Gags & Gals: Male Order – 1940s
MORE ...Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Bob Wills’ feature film debut including performances with Leon McAuliffe and Tex Ritter. Bob Wills is one of the most important musicians in the history of 20th century country music. The King of Western Swing, Wills’ songs have become an influential part of the repertoire of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, […]
MORE ...Moonlight Cocktails
Moonlight Cocktails – 1942
MORE ...Hawaiian Hula Song
Hawaiian Hula Song, a classic. A seductive beauty does the hula while a duo play on guitar and slide. During the last third of the song, the rhythm picks up, becoming swingy. Where Hawaiian traditional and American Jazz meet, practically western swing.
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