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Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. [1] It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but might include elements of the jive , east coast swing , collegiate shag , charleston , balboa and other swing dances.
April 23, 1940 May 8, 1940 July 26, 1940 July 27, 1940 August 31, 1940 Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, William Tracy, Larry Nunn, Margaret Early, and the MGM Studio Chorus arr. by Roger Edens "Alone" May 10, 1940: Judy Garland Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) "All I Do Is Dream of You" ‡ "Drummer Boy"
"Jitterbug Waltz" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller. Initially recorded the same year by his jazz combo , Fats Waller and His Rhythm, it has been performed and recorded by numerous musicians, including Art Tatum , Erroll Garner , Chet Atkins , Vince Guaraldi , Butch Thompson, Al Hirt , [ 1 ] Eric Dolphy , [ 2 ] and David Murray .
Toggle 1940s subsection. 3.1 1940. 3.2 1941. ... A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven ... Cab Calloway's Jitterbug ...
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Charleston , Balboa , Lindy Hop , and Collegiate Shag .
It featured songs from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland. [6] Made in July 1939 specially for Decca, [5] which Garland was under contract to, [7] this recording was the primary choice for buying songs from the movie, [citation needed] until in 1956 the actual Wizard of Oz soundtrack was released on LP ...
To the players of swing music in the 1930s and 1940s, jive was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk. [2] American soldiers brought Lindy Hop/jitterbug to Europe around 1940, where this dance swiftly found a following among the young. In the United States, "swing" became the most common word for the dance, and the term "jive" was adopted ...
Jean Grinnell Veloz (née Phelps, March 1, 1924 – January 15, 2023) was an American lindy hop dancer and actress, best known for her roles in 1940s and 1950s musicals. She innovated a style of swing dance that was "silky smooth", now known as "Hollywood style" contrasting the more jitterbug style prevalent during the 1930s-1940s.