Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Pete kelly s blues is shown in a very wide widescreen aspect ratio. Though no technical specs are listed on the packaging, the flick was shot in 2. Clarinetist matty matlock, guitarist george van eps, drummer nick fatool and violinist joe venuti are among the jazzmen we see. Print and download pete kelly s blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. In 1955, jack webb brought pete kellys blues from radio to the big screen. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. In the 1920s, a small band playing the speakeasies has trouble when a racketeer decides hes going into the agency business and wants a cut from the band. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Watch the video for pete kelly s blues from bobby darins this is darin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. Pete kelly s blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951.
This isnt the movies official soundtrack which comes with musical contributions from ella fitzgerald and a crack jazz ensemble, as well as many of the songs found here, but rerecordings of tunes that lee performed in the movie. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Pedl, warner chappell, and 2 music rights societies. Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues amazon.
Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. Pete kelly s blues 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Pete kelly s blues expanded soundtrack licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of giant step records. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz.
Pete kelly s blues, dr jonathan budd september 19, 1951 one of the gloomiest openings to any series leads into jack webbs radio series pete kelly s blues a sigh of a tribute, a melancholic. Pete kelly s blues is the product of webbs lifelong love of jazz, and it comes through. Four years before it reached the big screen pete kelly s blues had started out as an nbc radio drama in 1951. Webbs character, pete kelly, lead a dixieland jazz band. Pete kelleys blues, a song by bobby enriquez on spotify. With over 36,000 old time radio shows and hundreds of great video selections our site will transport you back to your youth, siting in your family room and help you relive all those great memories of yesteryear. Provided to youtube by cdbaby pete kelly s blues beegie adair vintage jazz. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Ones media pete kelly s blues otr1cd petekellysblues old time radio 1 cd 6 mp3 total playtime. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webbs film is set in the golden age of prohibition, mixing crimegangster drama with great jazz music by the likes of ella fitzgerald and peggy lee. Pete kellys blues 1955 yify download movie torrent yts.
Choose from pete kelly s blues sheet music for such popular songs as bye bye blackbird, he needs me, and. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. Pete kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Complete your jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven collection. Usage public domain topics pete kellys blues, old time radio, crime drama. Most of the film concerns kelly s efforts to keep his big seven aggregation. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Complete your pete kelly s big 7, the tuxedo band, alberts radioland piano collection. He reunited with his former roommate and writing partner richard breen to develop pete kellys blues. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor.
Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production. Beginning with a brilliantly evocative precredits prologue, wherein we see how wwi vet pete kelly came into possession of his precious trumpet, the film traces kelly to his 1927 gig at a kansas city speakeasy. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. This week on case closed, pete kellys blues starts us off with the september 19, 1951 episode titled, the dutchman. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by writer richard l. He believed airing pete kellys blues at the end of the season rather the beginning hurt and regretted it aired only a year or so before interest in the 20s music, fashion, and crime would explode among the public. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thugs alcoholic girl as a singer. Dick cathcart, matty matlock, nick fatool, george van epps, etc. Pete kellys blues manufactured on demand, amaray case. Pete kellys blues 1955 full movie download full hd. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is. Corrupt political boss fran mccargedmond obrien wants a quarter of the bands take.
Its a rather spectacular transfer, with good colors and sharp resolution. Pete kelly s blues was an american crimemusical radio drama which aired over nbc as an unsponsored summer replacement series on wednesday nights at 8pmet from july 4 through september 19, 1951. Jack webb left an indelible mark on the television landscape with dragnet and as a producer of adam12. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. The more entertaining abcs roaring 20s 1960 had the timing but lasted only a season and a. In 1927, pete kelly jack webb and his band play at a kansas city speakeasy. Pete kelly s blues, dvd, manufactured on demand, amaray case, dolby, ac3, dramaclassics, musicals theatrical, 888574488017. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. The movie is 1955s pete kellys blues, a musical crime drama based on an nbc radio drama that ran in summer 1951. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by.
Ella fitzgerald pete kellys blues lyrics genius lyrics. Old time radio crime drama from 1951 starring jack webb 5 episodes. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap.
There are sad things there are bad things, the blues when they threaten start betting youll lose you hide yourself behind a prayer. A shortlived, summer replacement program for nbc, jack webb would go on to help develop and star in the feature film pete kelly s blues 1955 and an eventual television version of pete kelly s blues 1959 for his mark vii, limited production company. Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music. Pete kelly s blues online using any of the 3 radio players below. Listen to pete kelly s blues from june christys june christy the unforgettable for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
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