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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.

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra perform "Au Reet"

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Featuring Jimmy Dorsey

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

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).

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

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

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".

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

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