Thursday, February 20, 2020

Happy Feet Friday

The lovely and very talented Lena Horne, with an able assist from the Berry Brothers, performs “The Sping” (from the 1942 film, Panama Hattie).

3 comments:

bruce said...

Lena lights up the stage. Had to look up Lena singing the song Stormy Weather again after this. Then Adelaide Hall's original version, but I really like Lena's voice.

(Google hates he word 'sping' - Did you mean spring? OK I'll show spring whatever you say...)

'The Sping' was written by Phil Moore who was a pianist and big band arranger, and famous dancer Jeni LeGon who choreographed it. Otherwise I'd never heard of it.

JeffS said...

Very nice! I like the song and dance routines in the classic movies -- such performances are pretty rare in current productions.

Paco said...

Yeah, they don't make 'em like that anymore. I'm not sure that they could even if they wanted to.