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This entry of the "follow-the-bouncing-ball" Community Sing series (Columbia production number 7657 and No. 7 of the 1945-46 production season)features Dick Leibert at the organ. The Song Spinners sing "Chickery Chick", "You Came Along", "It's Been a Long, Long Time", "Don't Forget Tonight, Tomorrow" and "Come To Baby, Do", while Leibert plays the organ and the audience snoozes.

'Don Baker (IX)' provides the organ music and The Song Spinners the singing on "I Want to Thank Your Folks" - "That's How Much I Love You" - "I'll See You in My Dreams" - "When Am I Going to Kiss You" and "April Showers", while the bouncing ball provides the lyrics in this audience-participation sing-along short.

Most likely and quite possible Dean Martin's first film appearance. This was one of the "Film Vodvil" shorts made in NYC by Ben K. Blake for Columbia distribution, mostly utilizing the talent currently working in the clubs or on network radio in NYC.

In this entry of "Community Sing" shorts, Don Baker and The Song Spinners do "You Came Along" - "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho" - "Nancy with the Smiling Face" and "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me": The animated bouncing ball leads the audience through "Aren't You Glad You're You."

This Columbia short (part of their "Two-Reel Special" series) tells the story of the Hungarian tenor, Miklos Gafni, who learned to sing while being confined in a Nazi slave-labor/concentration camp during World War II, and who had just made a successful New York City concert-hall debut. Mr. Gafni sings "The Return to Sorrento," "Vesti la Guiba," and an Hungarian love song.

Ben K. Blake went out his way to ensure that vaudeville wouldn't die, and his series of film shorts virtually guaranteed it would. This one features Reg Keyoe and his All-Girl Marimba Band, the three dancing Winters Sisters, and The Modernaires. And, Andy and Florence Mayo got into their two-piece costume and kept the career of Pansy the Dancing Horse alive.

This Ben K. Blake "Film Vodvil" short (Columbia production number 7957) opens with Saxie Dowell and orchestra playing Dowell's "Three Little Fishes." Esther Treu sings "Blue" (evidently to rhyme with her name) and singer/dancer Jessie Elliott does both on "Looka Me, I'm Dancing." All hands get together on "Smiles."

Thie ten-minute (one-reel) short, released by Columbia Pictures, should not be confused with (nor merged as the same) as the 16-minute (two-reels) short that Universal released in the same year, 1952, that has Dick Stabile in the title. It's the same man, leading the same orchestra, but different songs and different side performers in the cast. This one has Del Casino in it, and also has Madame La Vell dancing. When in doubt, check ALL the data on similar-named shorts.

In Universal's series version of audience-singalong participation, Chito Izar sings "Negra Leono" - "I Want my Mama" - and "You Never Say Yes", while a chorus of unrehearsed chorus girls dances, and the Bouncing Ball bounces.

Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagel (F. Chase Taylor) recounts and enacts the human foibles of people when they go out to dine. These include the chair-hopper who can never get comfortable; the diner who can't choose, or stay with his choice from the menu; and the female ash-tray emptier.

An entry in Columbia's audience-participation singalongs where Don Baker, playing the organ, and The Song Spinners, singing the songs, display their wares on four songs, until the Bouncing Ball comes alive and leads the theatre patrons in singing the fifth song. The title has nothing to do with sexual preference...it is referring to 'happy' songs.

Another of the endless "bouncing-ball" sing-alongs from Columbia and Ben K. Blake with an organ player---Dick Leibert in this and many others---pumping out tunes to be sung by The Song Spinners, while the lyrics are shown on the screen and the audience (very seldom) joining in on the singing. Most of the audience usually headed for the concession stand or the rest rooms when these things came on. Especially when songs such as "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "San Antonio Rose" were being slaughtered by organ music.

