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- SoundtracksAlong the Navajo Trail
Written by Larry Markes, Dick Charles and Edgar De Lange
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John Shadrack Horance, Johnnie Moore and band perform the title song for a couple of young women in this soundie.
It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Mills 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.
I'm not familiar with either performer, but they offer a nice rendition of the song. The setting is pretty simple, with Horance lounging as he sings,and the western setting indicted by a sketchy-looking corral and painted cactus plants. Soundies were a we-don't-need-it-good-we-need-it-Tuesday operation, but that serves to emphasize the excellence of the performance.
It's one of more than two thousand "soundies" produced between 1939 and 1947, meant to be played on a device called a Mills 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.
I'm not familiar with either performer, but they offer a nice rendition of the song. The setting is pretty simple, with Horance lounging as he sings,and the western setting indicted by a sketchy-looking corral and painted cactus plants. Soundies were a we-don't-need-it-good-we-need-it-Tuesday operation, but that serves to emphasize the excellence of the performance.
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By what name was Along the Navajo Trail (1945) officially released in Canada in English?
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