SwingDJs

To be totally legal, a venue has to pay BMI/ASCAP a fee in order to play licensed music. I'm pretty sure no dance venues do this. Here in the UK, all venues that present live music and/or DJ-led nights are legally obliged to pay fees to the Performing Rights Society (PRS) and Public Performance Lim...

Ever heard of a group called Dynamo's Rhythm Aces ? Check 'em out on the web - they perform 'cover versions of well known contemporary pop songs', in a swingin'/jivin'/lindy hop style... They're based in Bristol (in the UK) and for the past 2 or 3 years I've been playing a couple of their tunes to n...

Campus Five wrote: "Tuxedo Junction"

I have a 'regular' who always asks me to play this and, although the Ersine Hawkins version is the one I usually spin, just for a change/devilment, I recently played the King Curtis recording of it which went down extremely well.

Hi there Swing DJ's - I'm brand new to this site, so allow me to introduce myself to all you swing lovers. First of all, in case you're wondering, this actually is my real name. Honest! You'll also have to forgive me for my technical ineptitude but, being an 'oldie', I'm still coming to grips with t...