SwingDJs

...to officially "close" this: Yes, the second is indeed Louise Hoffsten:
http://www.emusic.com/album/Louise-Hoff ... 22979.html

My goodness, this is quite a poorly written article - terrible grammar. Interesting story, however!

I think it's the Bennie Goodman Sextet, too.

Bill, that's really 4Beat6? Dead ringer for BG/Charlie Christian. Do you have the CD?

"Day In, Day Out" Billie Holiday

"Eight Days A Week" The Beatles

Laura - Whatcha lookin' for - vocal, instrumental, vintage, hi-fi? There are several 200+ versions on Amazon & eMusic. Here's a couple of older instrumentals: Sid Phillips http://www.amazon.com/Anything-Goes-Featuring-Green-Sisters/dp/B001DBRJ2C/ref=sr_1_148?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=12923765...

Well, this got no response two years ago, but I have the same question. I've copied all my music files to my new laptop, imported them all into iTunes. Everything (BPM, comments, ratings, even preset volumes) got transferred except for equalizer presets. Anyone know if it's possible to transfer thos...

"Free For All" by Artie Shaw

Hmmm, maybe she misspoke and what she played was this version by Artie Shaw, not Mr. Webb? Or was she off on both title & artist with Jimmie Lunceford's "What is This Thing Called Swing"? ? Just guessing....

"King Porter Stomp", Teddy Hill Orchestra

"I Got Rhythm" by Casa Loma Orchestra. I have it on the album "Stompin' Around".

Actually, the name of the song is "Skin 'Em Back"

The fastest song in my collection is "After You've Gone" by Gene Krupa, from "The Gene Krupa Story" - Disc 2. 363 bpm.

There's a sample on iTunes HERE

Don't think I'd heard that one before! Another Fats song I recently discovered is "You Meet The Nicest People In Your Dreams", available at jazz-on-line.com. You can listen to the whole song there. In addition to having fun lyrics, it really swings, kicking into gear at about 1:21 with sax...