Martha Tilton - "A Little Jive Is Good For You" (1941)

Martha Tilton sings in this Soundies film from 1941, with Slate Brothers, and Ben Pollack and His Orchestra accompanying.

[@dudley5533]

Martha sure knew how to deliver a song.....and what a pretty gal she was!

[@Midnight-Believer]

Super, super classy lady......yesterday would have been her 100th birthday....

[@rodneyhackenflash]

I have never heard of Martha Tifton till today! I think shes excellent and lovely!

[@marissaf4140]

*LYRICS!* It makes no difference what your ailment is It may be gout, it may be rheumatis-- I know the very very best cure It beats a diet or a rest cure When your feet are draggin' And your knees are saggin' And you don't know what to do A little jive is good for you! When your blues are chronic And you need a tonic Place your shoes and follow through A little jive is good for you Dig lightly! Politely! Hold tightly! In a minute, you'll be in the mood Feel yourself relaxin' That's the right reaction Try it out, no matter who A little jive is good for you Better start to take it slow 'Till you start to feel a glow Get a grip and don't let go In a minute you'll be in the mood Feel yourself relaxin' That's the right reaction Try it out, no matter who A little jive is good for you!

[@level242]

I CAN SEE WHY THEY WERE CALLED: THE GREATEST GENERATION!

[@jenju33]

Soooo cute. Love the dancing! Love the silly grins on their faces too.

[@3thoreau]

Of Course that " A little Jive is Good for everybody ".... These wonderful melodies...orchestras....and singers are still ...."Alive" and ..making us to smile and move our feet....

[@sjmoss148]

I always thought Martha had to be black to have a voice as great as that! I couldn't have been more wrong! She is as beautiful as her voice!

[@MrDorbel]

+Steve Moss Erm, she couldn't have been beautiful if she was black?

[@xellisx1983]

What a cutie, instantly fell in love with this song and Martha Tilton, can't believe I've been missing out!!!

[@waynebrasler]

Martha aged very well and performed nearly to the end. A very amiable personality popular in show business.

[@4205lr]

Saw her in Clearwater, Florida during the 90s. She still sounded good.

[@julierobb6002]

She's absolutely darling... this is great!

[@balerick48]

My favorite song of hers is The Angels Sing with Benny Goodman. Her CD "Liltin' Martha Tilton" is very good.

MARTHA TILTON (November 14, 1915 - December 8, 2006) 100 ANNIVERSARY HER BIRTH TODAY!!! YOUR CANDLE TO REMEMBER FOREVER!!! She was an American popular singer

[@irismcooper]

I just love it. I believe hearing that Martha Tilton was Benny Goodman's favorite female singer amongs his many. Maybe, it was my beloved father, Willie Rosenberg. Thanks for sharing this wonderful music with all of us. I Iris Rosenberg-Cooper

[@MrGreenman447]

Best female singer ever, fell in love the second I heard her voice

[@TheSwissHillbilly]

I watch this almost every day for a boost in morale. But, what's up with the ten thumbs down?! Ten grumpy curmudgeons I guess...

[@lauriethejadenator716]

Thats right ! that was real music !

[@jevilscientist]

JUST DISCOVERED HER THIS EVENING!!MAN OH MAN I DIG HER MUSIC! QUITE A LOOKER TOO!

[@destroyer1ism]

Love "lilton"Martha Tilton! That was music!

[@JoshCampbell8395]

I always watch this when I feel sick or have aches and pains, lol Does the trick every time :)

[@ATMABRAHM]

MARTHA TILTON IS GREAT,THE DANCERS ARE AMAZING,VERY FUNNY CONCEPT .THANKS

[@paulJonJon]

What a terrific bounce this has.

[@hebneh]

Wonderful song, great orchestra, swingin' singing, and lively eccentric dancing. Too bad we can't all could get cured so easily in real life, eh? This song reminds me of "Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You", a '30s song which was re-used in the '80s film, "Pennies From Heaven".

