Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Soundies #13

Here are Louis Jordan and his Tympany five doing “Caldonia,” which was #1 on the race music charts for seven weeks in 1945. I'm not able to identify the other group members. The video was made after the recording, and there were several personnel changes around this time. You'll notice that the objectification of women was a soundies tradition long before the rise of music videos in the '80s.


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