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A conga line formed during a Christmas disco party. The conga line is a novelty line dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the US in the 1930s and 1950s. In order to perform the dance, dancers form a long, processing line, which would usually turn into a circle.
The horse goes jazzy with the trumpet, and the two chicks do the jitterbug, and after the dance sequence, Old MacDonald asks the audience to sing along with the bouncing ball to "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". Each animal sung is sung in every verse, and the boys and girls alternate, then the animals form a conga line.
Lucky Ducky is a 1948 American animated cartoon from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.It was directed by Tex Avery, animated by Walt Clinton (here credited as Walter Clinton), Preston Blair, Louie Schmitt, and Grant Simmons, with musical direction by Scott Bradley.
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Compiled by its writer-producer-director, Jack Haley Jr., under the supervision of executive producer Daniel Melnick, the film turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical films from the 1920s through the 1950s, culling dozens of performances from the studio's movies, and featuring archive footage of Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne, Esther Williams, Ann Miller, Kathryn Grayson ...
In September 1937, the La Conga Club was established in New York at 57 W. 57th Street. [3] It was operated by Cubans Bobby Martyn, Miguel Roldan and Oscar Roche. [4] The club's diners and dancers enjoyed Rumba bands and Cuban music. Each night included a nightly Conga line, popularized by Cuban conga player Desi Arnaz in Miami and New York. [5] [6]
My Sister Eileen is a 1955 American CinemaScope comedy musical film directed by Richard Quine.It stars Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, and Jack Lemmon.. The screenplay by Quine and Blake Edwards is based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, which was inspired by a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker.
The Film Daily called the short a "caricature novelty", saying: "Latest Leon Schlesinger foray into the realm of caricature will interest and amuse." [6]Cartoon voice actor Keith Scott wrote: "There have been many twenty-first-century comments about how much this cartoon's cultural references (like conga music) and its raft of celebrities are impenetrable to a contemporary audience.