[@MrRJDB1969]

Dig It ! Dig It ! The 1930's & 1940's were a great time period in this country !!

[@potamids]

What a beautiful woman.

[@thomaswebb9705]

What a cutie. I think a little Martha Tilton is what was good for those guys!

[@soybombgreer]

I'm in love with head-wound guy.

[@martindewilde9478]

nice melody... nice song... nice composition... nice arrangement... nice performance... nice.... mooi... bellissimo... schön...

[@onthegoldenline]

Wonderfully charming.

[@kalamityfame2609]

Fabulous.

[@LiltinMissTiltonFan1]

Fantastic!!! Thanks

[@SuperHartline]

Isn't anyone going to mention what great dancers the Slate Brothers were?

[@tishierkrisis]

this makes me feel soooooooooo good :-)

[@arthur1920]

wow. could they do musicals. or what? Great job by Martha, whom I had never heard of before.

[@hep2jive]

and what an era!

[@agrlfmtx]

That bass is swingin'!! Ah Cha Cha Cha!

[@SUMERUP]

predecessing rock 'n roll! I love this stuff..

[@miltsar]

well that made my day...I feel better already ,,,thank you

[@franciselliott1112]

so much great old stuff on youtube,Like roulette you just spin the wheel and see if it's your lucky number that turns up. This track is typical of the old time entertainment, dished out by true pro's. I had not heard much of Martha Tilton but I knew of Ben Pollack. Ben died by his own hand around the early 70s. Martha was a not bad singer . I Ikind'a like her.What about those jitterbuggers ?

[@vertxxgg]

great Martha ;-)

[@destroyer1ism]

Love "liltong"Martha Tilton!

[@StinkFingerr]

She's the cure for what ails you!

[@reelden]

yeah get that Jive going mayne! nice one

[@Ondelay]

I've only heard her on records, never knew she was so good looking!

[@maureen1938]

This is sure good for us....delightful share. Thanks for this lovely video.

[@anatoliiishimbaev]

Самое лучшее лекарство!Движение это жизнь! Красиво!

[@helluvagun]

Great!

[@yourfilmindustry]

the first thing that popped into my head, when i saw this is "Hellooooo Nurse." no more animaniacs for me >.<

[@sleedolfine15]

I do like Big Band music and it does'nt matter to me that the music was made half a century before I was born.

[@swinginkatz]

I Love It. I dance to this.

[@lloydtoxic1]

great!!! I just had knee replacement!!

[@SuperHartline]

check out for Disney's Mickey and the Beanstalk. Martha was the voice of the harp.

[@drdts]

amazing dance skillz! :o

[@aromasatanicata]

this song does make you do those silly faces these three guys are doing :D

[@59cadcoupe]

Classic routine ~

[@hebneh]

"It doesn't matter what your ailment is It may be gout, it may be rheumatis - I know the very, very best cure It beats a diet or a rest cure..."

[@TheGroovySideOftheTube]

TOPS!

[@Offmedication]

We need more "Hep-Cat" nurses in this world.

[@Jmassa54]

The one guy gives her the elevator eyes treatment: from shoelaces to shampoo. Lol

[@0001943]

What a dish!

[@divokyzivot]

nice :)

[@Turkeydoodlers]

what a woman! Geesh women dont dress or look like anymore, Always loved a woman who wore her hair like Martha

[@bkadst]

If I had 3 sons and a daughter I will show them this video and tell them if they can duplicate this performance they will each get a large allowance - This is classic

[@_Majoras]

hellooo nurse!

[@jaguarjaguarjaguarja]

Does anyone know the lyrics? The song's so catchy. Music from the 1920s-1950s is my thing. I hate the rap crap of today.

[@3bar]

That generation had Martha Tilton. We have Lady Gaga. That generation wins.

