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#16 Post by anton » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:55 am

Kick-ass charleston song with handclapping:

Cecil Scott and His Bright Boys - Lawd Lawd (1929)

It's (un)available on Anthology Of Scat Singing, Vol. 2

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#17 Post by Jonas » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:53 am

anton wrote:Kick-ass charleston song with handclapping:

Cecil Scott and His Bright Boys - Lawd Lawd (1929)

It's (un)available on Anthology Of Scat Singing, Vol. 2
And highly available on Thumpin' and Bumpin': New York, Vol. 2 [Frog #11] :D

/Jonas

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but, natch!

#18 Post by Eyeball » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:05 am

Eyeball wrote:Harry James - Yes, Indeed!
And the famous Tommy Dorsey "Yes, Indeed!", too!
Will big bands ever come back?

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#19 Post by J-h:n » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:51 am

How could I forget? Fabulous R'n'B band The Treniers has infectious handclapping on most of their songs. Also, they rock, they roll and they swing!

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#20 Post by fredo » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:47 am

[intro] wings and things - duke ellington - soul call

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#21 Post by anton » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:27 am

Buster Smith - Kansas City Riffs (1959)

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#22 Post by Zev » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:33 am

Bobby "Mr Blues" Merrell - I Ain't Mad At You
Earl Palmer's Party Rockers - Johnny's House Party (parts 1 & 2)
Riff Ruffin - That Night

(these are mostly R&B so if you don't have any Treniers you won't have these either)

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#23 Post by meadtastic » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:01 am

les brown - bizet has his day

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#24 Post by Eyeball » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:37 pm

Add on - The broadcast version of THE WEEKEND OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY by Glenn Miller has a hot trumpet solo in the middle with complex hand clapping behind it.

Good Johnny Mercer song which Mildred Bailey recorded.

*The Bailey version employs the word "darkie", unusual for 1940 in pop tune. The Miller version uses a different lyric in that spot.
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#25 Post by Haydn » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:24 am

wspeid wrote:"Loose Wig" by Lionel Hampton as well.
That's an interesting one. There are hand-claps at the start of the track, but they are much quieter than on most tracks (such as Hampton's Lavender Coffin) and sound almost embarrassed in comparison.

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#26 Post by Haydn » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:54 am

Here's my list (some of these have been mentioned earlier in the thread) -

Gospel
Down By the Riverside, Calvin Earl
Down By the Riverside, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
How Far From God, Rev. Blind Gary Davis
Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho, Sidney Bechet
On Revival Day, Carrie Smith
Sermonette, Earl Grant
Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat, Louis Armstrong

Modern-sounding Swing
C Jam Blues, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Hot Toddy, Ted Heath
Keep On Loving You, Buddy Johnson
Smooth Sailing, Ella Fitzgerald
Tutti Frutti, Bill Harris
Yes Indeed, Sy Oliver
Yes Indeed!, B.B. King

50s-Style RnB
A Little Bird Told Me, Blue Lu Barker
Can't Do Sixty No More, Billy Ward & The Dominoes
Chew Tobacco Rag, Lucky Millinder
Hound Dog, "Big Mama" Thornton
It Ain't The Meat, The Swallows
Lollipop, The Chordettes
My Old Man, Buddy & Ella Johnson
Sixty Minute Man, The Dominoes
Yes Indeed, The Orioles
You Broke Your Promise, Paula Watson

Classic Swing
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, Anita O'Day
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, Ella Fitzgerald & Song Spinner
Bizet Had His Day, Les Brown & His Orchestra
Clap Your Hands On The Afterbeat, Bob Chester
Do You Call Dat Religion?, Clarence Williams
Fare Thee Well Deacon Jones, Lucky Millinder
Hey Man! Hey Man!, Mosley, Leo "Snub" And His Band
Lavender Coffin, Tony Pastor
Lavender Coffin, Lionel Hampton
Shorty's Got To Go, Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Shout, Sister, Shout, Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Solid As A Rock, Count Basie
Solid As A Rock, Ella Fitzgerald
Song Of The Volga Boatmen, Glenn Miller
The Devil Sat Down And Cried, Harry James
There's Good Blues Tonight, Lucky Millinder
Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well, Lucky Millinder
Yes Indeed, Harry James
Yes Indeed, Tommy Dorsey

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#27 Post by lipi » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:38 pm

"i know who threw the whiskey in the well", bull moose jackson

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