Rare footage from the Ed Murrow television Person To Person. Mr. Astaire shows he can keep time with his hands as well as his feet.
Thanks to YouTuber My Lovely Dead Friends
Fred Plays The Drums
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Home Free Drum Kit
The amazing Adam Rupp of the a capella song group Home Free provides the percussion for the singers. In this phenomenal “drum solo” he proves to the audience that there’s no drum kit up his sleeve, and that it’s all done vocally.
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Eleanor And Buddy
Powell and Rich, that is. Two of the greatest percussionists in movie musicals. This number (with Red Skelton and Bert Lahr looking on) is from Ship Ahoy.
Thanks to YouTuber Richard Preston
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Djembe
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Maple Lane
Woodstock, New York
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Battling Drums
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Gene Krupa to the left and Buddy Rich to the right. Rich gets the best of it, I think, but really both are out of this world. Sammy Davis Jr. looking on.
Thanks to YouTuber DRUMMERWORLD by Bernhard Castiglioni
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Vadrum Meets the William Tell Overture
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Because I am a grown-up sophisticate, I won’t even mention watching The Lone Ranger on television Saturday mornings, or listening to Jean Shepherd’s late-night radio show covertly under the bed covers.
Thanks to YouTuber Andrea Vadrucci (Vadrum)
