Charlie Barnet - Turner Classic Movies

Filmography

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The Big Beat (1958)

Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

A Song Is Born (1948)

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Idea Girl (1946)

Freddie Steps Out (1946)

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Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Dorsey, Armstrong, Etc.

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) How Jazz Was Born

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Big Beat (1958)

Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

A Song Is Born (1948)

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Idea Girl (1946)

Freddie Steps Out (1946)

Music in Manhattan (1944)

Jam Session (1944)

Juke Box Jenny (1942)

Syncopation (1942)

Music (Feature Film)

Freddie Steps Out (1946)

Juke Box Jenny (1942)

Life Events

Videos

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Dorsey, Armstrong, Etc. Danny Kaye is the music professor doing research but this is only a showcase for big musical guests, notably Tommy Dorsey on trombone, ending with Lionel Hampton joining Louis Armstrong, in one of his best-ever on-camera trumpet solos, from Samuel Goldwyn's A Song Is Born, 1948.

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) How Jazz Was Born The musical show-stopper, joining the original novelty number by Don Raye and Gene de Paul, Virginia Mayo dubbed by Jeri Sullavan, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet on sax, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Mel Powell on piano, and Louie Bellson drumming, Danny Kaye the professor in charge, in Howard Hawks’ remake of his own Ball Of Fire, 1942, A Song Is Born, 1948.

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