Featured before, but worth a repeat in a different rendition, Tommy Dorsey backs the Clark Sisters.

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Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in part of the greatest dance sequence in cinema history, the 18-minute ballet that climaxes the 1951 film.

Tenor sax player Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis leads the band in one of CB's signature tunes, circa 1960.

From the 1941 musical Lady In The Dark, music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

The Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla (Born February 27, 1863 Valencia, died August 10, 1923) produced a very diverse output.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Modernaires sing one of the band's giant hits.

Vera Ellen combines ballet and tap in an extraordinary way.

From the Danny Kaye film, A Song Is Born (1948), written by Billy Wilder, directed by Howard Hawks.

From the best musical film ever made, An American In Paris (1951), written by Alan Jay Lerner, directed by Vincent Minnelli.

Here's Doris performing the outstanding Johnny Mercer tune in the even finer film, Young Man With a Horn (1950).

An early performance of his signature tune (from the film Rhythm and Blues Review, 1950).

Performing for a TV audience in 1958.

Jo in 1950 singing the great Cole Porter classic. No dancing required.

From the early part of her career (of 50 years) with the Gene Krupa band. Here she does a duet with the great trumpet player Roy Eldridge.

Sure, the title is meaningless. But the tune says it all.

The Chairman doing the stellar Rodgers and Hart song.

Also featured in the feature Pal Joey (1957) with Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak.

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Sargent shows here why he was among the finest painters of the 19th -- or any other -- century, with this most unusual portrait.

With straightforward simplicity, Jo sends a shiver up the spine in this 1956 recording of the Hoagy Carmichael classic.

From the album, Ski Trails.

Rosie gives it the smoke in a 1958 performance of this 1941 Harold Arlen tune (lyrics by Johnny Mercer). With the Percy Faith Orchestra.

A young Sarah Vaughan still working out her stagecraft takes an otherwise mediocre tune and makes it great through sheer talent. From a live TV performance in 1958

From her 1957 album of the same name, arrangements by Nelson Riddle, conducted by Frank Sinatra.

The Benny Goodman Orchestra backs one of the premier vocalists of the WWII era, Helen Forrest, in this classic tune. Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Otto Harbach from the 1933 musical Roberta.

"G.I. Jo" helped win WWII by keeping morale high with her pure voice and unconquerable spirit. Here she sings a classic Johnny Mercer song.

T.K. Farrow reviews Obama's poll numbers.

Nat King Cole swings with the Count Basie Orchestra (minus Basie himself). From the 1959 album "Welcome to the Club." Arrangement by the consistently stellar Dave Cavanaugh.

Gold medal winner at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, and well deserved.

Ella Fitzgerald thrills with this Gershwin classic. And with nothing but the piano to back her.