Birth of the Blues 1941

Strike Up The Band ! * Here comes happiness . . . in a merry medley of romance . . . and rhythm !

Birth of the Blues

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Music Romance

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.

Top Billed Cast

Bing Crosby

Jeff Lambert

Mary Martin

Betty Lou Cobb

Brian Donlevy

Memphis

Carolyn Lee

Aunt Phoebe Cobb

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Louey

J. Carrol Naish

Blackie

Release Date 1941-11-07
Runtime 1h 27m
Directors Victor Schertzinger, William C. Mellor
Producers Monta Bell, Buddy G. DeSylva
Writers Walter DeLeon, Harry Tugend