Liberace in the 1940s 1940s, 1940s Music This vintage 1940s movie clip features Liberace playing “12th Street Rag” on a white grand piano for three adoring women. Related posts: Boogie Woogie- Sammy Davis Jr. (1947) Solid Potato Salad (1944) Jam Session- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1942) The Lady is a Tramp- Lena Horne (1948)