ohhhhhhh we..... My man..!. love this old stuff.. got it in vinyl. few other is . ... ....Take Five... 😞✊🏻my dad last words.. ps they used this in the ritz crakers commercial
This sounds off..it does not sound like one of the original Benny Goodman performances. It has either been remixed badly, or this is a version that some other group played. The drummer on this definitely does NOT sound like the legendary Gene Krupa...when Krupa played this, you knew it was him, his drumming was much faster and more skillful, the guy playing on this was OK, but absolutely no Gene Krupa. 💯✌
I don't see anybody mentioning this, so yes, that was Benny on the clarinet. He was probably the best jazz clarinetist of any era! He was in some great old Hollywood musicals playing his clarinet along with his band, too.
This is the music our Grandparents fought and won WWII to. This piece of music has been in many movies and TV shows but most memorably it makes itself heard in the movie “Swing Kids.” A story about the swing counter culture that went against the prevailing grain of the day in prewar Nazi Germany. The song is the backdrop to a major dance scene of subversive kids having their fun at a large underground dance party during a time when this kind of music was considered degenerate and was banned in Nazi Germany.
Thank You! “A tasty ‘tidbit’ to the puzzle we call Life. So important to remember and understand history. Even the most feeble or meager effort by the curious may offer “food for thought” in today’s world as we know it.”
Gene Krupa on drums, ladies and gentlemen - the very first modern drummer. Everything you know about the drum set was standardized by this man. Anyone who plays or loves the drums owes everything to Gene Krupa.
Thank you for that. I knew he was one of the all time greats, and my mother spoke of him. I'm a drummer, so thank you Gene. And I love a wide variety of music but mostly classic and prog rock, which I attempt to play to. (John Bonham, Neil Peart, etc.) Now I'm going to have to research him.
@@scottzappa9314 He's the reason drummers have tunable toms. He collaborated with Zildjian to develop "ride," "crash," and "splash" as cymbal designations. Like I said, the first modern-day drummer. Legend.
@@scottzappa9314 There is probably no other drummer who had as great an influence not only on other drummers, but the very design and construction of the instruments themselves.
I was fortunate enough to meet Gene Krupa when he played a nightclub in Milwaukee when I was in high school. My dad took me and Krupa was so gracious- came to our table a couple times between sets (my dad bought him drinks). He gave me an album that he signed, still one of my prized possessions.
This was before my time but I had a crush on Krupa. He was sooo handsome and mesmerizing to watch on the drums. To this day, I get a thrill from big band music. The music was first, whatever movie you’re referring to.
Sun Ra birthday May 22. Saw some of the Jazz greats years ago, Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd who opened for Led Zeppelin at the Fillmore East , May 1969. Woody was booed off the stage and Bill Graham came out and “dressed down” the audience . “You people don’t know shit!” Also saw Nina Simone at Newport Jazz summer 1970. Also saw the great bebop Jazz man Dizzy Gillespie that same night. And also that same night Ike and Tina Turner Review. And the great Sun Ra Arkestra at the old time famous jazz club Keystone Corners , San Francisco. More people on stage than in the audience. Like a private living room concert. Doesn’t get any better.And met the famous jazz sax player Sonny Simmons on Valencia Street San Francisco over 30 years ago. Love you Jamal, you rock the world with kindness, generosity and respect.
This is actually a cover by Benny Goodman. The original was done by Louis (pronounced Louie) Prima. Check out the original song, and virtually anything you Prima. The movie you may be thinking of is Swing Kids. There is a version of this song done by an All Star band in Carnegie Hall in 1935. I highly recommend Prima. He did Just A Gigalo/I Ain't Got Nobody (covered in the 1980s by David Lee Roth on his first solo EP) and played the part of the king of apes who sang I Wanna Be Like You.
Yes, it's a Louis Prima ( New Orleans trumpet player and singer ) song. Jamel was wondering why there were no lyrics. Prima sings them in his original version. Goodman came up with definitive instrumental arrangement that most everyone has heard at one time or another.
He needs to do one on a tune performed by the real 'King of Swing' Chick Webb. The people who were at the Savoy Ballroom the night Benny Goodman went head-to-head against Chick's band have all said Chick's band blew them off the bandstand. Even Krupa hung his head because he knew he had been outplayed.
You HAVE to hear the Carnigie Hall version ti get the full impact of this brilliant piece. It is like a 13 min piece. Krupa absolutley killed the drums. And Goodman had an all star band backing.
0:50 - Yeah brother, you got it. This is a classic, and well worth the intense listen. I used to do East and West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, and Charleston. 1:44 - Louis Prima's version, the original, is "Sing, Sing, Sing ( With a Swing)". It was released in 1936 with the lyrics: "Sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah Now you're singin with a swing Sing sing sing everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah Now you're singin like everything When the music goes around Everybody's gonna go to town But here is one thing you should know Sing it high and sing it low Oh, sing sing sing sing everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah Now you're singin with a real good swing!" 3:50 - Yessir, and it was in MANY movies from Swing Kids to Casino to TV Shows like the Sopranos, etc. A live version with Benny Goodman and his orchestra is in Hollywood Hotel (from 1937)
The Jewish Benny Goodman deserves recognition for his contributions to racial integration. His band of the 1930s was one of the first "white" bands to include a black person. His famous Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 was not the first time blacks performed on stage, but it was still a rarity then. BTW, the extended version of this song on the Carnegie Hall concert album is even better.
yes I love the Carnegie Hall performance it's my favorite version of this song,I still have it on vinyl. I think the best part of the song at Carnegie Hall is the piano solo, totally unrehearsed the crowd was digging the song so to make it longer they have the solos, but this time pointed to the piano and said go, which is why you hear someone saying "yeah man" on the recording, no rehearsal no prep all off the cuff and excellent work a masterpiece.
Written by Louis Prima in 1936. He sang "I WANNA BE LIKE YOU" from Disney's(animated) version of "JUNGLE BOOK". Check out the movie "HOLLYWOOD HOTEL" here see Benny and his Orchestra. The Andrew Sisters and Louis Prima have a vocal release of the song.
