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Post by Moe Howard on Oct 30, 2022 19:38:24 GMT
TMC played a couple of musical shorts before this Saturdays (11-29-22) Noir Alley. One from Gene Krupa and another form Cab Calloway. Most of us have seen Cab Calloway's Mini the Moocher, but this Gene Krupa Let Me Off Uptown was AWESOME!  |
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Post by BingFan on Oct 31, 2022 1:16:00 GMT
Krupa had a great band! Anita, who was always outstanding, is joined on vocals by star trumpeter Roy Eldridge.
I always enjoy the appearance of Krupa and his band in Ball of Fire, although Anita had to step aside there and let Barbara Stanwyck pretend to be the band’s singer. (I love Barbara, but she’s no Anita when it comes to singing.)
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Post by Moe Howard on Oct 31, 2022 3:34:57 GMT
YES! Babs does an outstanding job on Drum Boogie.
Sal Mine did a pretty good job in The Gene Krupa Story too!
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Post by BingFan on Nov 1, 2022 1:36:59 GMT
I think seeing The Gene Krupa Story on TV when I was very young was the first time I’d ever heard of Krupa (or Sal Mineo, for that matter). Movie bios like this one or The Glenn Miller Story were my first exposure to the big band era’s music, which has become a favorite genre of mine all these years later.
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 1, 2022 21:56:29 GMT
I think seeing The Gene Krupa Story on TV when I was very young was the first time I’d ever heard of Krupa (or Sal Mineo, for that matter). Movie bios like this one or The Glenn Miller Story were my first exposure to the big band era’s music, which has become a favorite genre of mine all these years later. |
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Post by BingFan on Nov 2, 2022 1:41:55 GMT
I think seeing The Gene Krupa Story on TV when I was very young was the first time I’d ever heard of Krupa (or Sal Mineo, for that matter). Movie bios like this one or The Glenn Miller Story were my first exposure to the big band era’s music, which has become a favorite genre of mine all these years later.
If you like Sun Valley Serenade, you might try Orchestra Wives (if you haven’t already seen it), also with the Miller band and co-starring Ann Rutherford. |
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Post by LiamCasey on Nov 2, 2022 2:05:31 GMT
I think seeing The Gene Krupa Story on TV when I was very young was the first time I’d ever heard of Krupa (or Sal Mineo, for that matter). Movie bios like this one or The Glenn Miller Story were my first exposure to the big band era’s music, which has become a favorite genre of mine all these years later. My trigger was The Benny Goodman Story (1956) back in college. And I had the LPs of his 1938 jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in my possession within a week of seeing it. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Nov 2, 2022 8:34:30 GMT
Have you seen the 1941 Sonja Heine movie "Sun Valley Serenade," in which Glen Miller and his band play an integral part of the story and perform several numbers? As a big-band fan myself, it's one of my favorite movies as the plot is silly, but fun, Heine is enjoyable and Miller and his music are outstanding. Miller's numbers in the movie are like MTV videos forty years before MTV.
If you like Sun Valley Serenade, you might try Orchestra Wives (if you haven’t already seen it), also with the Miller band and co-starring Ann Rutherford. |
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Post by sepiatone on Dec 4, 2022 18:27:33 GMT
TMC played a couple of musical shorts before this Saturdays (11-29-22) Noir Alley. One from Gene Krupa and another form Cab Calloway. Most of us have seen Cab Calloway's Mini the Moocher, but this Gene Krupa Let Me Off Uptown was AWESOME! Well, if you liked Krupa there, you're gonna love this!  My fondness for this music formed when I learned how to operate the old "phonograph" we had and then finding my Mom's collection of old "swing era" and "big band" 78s. Sepiatone |
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