Gene Krupa leads his band in the title song, with trumpeteer Roy Eldredge featured.
It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Panoram. For seven years they could be found in bars, night clubs, and other places where people would gather. Think of them as music videos, available for viewing at a dime a song.
Krupa was one of the leading drummers of the era, and like always when he gets into playing, he looks baked. His racially integrated band was unusual for the era, and it's on full display here in this song about going to Harlem where the hot night clubs were.
It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Panoram. For seven years they could be found in bars, night clubs, and other places where people would gather. Think of them as music videos, available for viewing at a dime a song.
Krupa was one of the leading drummers of the era, and like always when he gets into playing, he looks baked. His racially integrated band was unusual for the era, and it's on full display here in this song about going to Harlem where the hot night clubs were.
