It's been a little while since I delved into the wondrous world of Scopitones (and usually I only tend to dredge the back-catalogue of these predecessors of the pop video for my regular "Tacky Music Mondays").
However, it is the 80th birthday today of a newly-discovered diva by the name of Ethel Ennis, and I have found this joyful little number of hers I've Got That Feeling for your delectation.
It's a fab song. It has showgirls. It has "safety gays". It has crap dancing. What more do we need?
During Ethel's long career she has sung with greats such as Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, sang the National Anthem acapella at Richard Nixon's 1973 presidential inauguration, and performed at the White House for Jimmy Carter.
Frank Sinatra once described her as “my kind of singer.”
She's our kind of singer, too!
Ethel Ennis at AllMusic
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