[luvie]

Glad I could do it. Let’s rock this thang! :)

[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HARRY WARREN

“NAGASAKI”

Long before MTV, there were music videos known as “soundies,” and this is a primitive one from 1934 featuring Don Redman’s band doing the kind of thing that Jimmy Lunceford would do in later years. The scat lyrics remind me of a clean version of hip-hop. The dance and vocal team is Red & Struggs.

Don Redman: “Nagasaki”