A ’mhòr-chuid a’ faicinn Bho RCM Productions

Original Schnickelfritz Band perform "Turkey in the Straw."

Yvonne De Carlo sings herself to sleep, in her dreams she dances with a Latin dancer. She awakes to sing again.

Tex Williams and Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang sing "Take Me Back to Tulsa".

Spike Jones and His City Slickers perform "Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy".

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date.

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them.

Jazz Soundie with Stan Kenton and his players.

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".

Musical short starring Spade Cooley.

1942 Soundies musical short

Louis Armstrong performs with Nicodemus on this Soundie from 1942.

Johnny Taylor sings "Good Nite All" at a house party.

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

Dona Drake sings "Sticks and Stones".

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

"Let's Scuffle" is a short subject -- a single song-and-dance number -- that appears to have been cut from a feature-length movie: to be precise, a...

Ozzie Nelson takes us along for a typical day for a bandleader.

R.C.M. Soundie