Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra - Man, That's Groovy

[xander7ful]

Helen was one of the better girl singers. Love her.

[lagnared]

I can watch this all day.

[songplugger]

And in the 1950s, when that nice Russian Jewish girl Dinah Shore was confronted by a reporter to ask about that "awful" rumour going around that she was "really Negro" she looked at him wide-eyed and gasped "Oh Gosh! I sure hope so!"

[xander7ful]

@songplugger My goodness, I'm not the only person in the world who has thought that about Dinah Shore? What a relief. I think she was a little. I also think the actress Shirley Booth was part Black but passed for white. And of course, Carol Channing is 1/4 Black, but everybody knew that.

[songplugger]

I love Jimmy & Helen and the great music 'n swing of the '40s. And I can't stand rap. But I also hate racism. Sad to see there is so much of that garbage posted here.

The cool cats and hep kittens of the swing era dug all grooves whether they produced by blacks or whites. After Louis Armstrong heard Ella Mae Morse he cracked "Wow! Somebody oughta check this chick's bloodlines!" Ella Mae laughed and took it as the higest compliment.

[dinoavanti]

She is the shazizzle!!!! Hot dawg!

[Saxy64]

She was so cute, then so beautiful. What a Jewel, Helen...

[AK69PRO]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[BrewskLitovsk]

Once upon a time in America when girls had beautiful, naturally sounding voices, and could be groovy 'n' sexy at the very same time. Thanks for posting this rare gem!

[Sexydelflow]

es jazz?



[RememberSoCal]

big band, swing, forties shit

[XxBiuJacksonxX]

In what year is this song ? '30 or '40 ?

I love this, so much <3.

[Mirealind]

@XxBiuJacksonxX well mom would have joined the band when she was 16 so 1936 and i am not sure when this was done. she looks about 18

[andrxito]

2:30-2:44 checkin' her out hahahaha

[mackawack12346]

that is certainly one sexy fuck doll.

[MrRJDB1969]

Little Miss Dimples was gorgeous and Jimmy's band was great !

[therealraybaby]

Groovy as a saturday nite movie!

[BadBADdAd99]

(standing up) Man that's groovy!!

[cavaleer]

That sound is so rich, so American. Love it, love it, love it.

[9S2774X]

Jimmy dorsey楽団の素晴らしいスイング感とピチピチしたヘレンオ­コンネルの歌声とても素晴らしいです。

[swinginkatz]

 Great, the Beautiful Helen,went on to co-host the Today Show in the 50's.

[Ypipable]

Harlem ways groovy.

[angelialvares]

And man this gal singing it is Just Groovy!

[RememberSoCal]

that flute is amazing. I want her hair!! isnt the style of that era awesome?

[6012215ify]

Para los "entendidos" Jimmy Dorsey no es un buen clarinetista. Los que amamos el jazz no pensamos asi. No será Johnny Dodds, pero hay un ejemplo que lo muestra talentoso. En la versión de "Singin`the Blues", el solo de Dorsey no desentona con el de Trambauer ni con el de Bix. Es cierto, Bix era un genio, pero no hay que desmerecer a Jimmy. En este video la orquesta suena bien y la vocalista es sumamente bonita. Gary Vila Ortiz. Rosario. Argentina.

[quizzlie]

1:41 So adorable.

[loren1283]

Man i wish I was the one who discovered Helen in that nightclub when she was sixteen. Can you just imagine the feeling he must have had.

[Numenides]

thats soo fake - wheres the mic... shes lipsyncing *g*

[teazle2]

Don't think so, but clarinet fantastic and so is her voice

[acerb45666555]

sweeet!

[swinginkatz]

Groovy goes back to the early 40's.

[FairwayJack]

Lol...I thought Groovy was originated in the 60's

[headdeadbug]

Music is still music, dumbMaggie....

[maggiemae70]

this is when music was music

[poopster77]

Look at the women!! they didnt have to show T&A to get recognition! Their voices did it for them! An era of American class and pride! Too bad we will never see it again:(

[joeasmythe]

Sad, that such a fantastic era of music is gone, never to return. Unlike today's "music", this sound will endure forever.

[Eleanorfan1992]

But, although it shall not return, It shall never be forgotten. I'm 17 years old and like it very much. For two years now I collect records (LP's) of a.o.; The Andrews Sisters and Dinah Shore and Doris Day! =) And not to forget Judy Garland!

[starworth1]

I met Helen in the 70's on a show in Abilene Tx. it was a telethon with Rex Allen as the host, and I was his girl singer. Helen was a guest star. I was speechless and awed to hear her in person

[dianamaryflorence]

This was one of my favorite songs by Jimmy Dorsey back in the day. I love the lead singers voice.

[waynebrasler]

Before gaining national fame Helen was a popular vocalist on radio and in clubs in St. Louis. She was always visually darling and vocally distinctive. She also was a tough cookie but a very moral tough cookie; she sent half her paycheck home to her mother in Lima, Ohio. Her big dream was to sing with Jimmy Dorsey and her dream came true. (Likewise, both June Christy and Chris Connor dreamed of being with Stan Kenton and it happened). Helen aged gorgeously, visually and vocally.

[joeasmythe]

Groovy, swell, just some of the words to describe Helen and Jimmy, in the great old days.

[mdmphd]

What a great jive swing to discover! I met Helen O'Connell when she was touring with HER big band in the mid-80s

[mmilovan]

Please, listen carefully to Jimmy's clarinet - this man had control over the instrument like Artie Shaw in higher register and Benny Goodman in overall conception of playing. Totally underrated and almost forgotten!

