Music Lover... these links are great finds. Thanks for sharing them. You keep on pulling my heart strings with these song links... stop it.
I can't keep up!!!

Just kidding.... fire away!

I cannot wait to see the movie DREAMGIRLS...
Going to try to see it tomorrow.
Thanks again this video is cool... I'm bookmarking it now.

They not only sing nice... they look as good as they sing. Love this look. Top knotch musical professionalism in what they did. Andrew Sisters really were a tight group to listen to. The Sandman tune reminds me of Barbershop harmony.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and Mr. Sandman are great tunes. But it took me awhile of practicing to even be able to do a decent enough job on the piano part of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; that bass part on my recording is hard to keep going.

Hey Music Lover and all reading this thread now).
I just started a spin off thread on the non classical board on "dreamy girl groups" and the "Dream Girls Movie" just released... post some of these great girl groups on it, please, please, please Mr "post"man (pun intended). Or nowadays, Mr/Mrs./Miss/Ms. "Post"person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10sTQ_1OH8
Come Softly Darling.... Delta Rhythm Boys ... doo wop tune , a little later down the road from the 30-40's. But listen to the harmonies.
Fun stuff.

Another great Ella video on the tube, from later in her career. Nice and smooth treatment of High The Moon at beginning of the video; makes it a nice ballad. Some of these Days also on clip. Great comping going on by accompianist. 1974 German studio recording unissued. Enjoy this link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRNY8Nmt0PU

http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/
Official website for Ella Fitzgerald

New postage stamp tribute for Ella comes out 2007 in February. Article link.

http://www.ellafitzgerald.com/about/viewheadline.php?id=4120

Louis has his own stamp too... nice thing about snail mail is cool stamps like these ones.

The Mills Brothers singing "Lazy River":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0fzVWhwyhM

The Mills Brothers singing "Paper Doll" (1943):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGB6RkU8Vls

Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers, Dorothy Collins and Charles Aznavour sing a medley of pop hits from 1966 (Skitch Henderson on piano):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ZlHzOTXIg

The Mills Brothers singing "I Ain't Got Nobody":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK9rbM0jEcE

Just a bump for these goodies Music Lover sent us on to this cool thread that should not be buried too deeply on the board.

Wait a minute Mr. Postman!

Here is the Ella stamp due to come out for Black Heritage month 2007.

Oh oh! I found another cool video sharing place.... lol.

Ella & Nat King Cole doing a duet melody...
The Wrong Time & The Wrong Place, It was Just One Of Those Things

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/searc...d-nat-king-cole

Duet of Ella and ol' Blue Eyes... The lady is a Tramp

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/tag/F...he-lady-is-a-tr

Keep those old video gems coming, Wolfie!

Mia says I need to not post so much as she wants some of my time too.

I let you take the ball for awhile, as Mia wants me to throw her a ball or ten balls at least.

BTW Check out the new Porter Vocalist Abersold book... I want it bad to plug into my PA and belt some songs out.

http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JAZZ&Category_Code=SINVOC

I love Cole Porter stuff!

Bummer this one got cut off...
I'll have to find another one somewhere of this duet. It is good.

Ella and Ray Charles
Route 66 duet..
http://www.dailymotion.com/group/9300/video/xe5tw_ray-charles-ella-fitzgerald

Ella and Ellington "Lush Life" 1965

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbc2x_ella-fitzgerald-duke-ellington

Eubie Blake (over 90 years old in this clip!) playing his composition "Love Will Find a Way":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTSCPK86Uc

The Dave Brubeck Quartet playing their classic tune "Take Five" in 1961. Great solos from alto saxaphonist Paul Desmond and drummer Joe Morello!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOgYw5-pNs

What are trying to do to me .... keeping me up all night watching great videos like this.
Good find! I'll watch the rest tomorrow... right now I need to sleep, my eyes are blurry.

Oh, sweet! I never thought I'd get to actually see this, awesome drum solo, thanks!

Your welcome, Sid! Sharing great music/musical performances is ALWAYS my pleasure!

This Eubie video is really great. I hope I do get to a ripe age and still play half as well as he does here. His voice is still there also.
Thanks to Music Lover for sharing this find.

Low Down Blues
Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTiCdi6KKvY&mode=related&search=

I'm glad to see somebody else give the great Eubie Blake a mention. Considering his age, I thought his playing was excellent, and his voice definitely better than one would expect of someone past 90. An impressive performance for a person that old.

I recall a humorous true story he told during a television interview many years ago. I'm not sure of the exact location, but he was in a room with several "high society" type white women, who had no idea he was a very accomplished ragtime, jazz and pop pianist.

There was a piano in the room, which Eubie walked over to admire. A couple of the women immediately started making condescending remarks toward him, because they didn't think a black person could possibly know how to play a piano very well, if at all. So the sly, good-natured Eubie pretended to be extremely ignorant, asking loudly--"Is this a Pie-Anna?!"

He sat down at the piano, banged on a few random keys---then started belting out some of the finest ragtime piano pieces you've ever heard in your life. Of course, the jaws of the women practically dropped to the floor. They became quite embarrassed when they realized he could play circles around any of them, and had made them look completely foolish. Classic Eubie!

Eubie Blake has his own stamp also. Sweet!