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Apparently there are at least two Kittys from Kansas City celebrated in popular song. One we know was from Kansas City, Missouri and the other, alt...

One of the big stars of Broadway in the twenties who did not have equal success as a movie star in the transitional period from theatre to talkies ...

For years I've been told on the highest authority that the notorious bigot, Senator Bilbo of Mississippi (1877 --1947), was so offended by the obvi...

One of the most spirited arrangements Ferde Grofe ("Grand Canyon Suite") ever wrote for the Paul Whiteman's amazing orchestra was this this toe-tap...

LOUIS ARMSTRONG once said that no other jazzman gave him as much pleasure to listen to as JACK TEAGARDEN, and Jack was white. Born in Vernon, Texa...

Of all the songs about dear old mother two of the dearest stand out, both by Georges: (1) George Formby's I'M GOING TO STICK TO ME MOTHER from the...

HORSE FEATHERS was the first Marx Bros. picture shot at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood in 1934. Their previous two talkies were shot in New Yo...

BLUE MOON (3:13 compilation)

The classic Rodgers and Hart tune BLUE MOON has a marvelous history. It was written during the team's disastrous Holl...