Jamel… Damn brother, you’re REALLY going way back with the musical history on this one huh??? I loved how you switched into the black & white part of the way through 🤟😝🎷🎺🥁. Another highlight was seeing you bust out the moves big guy 👍😁
The original version is by Louis Prima and it has lyrics. Louis Prima also sings "I Wanna Be Like You" from Junglebook. He helped popularize the shuffle beat (swing) that became one of the prime ingredients for early Rock And Roll. If you want to introduce someone to Jazz and not hate it, don't play them Miles Davis first....play them Louis Prima.
Here is a link to the original Louis Prima version. czcams.com/video/WGM2HPM6BDc/video.html I LOVE Louis Prima but the lyrics do nothing for the song. The Goodman version of the song is the best.
Louis Prima also wrote or did Just a Gigolo, Jump Jive and wail and so many more good ones. I would also agree, Louis Jordon is somewhere you should go
Long before Rock n roll there was this music. There's varying versions of it earliest one is from 1937 it's been used in quite a few movies. Try also Glenn Miller, In the mood it's a swinger
I love Glen Miller, but song of the volga boatmen would be a good one! And of course Duke Ellington - rockin' rythm or even black cherry, is that what its called? Black cherry or black pepper... why cant i remember, its from one of his suites...
I love this one!! Thank you for showing some Big Band love!! This was one of my father's favorites and he showed it to me 50 years ago. It is still on my regular Pandora play list.
Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood ., Jukebox Saturday Night.., Moonlight Seranade.. Anything by Glenn Miller.. Mandy and I both grew up with our Grandparents listening to it.. Sad to say not many will even give this a chance today.. Note in late 90's a teen who lived next door his fav bands were System of a Down and Glenn Miller.. Now that is great.. LOL..
@@reneestes6254 It sure is.. And some of those drummers from those days were Rock and Metal Drummers beforehand.. Thanks for your reply all the best to you and yours..
Here's a link to a "live" version from the film "Hollywood Hotel"...not the whole song but it's great to see Gene Krupa (the drummer) in action. czcams.com/video/GwPvLMlGWPI/video.html And here is a VERY famous version they recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1938....13 minutes long! Gene Krupa goes OFF! czcams.com/video/pHcSKoFeQ4k/video.html
7:13 - Swing music heavily influenced the soundtracks of several Disney movies, from The Jungle Book ("I Wanna Be Like You") to The Aristocats ("Everybody Wants To Be A Cat"), etc, while Sing Sing Sing itself was only in Canine Caddy (Mickey Mouse and golf and swing... what a weird combo)
Gene Krupa. Madman! And cowbells too! My goodness. Life she is good. Movies? Sal Mineo played Gene Krupa in Gene Krupa Story, and there was The Benny Goodman Story. I'm pretty sure this solo was featured in both
In the Benny Goodman Story Benny is played by the Late Steve Allen who was an excellent musician in his own right. Here is the trailer to the movie: czcams.com/video/n0GuFseyKYY/video.html&ab_channel=rosen88kavalier
This is a great "rabbit hole" to drop into. Anything from the 30's and 40's. Personally I'm a huge Glenn Miller fan. My parents bought that big console TV/stereo/HiFi and they'd dance around the living room to Miller's band. Love them 💕
Wow, you went way back! Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, and Chick Webb, I am guessing in the 1930s I think, oh my goodness, all of those Big Band names my mother grew up listening to because of her parents, this is some good stuff, Jamel! Some are instrumental, some might have words. They are all wonderfully composed music many have enjoyed dancing to. I love Sing, Sing, Sing! I checked on YT and there is a video from a film in 1937 where you can actually see them playing! I haven't watched that video but it does appear they have the band members playing. Check it out! Enjoyed your reaction!
This so reminds me of the music my grandad used to listen to when he was alive. It just brings me to tears thinking of that old fart . Love you gramps ❤
This song is an all-time classic. This is one of the precursors to Rock n Roll - imagine replacing the various horns w/ electric guitars, bass guitars, and keyboards and you'd have a kickass rock song.
I haven't heard this song in a L-O-N-G time. Like all great music does, listening to this classic reminded me of dancing with my father when I was a little girl, standing with my feet on his tan work boots as he twirled me around the living room. Benny Goodman was an innovator during the swing era, and he could really play his clarinet very well. Of course, the awesome drumming of Gene Krupa was what drove the audiences wild. Thanks for the early-morning memories, Jamel!
@@bluelionvintage8134 " Moonlight Serenade" was written and performed by Glen Miller. czcams.com/video/rjq1aTLjrOE/video.html&ab_channel=WorldWar2Music
This was the 1940s...the Big Band Era. You need to check out Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", "String of Pearls", "St. Louis Blues" and "Moonlight Seranade", which was his theme song.
As a 10year old clarinet student i found that "Shellack" 78'rpm in Grandparents cellar in an old box. IT MAKES ME JUMP UP AND DOWN AND CRY YEEEEEAAASH GRANDMA WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE ? I'm infected with Jazz. I'm 60 now and i still listen to the BEST AMERICA EVER HAD. JAZZ !!!!!!
My dad was a professional drummer his whole life and had his own "big band" orchestra for over 20 yrs (from the early '40s to the mid '60s). And he always said his favorite drummer was Gene Krupa, the drummer on this piece. (He admired Buddy Rich's skill, but Rich was such a jerk as a person that it was hard for my dad to get past that.) I wish this kind of swing music was better-known among younger folks these days. As my dad would have said, "It really COOKS!"
Clarinet, J!! Listen to the opening bars of George Gershwin's masterpiece 'Rhapsody in Blue.' Love the vintage, b&w film look, btw, lol! Yeah, as remarked elsewhere here, Gene Krupa killing it on drums!
🎶BENNY GOODMAN & PEGGY LEE ~ WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT🎶 IS ANOTHER AMAZING BY HIM PLUS THE SWING / BIG BAND ERA WAS JUST BOOMIN WITH AMAZING DRUMMER LIKE "GENE KRUPA" ON THIS SONG HAD SOME MEMORABLE DRUM BATTLES THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
I had the great privilege of seeing Benny Goodman live fronting the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Tex Beneke and Helen O’Connell. They played on December 10, 1977 at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna Virginia. My parents had season tickets and made sure that I saw a lot of different musical styles. Benny had had a stroke a couple of years earlier and had been out of commission; this was one of his comeback appearances.He would continue to perform until his death in 1986. It was an electrifying night of great, great music. I cannot recommend highly enough that today’s young people listen to this stuff. The virtuosity is beyond compare. This is the music that a lot of rock ‘n’ roll icons grew up with. They really appreciated the skill level and the compositional complexity of these pieces. This is where we get groups like the Beatles from.
