🎵 Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman Orch, Gene Krupa, Drums, Harry James, Trumpet; 'Swing Kids' Germany

[appalachiablue]

Last edited Sat Jul 11, 2026, 04:47 PM - Edit history (2)

Song by Louis Prima. Scene from the film, 'Hollywood Hotel' (1937). Anthem of Swing.
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- Sing, Sing, Sing (with a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima. The song is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. Several have performed the piece as a vocal cover, most famously, Benny Goodman.

On July 6, 1937, "Sing, Sing, Sing" was recorded in Hollywood with Benny Goodman on clarinet; Gene Krupa on drums; Harry James on trumpet.. Goodman's band recorded an extended work. The 1937 recording lasted 8 minutes and 43 seconds, and it took up both sides of a 12-inch 78...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing,_Sing,_Sing_(with_a_Swing)
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- Louis Leo Prima (Dec. 7, 1910 – Aug. 24, 1978) American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, & bandleader. Rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima
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- Scene, movie 'Swing Kids' (1993). German teens, 'Swingjugend' dance to the popular swing jazz song, 'Sing, Sing, Sing,' 1930s, 1940s. Stars Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Kenneth Branagh.

The title refers to a youth subculture in Nazi Germany, in which teenagers embraced American and British swing music in defiance of the Nazi regime. The film follows 2 high school students in their attempt to be swing kids by night and Hitler Youth by day, a decision that acutely impacts their friends and families...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Kids_(1993_film)
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- Wiki. The Swing Youth (German: Swingjugend) were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939.
Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middle or upper-class students, but also including some in the working class.
They admired the "American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism, especially the Hitler Youth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Kids_(1993_film)

[SheltieLover]

1. Exceptional!

Ty for sharing!

[appalachiablue]

4. You're welcome! Thanks for posting. Some interesting stuff, esp the added *Swing Youth info.

[SheltieLover]

5. Yw

Ty again!

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Super Cool!

Fantastic arrangement.
My dad loved Krupa.
Song rocks pretty hard considering it predates rock by 20 years!

[appalachiablue]

6. It is a great song & performance. Tx for posting. More added above on German Swing Youth.

[GiqueCee]

3. The energy in that tune could raise the dead!

I especially love the second version with all the kids swing dancing. My 79-year-old knees wouldn't survive the dancing I used to do. But at least I have something to remember.

[appalachiablue]

7. Great post! My knees would suffer too, maybe hearing! Ha. More above on German Swing Youth