Vintage Popular Music in American Films

Films featuring American Jazz or Dance Bands 1927-1947

this page first published by John Wright, 26 Oct 1997
last update 22 Oct 2007vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

As well as on records, jazz and dance band music was recorded for films during the 78 rpm era. This page continues the list of American films known to feature bands, seen and heard, some not identified. Note: Bands may also appear in films listed in the Entertainers and Popular Song film lists.
If you can add to this list, can fill in any of the gaps or if you know of websites or books dealing with old movies that might have useful information then please e-mail me.

Recent updates to listing:

Updates from 'Who Sang What On The Screen' by Alan Warner (1984)

Updates from 'Black Beauty, White Heat' by Frank Driggs, Harris Lewine (1982)

Updates from 'Jazz In The Movies' by David Meeker (1972)

TV means has been shown on television

V is also available on video

You may find videos of some of the films on the net at Amazon.com. In the list below those with Order Today! can indeed be ordered via their link. For the other films you can use the search link at the foot of this page.

Films : L-R

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
Ladies' Man	1947	Spike Jones And His City Slickers SONGS Cocktails For TwoWhat Am I Gonna Do About You?I Gotta Gal I LoveAway Out WestI'm As Ready As I'll Ever Be
Lady Be Good	1941	Jimmy Dorsey Orch Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien Connie Russell SONGS Lady Be GoodHang On To MeThe Last Time I Saw ParisFascinatin' RhythmYou'll Never KnowYour Words And My Music
Lake Placid Serenade	1944	Ray Noble Orch, Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians SONGS Deep Purple My Isle of Golden Dreams National Emblem March Winter WonderlandIntermezzoWaiting For The Robert E LeeWhen Citrus is In BloomWhile Strolling In The ParkDrigo's Serenade
Larceny With Music	1943	Alvino Rey Orch SONGS When You Wore A TulipFor The Want Of YouThey Died With Their Boots LacedDo You Hear Music?Please LouiseOnly In Dreams
Las Vegas Nights GB: The Gay City	1941	Tommy Dorsey Orch Phil Regan, Constance Moore, Frank Sinatra Bert Wheeler SONGS DoloresSong Of IndiaOn Miami ShoreI'll Never Smile AgainI've Gotta RideCocktails For TwoMary, Mary, Quite Contrary V
Let's Go Steady	1945	Skinnay Ennis and his Band Jackie Moran, Mel Torme, June Preisser SONGS Baby BoogieTantza BabeleSioux Falls S.D.
Let's Make Music	1941	Bob Crosby Band, Jean Rogers SONGS You Forgot About MeFight On Newton HighBig Noise From WinnetkaCentral Park
Little Miss Broadway	1947	Jean Porter, Jerry Wald Orch SONGS That's Good Enough For MeA Man Is Brother To A MuleJudy And DickCheer For The Team
Lost In A Harem	1944	Jimmy Dorsey Band Abbott & Costello Marilyn Maxwell SONGS What Does It Take?It Is WrittenSons Of The Desert
Love And Hisses	1938	Ben Bernie Orch, Raymond Scott Quintet SONGS Sweet SomeoneBroadway Goes HawaiianI Want To Be In Winchell's ColumnBe A Good SportLost In Your EyesPower HouseThe Wolf SongDarling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Make Mine Music	1946	Benny Goodman Orch, Benny Goodman Quartet, Andrews Sisters, Nelson Eddy, Andy Russell, The King's Men, Ken Darby Chorus, Jerry Colonna, Dinah Shore SONGS All The Cats Join In (BGO)After You've Gone (BGQ)Without You (AR)Johnny Fedora And Alice Blue Bonnet (AS)Shortnin' Bread (NE)The Martins And The Coys (KM)Blue Bayou (KDC)Casey At The Bat (JC)Two Silhouettes (DS)operatic excerpts (NE)
Manhattan Merry Go Round GB: Manhattan Music Box	1937	Ted Lewis Orch, Cab Calloway Orch, Louis Prima Orch Gene Autry SONGS Mamma I Wanna Make RhythmManhattan Merry-Go-RoundIt's Roundup Time In RenoHeaven?I Owe You V
Many Happy Returns	1934	Guy Lombardo Orch Gracie Allen, George Burns SONGS Fare Thee WellI Don't Wanna PlayBoogy ManThe Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven
Marked Woman	1937	Red Mack Morris (trumpet) Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart SONGS My Silver Dollar Man
