Swing, jazz and blues - Dance to the music

It seems like there is going to be a movie made about Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald and the Savoy Ballroom called The Savoy King: Chick Webb...

Jive talk was the slang language of the 1930's and 1940's. Here is video clip with some of the expressions from the swing era. Bett...

I found this video clip with Jerry Lewis from the movie The Nutty Professor via a comment made by leazwell . Jerry Lewis has made perfect...

According to Wikipedia, the musician Louis Jordan was born on July 8th in 1908. One of his most known songs that he performed was Is You Is...

While looking for versions of Cole Porter 's song "Let's Misbehave" I stumbled across the film Easy Virtue that was rele...

Here is a fun video clip from the film The Great Gatsby where people are dancing Charleston at a wild party and jumping into the fountain. ...

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) is song that I love because of its funny, witty and silly lyrics. The lyrics makes me smile every t...

When I looked at the stats of this blog today, I once again saw a increased interest in dances from 1961. In January I asked " What is ...

I will continue to list the classic swing songs . Here is one undisputed classic: Opus One with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra . This partic...

Recently the great dancer Cyd Charisse passed away. Cyd Charisse was one of the stars in the era of movie musicals in the 1940's and 1...

A while back I wrote about Louis Prima being the voice behind King Louie in The Jungle Book , but Louis Prima has been in front of the came...

I've got a Gal in Kalamazoo is a song that I think sometimes come out a little bit flat when I hear it on a recording, but that is not ...

Ferdi On Film has declared this week a Dance Movie Blogathon where partipants blog about dance on film. My own small contribution will be ...

" Why Don't You Do Right? " is a classic swing song that is a favorite of mine. The most classic recording of that song was d...

Glen Grey and the Casa Loma Orchestra is an orchestra that is somewhat forgotten nowadays but they sounded great. Here is a video clip from...

Since it's easter right now, I find it appropriate to show a video clip from the movie Easter Parade from 1948 starring Fred Astaire ,...

Here is a scene from the movie Swing Fever from 1943. Kay Kyser and his orchestra plays the song " One Girl and Two Boys ". Acco...

Here is a great video with Gene Krupa playing Drum Boogie from the film Ball of Fire . Ball of Fire was made in 1941 and features Gary Coop...

If you have been a long time reader of this blog you might remember the dancer Al Norman and his rubber legs . In the video clip above Al No...

Jitterbug dancing is rarely seen in Swedish films but one film where you can see it is the drama/comedy Sten Stensson Sten kommer till stan ...