RCM Productions

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

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

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.

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

R.C.M. Soundie

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

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

The Terry Twins with Jerry Browne & His Orchestra perform "Chiquita Banana."

Redd Harper and his Minnie the Mermaid.

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.

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."

Dona Drake sings "Sticks and Stones".

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa".

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

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

Soundie featuring June Richmond (vocals) and Roy Milton performing "Hey Lawdy Mama."

"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.

Louis Armstrong and his Sleepy Time Down South.

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.