This is a true GOAT performance. It was lightning in a bottle. The GOAT drummer Gene Krupa. One of the GOAT trumpet players, Harry James. The GOAT clarinet player AND a GOAT band leader Benny Goodman. You will hear other versions of this song, by other artists, but this single performance is the GOAT. You can literally "feel" the "next level" of it and know that it can never be reproduced.
I'm 55. my old man was a WW2 Vet. He introduced me to Big Band music. Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, etc. You should check out Jump, Jive, and Wail by Louie Prima, or better yet, the cover by the Brian Seltzer Orchestra. It freakin swings!!
This brings back memories. I played clarinet when I was young, so my aunt turned me on to Benny Goodman. Teresa Brewer as well. She came from that era, and I loved all the music sent my way.
When Rock n roll started the straights were beside themselves. They hated it, but I always thought what about swing. I think that if swing had gone straight into rock n roll there would have been such a push back. The period between swing and rock n roll was quieter with crooners like Sinatra, Bennett etc. This particular piece of music has been used in many movies.
At Carnegie Hall in 1938 the piece went on for 13 minutes and brought the house down. They were dancing in the aisles. Gene Krupa became the first superstar drummer. Find and listen to the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.
The live version is killer...:)...Swing is KILLER stuff...Check out some of the Duke, Duke Ellington...Buddy Rich had a killer swing band along with many others...
The band played Carnegie Hall. In the review, the reviewer noted that, when they played this song, "They were dancing in the aisles." Hence the term used ever since for a big hit played live, with audience participation. "How good was the show? They were dancing in the aisles."
This Is Big Band Swing which was invented by Glenn Miller in the late 30's and was still going strong in the 40's. Unfortunately He Died in a Plane Crash at the height of His fame. My Mum was a 40's Teenager who was into Big Band Swing and the Crooners like Frank Sinatra. But She was also an Elvis Fan. Dad was an Old Fashioned Rock And Roll Is A Message From The Devil type. So as a Little Girl I grew up hearing Celtic Folk (Dad was mainly Irish), Classical, Old Country And Western alongside 50's Music 🎶. Mum and I left Him when I was 13, He was Abusive. I found a Good Father Figure in My Mum's Sister's Husband who was one of the Sweetest, Kindest Gentleman. You can talk to Him about anything without judgement. My Big Sister moved in with Us, She started introducing Me to Older Artists and I taught Her about 90's Music. Mum became a fan of The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Bee Gees and ABBA as well. She didn't understand what I saw in Heavy Metal, given Her age that was understandable. She didn't stop Me from listening to it. But I had to either wear Headphones or wait until She left to turn it up. From Glenn Miller I suggest "String Of Pearls", "In The Mood"and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" there's a clip from a movie which is available on CZcams. It took a lot of convincing from His Wife but "Little Brown Jug" is incredible.
kinda the way i was introduced to a lot of music. had 3 older brothers. 7, 10, 13 years older then me. they left a lot of albums when they went off to college....Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yardbirds, Animals, etc. Mom favorite genre was swing. Glenn Miller being her favorite, Dad liked classical and Opera. Plus there were other genres in the house that i am not even sure how they got there. like Polka, Folk. So I listened to all these plus the ones that came up when I was a teenager....Jackson 5, Osmonds, Motown, Queen, Alice Cooper. Also LOVE blues. BB King being my favorite. lol So glad I never just listened to one genre.
Gene Krupa was the first to arrange the drum kit as we know it today. He was the first to have a drum solo. He was the first to also record a drum solo. He was the first rock star drummer! He was amazing. My grandpa had this record. He'd get this going as loud as he could on his hi-fi stereo and the windows would rattle. Oh man, you could tell he was back in the 40s when he listened to this. He gave me his record not too long before he died. My son is a drummer and is now learning about Gene Krupa! This whole era of music was incredible! True rebel music!
Omg J I’m already in tears thank you! 🥰🥰 This song is so damn special to me. You’re so good to me. (I figured you’d probably heard it, not sure if you’d heard the whole thing. 😊)
GREAT PICK I GREW UP ON BIG BAND ERA MUSIC FATHER BOUGHT AN OLD RECORD PLAYER AND WAS HANDED DOWN SO MAN FROM 🎶 COUNT BASIE TO BENNY GOODMAN TO BUDDY RICH BAND ETC........🎶 BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES THE BANDS WERE SWINGING BACK THAT THANKS SISTER KARA TURNER ✌🏼& LO💚E
Love the 40’s era! Everything was rationed and everyone went without during WWII but the music, and a little faith got them through with less for awhile.
There are lyrics to this song but Benny Goodman's version is typically this instrumental. I have the sung version done by the Mcguire Sisters, I believe. Now you are in my favorite music era!
Love that you did this! I was in the resurgent scene in the early, mid 90’s with this. Had a hip cat seeing you wanted to dance and just put out their hand. You didn’t know each other but, you just wanted to dance. Great times at the Durby Club on Los Feilez. It has to be the most exhausting song to keep up to till the end. You do have catch your breath moments but, then band hits you hard. Oh, and everyone dressed to the 9’s!
FINALLY, "Sing Sing Sing" didn't come from a movie or a cartoon... it developed over a year and a half within the Goodman band, starting in '36. They played it every night in hotel ballrooms and on the road, and like Topsy, "It Growed." The version you picked for this video is fine, but you should check out the 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall performance. It's live, is about twelve minutes long, and is the Last Word on the piece. It has a surprise piano excursion near the end by Jess Stacy that you just have to hear. So glad you're gleefully exploring stuff outside of your "comfort zone." I wish a LOT more people would follow your example. All anyone has to do nowadays is use the search engine on Google and CZcams, and they'll learn history and facts fast enough.
I love this tune, the Goodman Band, all the stories about when it closed their performance at Carnagie Hall in 1938, and esp. listening to that performance. Some great solo shots there, including a one-off by pianist Jess Stacey. It went extra long, at Goodman's insistence, and was sublime. This particular audio today, I believe is either from a recent movie, or a much newer band as the recording quality back then, and even into the 50s was no where Near this good.
If you're going down this rabbit hole, try White Heat by Jimmy Lunceford, Can You Take It by Fletcher Henderson. The Carnegie Hall version is the best.
