SwingDJs

Well I agree with you... I was speaking from an artistic perspective. The song is like a shout chorus from start to finish. Most good swing songs, even the really hot high-energy ones, seem to have some kind of a dramatic arc to them, don't they? But this one starts at maximum intensity and stays th...

I think she means that because the song was just used once, and the routine was not choreographed to that song, and was never danced to that song (except for this one time), it doesn't seem like an important part of history. I disagree of course... Even if that song just happened to be "in the ...

Here's what Judy P. e-mailed me today: Wow! You really do have a problem. I think it is going to take some detective work of a high order. Frankie definitely doesn't know the name of the song and doesn't recognize Lee Norman or anyone else in the orchestra. Which is saying something -- probably that...

Oh, and yes, the band does sound like they're ripping of Jimmie Lunceford, and Basie too I'd say. It's full of really cliché swing-era horn riffs. And the song is reminisincent of Harlem Shout, being written on the same chord changes (that is, "I Got Rhythm" changes, just like "Lester...

Has anyone made any headway in answering this question? I'm going to hazard to guess that the song is written by Lee Norman, because he is credited in IMDb as "Composer" , as "Musical Director", and as "Himself (the bandleader)". The other four individuals with composer...