Benny Goodman Orchestra "Sing, Sing, Sing" Gene Krupa - Drums, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937)

[@EnlightnMe48]

The level of professional talent in that entire band is astounding.

[@lioncurlew]

Check out the Guitar guy playing triplets

[@jacobsimon]

plus Fletcher Henderson doing arrangements

[@tracyglennmurray]

A song that was way ahead of its time.

[@jeanc819]

Still is...

[@auapplemac1976]

It was of its time. It’s now “the future” and you don’t hear anything like this today … nor will you!

[@kelkabot]

My goodness, when they all stood up toward the end I got tears in my eyes. What a BANGER FOR ALL TIME.

[@sandy407]

That is just joy, pure joy, in sound. It nearly brings me to tears.

[@BscottHS4E]

I used to be in a heavy metal band and have been around music all my life and this is true gold. Old swing/ big bands rule.

[@Grandmaster-G]

It was the ''metal'' of it's time i guess. \m/

[@RedRocket4000]

@@Grandmaster-G It was and it only was the "soft"big Band and swing" that turned the kids off. Basically parents tending to not being able to tolerate the volume and higher impact songs they loved when young nerfing the sound to the point their kids could not stand it as they could not have sanded it when young. Plus of course when I was young 60's and 70's old stuff sound quality degraded we did not have the ability to restore like we do now.

[@rogerpr364]

I'm 65, 12 years back I purchase a set of drums only to play that kind of music and I love this more than anything!!

[@Marcofctc]

fuck how good it would be to be able to witness this live today. Holy fucking Shit.

[@jacobsimon]

I agree. I wish I heard even one of the famous big bands in person, with everybody dancing. Makes today's rap music seem tepid. But thanks to KZbin we have this real-time clip, next best thing to time travel.

[@robertklose2140]

I'm with you, bro

[@joecheng3344]

The best version of Sing Sing Sing in my opinion, they were all at their prime, Bene, Harry specially Gene, the heat of warrior like drumming should very well be curved on the history book. I have listened this recording since the beginning of 1960 and never get tired, but keep my blood pumping in my twilight age.

[@leonardoyramm1856]

It is definitely a spectacular performance indeed.

[@n.o.n.e.]

Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa Harry James... Doesn't get any better than this. Timeless.

[@robgrano6814]

Very true -- three of the best ever.

[@alternateunreleasedshellac505]

Louis Prima*

[@Voyager23B]

Would give up a lot to see these guys live in concert. The good ole days/

[@edcollins9377]

It can get better we could add the Dorsey Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Count Basie along with Benny, Gene, and Harry and it would be even better.

[@marcusjames9499]

Don't forget Glenn Miller though

[@drdonrs1]

Gene Krupa in his prime...just magnificent. Saw them all in the 40's and 50's.

[@DaviLu]

Awesome

[@sonoilchamp]

How old are you ?

[@kenashariggs1343]

@@sonoilchamp Is this person still alive is the question. It’s been 6 yrs

[@x00p3]

@@kenashariggs1343 My mother was in born 1924 and she would have been in her teens and twenties in those years. She recently passed away in October at the age of 96.

[@LynneConnolly]

So jealous!

[@johnnyplatis]

Gene Kruppa was a rock drummer before rock was invented. A beast!

[@normski262]

Gene was out on his own, in my book

[@Caffeinatedandgrouchy]

Absolutely breathtaking. Gene on drums, Harry James on lead Trumpet and of course Benny.

[@fonicuss]

in 1961 i lived in manhatten i lived on 23 rd and walked every night to see gene krupa play at the metrapole on 46 .this guy was amasing i stood no more than 6 ft away from him ,night after night .a world show men.even today .him and budy rich there has not bene drummers whit that showmen ship than those 2 great great great.fon morcus

[@colleenhenry940]

Loved this one, my dad met Benny Good man many years ago, and complemented him about the Song ,"Sing ,Sing,Sing" Awesome!!!

[@ajgolab]

They took the best elements of the much longer live Carnegie Hall version and squeezed them into two minutes of perfection. Better yet, you get to SEE these giants performing. When Gene hits the cowbell and the horns stood up, chills ran up my spine, because I knew what was coming. How did it take me so long to run across this video?

[@lucky5853]

Gene Krupa's sticks second to none, he raised the bar for others to reach.

[@mat4410]

Man they were cooking! How can you sit still? Amazing how Krupa can get so much music out of one drum!

[@tracyturner1634]

if I saw this live, I would lose my mind; no wonder that the older generation thought the kids were lost... they were Lost in THAT BEAT!

