Songs from Movies

Swing It (1936)

Louis Prima, between song numbers, tells how he happened to get a job in a Hollywood cafe playing music while a couple, unrelated to anything else, play a slot machine in the background. This short was reissued in 1944 and again in 1952. Lucille Ball has a bit part. Song numbers include; "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Up a Lazy River", "Dinah","Basin Street Blues" and "Johnny Get Your Gun."

The movie Swing It, released in 1936, features 5 songs from artists like Louis Prima and His Band. What is your favorite song from Swing It?

 

Songs from Swing It

Way Down Younder in New Orleans
Louis Prima and His Band
Lazy River
Louis Prima and His Band
Dinah
Louis Prima and His Band
Basin Street Blues
Louis Prima and His Band
Johnny, Get Your Gun
Louis Prima and His Band