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 14 Aug 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 'Black Beauty, White Heat' by Frank Driggs, Harris Lewine (1982)

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

thanks to Richard Unger for update to 'Syncopation' (1929)

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 : S

FILM	DATE	FEATURING
St Louis Blues	1938	Matt Malneck & His Boys Dorothy Lamour Maxine Sullivan Tito Guizar King's Men SONGS I Go For ThatOtchichornyaLoch LomondJuniorSt Louis BluesBlue NightfallLet's Dream In te MoonlightThe Song In My heart Is A RhumbaKinda Lonesome
Salute For Three	1943	Dona Drake and her All-Girl Band Betty Rhodes Macdonald Carey Marty May Cliff Edwards SONGS Don't WorryWhat Do You Do When It Rains?I'd Do It For YouMy Wife's A WAACLeft RightValse Continental
Sarge Goes To College	1947	Russ Morgan Orch. Jack McVea Orch. Wingy Manone Orch. Candy Candido Orch. Abe Lyman Orch. Les Paul, Jess Stacy, Joe Venuti, Alan Hale Jr., Freddie Stewart, June Preiser SONGS Open The Door RichardI'll Close My EyesPenthouse SerenadeSomebody Else Is Taking My PlaceTwo Are The Same As OneBlues In B Flat
Second Chorus Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1941	Artie Shaw Band Fred Astaire (trumpet played by Bobby Hackett) Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith SONGS (I Ain't Hep To That Step)But I'll Dig ItThe Love Of My LifePoor Mr ChisholmSwing ConcertoSweet SueI'm YoursMe And The Ghost Upstairs V
See My Lawyer	1945	King Cole Trio The Four Teens SONGS Fuzzy WuzzyPenny ArcadeWe're Making A MillionTake It AwayIt's Circus TimeMan On The Little White Keys
Senorita From The West	1945	Spade Cooley Orch. Bonita Granville Allan Jones SONGS Lonely LoveLou Lou LouisianaWhat A Change In The WeatherThese Hazy Lazy Old HillsThe Things I Wanna Say
Sensations Of 1945	1944	Cab Calloway Orch. Woody Herman Orch Eleanor Powell Sophie Tucker WC Fields SONGS You Can't Sew A Button On A HeartMr Hepster's DictionaryWake Up Man You're Slippin'One LoveKiss SerenadeNo NeverSpin Little Pin Ball
Seven Days Ashore	1944	Freddy Slack orch. Freddie Fisher Orch. SONGS Apple Blossoms In The RainHail And FarewellJive SambaReady Aim KissSioux City Sue
Seven Days Leave	1942	Freddy Martin Orch. Les Brown Orch. Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Ginny Simms, Marcy McGuire SONGS Can't Get Out Of This MoodI Get The Neck Of The ChickenA Touch Of TexasPlease Won't You Leave My Girl Alone?BabyYou Speak My LanguagePeurto RicoSoft Hearted
She's For Me	1943	Eddie LeBaron's Rhumba Orch Lois Collier Grace Macdonald The Rogers Trio SONGS Do I Know What I'm Doing?Cae CaeCloser And CloserAin't You Got No Time For Love?
Ship Ahoy	1942	Tommy Dorsey Orch Frank Sinatra Eleanor Powell Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Connie Haines Jo Stafford Pied Pipers SONGS Last Call For LoveI'll Take TallulahPoor YouTampicoOn Moonlight Bay
Show Of Shows	1929	Ted Lewis Orch. Beatrice LillieLouise Fazenda Lloyd Hamilton Nick Lucas Myrna Loy Winnie Lightner George Carpentier Alice White Irene Bordoni Frank Fay Harry Akst(piano) SONGS Singing In The Bathtub(WL)Meet My SisterLady Luck(TLO)The Exeution NumberWhat Became Of The Floradora Boys?Motion Picture PiratesIf I Could Learn To LoveIf Your Best Friends Won't Tell YouThe Only Song I KnowDear Little PupYour Mother And MineLi-Po-Li(NL,WL)Just An Hour Of Love(IB)Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie melody Your Love Is All I Crave(HA)You Were Meant For MeJumping JackPing Pongo
Silver Skates	1943	Ted Fiorito Orch Kenny Baker Patricia Morison SONGS Love Is A Beautiful SongDancing On Top Of The WorldLovely LadyCan You Hear Me Calling From The MountainCowboy JoeA Boy Like You And A Girl Like MeSing A Song Of The Sea
Sing, Sinner, Sing	1933	Les Hite Orch Daisy Mae Diggs SONGS ?
