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Showing posts with label 1944. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1944. Show all posts

Friday, October 25, 2019

Hey Lawdy Mama (1944, Soundie)






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

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Jubilee: Strictly G.I. (1944)












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Jubilee is an AFRS radio program that featured African-American musicians and singers. It was broadcast to servicemen via AFRS from 1942 to 1953. Jubilee was conceived at least in part as a morale-building service for African-American troops overseas. The wartime host was Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in Los Angeles. The series emerged as an important piece of black heritage. Its War Department status exempted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947–48 and many of the shows contain unique performances. -wiki-

Monday, April 22, 2019

She's Too Hot To Handle (1944, Soundie)










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Soundie featuring Bob Howard playing "She's Too Hot To Handle."

Friday, March 1, 2019

Of One Blood (1944)











































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Three young black boys: Zebedee, Zion, and Zachariah flee the South after their parents are killed in a flash flood. Hopping a train, Zachariah is separated from his brothers, seemingly dying in a fall. Arriving in the big city, the two boys put themselves through school by hard work and determination. Zion becomes a lawyer, while Zebedee joins the police force. Soon they are working together to smash the bootlegging racket that holds the city in a death grip. But the man behind the criminal organization is the one person they never thought they'd see again...