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The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous jazz/swing composition, written by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, and Jack Palmer. [1] Originally recorded on 17 July 1939, on Vocalion Records , it sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Pop chart.
It became the official jive language reference book of the New York Public Library. [31] A revised version of the book was released with Professor Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau in 1939. He released the last edition, The New Cab Calloway's Hepsters Dictionary: Language of Jive, in 1944. [32]
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive is the fourth studio album by Joe Jackson. [2] Released in 1981, it is a collection of covers of classic 1940s swing and jump blues songs originally performed by musicians such as Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway, the latter of whose song "Jumpin' Jive" was the eponym for this album.
Jackson's first band, formed in Gosport, was called Edward Bear, [note 1] later renamed Arms and Legs. [5] The band broke up in 1976 after two unsuccessful singles. He was still known as David Jackson when he joined Arms and Legs, but picked up the nickname "Joe" based on his perceived resemblance to the British television puppet character Joe 90, a genius child spy.
Beat Crazy is the third album by Joe Jackson, released in October 1980 and credited to the Joe Jackson Band. [4] It was a relative disappointment commercially, peaking outside the Top 40 in both the UK and the United States, with its singles failing to chart. [5]
" – Jackson's debut single – delivered surprisingly on accordion, piccolo and violin. The final encore was "Jumpin' Jive" from 1981. [11] The band rested briefly for a week, then the schedule resumed in July–August with concerts in Belgium, Italy, Australia and Japan. [5] At the end of this, Jackson took a lengthy break.
Live 1980/86 is a Joe Jackson double live album, released in April 1988. [1] It was recorded during the 1980 Beat Crazy tour, the 1982-83 Night and Day tour, the 1984 Body & Soul tour, and the 1986 Big World tour. [4]
"Jump, Jive an' Wail" is a 1956 jazz swing song by Louis Prima. [1] [2] It first appeared on his album The Wildest! and became one of his signature songs. [3] Background