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Michael Jackson last rehearsal

2009-07-03T07:41:00.000-07:00

Michael Jackson rehearsed at Staples Center two nights before he died, and he appeared healthy in a video clip of the rehearsal obtained by CNN.
Jackson died June 25, 2009 after collapsing at his rented home in Los Angeles.
AEG, promoter of Jackson's planned London, England, shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing in the arena on June 23.
Jackson sang "They Don't Care About Us," a song from his "HIStory" album, as he danced along with eight male dancers.

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Michael Jackson tribute : The Preservation Hall Jazz band covered Rockin' Robin at their famous jazz club in New Orleans.
par CNN_International

West Of The Moon - East Of Olmet & Georges Melies

2008-12-14T01:04:00.001-08:00

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JEROME KERN

2008-09-20T07:13:00.000-07:00

Till The Clouds Roll By (1946)
a MGM movie (135min). Directors: Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays
by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Starring June Allyson, Robert Walker (as Jerome Kern), Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson,
Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Cyd Charisse, Angela Lansburry...

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is an american composer of successful Broadway musicals (Oh, Boy!, Show Boat,
Music in the Air, Roberta, Very Warm for May ...) and such great songs like :
All the Things You Are, A Fine Romance, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Dearly Beloved, I'm Old Fashioned, I Won't Dance,
Long Ago (and Far Away), Look for the Silver Lining, Make Believe, Ol' Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,
The Last Time I Saw Paris, The Song Is You, The Way You Look Tonight, They Didn't Believe Me, Who Cares ?,
Why Was I Born ?, Yesterdays ...

See Jerome Kern Bio from Wikipedia

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) by John Ford with John Wayne

2008-09-20T06:17:00.000-07:00

Boy! What a Girl! (1947)

2008-09-19T07:01:00.000-07:00

Boy! What a Girl! (1947) Arthur H. Leonard
music by Slam Stewart trio, Big Sid Catlett, Gene Krupa

Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)

2008-09-18T19:48:00.000-07:00

Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) - Ben Frye
Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers:
Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Freddy & Flo, Amos Milburn, The Larks, Sarah Vaughan,
Count Basie, Joe Turner, Delta Rhythm Boys, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat King Cole, Mantan Moreland & Nipsy Russell, Cab Calloway, Ruth Brown...

2008-09-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

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W.C. Fields - Doublebasses (extract from "The Barber shop", 1933)

MUSIC & JAZZ HISTORY

2008-09-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

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