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Swing bands and sales continued to decline from 1953 to 1954. In 1955, a list of top recording artists from the previous year was publicly released. The list revealed that big band sales had decreased since the early 1950s. [37] However, big band music saw a revival in the 1950s and 1960s.
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music, although this was not the only style of music played by big bands. Big bands started as accompaniment for dancing the Lindy Hop. In contrast to the typical jazz emphasis on ...
The swing era (also frequently referred to as the big band era) was the period (1933–1947) when big band swing music was the most popular music in the United States, especially for teenagers.
Gordon Goodwin (born 1954) (Big Phat Band) Glen Gray (1900-1963) ( Casa Loma Orchestra ) (1927-1963) George Gee (George Gee Swing Orchestra; formerly known as the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra)
Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
The Music of John Lewis (Blue Engine, 2017) All Jazz Is Modern: 30 Years of Jazz at Lincoln Center Vol. 1 (2017) Handful of Keys (Blue Engine, 2017) United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (2018) [5] [6] Una Noche con Rubén Blades (2018) Swing Symphony (2019) Jazz and Art (2019) Jazz for Kids (2019) Big Band Holidays II (2019 ...
Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay Jr.; March 13, 1910 – June 2, 1987) was an American bandleader and songwriter, [1] whose tag line, "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. [1] The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, "Swing and Sway" (U.S. no. 15).