Birth of the Blues
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Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (archive footage)
J. Carrol Naish
Blackie
Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert
Brian Donlevy
Memphis
Cecil Kellaway
Granet
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey (archive footage)
Barbara Pepper
Maizie
Charles Lane
Wilbur - Theater Manager (uncredited)
Jimmy Dorsey
Himself, Jimmy Dorsey (archive footage)
Minor Watson
Henri Lambert
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