Now watching this made me feel like the "old days" when you reacted to all the "oldies" and we were notified and they weren't blocked and we all had great time!! Love you.
My Mother played Swing Music in our house when I was growing up. I saw Benny live in concert in the '80's before he passed. Swing Kids I believe was the movie you referred to.
This song from the movie A Song Is Born does a pretty good job of tracing the origins and evolution of swing music. Swing originally was just an descriptor ("that cat is really swingin'", "this song swings!") describing hot jazz versus sweet jazz. czcams.com/video/RVmkCfrhqns/video.html
Love that movie. I remember when I saw Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums play The Inferno in San Francisco back in like...1999 maybe, and Carmen Getit sang a great version of I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues. Good good times.
My departed father inlaw played this music all the time. He used to be the accordion player for one of these bands. This was his time, you are only young once.
This song has been used in so many things, including the old vintage cartoons! LOVED Benny Goodman and all Big Band music back in the early days (before my time)! This was so fun! Thanks Jamel!
This has been sampled into so many TV shows and movies. Looney Tunes used so many variations of this. And maybe I'm wrong. But the Malcom X movie with Danzel Washington did sample this also.
"Sing Sing Sing" was featured in many movies including one of the Thin Man film series, The Benny Goodman Story, All That Jazz & yes...The Jungle Book as the backdrop to King Louie's entrance. Goodman's instrument, the clarinet, was referred to as a licorice stick, a slang reference in the day. The guy was one hot musician...guaranteed to make you tap your feet all with a big ole smile!
3:02 "ah, hold on, I ain't heard THIS part..." Yeah man - this is the SECOND THEME, a whole different song that also was popular in 1936, "Christopher Columbus." The Goodman men (it was a collective improvisation) took "C.C.," changed it from major to minor, and cleverly interpolated it into "S.S.S." FYI, What we know today as "Sing Sing Sing" evolved over about a year within Goodman's band.
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ohhhhhhh we.....
My man..!.
love this old stuff.. got it in vinyl.
few other is . ...
....Take Five...
😞✊🏻my dad last words..
ps they used this in the ritz crakers commercial
@@threwthelookingglass7194 by Dave Brubeck. Many have played it since but it's still his to me.
@@scottcarr8738 yahh
. just like dick dale and mirslou.. ?. surf song
This sounds off..it does not sound like one of the original Benny Goodman performances. It has either been remixed badly, or this is a version that some other group played. The drummer on this definitely does NOT sound like the legendary Gene Krupa...when Krupa played this, you knew it was him, his drumming was much faster and more skillful, the guy playing on this was OK, but absolutely no Gene Krupa. 💯✌
Gene Kruppa KILLED it on the drums! He's the only musician who didn't get to pause for this whole piece.
There’s videos of him really going to town.
So true!!
True, but at least he got to sit down. 😝
(Seriously though, that man was a force of nature on the drums.)
He sure the f did ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
And this version doesn't even include his incredible drum solo!
I don't see anybody mentioning this, so yes, that was Benny on the clarinet. He was probably the best jazz clarinetist of any era! He was in some great old Hollywood musicals playing his clarinet along with his band, too.
I know people who preferred Artie Shaw.
@@erichammer2751 Absolutely! No contest
"He was probably the best jazz clarinetist of any era!" Please stop! HAHAHAHAHAHA
No contest
Just gonna throw my Pete Fountain into the ring there.
This is the music our Grandparents fought and won WWII to. This piece of music has been in many movies and TV shows but most memorably it makes itself heard in the movie “Swing Kids.” A story about the swing counter culture that went against the prevailing grain of the day in prewar Nazi Germany. The song is the backdrop to a major dance scene of subversive kids having their fun at a large underground dance party during a time when this kind of music was considered degenerate and was banned in Nazi Germany.
Thank you for that interesting piece of history.
Swing Kids was an amazing movie. It got me listening to swing music and turned me into a swing fan…and I’m a metal head from way back!
Thank You!
“A tasty ‘tidbit’ to the puzzle we call Life. So important to remember and understand history. Even the most feeble or meager effort by the curious may offer “food for thought” in today’s world as we know it.”
Here is a link to the "Swing Kids" clip with this song playing. czcams.com/video/TOPSETBUgvQ/video.html
Some time before the other evil one, Elvis was on the scene, LOL
"This song thrives in any era." Damn straight! Good music will stand the test of time. I'm dancing 💃
Damn skippy!
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Gene Krupa on drums, ladies and gentlemen - the very first modern drummer. Everything you know about the drum set was standardized by this man. Anyone who plays or loves the drums owes everything to Gene Krupa.
Thank you for that. I knew he was one of the all time greats, and my mother spoke of him. I'm a drummer, so thank you Gene. And I love a wide variety of music but mostly classic and prog rock, which I attempt to play to. (John Bonham, Neil Peart, etc.) Now I'm going to have to research him.
@@scottzappa9314 He's the reason drummers have tunable toms. He collaborated with Zildjian to develop "ride," "crash," and "splash" as cymbal designations. Like I said, the first modern-day drummer. Legend.
@@joeday4293 Wow that's incredible, I had no idea. Thanks! Yep, that would put him in a class by himself.
@@scottzappa9314 There is probably no other drummer who had as great an influence not only on other drummers, but the very design and construction of the instruments themselves.
I was fortunate enough to meet Gene Krupa when he played a nightclub in Milwaukee when I was in high school. My dad took me and Krupa was so gracious- came to our table a couple times between sets (my dad bought him drinks). He gave me an album that he signed, still one of my prized possessions.
FYI: Gene Krupa, the drummer, was from the South Side of Chicago & a Bowen Public HS grad. Great jam! ✌️🎶❤️
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This was before my time but I had a crush on Krupa. He was sooo handsome and mesmerizing to watch on the drums. To this day, I get a thrill from big band music. The music was first, whatever movie you’re referring to.
Sun Ra birthday May 22. Saw some of the Jazz greats years ago, Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd who opened for Led Zeppelin at the Fillmore East , May 1969. Woody was booed off the stage and Bill Graham came out and “dressed down” the audience . “You people don’t know shit!”
Also saw Nina Simone at Newport Jazz summer 1970. Also saw the great bebop Jazz man Dizzy Gillespie that same night. And also that same night Ike and Tina Turner Review.
