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Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra on the Savoy bandstand, between 1946 and 1948. The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] Lenox Avenue was the main thoroughfare through upper Harlem.
Her first recordings were collaborations with orchestras, beginning with the charting song "All My Life" with Teddy Wilson. It was followed by her first US top ten entry called "My Melancholy Baby" (also with Wilson's orchestra). She also made the US charts three times under the title Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight.
He frequented the Savoy in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious "Kat's Corner," a corner of the dance floor where impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner, Frieda Washington, performed the first aerial in a swing dance competition against George ...
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, released in 1956, was the first of eight "Song Book" sets Fitzgerald would record for Verve at irregular intervals from 1956 to 1964. The composers and lyricists spotlighted on each set, taken together, represent the greatest part of the cultural canon known as the Great American Songbook .
In 1955 they performed at the Second Annual Festival of Negro Music at the Savoy Ballroom. Their songs received regular airplay and developed a loyal fan base among R&B lovers. When they performed their hit song "The Wedding" and its sequel, "The Honeymoon", Love would wear a mop on his head to play the part of the bride. [2]
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers was a professional performing group of exceptional swing dancers that was first organized in the late 1920s by Herbert "Whitey" White in the Savoy Ballroom and disbanded in 1942 after its male members were drafted into World War II.
In the late 1930s, Hawkins and his Orchestra were one of the house bands at the Savoy Ballroom. [3] They alternated with the Chick Webb band, and often used " Tuxedo Junction " as their sign-off song before the next band would take the stage, so that the dancing would continue uninterrupted.
In 1929, Calloway relocated to New York with the band. They opened at the Savoy Ballroom on September 20, 1929. When the Alabamians broke up, Armstrong recommended Calloway as a replacement singer in the musical revue Connie's Hot Chocolates. [13] He established himself as a vocalist singing "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller. [20]