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Swing Music Anyone?

Do you prefer Swing and Big Band music to Rock and Roll? This is the place to share your favorites. What are you listening to? What memories do these songs bring back?

 

 

 

 

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Brititsh Army musicians flash mob to Sing, Sing, Sing

 

 

 

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Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee   On The Sunny Side Of The Street

 

 

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Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse  Body and Soul

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Amy Winehouse   Someone To Watch Over Me

 

 

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Ella Fitzgerald   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

 

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Peggy Lee & The Benny Goodman Orchestra   Why Don't You Do Right?

 

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Frank Sinatra  Begin the Beguine

 

 

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Artie Shaw  Begin the Beguine

 

 

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (album is about an hour long)

 

 

 

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Wozers! George and Ira Gershwin songbook. This video is over an hour long!  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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George Gershwin  Rhapsody In Blue

 

 

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy  Save My Soul

 

 

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Louis Prima, Keely Smith  Old Black Magic

 

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Ella Fitzgerald   Fascinatin' Rhythm

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Glenn Miller   A String Of Pearls

 

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Glenn Miller Orchestra  Moonlight Serenade

 

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Who says Swing is dead? Check out this video of a flash mob dancing to Swing at the Denver Airport. 🙂

 

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"...Who says Swing is dead? Check out this video of a flash mob dancing to Swing at the Denver Airport....".

 

I love that video. I have searched, for some time, on flash mobs in general. There have been some really good video's, with all sorts of music. Anyone interested in flash mob music should 'google' it and see what is out there.

  


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The Brian Setzer Orchestra  Jump Jive An' Wail

 

Some of you probably remember Brian Setzer from the rockabilly group Stray Cats. (see below for refresher :))

 

 

Stray Cats  Stray Cat Strut

 

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The Brian Setzer Orchestra  Jump Jive An' Wail

 

Some of you probably remember Brian Setzer from the rockabilly group Stray Cats. (see below for refresher :))

 

 

Stray Cats  Stray Cat Strut

 


@EpsterTHX. I know you posted these for me. Man Surprised  RE: Sinatra, I prefer instrumental versions of Begin the Beguine. Crazy Sinatra fan, as you know, so how weird, right? Brian Setzer's recent stuff is on my running playlist.

 

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@HammH  I did. 🙂  With ya on the Begin the Beguine. It loses something when there are vocals (odd coming from a vocalist, eh?)

 

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The Speakeasies Swing Band  Bright Light Late Nights

 

 

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Here's an example of one one of the 'modern' bands recording swing music.

 

 

The Speakeasy Three  When I Get Low, I Get High

 

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@Epster wrote:

Who says Swing is dead? Check out this video of a flash mob dancing to Swing at the Denver Airport. 🙂

 



Hey, that was fun! I enjoy dancing to Swing, or more precisely, The Jitterbug. I learned it from my older cousins. 

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@MaVolta  Glad you enjoyed it. One day I want to be part of something like that dancing flash mob. Bet it's a total kick! 🙂

 

 

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@MaVolta  Glad you enjoyed it. One day I want to be part of something like that dancing flash mob. Bet it's a total kick! 🙂

 

 


Oh, that would be cool!

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In the Mood - Glenn Miller

 

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@MaVolta Oh man! Glenn Miller! We listened to so much of his music as kids! I really love swing  & big band music. Adore the dancing gramdma video, too! Rawr! 🙂

 

Thanks for posting both of these. 🙂

 

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Inspiration anyone? This one's a treasure. Keep on dancing, Grandmas! 

 

 

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong   Dream a Little Dream of Me

 

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