And the great Sun Ra Arkestra at the old time famous jazz club Keystone Corners , San Francisco. More people on stage than in the audience. Like a private living room concert. Doesn’t get any better.And met the famous jazz sax player Sonny Simmons on Valencia Street San Francisco over 30 years ago.
Love you Jamal, you rock the world with kindness, generosity and respect.
Benny was from the south side. Harrison high school
This is actually a cover by Benny Goodman. The original was done by Louis (pronounced Louie) Prima. Check out the original song, and virtually anything you Prima. The movie you may be thinking of is Swing Kids. There is a version of this song done by an All Star band in Carnegie Hall in 1935.
I highly recommend Prima. He did Just A Gigalo/I Ain't Got Nobody (covered in the 1980s by David Lee Roth on his first solo EP) and played the part of the king of apes who sang I Wanna Be Like You.
The Prima original,
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Prima wrote it
With Keely Smith
@@caroleann_2142 This was way before Keely. They didn't marry until the 50s.
Yes, it's a Louis Prima ( New Orleans trumpet player and singer ) song. Jamel was wondering why there were no lyrics. Prima sings them in his original version. Goodman came up with definitive instrumental arrangement that most everyone has heard at one time or another.
This was pretty much the rock 'n roll of its time. Young people took to it, dressed differently, danced differently... It was an act of rebellion.
Glad you're still branchig out a bit. The next Big Band song should be "In the Mood" by The Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Maybe “Chattanooga Choo-Choo” by Glenn Miller and his band.
Tommy Dorsey or Jimmy Dorsey would be good choices as well. I recommend Song of India by Tommy Dorsey.
Nope, crank it back another decade.
“Four or Five Times” by McKinney’s Cottonpickers will blow his mind.
He needs to do one on a tune performed by the real 'King of Swing' Chick Webb. The people who were at the Savoy Ballroom the night Benny Goodman went head-to-head against Chick's band have all said Chick's band blew them off the bandstand. Even Krupa hung his head because he knew he had been outplayed.
Long as he’s reacting to classic Jazz pieces, he’s gotta do Take Five by Dave Brubeck
You HAVE to hear the Carnigie Hall version ti get the full impact of this brilliant piece. It is like a 13 min piece. Krupa absolutley killed the drums. And Goodman had an all star band backing.
That's an amazing version!
Boogie woogie bugle boy of company B, by the Andrews sisters is another great song from that era.
A prime example of why you are the best of all the “reaction” folks on here. Thanks for being a good human and helping keep good music alive!!
Timeless. Oh man, the syncopation ...and so tight. The swells. So expressive. C'mon people.
You can draw the line to rock and roll through this performance. There is a great live video version.
0:50 - Yeah brother, you got it. This is a classic, and well worth the intense listen. I used to do East and West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, and Charleston.
1:44 - Louis Prima's version, the original, is "Sing, Sing, Sing ( With a Swing)". It was released in 1936 with the lyrics:
"Sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah
Now you're singin with a swing
Sing sing sing everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah
Now you're singin like everything
When the music goes around
Everybody's gonna go to town
But here is one thing you should know
Sing it high and sing it low
Oh, sing sing sing sing everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah
Now you're singin with a real good swing!"
3:50 - Yessir, and it was in MANY movies from Swing Kids to Casino to TV Shows like the Sopranos, etc. A live version with Benny Goodman and his orchestra is in Hollywood Hotel (from 1937)
Thanks for the education! So Louis Prima did it first? Was Keily Smith involved?
I have learned every psrt of this song and I can sing along with every instrument. It's just a really great song to sing too.
The Jewish Benny Goodman deserves recognition for his contributions to racial integration. His band of the 1930s was one of the first "white" bands to include a black person. His famous Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 was not the first time blacks performed on stage, but it was still a rarity then. BTW, the extended version of this song on the Carnegie Hall concert album is even better.
The black musician was the great Lionel Hampton on the Vibraphone.
@@AFmedic And also pianist Teddy Wilson
And he also had Charlie Christian on guitar. Goodman's famous quote was: "It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony."
Love, Love, Love!
yes I love the Carnegie Hall performance it's my favorite version of this song,I still have it on vinyl. I think the best part of the song at Carnegie Hall is the piano solo, totally unrehearsed the crowd was digging the song so to make it longer they have the solos, but this time pointed to the piano and said go, which is why you hear someone saying "yeah man" on the recording, no rehearsal no prep all off the cuff and excellent work a masterpiece.
If you look back through the years, you'll find that humans have always been capable of producing great music. It still holds meaning today.
You just can't listen to this song and not move your body! Loved watching you react to it!!
There is a film of Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall in 1938, I believe it was. This was one of my dad's favorite songs.
Benny Goodman was one of the first bandleaders to include black musicians to his orchestra. He wanted to break down racial barriers.
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Hamp, Teddy, The Count himself, Freddie, Walter, Lester ....
Written by Louis Prima in 1936. He sang "I WANNA BE LIKE YOU" from Disney's(animated) version of "JUNGLE BOOK". Check out the movie "HOLLYWOOD HOTEL" here see Benny and his Orchestra. The Andrew Sisters and Louis Prima have a vocal release of the song.
Horns baby, Horns!!! Drums baby drums!!! Jitterbuggin' JOY!!! Benny was the BEST.
Good ole 1940's jitterbug music. I can picture a canteen somewhere and soldiers dancing before going to war.
Finally, somebody going back to an amazing period of music BEFORE rock and roll. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Jamel… Damn brother, you’re REALLY going way back with the musical history on this one huh??? I loved how you switched into the black & white part of the way through 🤟😝🎷🎺🥁. Another highlight was seeing you bust out the moves big guy 👍😁
Lol I would’ve got up but my wireless headphones were dead 🤣🕺🏾
@@jamelakajamal … 🤟😂.. I could imagine you & Adrienne swing dancing to this or even busting out The Charleston 💃🏻💥🕺🏾
Nostalgia in spades!!
My dad had hundreds of 78’s from this era, of extraordinary musicians and musicianship.
Thank you , thank you.
You have to do " ONE OCLOCK JUMP ", the version recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1937,,,,it is long but every inch is pure magic,,, just do it.
You should do more big band reactions. A fantastic era for music.