[billbloodma]

never forgotten

[Bix12]

I agree--he never got the credit he deserv'd...he was a great player & arranger--but truth be told, it is unfair to put him up against  Artie Shaw or Benny Goodman-those cats were the luminaries of the stratosphere.

[panzerschnott]

How can anybody say that J. D. wasn't one of those luminaries also? Do you know how many hit records he had? How many movies he played in? How many musicians he inspired? (like Charlie Parker) Do you know how many millions of copies SO RARE sold? Dorsey doubled on Alto Sax and Clarinet. How often did Benny or Artie do that? Shaw quit music in '54, Benny's last hit was in 1955. So Rare was on the charts for 26 weeks! Dorsey died young. Who knows what he would have done if he had lived longer.

[Leebm29]

Right on. I saw Jimmy in the Jantzen Beach ballroom in 1957. The band was fabulous. Leebm29

[asatro66]

Fantastic recording,orchestra and singer.

[cataba1]

AMAZING !! Whats's happened to "music" in the last  70 years !!

[walleyrt69]

@cataba1 THE N*G***S F*CKED IT UP !

[walleyrt69]

@LeezieDee LOL,Den hows comes da N*g***s aint singin da stuff,Homey???

[federicobottia]

ask to mtv



[klebermann]

@cataba1 It has greatly diversified.

[michaeljayklein]

I met Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly twice in my teens...they were the neatest people ever!

[acfinney]

You can't tell by these soundies, but she was a living doll. Blue eyes and dimples. Max 6550 is right. Listen to Jimmy on the California Ramblers CD format. His alto playing is really hot. His knowledge of changes and ideas were a decade ahead of any reed man.

[redskiesfan]

I LOVE this. I've made it one of my favorites and listen to it several times a week. She was adorable. I've liked listening to her since I was in High School a million yrs ago. Thank you for posting and sharing this with her fans.

[cuzzinchris]

Maaaaaaan! That's groovy!!!!!!!

[jamierourketen]

groovy in the 40s? i thought that was a 60s phrase!

[davesharon5747]

I too thought that groovy was from the 60s. How rad is that?

[checkoutmyprofile]

Happy Birthday Helen O'Connell:)

[russradicans]

Swell!

[lorena080208alex]

yyyy

[ingmarbergman]

She has the soul of a high school gym teacher--swimming instructor, to be precise.

[alliecat1941]

wellingtonbear all i can say is this music is alot better then alot of the trash music today..which cant really be called music.just screaming and stuff that makes you deaf,kids think it has to be heard at a volume that's too loud for human ears.

[chexmixdogg78]

you guys have no taste in music i listen to like devil in midnight mass!

[mason104]

Thanks for the song! I love the Dorseys (Tommy especially).

[bubba9166]

Great to see some "historical music" on here as well... long may that continue. A lot better than most (c)rap artists.

[indiaXray]

Wellington Bear: Just because you don't like it, it does not mean it's rubbish.  Have some respect for those that do.

IMO, the video IS groovy

[crownprinceofgroovy]

Sammy Davis, Jr. should have covered this song.

[Thirdgen83]

You are SO right!

[BrunoLaZongaLeicht]

Mann!! Das ist groovy-boppin'!!!

Can anybody spare me a Euro? Mein Giro is late.

[skot66]

I don't like today ...I like back then...I was born in the wrong time.

[Ladybella1]

Know that feeling! Love this music, love the 1920's and 1930's, etc, this sort of music is wonderful. The music was real! Beautiful! :)

[wellingtonbear269]

Holy God how old are you people....I didnt think that old people were able to use the internet....this stuff sucks get some nirvana.

[JosephNScott]

"get some nirvana." _The Story Of Simon Simopath_ is excellent.

[gtbbooks]

You must be deaf! People will be listening to and enjoying this long after Nirvana and all like groups have been long forgotten.

[JosephNScott]

She sang quite a few Cab-Calloway-type songs with Jimmy, until Anita O'Day came along with Gene Krupa and kind of borrowed the approach, but turned it up a notch. Jimmy was sounding as much like Benny Goodman as anybody around this time, huh?

[DorseyFreak]

I think that Benny was soundin' like Jimmy insted of Jimmy soundin' like benny. Jimmy was better!

[max6550]

Ditto! Jimmy is often dissed, as a Goodman copier. They were roommates in the, late 20's early 30's, when Goodman sounded quite a bit like Bix. Jimmy has that beautiful transparent vibrato, to bad the recording process, of the times, doesn't do him justice. There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Jimmy, for smakin' Ted Lewis over the head, with his clarinet.

[montydendron]

joeasmythe: Absolutely right on. What a peach! They just don't make em that feminine any more.

[joeasmythe]

Helen O'Connell, the sweetest thing on earth, and in my mind will always be. Thank you so much for this clip, so I can see her again

[CharlestonDog6]

A great sound from the swing years! This is real Music! Puts me in a positive mood! I would like to hear "John Silver" from March 1938 and "So Rare" 1957!

[khazakstan5892]

are you an Iggy or a jitterbug?

[conn6m]

This film is was made for a device called a soundie. This was kind of a juke box with a movie screen so you could see the artist as well as hear. The second World war destroyed the Soundie and they never returned - but we still have their great films to enjoy.

[56BUICKRiviera]

What a gem!

[joeasmythe]

How about GREEN EYES, AMAPOLA, STAR EYES, etc

P L E A S E

[Vercingetorix2006]

More Helen O'Connell, pleeeeeeez! One of the absolute best ever!

[abreuferreira]

Helen O'Connell sung marvelous duets with Bob Eberly and The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. abreuferreira

[bunningcolavito]

does anyone know who the singer is?