In this Soundie, Count Basie and His Orchestra play the title song while many couples do the Lindy Hop.In this Soundie, Count Basie and His Orchestra play the title song while many couples do the Lindy Hop.In this Soundie, Count Basie and His Orchestra play the title song while many couples do the Lindy Hop.
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- TriviaSoundies No. 4501.
- Quotes
Count Basie: Listen everybody, Now here's a Boogie Woogie, Solid beat, Come on you dancers, On your feet, The winners get the prizes, You all know, And we pick 'em by the speed and the class they show, Let's go!
- ConnectionsFeatured in It's Black Entertainment (2002)
- SoundtracksAir Mail Special
(uncredited)
Written by Jim Mundy, Benny Goodman, and Charlie Christian
Performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra
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Count Basie's Air Mail Special was another enjoyable Soundie I saw on YouTube
This was another Soundie I watched on YouTube. In this one, 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. One of the couples that keeps going seem to dance the same one every time the camera is on them. I'm sure it's the same sequence shown over and over. Guess who wins? Anyway, this was another "music video" of a certain period that played on Panorams (film jukeboxes) at various restaurants, bars, and train or bus stations. So on that note, Air Mail Special is worth a look for anyone interested in this sort of thing.
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- tavm
- Jul 25, 2011
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- Runtime3 minutes
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- Sound mix
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