Sing Your Worries Away	1942	Alvino Rey Orch King Sisters Bert Lahr Buddy Ebsen SONGS It Just Happened To HappenSally My Dear SallySing Your Worries AwayCindy Lou McWilliamsHow Do You Fall In Love?
The Singing Kid	1936	Cab Calloway Orch Al Jolson SONGS My How This Country Has ChangedSave Me SisterYou're the Cure For What Ails MeHere's Looking At YouI Love To Sing-aKeep That Hi-De-Ho In Your Soul
The Singing Sheriff	1944	Bob Crosby SONGS ?
Sis Hopkins	1941	Bob Crosby Band Judy Canova Jerry Colonna SONGS Cracker Barrel CountryIf You're In LoveLook At You, Look At MeWell, WellThat Ain't Hay
The Sky's The Limit	1943	Freddie Slack Orch Fred Astaire Joan Leslie (voice dub by Sally Sweetland) SONGS One For My BabyMy Shining HourI've Got A Lot In Common With YouHarvey The Victory Garden Man
Sleepytime Gal	1942	Skinnay Ennis and his Band Judy Canova Tom Brown SONGS I Don't Want Nobody At AllWhen The Cat's AwaySleepytime GalBarrellhouse Bessie From Basin Street
Some Like It Hot	1939	Gene Krupa Band Bob Hope Shirley Ross SONGS The Lady's In Love With YouSome Like It HotHeart And Soul
Something To Shout About	1943	Teddy Wilson Orch Hazel Scott(piano) Janet Blair Don Ameche Jack Oakie Cobina Wright SONGS You'd Be So Nice To Come Home ToI Always KnewLotus BloomThrough Thick And ThinSomething To Shout About
Song Of The Open Road	1944	Sammy Kaye Orch Jane Powell SONGS Here It Is MondayRollin Down the RoadToo Much In LoveMarche MilitaireHawaiian War ChantNotre Dame
So's Your Uncle	1943	Jan Garber Orch Jack Teagarden Orch Delta Rhythm Boys Mary O'Brien and the Tailor Maids Billie Burke SONGS That's The Way It GoesDon't Get Around Much Anymore
Spotlight Scandals	1943	Henry King Orch. Herb Miller Orch. Frank Fay Billy Gilbert Radio Rogues Eddie Parks Claudia Dell SONGS The Restless AgeGoodnight NowThe Lilac treeTempo Of The TrailOh Johnny
Springtime In The Rockies	1942	Harry James Orch. Helen Forrest Betty Grable John Payne Cesar Romero Carmen Miranda SONGS I Had The Craziest DreamRun Little Raindrop RunA Poem Set To MusicChatanooga Choo ChooPan American JubilleeTic Tac Do Meu Caracao
Stage Door Canteen	1943	Count Basie Orch. Xavier Cugat Orch. Benny Goodman Orch. Kay Kyser Orch. Guy Lombardo Orch. Freddy Martin Orch. William Terry Cheryl Walker Peggy Lee Ethel Waters and others SONGS We Mustn't Say GoodbyeSleep Baby SleepDon't Worry IslandThe Machine Gun SongYou're Pretty Terrific YourselfQuicksandWe Meet In The Funniest Places American BoyA Rookie And His RhythmShe's A Bombshell From BrooklynThe Girl I Love To Leave BehindWhy Don't You Do Right?Bugle Call RagMarching Through Berlin V
Stars On Parade	1944	King Cole Trio Larry Parks Lynn Merrick The Chords Ben Carter Choir Danny O'Neill SONGS My Heart Isn't In ItIt's Love Love LoveEzekiel Saw The WheelWhen They Ask About YouJumpin' At The JubileeTaking Care Of YouWhere Am I Without You?Two Hearts In The DarkSomewhere This Side Of Heaven
Start Cheering	1938	Louis Prima Orch. Johnnny Green Orch. Jimmy Durante Walter Connelly Charlie Starrett Joan Perry SONGS My Heaven On EarthYou Walked Into My LifeStart CheeringRockin' The TownHail Sigma PSIWhen I Strut Away In My Cutaway V
Stolen Harmony	1935	Ben Bernie Orch George Raft Grace Bradley SONGS Would There Be love?Let's Spill the BeansI Never Had A Man To Cry OverFagin Youse A Viper
