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

[@level242]

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

[@Midnight-Believer]

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

[@dudley5533]

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

[@rodneyhackenflash]

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

[@4205lr]

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

[@jenju33]

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

[@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

[@julierobb6002]

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

[@xellisx1983]

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

[@balerick48]

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

[@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....

[@lauriethejadenator716]

Thats right ! that was real music !

[@waynebrasler]

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

[@ATMABRAHM]

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

[@SuperHartline]

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

[@jevilscientist]

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

[@paulJonJon]

What a terrific bounce this has.

[@soybombgreer]

I'm in love with head-wound guy.

[@LiltinMissTiltonFan1]

Fantastic!!! Thanks

[@destroyer1ism]

Love "lilton"Martha Tilton! That was music!

[@MrRJDB1969]

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

[@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".

[@JoshCampbell8395]

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

[@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!

[@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?

[@MrGreenman447]

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

[@onthegoldenline]

Wonderfully charming.

[@potamids]

What a beautiful woman.

[@martindewilde9478]

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

[@tishierkrisis]

this makes me feel soooooooooo good :-)

[@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...

[@kalamityfame2609]

Fabulous.

[@arthur1920]

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

[@hep2jive]

and what an era!

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

[@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 ;-)

[@miltsar]

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

[@agrlfmtx]

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

[@destroyer1ism]

Love "liltong"Martha Tilton!

[@SUMERUP]

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

[@maureen1938]

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

[@SuperHartline]

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

[@drdts]

amazing dance skillz! :o

[@helluvagun]

Great!

[@thomaswebb9705]

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

[@lloydtoxic1]

great!!! I just had knee replacement!!

[@swinginkatz]

I Love It. I dance to this.

[@anatoliiishimbaev]

Самое лучшее лекарство!Движение это жизнь! Красиво!

[@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.

[@59cadcoupe]

Classic routine ~

[@reelden]

yeah get that Jive going mayne! nice one

[@TheGroovySideOftheTube]

TOPS!

[@divokyzivot]

nice :)

[@Ondelay]

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

[@yourfilmindustry]

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

[@Offmedication]

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

[@_Majoras]

hellooo nurse!

[@0001943]

What a dish!

[@smilytrev]

happy new year

[@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..."

[@aromasatanicata]

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

[@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 !!!!

[@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.

[@Jmassa54]

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

[@jessikamila]

I need the lyrics of this song!

[@pegrueneis]

100% agree

[@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

[@RaananVolesPianist]

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

[@Turkeydoodlers]

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

[@Jazzy7664]

attractive !

[@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.

[@N2LADIES55]

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

[@hep2jive]

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

[@AlfredoArbe]

@sleedolfine15 agreed!!!!

[@senatorclaghorn]

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

[@mandevilla2270]

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

[@tonyktown]

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

[@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.

[@miclazy-5m]

is that spencer tracy ?

[@CrashVegas1]

No, but it does look a lot like him.

[@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,.

[@mikeecy]

@supper15fiets english is HARD!

[@sjmoss148]

Black IS beautiful, so, most definitely is Martha!

[@mrtigerucantfly]

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

[@anditspaganpoetry]

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

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

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

[@AlfredoArbe]

@jhhwingnut hahaha!

[@flan453]

Hot woman !

[@maxvickers]

better dance haha

[@nagagwa52]

hello nurse (from the animaniacs)

[@hwgray]

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

[@ftsjr]

Martha's a babe!

[@youvexme]

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

[@AcridPeter]

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

[@TheStevothedevo]

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

[@anditspaganpoetry]

@73380401 that's not a real nurse. that's an actress acting as a nurse, wearing a costume. nurses are there to look after the sick, not to aesthetically please your eye. it's not their job to "have beautiful smiles".

[@supper15fiets]

when woman where real woman!

[@eldorado303]

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

[@waynebrasler]

Martha was darling but there seems to have been no budget for a makeup artist or hairdresser.