1940's
Featured Film (full movie): Take Me Back to Oklahoma - 1940
Wanted by the law...marked by the lawless...betrayed by his best friend...but you can't stop a Texan while there's a song on his lips...and lead slugs in his six guns!
Tex (Tex Ritter) and his friend Slim (Slim Andrews) go undercover to help Jane Winters (Terry Walker) keep her Stageline running as Mr. Storm and his gang slowly pick it apart in order to take over her business. Jane has already had all of her Stage Coaches destroyed except one. Tex gets hired as a Stage Coach Driver and when he sees that he needs help he calls in his friends, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, a country music band, who also do a concert for charity. The Ticket booth gets robbed and Tex is framed for the robbery. Its up to Tex to clear himself of the crime and bring the real criminals to justice.
ShareThisCommand Performance - 1940's
In 1949, RCA-Victor developed and released the first 45 rpm record to the public, answering CBS/Columbia's 33⅓ rpm "LP". The 45-rpm record became the standard for pop singles with running times similar to 10-inch 78-rpm discs (less than four minutes per side).
However, RCA also released some "extended play" (EP) discs with running times up to 7 minutes per side, primarily for classical recordings. (One of the first of the extended 45-rpm recordings was a disc by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra featuring Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave and Ketèlbey's In a Persian Market.)
ShareThisIndependence Day - 1940
Strike up the band.
Let's celebrate the great day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed ...
July 4, 1776 ...
Be happy ...
Be glad we are living in the good old USA
Land of the free ..
Home of fair play
July 4th, 1940.
In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States.
ShareThisBob Wills: Oklahoma - 1940
In this clip, from the B Western "Take Me Back to Oklahoma," Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys croon in perfect harmony 'Oklahoma we love you,' with Wills' signature backup calls.
Riding with Tex Ritter, they sing together 'Calamity Kate.'
But, clearly, the King of Western Swing makes Ritter pale in comparison, in our opinion.
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