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Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men

Count Basie does a little rhyming rapping before going into this Benny Goodman instrumental composition. While he's playing, plenty of couples are jitterbugging constantly until, one by one, they get tired and start to fall down on the floor.

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

Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"

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

Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra perform "Let Me Off Uptown".

Cab Calloway performing his famous hit "Minnie the Moocher".

Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.

Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day

Featuring Jimmy Dorsey

The King Cole Trio and Ida James perform the title song in this Soundie.

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

The Song Spinners perform "Love's Gonna Be Rationed"

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"

Helen Huntley and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra perform "Jammin' in the Panoram."

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".