"Jumping Jive" (also known as "(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous
jazz
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swing
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* Pendulum, an object that swings
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composition,
written
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by
Cab Calloway
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, conductor and dancer. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocali ...
,
Frank Froeba
Frank Froeba or Froba (August 1907, New Orleans - February 16, 1981, Miami) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.
Froeba held jobs in the bands of Johnny Wiggs and John Tobin while still in his teens. He played with Johnny de Droit in New ...
, and
Jack Palmer.
Originally
recorded on 17 July 1939, on
Vocalion Records
Vocalion Records is an American record company and label.
History
The label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company, a maker of pianos and organs, as Aeolian-Vocalion; the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name. "Aeolian" was ...
, it sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Pop chart.
Calloway performs the song with his orchestra and the
Nicholas Brothers
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in the 1943
musical film ''
Stormy Weather''.
["Jumpin' Jive"]
(video) sung by Cab Calloway and danced by Nicholas Brothers in ''Stormy Weather'' (1943)
Joe Jackson version
"Jumpin' Jive" was covered by
new wave artist
Joe Jackson (under the band name Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive) on his 1981
album of the same name. The album, originally conceived as "a few pub gigs for a laugh," also featured other jump-blues tracks, including Calloway's "We the Cats (Shall Hep Ya)."
After its release on ''Jumpin' Jive'', Jackson's version was later released as a single, where it charted at #43 in Britain.
Charts
Other covers
It has been recorded notably by
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His conce ...
,
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (Janua ...
,
Glenn Miller
Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...
, and
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O", "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)", and "Mr. Pinstripe Suit". The band played at the Super Bowl XXXIII ha ...
.
["Jumpin' Jive"]
at AllMusic.com
References
External links
"Jumpin' Jive"at AllMusic.com
Joe Jackson (musician) songs
1939 songs
1939 singles
Cab Calloway songs
Songs written by Jack Palmer (composer)
Vocalion Records singles
A&M Records singles
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