It's The Greatest! Get With It!...Old music videos or soundies, like The Rhythm & Blues Revue (1955), helped to pave the way for mass marketing of African-American music and opened up a new genre of television and film, that is now the billion dollar music videos industry dominated by MTV and VH1. This film journeys back in time to look at the pioneers of R&B Music and explore the rich history of blues groups, artists, and musicians. The Rhythm & Blues Revue features many of the brightest African-American stars from the 1950s from Sarah "Little Miss Sassy" Vaughan to the amazing blues music of Count Basie. Table Of Contents: (1) (1955) - This film features various performers at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City. Performers include Nat 'King' Cole, Cab Calloway, Faye Adams, Little Buck, Willie Bryant, Nipsey Russell, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Bill Bailey, Ruth Brown, Herb Jeffries, Sarah Vaughan, Big Joe Turner (Shake, Rattle and Roll), Amos Milburn, Martha Davis, Mantan Moreland, and Freddie Robinson. Directed by Joseph Kohn, Leonard Reed, Produced by Ben Frye, & The Master Of Ceremonies was Willie Bryant & Freddie Robinson

Starring:

Big Joe Turner, Bill Bailey, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Delta Rhythm Boys, Herb Jeffries, Lionel Hampton, Mantan Moreland, Nat 'King' Cole, Nipsey Russell, Ruth Brown, Sarah Vaughan, Willie Bryant

Genre:

Music