The original version is by Louis Prima and it has lyrics. Louis Prima also sings "I Wanna Be Like You" from Junglebook. He helped popularize the shuffle beat (swing) that became one of the prime ingredients for early Rock And Roll. If you want to introduce someone to Jazz and not hate it, don't play them Miles Davis first....play them Louis Prima.
Here is a link to the original Louis Prima version. czcams.com/video/WGM2HPM6BDc/video.html
I LOVE Louis Prima but the lyrics do nothing for the song. The Goodman version of the song is the best.
I'd start with Louis Jordon, but Prima's not bad either.
Louis Prima also wrote or did Just a Gigolo, Jump Jive and wail and so many more good ones. I would also agree, Louis Jordon is somewhere you should go
Long before Rock n roll there was this music. There's varying versions of it earliest one is from 1937 it's been used in quite a few movies. Try also Glenn Miller, In the mood it's a swinger
I love Glen Miller, but song of the volga boatmen would be a good one! And of course Duke Ellington - rockin' rythm or even black cherry, is that what its called? Black cherry or black pepper... why cant i remember, its from one of his suites...
I love this one!! Thank you for showing some Big Band love!! This was one of my father's favorites and he showed it to me 50 years ago. It is still on my regular Pandora play list.
Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood ., Jukebox Saturday Night.., Moonlight Seranade.. Anything by Glenn Miller.. Mandy and I both grew up with our Grandparents listening to it.. Sad to say not many will even give this a chance today.. Note in late 90's a teen who lived next door his fav bands were System of a Down and Glenn Miller.. Now that is great.. LOL..
Yes! Love the music of Glenn Miller. Great stuff!
@@reneestes6254 It sure is.. And some of those drummers from those days were Rock and Metal Drummers beforehand.. Thanks for your reply all the best to you and yours..
Here's a link to a "live" version from the film "Hollywood Hotel"...not the whole song but it's great to see Gene Krupa (the drummer) in action. czcams.com/video/GwPvLMlGWPI/video.html
And here is a VERY famous version they recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1938....13 minutes long! Gene Krupa goes OFF! czcams.com/video/pHcSKoFeQ4k/video.html
thank you!🐇
Harry James on first trumpet.
Nice! My folks had that 1938 Carnegie Hall show on vinyl, I listened to this track a LOT. 👍
@@WeeStrom We had that record in our collection too.
Thanks for the link!
This has got to be the swinginest old song there is...a true classic for all ages and backgrounds
In the long, long ago I was in a marching band that won almost every competition off of this song!
7:13 - Swing music heavily influenced the soundtracks of several Disney movies, from The Jungle Book ("I Wanna Be Like You") to The Aristocats ("Everybody Wants To Be A Cat"), etc, while Sing Sing Sing itself was only in Canine Caddy (Mickey Mouse and golf and swing... what a weird combo)
And Louis Prima, who sang "I Wanna Be Like You" (as King Louis), wrote "Sing Sing Sing" back in 1936.
Gene Krupa. Madman! And cowbells too! My goodness. Life she is good. Movies? Sal Mineo played Gene Krupa in Gene Krupa Story, and there was The Benny Goodman Story. I'm pretty sure this solo was featured in both
In the Benny Goodman Story Benny is played by the Late Steve Allen who was an excellent musician in his own right. Here is the trailer to the movie: czcams.com/video/n0GuFseyKYY/video.html&ab_channel=rosen88kavalier
This is a great "rabbit hole" to drop into. Anything from the 30's and 40's. Personally I'm a huge Glenn Miller fan. My parents bought that big console TV/stereo/HiFi and they'd dance around the living room to Miller's band. Love them 💕
For as old as this song is, it hits as hard as anything you might hear today, I meant check out Jamel, the chair can't even hold him.
Wow, you went way back! Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, and Chick Webb, I am guessing in the 1930s I think, oh my goodness, all of those Big Band names my mother grew up listening to because of her parents, this is some good stuff, Jamel! Some are instrumental, some might have words. They are all wonderfully composed music many have enjoyed dancing to. I love Sing, Sing, Sing! I checked on YT and there is a video from a film in 1937 where you can actually see them playing! I haven't watched that video but it does appear they have the band members playing. Check it out! Enjoyed your reaction!
Amazing song Jamel!! The great Gene Krupa beating those drums like they owed him money..
You need to check out Glenn Miller “In The Mood”. Awesome swing song. Glenn was fantastic musician and arranger.
This so reminds me of the music my grandad used to listen to when he was alive. It just brings me to tears thinking of that old fart . Love you gramps ❤
This song is an all-time classic. This is one of the precursors to Rock n Roll - imagine replacing the various horns w/ electric guitars, bass guitars, and keyboards and you'd have a kickass rock song.
I haven't heard this song in a L-O-N-G time. Like all great music does, listening to this classic reminded me of dancing with my father when I was a little girl, standing with my feet on his tan work boots as he twirled me around the living room. Benny Goodman was an innovator during the swing era, and he could really play his clarinet very well. Of course, the awesome drumming of Gene Krupa was what drove the audiences wild. Thanks for the early-morning memories, Jamel!
The movie The Mask with Jim Carey had this song in it.
Ok so if you want a wonderful oldie to slow dance to check out Glen Miller " Moonlight Serenade".
One of the most romantic songs ever.
A beautiful piece of music hope he does it. Ty for requesting
Also there is Glen Gray and "Smoke Rings" very sexy song: czcams.com/video/erYcK_a7N8Y/video.html&ab_channel=MrRJDB1969
Not sure that was Glenn Miller?
@@bluelionvintage8134 it’s not. Glen Mikker was a suggestion for next time. 😊
@@bluelionvintage8134 " Moonlight Serenade" was written and performed by Glen Miller. czcams.com/video/rjq1aTLjrOE/video.html&ab_channel=WorldWar2Music
Certifited classic. Hope u enjoy. I've had this song in my memory's since the chips ahoy commercial
This was the 1940s...the Big Band Era. You need to check out Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", "String of Pearls", "St. Louis Blues" and "Moonlight Seranade", which was his theme song.
This is the base for all rock, guaranteed… also I think this in the movie 1941 (among many other soundtracks), classic!!
and approximately a million commercials!
As a 10year old clarinet student i found that "Shellack" 78'rpm in Grandparents cellar in an old box. IT MAKES ME JUMP UP AND DOWN AND CRY YEEEEEAAASH GRANDMA WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE ?
