Swingman wrote:
jo4hn wrote:
Sonny wrote:
Since his death, a credit, I've heard several times, incorrectly
attributed to him, is the creation of the music video, now a standard
in the music industry. It was the Beatles that created the first
music video and it was Paul McCartney that recommended, to Michael
Jackson, to start making them for his own music.

Sonny
Interesting history of music videos at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_v....E2.80.931950s.
I remember seeing a Cab Calloway video in a theater in the 1940s
sometime.
mahalo,
jo4hn

Here is a 1932 "music video" of sorts ... three middle class white girls
from NOLA singing with "soul", before it was invented:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Afn3Z-BWI

Good choice. The Boswells were quite popular before the Andrews'.
Check out the videos and look here for a quick bio:
http://www.singers.com/jazz/vintage/boswell.html