Scopitones

Color-Sonics

The Color-Sonics film jukebox debuted in mid-1966, with films made by Official Films at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

The Color-Sonics film jukebox used 8mm magnetic-sound film cartridges. Color-Sonics also made 16mm prints of at least some of its films so that they could be shown on a Scopitone jukebox. The 16mm prints have often faded miserably over the years.

This list, as far as I know, is a list of the Color-Sonics films that were issued in 16mm for use on the Scopitone (the CS- catalog number is a Scopitone designation). There may be many more of them, as by August of 1966, Color-Sonics was said to have a 200-title film library.

Color-Sonics

CS-2000 Bobby Troup "Girl Talk" (dir. by Robert Altman)
CS-2001 Karen Jensen "I'm An Old Cowhand"
CS-2002 Mel Henke "Every Little Movement/The Streets of Cairo"
CS-2003 Ray Anthony Show
CS-2004 Julie London "Daddy"
CS-2005 Boots Randolph "Charlie Brown"
CS-2006 Fran Jeffries "Ain't Misbehavin'"
CS-2007 Lili St. Cyr "Speak Low" (dir. by Robert Altman)
CS-2008 Nai Bonet "Jelly Belly"
CS-2009 Lili St. Cyr "Ebb Tide" (dir. by Robert Altman)
CS-2010 "In Crowd" aka "The Party" aka Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "Bittersweet Samba" (dir. by Robert Altman)
CS-2011 Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (dir. by Robert Sidney)
CS-2012 Unknown artist "Lemon Tree"
CS-2013 unknown
CS-2014 unknown
CS-2015 unknown
CS-2016 unknown
CS-2017 unknown
CS-2018 unknown
CS-2019 unknown
CS-2020 Shorty Long "Night Fo' Last"
Ray Anthony Show "What'd I Say"
Lynn Elliott "Baby Face"
Frankie Randall "The Rules of the Road" (dir. by Bob Baker)

Color-Sonics Cartridge

Color-Sonics Cartridge

The following list contains some of the 8mm film cartridges made for the Color-Sonics film jukebox. Thanks to Dennis Dodel for providing some of the information for this list. I don't know how many of these films were also printed in 16mm, but note that some of these titles also exist as 16mm optical-sound prints made for the Cinebox/Colorama film jukebox. The three-digit number before the artist's name is the Color-Sonics catalog number.

002 Fran Jeffries "No Moon At All"
004 Lynn Elliot "Baby Face"
005 Jaye P. Morgan "Will He Like Me"
008 Nancy Sinatra "The Shadow of Your Smile" (dir. by Robert Sidney)
010 Lainie Kazan "Blues in the Night"
011 Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (dir. by Robert Sidney)
012 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "Whipped Cream"
013 Frankie Randall "The Rules of the Road" (dir. by Bob Baker)
014 Janice Harper "Love Is A Dangerous Thing"
015 Janice Harper "The Thrill Is Gone"
016 Boots Randolph "Charlie Brown"
017 Mary Jane Mangler "She's Not There"
018 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "Swinger From Seville"
020 Frankie Randall "More" (dir. by Bob Baker)
021 Lili St. Cyr "Speak Low" (dir. by Robert Altman)
022 Mary Wells "All My Lovin'"
024 Julie London "Watermelon Man"
026 "In Crowd" aka "The Party" aka Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass "Bittersweet Samba" (dir. by Robert Altman)
029 Karen Jensen "I'm An Old Cowhand"
031 Ray Anthony Show "What'd I Say"
033 Unknown artist "Seventh Veil"
034 Bobby Troup "Girl Talk" (dir. by Robert Altman)
035 Fran Jeffries "Squeeze Me"
036 Unknown artist "You Are My Sunshine"
036 Fran Jeffries "Show Me The Way To Go Home"
039 Vi Velasco "Bye Bye Black Bird"
040 Unknown Artist "Agent 006"
043 Kitty Oliver "Kansas City"
044 Natali Moore "Big Bad Bill"
101 The Eggheads "This Little Lite of Mine"
103 The Eggheads "Greenback Dollar"
103 Jaye P. Morgan "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries"
104 Brothers Two Trio "Chickie"
106 Tina Robbins "Glory of Love"
108 Lonnie Sattin "Sweetheart"
111 Colorama Dancers "Beach Party" aka The Dovells "You Can't Sit Down"
112 Dawn Holly "Coquette"
114 Lili St. Cyr "Ebb Tide" (dir. by Robert Altman)
128 Unknown artist "Lady In Red"
131 Shawn Elliott "Shame and Scandal in the Family"
134 Unknown artist "Seven-Eleven Go-Go"
135 Mary Pastor "Winning Pair"
201 Fran Jeffries "Show Me the Way To Go Home"
202 Unknown artist "Alley Cat"
203 Unknown artist "The Girl From Ipanema"
204 Unknown artist "St. Louis Blues"
205 Unknown artist "Sea Witch"
206 Unknown artist "You're Driving Me Crazy"
207 Unknown Artist "Every Little Movement"
307 Johnny B. Great "If I Had A Hammer"
309 Fay Craig "Mirage"
310 Wayne Gibson "I Like It"
314 Fay Craig "Bongo Baby"
320 Bobby Breen "Up on the Roof"

The following titles were also issued on Color-Sonics cartridges, but I don't have a Color-Sonics catalog number for them:

Boots Randolph "Yakety Sax"
Andy Cavell & The Boscoe Holder Dancers "Speedy Gonzalez"
The Eggheads "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Shane Fenton "I Ain't Got Nobody"
Fran Jeffries "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Lainie Kazan "I Cried For You"
Alan Klein & Julie Samuel "Come Outside"
Joi Lansing "All of Me"
Tommy Leonetti "The Way You Look Tonight"
Terry Ross "My Baby Just Cares For Me"
Frank Sinatra Jr. "Love For Sale"
Ozel Turkbas "Bedevilled Belly Dancer"
Unknown artist "Besame Mucho"
Unknown artist "Bikini Beach"
Unknown artist "Cobra Dance"
Unknown artist "Derelict"
Unknown artist "Down By The Riverside"
Unknown artist "Goldie"
Unknown artist "Hey Look Me Over"
Unknown artist "The Limbo"
Unknown artist "Mack the Knife"
Unknown artist "Night Train"
Unknown artist "San Francisco"
Unknown artist "Sugar Daddy"
Unknown artist "What a Difference a Day Makes"
Unknown artist "The Whole World"
Mary Wells "He Loves You"

Other artists who were advertised in Billboard and Variety as having made Color-Sonics films include Connie Francis and Leslie Uggams.

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