Stormy Weather Click and order the video Today! (NTSC format)	1943	Cab Calloway Orch. Fats Waller Lena Horne Bill Robinson Ada Brown Ernest Whitman Nicholas Brothers The Tramp Band Babe Wallace Mae E Johnson SONGS Stormy Weather(LH)There's No two Ways About Love(BR, LH,CC)Ain't Misbehavin'(FW)Dat Doh Dah(BW,TB)I Can't Give You Anything But Love, BabyThat Ain't Right(AB,FW) Diga Diga Doo(LH)I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City(MJ)Geechy Joe(CC)Jumpin' Jive(NB) My My Ain't That Something(BR,NB,LH,CC)Pang Tang Tang(BR)At A Georgia Camp MeetingDe Camptown RacesLinda BrownNobody's SweetheartRhythm Cocktail V
Street Girl	1929	Gus Arnheim Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Betty Compson Ned Sparks Jack Oakie SONGS Haggable And SweetMy Dream MemoryBroken Up Tune
Strictly In The Groove	1942	Ozzie Nelson Band Martha Tilton Jimmy Wakely Trio Dinning Sisters Grace MacDonald SONGS Elmer's TuneBe Honest With MeYou Are My SunshineMiss YouSomebody Else Is Taking My PlaceJersey JiveHappy CowboyIt Makes No Difference NowSweethearts Or StrangersA Pretty Girl Milking A CowRidin' OnDancing On AirI Never KnewI'll Remember April Chisholm TrailBuffalo Gal
Strike Up The Band	1940	Paul Whiteman Orch Mickey Rooney Judy Garland June Preisser SONGS Strike Up The BandSing, Sing, SingI Just Can't Make My Eyes BehaveHeaven Will Protect The Working GirlThe Sidewalks Of New YorkOur Love AffairNobodyDrummer BoyDo The CongaNell Of New RochelleThe Curse Of An Aching HeartOver The WavesLight Cavalry Overture
The Sultan's Daughter	1943	Freddie Fisher Orch Ann Corio Charles Butterworth Tim Ryan Irene Ryan SONGS Clickety Clack JackI'd Love To Make Love To YouI'm Always The GirlThe Sultan's Daughter
Sun Valley Serenade	1941	Glenn Miller Band John Payne Sonja Henie Nicholas Brothers Milton Berle Dorothy Dandridge Lynn Bari(vocals Pat Friday) SONGS Chattanooga Choo ChooIt Happened In Sun ValleyAt LastI Know Why (And So Do You)The Kiss PolkaIn The Mood
Sweet And Low Down	1944	Benny Goodman Orch Jess Stacy James Caldwell Lina Darnell Lynn Bari Jack Oakie Pied Pipers SONGS I'm Making WayChuch-Chug-Choo-Choo-ChugHey Bub Let's Have A BallTen Days With BabyI Found A New BabyTsk Tsk That's LoveI Yi Yi Yi YiI Like You Very MuchJersey BounceNo Love No NothingLet's DanceRachel's DreamThe World Is Waiting For The SunriseOne Chord In Two FlatsMozart's Clarinet Quintet
Sweetheart Of The Campus	1941	Ozzie Nelson Band Ruby Keeler Harriett Hilliard Four Spirits Of Rhythm SONGS When The Glee Club Swings The Alma MaterWhereTom Tom The Elevator BoyTap HappyZig Me Baby With Gentle ZagHere We Go Again
Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi	1946	Frankie Carle Orch. Slim Gaillaard Trio Phil Regan Anne Gillis Elyse Knox SONGS Five Minutes MoreSweetheart Of Sigma ChiPenthouse SerenadeIt's Not I'm Such A Wolf, It'sJust You're Such A LambAnd Then It's HeavenCement MixerYeproc-HeresiBach Meets Carle
Sweethearts Of The USA GB:Sweethearts On Parade	1944	Jan Garber Orch. Henry King Orch. Phil Ohman Una Merkel Parkyakarkus SONGS Sweethearts Of The USAAll The Latins Know Is Si SiYou Can't Brush Off A RussianWe're The OnesHold On To Your HatThat Reminds Me
Swing	1936	Leon Gross Band Cora Green SONGS I Think You're WonderfulChinatown, My ChinatownDear Old SouthlandBei Mir Bist Du Schoen
Swing And Sway	1944	King Cole Trio SONGS ?
