Jitterbug Palace: Classic American jazz, popular music and movies from the mid 20s to early 60s

NOT JUST A POODLE SKIRT, chrome, pink & black 50s themed cafe, although that era is well represented. Nostalgia is part of it, but our first principle is the idea that the era between the 20s and early 60s produced a vast amount of superior popular entertainment: jazz, musical theatre, and popular music, as well as some of the best movies ever made–a wealth of rich content worth exploring in depth.	We present this material in the setting of an old-fashioned soda fountain and art deco jukebox loaded with tunes both well-known and obscure, representing each decade in our period of interest. Enjoy our fountain treats; browse our music and movie offerings on CD and DVD; books on the people and trends in the history of jazz, dance bands and early radio & TV; the actors, directors and studios; and hundreds of posters and other memorabilia.	You are encouraged to poke around on this site; check out some of the sound and movie files, and regard them as previews of things to come. And don't miss the links to some very cool nostalgia/historic sites. Your comments are welcome; you can email me at dmiller@gv.net.

WATCH clips from old Hollywood movies, short music films and TV shows, many of which the Jitterbug Palace will offer for sale.

FILM CLIP PAGE UPDATED 12-8-07

IMPORTANT: clear your cache often in order to see the newest additions.

MOVIE GENRES WILL INCLUDE:

Silent Classics

Musicals

Screwball Comedies

WW II

Astaire & Rogers

Film Noir

Adventure

Science Fiction

Swashbucklers

Serials

Comedy

Hitchcock

Westerns

Selected TV Shows

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Milkshakes

Sundaes

Banana Splits

New York Egg Cremes

Fountain Drinks

Mary Fraser Candies

Featuring your favorite big band, pop, doowop, surf, western swing, R&B and rock and roll hits. Well-represented also is The Great American Song Book—The Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern.

The Flamingos Listen

Bing Crosby Listen

Cab Calloway Listen

The Beachboys Listen

The Four Freshmen Listen

Johnny Otis Listen

Tadd Dameron Listen

Billie Holliday Listen

Miles Davis Listen

Chuck Berry Listen

The Boswell Sisters Listen

Frank Sinatra Listen

Etta James Listen

Louis Jordan Listen

Fred Astaire Listen

The Spaniels Listen

Peggy Lee Listen

Nat King Cole Listen

Boyd Raeburn Listen

Bob Wills & Texas Playboys Listen

Dick Dale & his Deltones Listen

The Righteous Brothers

Les Paul & Mary Ford

Louis Armstrong

Louis Prima

James Brown & his Famous Flames

Les Brown & his Band of Renown

Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys

Martha & the Vandellas

CLICK ANY TITLE to listen to these mini radio shows showcasing music The Jitterbug Palace will offer for sale in the store. Most run about an hour.

Aircheck

NEW! (5-21-06)
Early R&B, 50s-60s jazz,
30s-40s swing

Straight Ahead Jazz from a
previous radio broadcast

Jazz-no particular focus

The Great American Songbook

West Coast Jazz & Similar Sounds
West Coast Program Notes (PDF)

Big Band & Swing
late 30s-early 40s

Early 60s Pop & Doowop

CLICK THE LINK BELOW for a multimedia preview/commercial for the Jitterbug Palace. It may take quite a while to download and will open in a separate window.

PREVIEW