Filmed at the Orlando, Florida baseball school/camp ran by Joe Stripp. The narrative written by sports-writer Stanley Frank and spoken by Dan Seymour takes a look at veteran baseball players, including Joe Tinker (of Tinker-to-Evans-to-Chance fame), as they instruct the camp students on the best ways to play the various baseball positions, plus pitching, catching and hitting lessons.

Don Baker and The Song Spinners provide the organ music and the singing on "The Old Chaperone" - "And Mimi" - "Just Around the Corner" - Cililazation" - "Near You", and also on "It's a Pity" as the bouncing ball leads the theatre audience into singing along.

Before the Bouncing Ball makes an entrance to lead the theatre audience in a sing-along of "Good, Good, Good", Don Baker and The Song Spinners provide the organ music and the singing on "Gotta Be This or That" - "There's No You" - "A Kiss Goodnight" and "Till the End of Time."

This 'Film-Vodvil' short features Dick Stabile and his Orchestra, and highlights the singing of Del Cansino and the dancing of Miriam La Valle. Cansino sings "Let Me Love You Tonight."

This audience-participation sing-along features Dick Leibert playing the organ and The Song Spinnerssinging, and the Bouncing Ball showing the way on "Feudin' Fussin' and Fightin'" - "Don't Fence Me In" - "Don't Blame Me" - and "Kate."

While waiting for the Bouncing Ball to make is animated entrance, Don Baker and The Song Spinners combine on "I'm Gonna Love That Guy" - "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" - "Honey" - "Tampico", and then Mr. Persuader (the bouncing ball) shows up and asks the theatre audience to join in on singing "Did You Ever Get That Feeling in the Moonlight."

This entry in the "Community Sing" series (production number 5657) was produced at the request of the U.S. Army Motion Picture Service for showing at U.S. military installions around the world during the Christmas season. Dick Leibert, at the organ as always (when Don Baker wasn't), plays while the Song Spinners (always on hand after Ben K. Blake took over the production of the series for Columbia) sang "Silent Night," "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing", "The First Noel", "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear." Columbia reissued this on December 6, 1947, and several times after that when they finally figured out it was playable once every year. One of the few in the series the audience didn't need a bouncing ball to be able to sing along.

In this entry in Columbia's audience Sing-Along musical shorts, Gene Morgan is on hand for the follow-the-bouncing-ball singing, Don Baker plays the organ, and The Town Criers fill in when Morgan takes a break. All hands, plus a few scattered audience members, join together on that World War II salute to the working girl, "Rosie, the Riveter."

Another of the "Film Vodvil" shorts filmed in NYC utilizing radio and stage performers mostly. This entry headlines Bobby Byrne and his Orchestra providing the music, while vocalist Bob Hayden sings "Prisoner of Love" and tap dancer Sheila Bond does her stuff on "La Bonda" and "Boogie Bond." The band also plays "Hey, Bobby." This leavers singer Hayden the only performer that doesn't have his name in a song which, of course, is the only song ever heard elsewhere. The Columbia production number is 7958.

Dick Leibert provides the music, The Song Spinners the singing, and the Bouncing Ball provides the audience-leadership in singing along on: "Singin' in the Rain" - "Linda" - "Mama, Do I Gotta? - "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'", and the title song, "Heartaches."

Before the Bouncing Ball comes bouncing along in this audience-participation sing-along short, Don Baker and The Song Spinners provide a warm-up session on "I Tipped My Hat" - "Far Away Island" - September Song", and "Lullaby of Broadway", before the big finish on "I'll Close My Eyes."

Don Baker, The Song Spinners, and the Bouncing Ball play, sing and asks the audience to 'following the bouncing ball and sing-along" on "No Can Do' - "Along the Navajo Trail" - "I Don't Know Why" - "I'd Do It All Over Again" and "Paradise Street."

Dick Leibert and The Song Spinners work their way through six songs - "Sonata" - "Symphony" - "It's a Good Day" - "Among My Souvenirs" and "At Sundown", before Mr Bouncing Ball asks the theatre audience to follow it on "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons."