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Songs with hand-clapping on the backbeat
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:46 pm
by subst
Songs with hand-clapping on the backbeat I've managed to remember. No particular order:
Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Shout Sister Shout
Lucky Millinder - Fare Thee Well Deacon Jones
Lucky Millinder - Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
Lionel Hampton - Lavender Coffin
Earl Grant - Sermonette
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - C Jam Blues
Ella Fitzgerald, Sy Oliver - Sugarfoot Rag
Ella Fitzgerald - Goody Goody
Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
Ray Charles - Ain't That Love
Ray Charles - Swanee River Rock
Can anyone name me some more please?
I can't really say why exactly, but it feels so great to dance to that backbeat clapping.
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:01 pm
by Eyeball
Harry James - Yes, Indeed!
Glenn Miller - Song of the Volga Boatmen
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:52 pm
by Jonas
hand clappin' - red prysock
clap your hands - lucky millinder
solid as a rock - count basie
solid as a rock - ella fitzgerald
/jonas
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:18 am
by anton
A super song (with a message to all Swedes who insist on clapping on 1 and 3...):
Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Clap Your Hands on the Afterbeat (1940)
It's available on 1940-1941 (Circle, ?) as well as on the Second Circle Sampler (Circle, 2003).
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:27 pm
by subst
Eyeball wrote:Harry James - Yes, Indeed!
Glenn Miller - Song of the Volga Boatmen
Totally forgot about "Yes, Indeed" and "Solid As Rock". Thank you John and Jonas.
I also forgot to mention Anita O'Day "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine"
Song of the Volga Boatmen? Which version has hand-clapping?
anton wrote:A super song (with a message to all Swedes who insist on clapping on 1 and 3...):
Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Clap Your Hands on the Afterbeat (1940)
Listened to the preview - that is a great song! Thanks a lot! Now I have to try to find those Circle CDs.
Re: Songs with hand-clapping on the backbeat
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:12 pm
by djstarr
subst wrote:I can't really say why exactly, but it feels so great to dance to that backbeat clapping.
oh I agree - "Goody Goody" is definitely a go to song to get people up and dancing. The combination of Ella, the tempo, and the clapping work really well.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:59 pm
by Eyeball
subst wrote:
Song of the Volga Boatmen? Which version has hand-clapping?
The original GM version from 1940...and any accurate recreations.
Oh - Benny Goodman....ummm....Six Flats Unfurnished, IIRC. Very tricky.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:26 pm
by wspeid
"Loose Wig" by Lionel Hampton as well.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:47 am
by trev
"The Lonesome Road" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe w Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:57 am
by Eyeball
Glenn Miller's "Doin' the Jive" has some creative handclapping by the band.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:42 am
by Haydn
On a related subject, I've noticed when people start clapping their hands at a dance, it's a sign that there's some dance energy in the room. It's best when people not dancing start clapping their hands. It's as if they are becoming infected by the music.
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:35 am
by Haydn
Hey Man! Hey Man! by Leo "Snub" Mosley
Do You Call Dat Religion by Clarence Williams
I'm sure many late 40s and 50s records (rock and roll) have hand-clapping, but I don't know if they would suit a swing dance.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:31 am
by Haydn
Lucky Millinder - Who Said Shorty Wasn't Coming Back?
Lucky Millinder - Shorty's Got To Go
Lucky Millinder - There's Good Blues Tonight
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:37 am
by Matthew
By no means am I saying that you should do this, but it would be pretty straightforward to add claps to songs.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:48 pm
by kitkat
ROTFL