Ain't she sweet? Lilian Roth sings karaoke

You might think that karaoke singing is modern social phenomena but films with sing-along subtitles has been around much longer, just cast an eye at the charming Lilian Roth singing the song "Ain't she sweet?".



Oh my, ain't that perfection! I repeat, don't you think she's kind of neat?

Note how she gives you instructions to sing along with the bouncing ball much like the karaoke machines nowadays. This video clip is just a part of a longer short film or soundie that even includes an animated cartoon part but I can't find it online anymore (do you know where the whole film is? Tell me.)

Is there someone who has any information about sing-along singing back in the 1930's and 1940's? Did people go to the theatre to sing together? Did they gather around the Panoram machine? If you know something, please tell me.

"Ain't She Sweet" was composed by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen in 1927. They also composed songs as "Hard Hearted Hanna", "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Happy Feet".

What do you think of Lilian Roth singing "Ain't she sweet?"? Tell me.

Lindy hops the Atlantic

Exactly 80 years ago today at May 20th in 1927 Charles Lindbergh started his historic solo flight across the Atlantic ocean from New York to Paris which took 33.5 hours. When he landed some newspaper exclaimed "Lindy hops the Atlantic".

A while after (according to the stories I've heard) there was a reporter visiting a ballroom in New York, and he asked the dancer "Shorty" George Snowden what he was doing. "I'm doing the Lindy hop" Snowden answered. Thus the name of the dance was born.

You can see a replica of Charles Lindberghs plane "Sprit of St. Louis" in Balboa park in San Diego.