[@BixLives32]

Dan French You are experiencing The Decline of everything that was hip about music. Golly, I am so sorry for you. Try listening to some Basie with Jimmy Rushing or perhaps The King Cole Trio. You never know. You may have some hidden soul inside, somewhere.

[@robbybonfire23]

Plus that generation has Helen O'Connell, and we have Miley Cyrus, so they are leading 2-zip.

[@darkmateria2486]

BixLives32 I know she's not original or brilliant, I just said she has a good voice, which is true. And anyway I don't see her as a decline as she isn't popular anymore besides. I like to keep an open mind about most things, I like lots of different music from different eras - one of my favourite albums is Fleetwood macs rumors. Florence and the machine is another favourite and they are influenced by Fleetwood Mac. Then there's bjork, Kate Bush, of Monsters and men, sigur Ros, lana del rey... To name a couple. Not everyone today is obsessed with nicki minaj and Rihanna. Please try to believe that.

[@mikehudson8884]

3bar Aw that made me smile...I SO agree.

[@sidewinder0811]

Göttin !!!!

[@Pad_See_Ew]

Give me some skin, jackson! Like bees to honey in a hive, gettin well with nurse's jive! Ya pickin up on what I'm puttin down?! a hep singer for sure.

[@pegrueneis]

100% agree

[@smilytrev]

happy new year

[@Jazzy7664]

attractive !

[@RaananVolesPianist]

"Jive," by the way, also meant marijuana. Listen to "All the Jive is Gone" by the Andy Kirk Orchestra.

[@hep2jive]

ART DECO DOOR at 0:30-0:35! Severe.

[@tonyktown]

Ladies: please take note of :20-:24. THIS is how you enter a room. That was so the DAAAMN!!! factor. :-)

[@N2LADIES55]

That dude is crip walking at the 2:03 mark!

[@sjmoss148]

Black IS beautiful, so, most definitely is Martha!

[@radiolon4]

Though this song seems to be about music and that's all, "jive" could = marijuana in 1930s slang -- as in "Here Comes The Man With The Jive: by Cab Calloway,.

[@mandevilla2270]

Is this a "soundie"? I know that soundies were popular during the early 1940's.

[@jessikamila]

I need the lyrics of this song!

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

wait a second. she sounds like a white ella fitzgerald. very interesting and amazing!

[@AlfredoArbe]

@sleedolfine15 agreed!!!!

[@anditspaganpoetry]

@supper15fiets um... how are women artifical now? what makes a woman a real woman? i find this comment very offensive.

[@senatorclaghorn]

I must have missed something. What is un-p.c. about it?

[@aVideoSharing]

(Please pardon my British) I thought as though it was the top-one. Not too mental was it? (P.C. dead on) Anyway the song is tickety-boo. And Martha is always beautiful. PAX? to you too mate.

[@mrtigerucantfly]

Is it just me or did the first two guys do a crip walk? Lol good song, though!

[@breasthound]

and swell. don't forget swell.

[@miclazy-5m]

is that spencer tracy ?

[@CrashVegas1]

No, but it does look a lot like him.

[@flan453]

Hot woman !

[@mikeecy]

@supper15fiets english is HARD!

[@supper15fiets]

when woman where real woman!

[@maxvickers]

better dance haha

[@ftsjr]

Martha's a babe!

[@TheStevothedevo]

the music is better then dubstep and the dancers are a lot better then "Shufflers", wtf has happened to music and entertainment!?!?! -.-'

[@nagagwa52]

hello nurse (from the animaniacs)

[@hwgray]

This is an old song about smoking weed, like all of those other old songs about "jive."

[@AlfredoArbe]

@jhhwingnut hahaha!

[@AcridPeter]

Has the guy in the blanket in the chair been lobotomised? Is that his ailment. Jive won't help him.

[@eldorado303]

i love her hair style !!! i feel gay !!!

[@youvexme]

It's a diagnostic test. If he doesn't he's obviously suffered severe brain stem trauma.