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"Straight from the Heart" is the debut single of UK garage duo Doolally, later known as Shanks & Bigfoot, with vocals provided by Sharon Woolf. The song was first released in 1998, and reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 20.
Doolally or Dolally may refer to: Deolali, India, the former site of a British Army transit camp Deolali transit camp. Doolally tap or simply "Doolally", meaning to 'lose one's mind', derived from the boredom felt at the camp; The former name of Shanks & Bigfoot, a British dance-music duo
Shanks & Bigfoot were a British duo of UK garage producers Steven Meade and Danny Langsman, known principally for their single "Sweet like Chocolate", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1999.
James Titus Godbolt (October 2, 1927 – May 16, 2008), known professionally as Jimmy Slyde and also as the "King of Slides", was an American tap dancer known for his innovative tap style mixed with jazz. Slyde was a popular rhythm tap dancer in America in the mid-20th century, when he performed on the nightclub and burlesque circuits.
The soldiers' name for the camp, "Doolally", became a slang term associated with mental illness. [1] [3] The term is a contraction of the original form "Doolally tap", where the latter part is derived from "tapa" ("fever" in Hindustani and "heat" or "torment" in Sanskrit). [3] The whole phrase is perhaps best translated as "camp fever". [3]
It is also the source of the British slang noun doolally tap, loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty. By the 1940s this had been widely shortened to just "doolally", an adjective meaning "mad (insane)" or "eccentric". [3]
Atkins is a well-known jazz tap dancer, who choreographed, staged, and staged acts for many vocal groups of the 1960s. [7] "Honi" Coles's specialty was precision and fast-rhythm steps, while Atkins was an expert wing dancer known as "the man with the moves". [2] In 1943, both of them joined the Army during wartime.
The arrangement featured a solo by Art Pepper, a chorus of tap dancers, and the return of the electrophonic trumpet. In 1977, Ellis was signed to Atlantic Records, which promised to fund the Orchestra's upcoming trip for the band's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland in exchange for a live recording of said ...