what music would you use to describe vintage 1940s hollywood?

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I need to provide background music for an event, and I have been charged to find "Vintage/Old Hollywood" music....big band, jazz kinda stuff. Anything specific? Something lively...
 
Try Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest.

Here is a very famous one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUwfzy9In8I

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with Peggy Lee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwRi9Zma-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdqvX-n25gs

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-UrOaOLqE4

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNjj3u98Ko

or other stuff of the Big Band Era with vocals

Enjoy!
 
Look at Tony Bennett's work with Count Basie, it's quite excellent.

Other artists:
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Duke Ellington
Hugo Winterhalter
Tommy Dorsey
Sarah Vaughan
 
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