Big Band Favorites.. &...Mom's Stuff

[Lumpy 1]

My mother used to sit me down and force me to listen to opera, show tunes, the vocal artists of her day and the big band sounds..all is welcome here..

psssst, I say she forced me but I really didn't mind...

[ame=http://youtu.be/rLHFgp3BJeg]Eager Beaver - Stan Kenton (1943) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

Swing....


[ame=http://youtu.be/3mJ4dpNal_k]Benny Goodman Orchestra Sing Sing Sing from Hollywood Hotel - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Michelle420]

I love big band and swing cool thread !

 

[tinydancer]

Swing....


Benny Goodman Orchestra Sing Sing Sing from Hollywood Hotel - YouTube

My dad was big into Krupa. I learned how to get the bop in the bop she bop at a young age,

Looking back, I'm so thrilled that our house was so filled with music. From polkas (Ukrainian) to traditional step dancing (Irish side of the family) to big bands and my parents rocking it out in the living room.

Krupa though. What a trip.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Swing...

[ame=http://youtu.be/TZQQ0vUBceM]Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Michelle420]

[ame=http://youtu.be/EOPQswhWPi4]Gene Krupa in a 1945 movie - COOL!! - HQ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tinydancer]

Swing....


Benny Goodman Orchestra Sing Sing Sing from Hollywood Hotel - YouTube

I still get cold chills. What was it about that era?

My feet are going. I love swing. I want a poodle skirt with a couple of crinolines and bobby sox and saddle shoes.

I want to be at the end of a pier and the band rocking on......

 

[Lumpy 1]

I love these Gals

[ame=http://youtu.be/qafnJ6mRbgk]The Andrews Sisters' - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

sheesh...

[ame=http://youtu.be/mHANNkKBSNU]Hooked On Swing Dancing - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

My wife's favorite

[ame=http://youtu.be/MO9nzpZIoFk]"IN THE MOOD" BY GLENN MILLER - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

sweeeet.

[ame=http://youtu.be/7w5Zglcit8U]Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman (1938) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

smoooth

[ame=http://youtu.be/XPwRkrijM8o]Artie Shaw - Frenesi - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

Bad Betty....

[ame=http://youtu.be/7EBgmiy7e9U]Betty Boop - Dope Head Blues - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lumpy 1]

Harlow..

[ame=http://youtu.be/j-ny4WF5xYc]It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[editec]

The Big band era was wonderful.

Great music even today.

 

[Bfgrn]

My late mom was a huge Glenn Miller fan. One Christmas when I was a teen, I bought her a Best of Glenn Miller two album set. On Christmas morning when she came downstairs, I had her favorite song 'Moonlight Serenade' queued up on the turntable. She cried and gave me a huge hug. It was my best Christmas.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBvksGdhxA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBvksGdhxA[/ame]

 

[Connery]

Artie Shaw's Stardust

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBGdCpEliT0]Artie Shaw's Stardust - YouTube[/ame]

 

[hjmick]

I love the Big Band Sound, love Glenn Miller.

I am especially digging what Brian Setzer is doing today:


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6YLMGKzGgg]BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA . AMERICANO - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tinydancer]

He's gone, but not forgotten.

Mr. New Year's Eve. This was his last one. Now my speakers aren't working (one chunky kitty knocked them off the desk last night) so I'm hoping this is as good as it appears to be.

Guy Lombardo's Final New Year's Eve. Appearance - New Year's Eve. 1976-1977

Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians.

[ame=http://youtu.be/pL60HdslvOk]Guy Lombardo's Final New Year's Eve. Appearance - New Year's Eve. 1976-1977 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[tinydancer]

It's not just the bands.It's not just the tunes. It was just such a magical time to remember.

Friday night was the night my dad always took my mom out dancing. She'd stop in at the hair dressers and omg I just realized the hairdresser must have used a can of hairspray every time because my mom could have stood in gale force winds and not one hair would be out place.

She'd break out her Chanel No5. I just remember my dad smelling of Old Spice and Vitalis. And off they'd go in this blue and white chevy belair with fins and real chrome.

It was a marvelous and innocent time to grow up.