Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

• 2007
• Documentary
• TVG

• Watchlist

A look at soundies (precursors to music videos), which appeared on machines called panorams in the 1940s. Included: clips of Les Paul, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, Merle Travis and Kay Starr. Also: comments from film historian Leonard Maltin, Hugh Hefner, and musicians George Duke and Wynton Marsalis.