The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. KJZZ's Jill Ryan looks at how Soundies brought Black performers to the ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier, in the 1940s, there were short music films called "soundies." The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades ...

This is FRESH AIR. Decades before there were music videos, there were soundies. In the 1940s, you could not only listen to your favorite bands and vocalists on records or the radio, but you could also ...

Forty years before MTV and music videos, there were "soundies." Between 1940 and 1947, about 1,800 were made, three-minute black-and-white films designed to be shown on Panorams, coin-operated film ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a major case that could have vast implications for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a slew of bedrock federal agencies and programs. NPR's Chris Arnold ...

Once upon a time you could drop a dime in a movie jukebox to hear — and watch — musical greats like Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa. By Manohla Dargis Hair slicked and smile set to dazzle, Duke ...

Few items that have come through the transom in recent months have elicited as much joy, as much wonder and surprise, as “Soundies: The Ultimate Collection,” a four-disc Blu-Ray set released by Kino ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier ...