A Symposium on Popular Songs
“Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"”
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Professor Ludwig von Drake performs a range of popular music styles, all of which he composed. He begins with ragtime in "The Rutabaga Rag," featuring stop-motion animation of dancing vegetables. This is followed by the Charleston, presented through cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Other segments include Dixieland with more cut-out animation, a crooner and love ballad, 1950s doo-wop, and concluding with rockabilly.
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12 unique people credited
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Paul Frees
as Ludwig Von Drake
Gloria Wood
as The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man
Billy Storm
as Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay
Skip Farrell
as Bing Crosby
Ray Bauduc
as Musician-Percussion
Danny Best
as Musician-Trumpet and Cornet
Nick Fatool
as Musician-Percussion
Justin Gordon
as Musician-Tenor Sax
Manny Klein
as Musician-Trumpet
Abe Lincoln
as Musician-Trombone
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