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- ConnectionsFeatured in Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)
- SoundtracksAmerica, I Love You
Music by Archie Gottler
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie
Performed by Lillian Lane, Martha Wayne, Buddy Stewart and Dick Harding,
with Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
Featured review
Surprisingly Sophisticated
Claude Thornhill -- never heard of him -- leads his band in performing the patriotic song.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
In the first year of the Second World War, it's hardly surprising that there would be lots of soundies like this, with the performers dressing in military uniforms and saluting and stuff like that. What's surprising is the musical sophistication of the song, as it starts in a minor key and changes into a major one.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
In the first year of the Second World War, it's hardly surprising that there would be lots of soundies like this, with the performers dressing in military uniforms and saluting and stuff like that. What's surprising is the musical sophistication of the song, as it starts in a minor key and changes into a major one.
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- boblipton
- Jul 12, 2023
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