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Shangas

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Time for a little Al Bowlly .....

When You've Got A Little Springtime In Your Heart (1934)

[video=youtube_share;8-nQ-IQLobY]http://youtu.be/8-nQ-IQLobY[/video]

I love that song!

I'm listening to French jazz accordianist Gus Viseur. Just discovered his music and I'm enjoying it a lot. Apparently he was popular in Paris during the 1930s-1950s. If anyone likes that European-style French jazz, I'd recommend looking him up. You can find his recordings on YouTube.
 

Fletch

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bada boom...crash! :eusa_doh:

ps-Who's Al Bowlly?
South African singer. Little bitty guy about 5'1". Died in an air raid on London. Ladies loved him. Those around here still do.
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He liked kitty cats.
 

Shangas

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Al Bowlly was a 1930s African-born British crooner (who quite literally wrote the book on crooning**). He was very popular during the 30s. He died in 1941 during the Blitz on London. I'm not a girl, but I still love his music. He's a great singer.

More Gus Viseur:

[video=youtube;uNZmB4QVi4E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNZmB4QVi4E&feature=related[/video]

**Don't believe me? Here's the book:

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EDIT -- He was 5'1"? That's tiny!
 

Blackjack

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I think we should digress this thread into nothing but performers under 5' tall...:D or not. Maybe I just need more coffee

[video=youtube;v2WFw9oSBlI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2WFw9oSBlI&feature=related[/video]
 
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Morecambe & Wise (and the BBC News Team) -- There Is Nothing Like A Dame (1969)
These were the actual BBC sports anchors, weathermen and newsmen at the time. People back then had a sense of humor. I just can't imagine Katie Couric, Brian Williams, and certainly not Keith Olbermann or any of the other oh-so-serious media divas of today doing anything like this.

[video=youtube;czc-0OqfhEM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czc-0OqfhEM&feature=channel_video_title[/video]
 
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rue

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In the mood for something peppy :D

[video=youtube_share;3mJ4dpNal_k]http://youtu.be/3mJ4dpNal_k[/video]

[video=youtube_share;83uvUNIz6RM]http://youtu.be/83uvUNIz6RM[/video]

[video=youtube_share;aEdsDq33DpQ]http://youtu.be/aEdsDq33DpQ[/video]
 

Blackjack

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More coffee, yes, but leave the booze out this time :eeek:

Damn Rue, your no fun at all...btw that was a great clip of KK's band you posted! I wish they would release a box set of his films. The have a really nice cleaned up copy of "You'll Find Out" on the Karloff / Lugosi Classics set, well worth the price alone...
 

Mario

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Here's one of my favorites: The Dinning Sister with "You're a Character, Dear". And what a wonderful performance...

[video=youtube;9SrxdS_6UvY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SrxdS_6UvY[/video]
 
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