Jitterbug Señorita

Ann Barrett sings the title song backed by Vincent Lopez and his orchestra in this soundie.

Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.

I had never heard of Miss Barrett before, and putting a pineapple on her head a la Carmen Miranda doesn't do much for her pleasant voice. Vincent Lopez had been leading orchestras since 1916. He died in 1975, aged 79.