"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley,[citation needed] first published...
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If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture is a 2000 non-fiction book about swing music and changes in American culture, written by Mark...
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new lyrics, but most are well-known swing-era hits, including "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"; "Sing, Sing, Sing", "Jumpin at the...
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New York Press, an alternative weekly, in 1999. Judge published If It Ain't Got That Swing: The Rebirth of Grown-Up Culture in 2000. The book chronicled...
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Sing (With a Swing)" – 5:05 "Nothing to Report" – 1:37 "Shout and Feel It" – 2:27 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" – 2:51 (Both...
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night she went into a dance routine that would have slayed you." 1932 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Brunswick 6265) February 2, 1932...
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It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and singer Teresa Brewer...
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Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton. "It Don't Mean a Thing" (1932) excerpt Sample of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" with scat singing by The...
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"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941. It was...
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drum programming, sound design, on "Isfahan" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", Production Assistant for whole album. Sussan Deyhim...
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Songbook including "Anything Goes", a Porter song, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Sophisticated Lady" by Duke Ellington, "Lush...
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Duke Ellington (category Swing bandleaders)
featured vocalist in 1931. She is the vocalist on "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932) among other recordings. Sonny Greer had been...
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California. Warburton is a Christian, and has said that he is willing to turn off Family Guy "when it takes its religious humor too far", perceiving such...
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With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce", "Perdido", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Old Man Blues"...
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band members composed numerous swing era hits that have become standards: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932), "Sophisticated Lady"...
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Marchin' In Hooked On Swing 2 Let’s Dance Leap Frog Jersey Bounce Perdido Rockin' in Rhythm It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Minnie the Moocher...
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drew on his innovations." Never No Lament (Jazz: Bluebird, 2003) Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Jazz: RCA Victor, 1966) Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton...
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Jazz standard (redirect from List of swing jazz standards)
swing era hits that have later become standards: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932), "Sophisticated Lady" (1933) and "Caravan"...
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band members composed numerous swing era hits that have become standards: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932), "Sophisticated Lady"...
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Louie Bellson (category Swing drummers)
1956 The Hawk Talks (Norgran) 1957 Drumorama! (Verve) 1959 Let's Call It Swing (Verve) 1959 Music, Romance and Especially Love (Verve) 1957 Louis Bellson...
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by Doug MacLeod), as well as the jazz standards "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Fever". Of the 12 unreleased tracks, eight...
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Mercer Foundation. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Dicker, Shira. "Gotta Dance? Swing on Over". New York Times. December 22, 2011. Venutolo, Anthony. ""Boardwalk...
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swing music, referring to big band dance music, did not come into use until the 1932 Duke Ellington hit "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"...
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Rush, George; Molloy, Joanna (August 7, 2008). "Hopper: 'Vote' ain't got that 'Swing'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on August 9,...
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For Super Bowl XLIX, it was reported by the Wall Street Journal that league officials asked representatives of potential acts if they would be willing...
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List of Lady Gaga live performances (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
Manhattan, New York. Later that year, Gaga began the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball, which received positive reviews, but some criticized it as disjointed. After...
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this decade, Ellington wrote his most famous works: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1932); "Mood Indigo" (1930), "Sophisticated Lady"...
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"I Ain't Got Nobody" (sometimes referred to as "I'm So Sad and Lonely" or "I Ain't Got Nobody Much") is a popular song and copyrighted in 1915. It was...
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mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." Russell later wrote "I've made better films than Women in Love but obviously it had something that tickled the public's...
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The Great Summit (category Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose)
In a Mellow Tone — 3:48 Lyrics by Milt Gabler. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) — 3:58 Lyrics by Irving Mills. Solitude — 4:55...
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