I'm infected with Jazz. I'm 60 now and i still listen to the BEST AMERICA EVER HAD. JAZZ !!!!!!
My dad was a professional drummer his whole life and had his own "big band" orchestra for over 20 yrs (from the early '40s to the mid '60s). And he always said his favorite drummer was Gene Krupa, the drummer on this piece. (He admired Buddy Rich's skill, but Rich was such a jerk as a person that it was hard for my dad to get past that.) I wish this kind of swing music was better-known among younger folks these days. As my dad would have said, "It really COOKS!"
Clarinet, J!! Listen to the opening bars of George Gershwin's masterpiece 'Rhapsody in Blue.'
Love the vintage, b&w film look, btw, lol!
Yeah, as remarked elsewhere here, Gene Krupa killing it on drums!
🎶BENNY GOODMAN & PEGGY LEE ~ WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT🎶
IS ANOTHER AMAZING BY HIM PLUS THE SWING / BIG BAND ERA WAS JUST BOOMIN WITH AMAZING DRUMMER LIKE "GENE KRUPA" ON THIS SONG HAD SOME MEMORABLE DRUM BATTLES THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
An all time favorite jam. And it only came out 85 years ago lol
I had the great privilege of seeing Benny Goodman live fronting the Glenn Miller Orchestra, with Tex Beneke and Helen O’Connell. They played on December 10, 1977 at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna Virginia.
My parents had season tickets and made sure that I saw a lot of different musical styles. Benny had had a stroke a couple of years earlier and had been out of commission; this was one of his comeback appearances.He would continue to perform until his death in 1986.
It was an electrifying night of great, great music. I cannot recommend highly enough that today’s young people listen to this stuff. The virtuosity is beyond compare.
This is the music that a lot of rock ‘n’ roll icons grew up with. They really appreciated the skill level and the compositional complexity of these pieces. This is where we get groups like the Beatles from.
This is a true GOAT performance.
It was lightning in a bottle.
The GOAT drummer Gene Krupa.
One of the GOAT trumpet players, Harry James.
The GOAT clarinet player AND a GOAT band leader Benny Goodman.
You will hear other versions of this song, by other artists, but this single performance is the GOAT.
You can literally "feel" the "next level" of it and know that it can never be reproduced.
Jamel, I seriously love how tickled you were with how amazing this is. I get that way about music too - just laughing because it's soooo good. 😁
I'm 55. my old man was a WW2 Vet. He introduced me to Big Band music. Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, etc. You should check out Jump, Jive, and Wail by Louie Prima, or better yet, the cover by the Brian Seltzer Orchestra. It freakin swings!!
I'm 65 and I still listen to the music of my parents generation. Music like this. Thanks for helping keep it alive. Swing that thing, baby!
Oh,yes, I liked swing,myself.
This brings back memories. I played clarinet when I was young, so my aunt turned me on to Benny Goodman. Teresa Brewer as well. She came from that era, and I loved all the music sent my way.
When Rock n roll started the straights were beside themselves. They hated it, but I always thought what about swing. I think that if swing had gone straight into rock n roll there would have been such a push back. The period between swing and rock n roll was quieter with crooners like Sinatra, Bennett etc. This particular piece of music has been used in many movies.
Two words: Louis Jordon.
@@erichammer2751 Jump Jive.
At Carnegie Hall in 1938 the piece went on for 13 minutes and brought the house down. They were dancing in the aisles. Gene Krupa became the first superstar drummer.
Find and listen to the 1938 Carnegie Hall concert.
You got it, Jamel. That is the dance.
Regardless of your age if you can't bust a move to this number you have no soul.Love the drums,the horns and the clarinet.🎷🎶🌴
The live version is killer...:)...Swing is KILLER stuff...Check out some of the Duke, Duke Ellington...Buddy Rich had a killer swing band along with many others...
Duke E..Don't get around much anymore..great piece by him
@@tpaege1 Skin Deep Duke ellington with Louie Bellson on drums...On of the great jazz pieces...
The band played Carnegie Hall. In the review, the reviewer noted that, when they played this song, "They were dancing in the aisles." Hence the term used ever since for a big hit played live, with audience participation. "How good was the show? They were dancing in the aisles."
My late father absolutely LOVED Benny Goodman and all the swing bands! This made me smile. Miss you, Dad.
Bout time you got to this one! I asked for it about a year ago. I knew you could not sit still for it. Fantastic music from pre ww2.
This Is Big Band Swing which was invented by Glenn Miller in the late 30's and was still going strong in the 40's. Unfortunately He Died in a Plane Crash at the height of His fame. My Mum was a 40's Teenager who was into Big Band Swing and the Crooners like Frank Sinatra. But She was also an Elvis Fan. Dad was an Old Fashioned Rock And Roll Is A Message From The Devil type. So as a Little Girl I grew up hearing Celtic Folk (Dad was mainly Irish), Classical, Old Country And Western alongside 50's Music 🎶. Mum and I left Him when I was 13, He was Abusive. I found a Good Father Figure in My Mum's Sister's Husband who was one of the Sweetest, Kindest Gentleman. You can talk to Him about anything without judgement. My Big Sister moved in with Us, She started introducing Me to Older Artists and I taught Her about 90's Music. Mum became a fan of The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Bee Gees and ABBA as well. She didn't understand what I saw in Heavy Metal, given Her age that was understandable. She didn't stop Me from listening to it. But I had to either wear Headphones or wait until She left to turn it up. From Glenn Miller I suggest "String Of Pearls", "In The Mood"and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" there's a clip from a movie which is available on CZcams. It took a lot of convincing from His Wife but "Little Brown Jug" is incredible.
kinda the way i was introduced to a lot of music. had 3 older brothers. 7, 10, 13 years older then me. they left a lot of albums when they went off to college....Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yardbirds, Animals, etc. Mom favorite genre was swing. Glenn Miller being her favorite, Dad liked classical and Opera. Plus there were other genres in the house that i am not even sure how they got there. like Polka, Folk. So I listened to all these plus the ones that came up when I was a teenager....Jackson 5, Osmonds, Motown, Queen, Alice Cooper. Also LOVE blues. BB King being my favorite. lol So glad I never just listened to one genre.
