Tag: Friday

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…

Charlie Barnet and the boys turn up the heat with "Mother Fuzzy". Source link

Jimmy Rushing makes with the singing and the moves, assisted by Count Basie, in a performance of "Sent for You Yesterday". Source link

Johnny Hodges and friends, with "The Peaches Are Better Down the Road". Source link

Dexter Gordon and the boys make with the "Citizen Bop" (1952). Source link

Fatha's always jumpin', gate! Here's Earl Hines and his Grand Terrace orchestra with "Fatha Jumps". Source link