Happy Feet Friday
It doesn't get much more hep than this: Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich, in a live performance of "Celebrity" (1950). Source link
It doesn't get much more hep than this: Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich, in a live performance of "Celebrity" (1950). Source link
The Jackson Brothers (no, not them) perform "Flat Foot Boogie" (1951). Source link
Frances Carroll and Her Coquettes perform "Snake Charmer", featuring the outstanding drumming skills of Viola Smith. Source link
The late, great Brigitte Bardot dances a mambo with Turkish/Jewish singer and actor Dario Moreno. Source link
Here's my all-around favorite 1940s singer, Ella Mae Morse, knockin' out a hep version of "Patty Cake Man".Bonus music! Jimmy Blanton, from a live 1941 broadcast of Duke Ellington's band, slappin' that bass. Source link
Stompin' into the new year with one of the swingin'est bands of the late 1930s, Chick Webb, and "Lindyhopper's Delight".Bonus video! Here's a short clip of the young Betty Hutton singing "The Dipsy Doodle". Source link
The lovely and talented singer Nan Wynn is joined by the Old Groaner in this recording of "Experience".Nan Wynn, incidentally, dubbed Rita Hayworth's singing in several of the latter's movies.Bonus video! Fred Astaire and…
Jimmy Rushing makes with the singing and the moves, assisted by Count Basie, in a performance of "Sent for You Yesterday". Source link
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