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DescriptionWILLIE WILLIE 1943 SOUNDIE MUSIC VIDEO CALYPSO MUSIC SAM MANNING and BELLE ROSETTE.webm
This "soundie" -- a 1943 music video produced by L.O.L. Productions, inc -- features Sam Manning and Belle Rosette performing "Willie Willie". Rosette was actually the stage name of dancer Beryl McBurnie, who from 1941-45 was one of the most active and celebrated black dancers in New York City, and one of the first female calypso singers in the USA. Samuel L. Manning was a Trinidadian performer and songwriter who was one of the earliest calypsonians to achieve international acclaim.
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This work was published in 1943 and is now in the public domain in areas where the copyright term of audiovisual works is 75 years or fewer since publication.
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