Meet Miss Bobby Socks	1944	Bob Crosby, Ina Ray Hutton SONGS I'm Not AfraidFellow On A FurloughCome With Me Me My HoneyTwo HeavensDeacon Jones
Meet The People	1944	Vaughn Monroe Orch, Spike Jones City Slickers, King Sisters Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien SONGS Say That We're Sweethearts AgainMeet The PeopleIn Times Like TheseSchickelgruberI Like To Recognize The TuneIt's Smart To Be People
Melody Parade	1943	Ted Fiorito Orch, Anson Weeks Orch Mary Beth Hughes, Jerry Cooper, Loumel Morgan Trio SONGS I Don't KnowThe Woman Behind The Man Behind The GunWhatever Possessed MeAmigoMr And Mrs CommandoDon't Fall In LoveSpeechless
Merry Go-Round Of 1938	1937	Dave Apollon and his Orch Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo SONGS The Woodman's SongRiver Stay Away From My DoorI'm In My GloryMore Power To YouYou're My Dish
Moonlight And Cactus	1944	Andrews Sisters, Mitchell Ayres Orch SONGS Send Me A ManAmenWa HooHomeC'Mere BabySingDown In The ValleyHeave Ho, My Lads, Heave Ho
Moonlight And Pretzels or Moonlight And Melody	1933	Jack Denny and his Orch Roger Pryor, Mary Brian SONGS Are You Makin' Any Money Baby?Ah But Is It Love?Moonlight And PretzelsDusty ShoesLet's Make Love Like The CrocodilesThere's A Little Bit Of You In Every Love SongGotta Get Up And Go To Work
Mr Chump	1937	Johnny Scat Davis Lola Lane SONGS As Long As You LiveBob WhiteListen To The Mocking BirdShow Me The Way To Go Home
Murder At The Vanities	1934	Duke Ellington Orch Carl Brisson, Kitty Carlisle, Jack Oakie SONGS Lovely OneWhere Do They Come From Now?MarijuanaLive And Love TonightCocktails For TwoEbony RhapsodyTroubled Waters
Murder On Lenox Avenue	1941	Mamie Smith Rockland Dictators SONGS ...
The Music Goes 'Round	1936	Les Hite Orch Riley-Farley Onyx Club Band Harry Richman SONGS ...
Music In Manhattan	1944	Charlie Barnet Orch, Nilo Menendez Orch Anne Shirley SONGS Did You Happen To Find A HeartOne Night In AcapulcoWhen Romance Comes AlongI Can See You NowMexico
Music In My Heart Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1940	Andre Kosteanetz Orch, Tony Martin Rita Hayworth SONGS No Other LovePunchinelloOh What A Lovely DreamPrelude To LoveI've Got Music In My HeartIt's A Blue World V
My Favourite Spy	1942	Kay Kyser Orch Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman SONGS Just Plain LonesomeGot The Moon In My Pocket
My Gal Loves Music	1944	Bob Crosby Orch Grace MacDonald SONGS Over And OverI Need Vitamin USomebody's Rockin' My RainbowGive OutPepita
New Orleans	1947	Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman Orch, Kid Ory, Zutty Singleton, Barney Bigard, Meade Lux Lewis, Dorothy Patrick SONGS Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? EndieThe Blues Are Brewin'Where The Blues Were Born In New OrleansNew Orleans StompWest End BluesBuddy Bolden's BluesDippermouth BluesShim-Me-Sha-WobbleHonky Tonk Train BluesBasin Street BluesMahogany Hall StompFarewell To StoryvilleMaryland, My Maryland
Orchestra Wives You can order a video of Orchestra Wives Today! (NTSC format)	1942	Glenn Miller Orch, Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, Modernaires, Lynn Bari (Pat Friday dub vocals) SONGS Serenade In BluePeople Like You And MeThat's SabotageI've Got A Girl In KalamazooAt Last TV, V
Out Of This World	1945	bandleaders: Ray Noble, Ted Fiorito, Henry King, Joe Reichman Eddie Bracken, (dubbed by Bing Crosby) Diana Lynn SONGS Out Of This WorldA Sailor With An Eight Hour PassJune Comes Around Every YearGhost Of Mr ChopinI'd Rather Be MeAll I Do Is Beat That Golden DrumIt Takes A Little Bit More
Ovoutie O'Rooney	1945	Slim Gaillard Sherman 'Scatman' Crothers Bam Brown SONGS ?
Paradise In Harlem	1939	Mamie Smith Edna Mae Harris Lucky Millinder Band SONGS Harlem Blues(MS)Harlem Serenade(EMH)Gotta Put You Down(LMB)
Pardon My Rhythm	1944	Bob Crosby Orch Mel Torme Gloria Jean SONGS ?
Pennies from Heaven	1936	Louis Armstrong Bing Crosby, Edith Fellows SONGS Pennies From HeavenSkeleton In The ClosetOne, Two Button Your ShoeSo Do ILet's Call A Heart A HeartNow I've Got Some Dreaming To DoWhat This Country Needs