Gene Krupa was the first to arrange the drum kit as we know it today. He was the first to have a drum solo. He was the first to also record a drum solo. He was the first rock star drummer! He was amazing. My grandpa had this record. He'd get this going as loud as he could on his hi-fi stereo and the windows would rattle. Oh man, you could tell he was back in the 40s when he listened to this. He gave me his record not too long before he died. My son is a drummer and is now learning about Gene Krupa! This whole era of music was incredible! True rebel music!
This was composed by Louis Prima in 1936. It does have lyrics. Gene Krupa was one of the best drummers of that era.
Omg J I’m already in tears thank you! 🥰🥰 This song is so damn special to me. You’re so good to me. (I figured you’d probably heard it, not sure if you’d heard the whole thing. 😊)
Gave Mama A Shoutout 👍🏾
@@jamelakajamal oh lord she’s gonna die 🥰😄😄😄
Oh what a great pick, mate!! Xx
GREAT PICK I GREW UP ON BIG BAND ERA MUSIC FATHER BOUGHT AN OLD RECORD PLAYER AND WAS HANDED DOWN SO MAN FROM 🎶 COUNT BASIE TO BENNY GOODMAN TO BUDDY RICH BAND ETC........🎶 BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES THE BANDS WERE SWINGING BACK THAT THANKS SISTER KARA TURNER ✌🏼& LO💚E
@@belindascott2747 hello my darling! This song does something to me. 😊 hope you’re doing well down under! ❤️
Love the 40’s era! Everything was rationed and everyone went without during WWII but the music, and a little faith got them through with less for awhile.
Oh my God I have loved this song since I was little. I forget what period movie This was in but I loved it ever since
Great music never dies. Most modern music is already mouldering in the grave. Louis Prima, you are immortal.
Written by the great Louie Prima who you definitely should check out
I loved when Jamel asked if this was in the Jungle Book -- Louis Prima sang "I Wan'na Be Like You."
Louie Prima, alone, & in duets with Keely Smith.
SWEET ! I love these jazz videos, Lionell Hampton, this one right here and several others I listen top all the time.
Yesss! I’m was listening to Lionel Hampton exactly when I saw your comment. 😄
As a child my Father had these swing bands on every Sunday! So nice to reminisce! As alwYs, thank you Jamel for another great reaction! 💖
There are lyrics to this song but Benny Goodman's version is typically this instrumental. I have the sung version done by the Mcguire Sisters, I believe. Now you are in my favorite music era!
Love that you did this! I was in the resurgent scene in the early, mid 90’s with this. Had a hip cat seeing you wanted to dance and just put out their hand. You didn’t know each other but, you just wanted to dance. Great times at the Durby Club on Los Feilez. It has to be the most exhausting song to keep up to till the end. You do have catch your breath moments but, then band hits you hard. Oh, and everyone dressed to the 9’s!
I love big band and swing. The 1940s had some great music
Can you imagine being in the clubs with this music? Wow!
FINALLY, "Sing Sing Sing" didn't come from a movie or a cartoon... it developed over a year and a half within the Goodman band, starting in '36. They played it every night in hotel ballrooms and on the road, and like Topsy, "It Growed." The version you picked for this video is fine, but you should check out the 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall performance. It's live, is about twelve minutes long, and is the Last Word on the piece. It has a surprise piano excursion near the end by Jess Stacy that you just have to hear.
So glad you're gleefully exploring stuff outside of your "comfort zone." I wish a LOT more people would follow your example. All anyone has to do nowadays is use the search engine on Google and CZcams, and they'll learn history and facts fast enough.
I love this tune, the Goodman Band, all the stories about when it closed their performance at Carnagie Hall in 1938, and esp. listening to that performance. Some great solo shots there, including a one-off by pianist Jess Stacey. It went extra long, at Goodman's insistence, and was sublime. This particular audio today, I believe is either from a recent movie, or a much newer band as the recording quality back then, and even into the 50s was no where Near this good.
If you're going down this rabbit hole, try White Heat by Jimmy Lunceford, Can You Take It by Fletcher Henderson. The Carnegie Hall version is the best.
Now watching this made me feel like the "old days" when you reacted to all the "oldies" and we were notified and they weren't blocked and we all had great time!! Love you.
My Mother played Swing Music in our house when I was growing up. I saw Benny live in concert in the '80's before he passed. Swing Kids I believe was the movie you referred to.
This song from the movie A Song Is Born does a pretty good job of tracing the origins and evolution of swing music. Swing originally was just an descriptor ("that cat is really swingin'", "this song swings!") describing hot jazz versus sweet jazz.
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"I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss...the jerk!"
Love that movie. I remember when I saw Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums play The Inferno in San Francisco back in like...1999 maybe, and Carmen Getit sang a great version of I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues. Good good times.
My departed father inlaw played this music all the time. He used to be the accordion player for one of these bands. This was his time, you are only young once.
Gotta love it when a good human gets to jam out to some Benny Goodman.
Finally, someone reacting to the "King of Swing". He is by far my favorite band leader of that era.
Sing Sing Sing, Yes Yes Yes!!! 🙌🙌🙌 The energy, the joy in this song is timeless!!! And MAN, those drums!!!! Loved your chair dancing, Jamel!!❤️
This song came out in 1936! For me, it was Benny Goodman at his best! He played the clarinet.
This was my mom’s first crush and I ended up playing clarinet for years. Mom was so happy about that!
This song has been used in so many things, including the old vintage cartoons! LOVED Benny Goodman and all Big Band music back in the early days (before my time)! This was so fun! Thanks Jamel!
This has been sampled into so many TV shows and movies. Looney Tunes used so many variations of this. And maybe I'm wrong. But the Malcom X movie with Danzel Washington did sample this also.
"Sing Sing Sing" was featured in many movies including one of the Thin Man film series, The Benny Goodman Story, All That Jazz & yes...The Jungle Book as the backdrop to King Louie's entrance. Goodman's instrument, the clarinet, was referred to as a licorice stick, a slang reference in the day. The guy was one hot musician...guaranteed to make you tap your feet all with a big ole smile!
3:02 "ah, hold on, I ain't heard THIS part..." Yeah man - this is the SECOND THEME, a whole different song that also was popular in 1936, "Christopher Columbus." The Goodman men (it was a collective improvisation) took "C.C.," changed it from major to minor, and cleverly interpolated it into "S.S.S." FYI, What we know today as "Sing Sing Sing" evolved over about a year within Goodman's band.