Swing Fever	1944	Harry James Tommy Dorsey Kay Kyser Marilyn Maxwell Lena Horne SONGS Mississippi Dream BoatI Planted A RoseOne Girl And Two BoysYou're So DifferentSh! Don't Make A Sound
Swing Hostess	1944	Charles Collins Band Martha Tilton SONGS I'll Eat My HatLet's Capture This MomentSay It With LoveMusic To My EarsHighway PolkaI've Got An InvitationMusic In My Heart
Swing In The Saddle (GB:Swing And Sway)	1944	King Cole Trio Jane Frazee Sally Bliss Hoosier Hotshots Louise Emmy Jimmy Wakely & His Oklahoma Cowboys Red River Dave SONGS AmorHey MabelBy The River Sainte MarieShe Broke My Heart In Three PlacesWhen It's Harvest Time In Peaceful ValleyThere'll Be A Jubilee
Swing It Soldier	1941	Skinnay Ennis Orch. Ken Murray Frances Langford Kenny Stevens Three Cheers Stop, Look & Listen SONGS I'm Gonna Swing My Way To HeavenRug Cuttin' RomeoMy Melacholy Baby
Swing Parade Of 1946 Order the video of Swing Parade of 1946 Today! (NTSC format)	1946	Louis Jordan Orch. Will Osborne Orch. Connee Boswell Gale Storm Phil Regan SONGS Stormy WeatherOn The Sunny Side Of The StreetOh BrotherDon't Worry About That MuleA Tender Word Will Mend ItCaldoniaJust A Little Fond Affection All V V
Swing Sister Swing	1938	.Ted Weems Orch. Ken Murray Johnny Downs Kathryn Kane Eddie Quillan SONGS Baltimore BubbleGingham GownJust A BoreWasn't It You?Kaneski Waltz
Swingtime Johnny	1943	Mitchell Ayres Orch. Andrews Sisters Harriett Hilliard SONGS Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyBoogie Woogie Choo ChooSweet And LowPoor NellYou Better Give Me Lots Of LovingI May Be Wrong But I Think You're WonderfulWhen You And I Were Young Maggie
Syncopation	1929	Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians Barbara Bennett Bobby Watson Morton Downey Ian Hunter SONGS A Love Tale Of Alsaice LorraineAh Sweet Mystery of LifeTin Pan ParadeStepping HighJerichoMine AloneDo SomethingI'll Always Be In Love With You
Syncopation	1942	Harry James Benny Goodman Joe Venuti Charlie Barnet Gene Krupa Connee Boswell Hall Johnson Choir Todd Duncan (trumpet dubbing by Bunny Berigan) Jackie Cooper (trumpet dubbing by Rex Stewart) Adolphe Menjou Bonita Granville SONGS Goin' Up The RiverYou Made Me Love YouOnly Worry For A PillowChicago RagtimeUnder A Following StarSlave Market
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