Pillow To Post	1945	Louis Armstrong Orch Ida Lupino Sidney Greenstreet SONGS Whatcha Say?
Pin-Up Girl	1944	Charlie Spivak Orch Betty Grable, Joe E Brown, Martha Raye SONGS You're My Little Pin-Up GirlTime Alone Will TellOnce Too OftenYankee Doodle HayrideRed Robins, Bob Whites and BluebirdsDon't Carry Tales Out Of SchoolStory Of The Very Merry Widow
Please	?	Les Hite Orch James Cagney SONGS ...
Pot O' Gold (GB: Golden Horn)	1941	Horace Heidt Orch James Stewart Paulette Goddard SONGS A Knife, A Fork And A SpoonBroadway CaballeroPete The Piper ManWhen Johnny Toots His HornHi Cy, What's Coolkin'?Slap Happy Band
Powers Girl (GB: Hello Beautiful)	1943	Benny Goodman Orch Carole Landis, Anne Shirley, George Murphy, Dennis Day SONGS Let's DanceThree DreamsOut Of Ths WorldThe Lady Who Didn't Believe In LovePartnersWe're Looking For The Big Bad WolfA Pretty Girl is Like A MelodyI Know That You KnowOne O'Clock JumpRoll 'Em
Presenting Lily Mars	1943	Bob Crosby & His Bobcats Tommy Dorsey Orch Judy Garland, Annabelle Logan (Annie Ross) SONGS When I Look At YouIs It Love (Or The Gypsy In Me?)>KulebiakaSweethearts Of AmericaEvery Little Movement Has A Meaning Of It's OwnWhere There's MusicThree O'Clock In The MorningBroadway RhythmTom, Tom The Piper's Song TV
Pride Of The Yankees	1942	Ray Noble Orchestra Betty Avery SONGS Always
Private Buckaroo	1942	Andrews Sisters, Harry James Orch SONGS Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But MeThree Little SistersPrivate BuckarooJohnny Get Your Gun AgainWe've Got A Job To DoYou Made Me Love YouSix Jerks In A JeepThat's The Moon My Son V
Radio City Revels	1938	Hal Kemp Orch Milton Berle, Jack Oakie SONGS Goodnight AngelLove, Honor And Oh BabySpeak To Your HeartWhy Must I Love You?Take A Tip From The TulipMorning Glories In The MoonlightI'm Taking A Shine To YouYou're The Apple Of My EyeThere's A New Moon Over The Old MillSwinging In The Corn
Radio Stars On Parade	1945	Skinnay Ennis Band Frances Langford SONGS I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last NightThat Old Black Magic
Reveille With Beverly	1943	Bob Crosby Orch, Freddie Slack Orch, Duke Ellington Orch, Count Basie Orch, Ray McKinley Orch, Ella Mae Morse, Ann Miller, Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra SONGS Big Noise From WinnetkaTake The A TrainOne O'Clock JumpCow Cow BoogieNight And DayThumbs Up And V For Victory
Rhapsody In Blue	1945	Alan Alda (Ray Turner played), Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, George White, Hazel Scott, Joan Leslie (voice of Louanne Hogan) SONGS Rhapsody In BlueSomebody Loves MeFascinating RhythmDelishousThe Man I LoveMine; Yankee Doodle BlueLizaOh Lady Be GoodClap Yo' Hands Bidin' My TimeLove Walked InDo It AgainI'll Build A Stairway To ParadiseBlue Monday BluesSwaneeSomeone To Watch Over MeCuban OvertureAn American In Paris'S WonderfulI Got RhythmMy One And OnlyEmbraceable You
Rhythm Parade	1942	Ted Fiorito Orch, Mills Brothers Candy Candido, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery SONGS Tooting My Own HornPetticoat Army'Neath The Yellow MoonOld TahitiYou're DraftedWait Till The Sun Shines NellieSweet Sue
Ride 'Em Cowboy	1942	Ella Fitzgerald Abbott and Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, The Merry Macs, The Hi Hatters, The Buckaroo Band, The Ranger Chorus Of Forty SONGS I'll Remember AprilWake Up JacobBeside The Rio TontoRockin''n Reelin'A Tisket-A-TasketGive Me My Saddle
Riding High	1943	Milt Britton's Orch Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell SONGS You're The RainbowGet Your ManWhistling In The LightI'm The Secretary To The SultanInjun Gal Heep HepWillie The Wolf Of The WestHe Loved Me Till The All Clear Came
Rookies On Parade	1941	Bob Crosby Eddie Foy, Jr SONGS The Army Builds MenI Love You MoreMother Never Told Me WhyMy Kinda LoveYou'll Never Get RichWhat More Do You Want?My Kinda MusicRookies On Parade
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