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"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by the American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry for the band's 1997 compilation album of the same name on Mojo Records.
"Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" was reissued in 1980 and reached #49 in the UK. "Zoot Suit" (short mono version) is the opening track from the compilation album The Who Hits 50! released in October 2014. Both songs were featured on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B box set (short remixed stereo versions).
Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. Zoot Suit is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots. Debuting in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway. In 1981, Luis Valdez also directed a filmed version of the play, combining stage and film ...
Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by the American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997, by Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. The album is a collection of swing and jazz -influenced songs from the band's first three studio albums, along with four bonus tracks recorded ...
In 1997, the Daddies signed with Universal Music Group subsidiary Mojo Records to release Zoot Suit Riot, a compilation of their swing material. Arriving at the onset of the late 1990s swing revival , Zoot Suit Riot became the band's most commercially successful release to date, selling over two million copies in the United States while its ...
'Zoot Suit' is by far the most influential play by a Chicano writer, and the only one to reach Broadway. It changed Los Angeles' historical memory and the American theater forever
As a songwriter Guerrero wrote songs for El Trio los Panchos, Lola Beltrán, and many other famous artists. His first American hit was "Pancho López", a parody of the popular 1950s hit "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". Guerrero used the Davy Crockett melody and wrote his own lyrics, telling the story of a legendary Mexican character. Due to ...
The song is composed as a fusion of glam rock and jump swing, featuring the rhythmic backbeat and horn section common of swing music set against T. Rex-influenced guitar riffs. Said Perry of the track: "Diamond Light Boogie"...was inspired, like its predecessor, "Zoot Suit Riot", by a historical time period...the glitter, glam rock of the early ...