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Musical video clips selected for your enjoyment by a real disk jockey. Do you like jazz, country, blues, folk? You will discover untold riches in this blog.
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Happy Birthday Harold Arlen: The Man that Got Away
Harold Arlen was born and named Chaim Arlook on February 15th 1905 in Buffalo New York. His father was a cantor in a local synagogue. He changed his name to Harold Arlen after he began to have a bit of success as a singer and pianist in New York in t...
Judy Garland: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Judy Garland debuted the song Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas in the 1944 film Meet Me In St. Louis. The song has undergone two major changes in lyrics, first at the insistence of Garland’s and the film’s director, Vincente Minnel...
Bing Crosby: Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
In 1929 E.Y.”Yip” Harburg was a co-owner of the Consolidated Electrical Appliance Company. He wrote poetry, which was sometimes published in the local newspapers. After the stock market crash Harburg was unemployed and $50,000 in debt. H...
Al Jolson: Dirty Hands Dirty Face
The clip below is a scene from The Jazz Singer, the first feature film “talkie,” which was written for and starred Al Jolson, who was one of the biggest stars of Broadway at the time. It was released in 1927. Al Jolson was born in Lithuan...
