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"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with his New Orleans Gang. Brunswick Records released it on February 28, 1936 [ 2 ] on the 78 rpm record format, with "It's Been So Long" as the B-side.
Louis Leo Prima (/ ˈ l uː i ˈ p r iː m ə /; December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) [1] was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans–style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band ...
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did phenomenally well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States.
It became the official jive language reference book of the New York Public Library. [31] A revised version of the book was released with Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau in 1939. He released the last edition, The New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive, in 1944. [32]
Arthur Lee "Georgia Boy" Simpkins (1907–1972) [1] was an American singer.. Originally from South Carolina, where he became known as the "Black Caruso" in reference to the opera singer Enrico Caruso, Simpkins performed in Augusta, Georgia, with his group Night Hawks.
1954 Sing, Sing, Sing (Verve) 1954 The Driving Gene Krupa (Verve) 1954 Gene Krupa, Vol. 1 ; 1954 Gene Krupa, Vol. 2 (Clef) 1955 The Jazz Rhythms of Gene Krupa (Verve) 1955 G. Krupa-L. Hampton-T. Wilson (Verve) 1955 The Gene Krupa Quartet (Clef) 1956 Drummer Man (Verve) 1956 Krupa and Rich (Verve) 1957 Krupa Rocks (Verve) 1959 Big Noise from ...
Jess Alexandria Stacy (born Jesse Alexander Stacy; [1] August 11, 1904 [2] – January 1, 1995) [3] was an American jazz pianist who gained prominence during the swing era.He may be best remembered for his years with the Benny Goodman band during the late 1930s, particularly his performance at Goodman's 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall.
Swing Kids: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack from the 1993 film Swing Kids. The album combines swing music featured in the film with the film's original score by James Horner .