[@AndrewRobbins-bj4cx]

My great grandfather was in the audience of this recording

[@carlygardner9561]

Thats so cool! Im jealous of him

[@funkenstien1155]

Nice

[@KayhanDemirci-d5h]

No fucking way

[@johnbatali]

The drumming is just relentless and perfect.

[@minkoiliev5257]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqWrqItjl6aMkMU Here the drums are relentlessly perfect, the same composition but with Big Sid and Benny Goodman -1942.

[@jimicheesecake]

As a music teacher, i feel like i could teach an entire semester on this 2 minute clip...so many things to talk about.

[@sarahknight5249]

I could watch Gene Krupa all day! The greatest!

[@virginiasoskin9082]

They are so friggin' HOTTTT! Guys, this is the kind of music Hitler HATED!!! American jazz!! The best in the world!

[@debrareisdorf309]

This reminds me of my Dad, because it was his type of music, God rest his soul.

[@EricAndradeMusic]

The range and dynamics of Gene's playing is incredible. So musical. A great drummer and showman. One of the all time great entertainers.

[@carrolkeller5298]

Can you imagine seeing them live.. what a trip

[@barneyfife7520]

Goodman, Krupa, James & Berrigan. This is a classic that is one-in-a-million.

[@brucebarlie8544]

Berrigan was not in the band at that time

[@Max-dd4ow]

Do you mind reciting the Preample to the US constitution?

[@jkcoyle1030]

I don't care what kind of a high-speed camera you have , it's impossible to stop the movements of Gene's arms. Nobody ever came along like him.

[@julianmartinez64]

You forgot buddy rich existed, didn’t you?

[@Nyx773]

If you are looking for high-speed drumming, how about Keith Moon when he was on “performance enhancing” drugs

[@rc2464]

gene was great, but no one faster than Buddy. to this day.

[@genez429]

@@rc2464 But Gene was faster to win your heart over. Buddy was a snit. Gene was a gentleman.

[@robertgosselin14]

@@Nyx773 sorry but Keith Moon was a banger not a drummer and he was mostly drunk more than stone.

[@Maxizzz100]

This is the best version I've heard of this song. 29 people need to listen to that trumpet solo again, I can't get enough of it.

[@trevorelliston1]

Look out the Carnegie hall version…it’s 12 minutes of brilliance, including what is probably the first true modern jazz piano solo, by Jess Stacey, who stole the show at that point.

[@gamingmarcus]

@@trevorelliston1 The live recording by Nobuo Hara is a wonderful rendition of the Carnegie version in modern sound quality. You just have to love the japanese.

[@Ruger-on8ry]

This song is one of the 20 selections for my 1946 Rock-Ola jukebox. Raw jazz at its best.

[@swedishwaffle31]

I was under the impression that the only music I needed to go back in a time machine to see was from the 60’s onwards but clearly I need to go back further

[@RainbowKitty1397]

wow!!! i play the clarinet and people don't think much of it nowadays. i wish i could've been alive back then to see him perform. even though he's gone he's definitely an idol for me as a clarinet player

[@EnlightnMe48]

He's very smooth.

[@gsco82]

One of the best clarinet solos ever. Benny Goodman was a true master of the clarinet. I just love the drumming of Gene Krupa on this piece. Really brilliant. It's quite easy to see why this music captivated young audiences in the 1930s and 40s.

[@louswire]

Kruppa puts so much effort into the drumming... it's almost like an athletic event... Epic workout there!

[@TheJonnyzeus]

My late father would wax lyrical about Harry James and his trumpet playing. I finally “got” it when listening to a remastered long version of “Sing Sing Sing” from the Carnegie Hall concert. Sublime! As were BG and Krupa! Things were different back then.

[@4321Bailey]

I met the great Gene Krupa several times in my lifetime. He definitely influenced my style of drumming, I am now 67 years old and still playing drum solos in a big band. I have posted my little tribute to Gene Krupa on youtube. It is listed on the Gene krupa Drum Solos page. It is called "Bob Pettinicchi Tribute to Gene Krupa" It is my tribute to a great drummer and a legend ! Thanks.

[@ramoniboy]

How are you sir

[@Chefbriank]

very cool envy that

[@bethbartlett5692]

He is my favorite! period

[@theoboegoddess]

Benny Goodman's intervals are so amazing. I am so addicted to this song. Harry James is my trumpet hero!!! Benny Goodman's orchestra will never be replaced in today's society! GO BENNY! GO GENE! GO HARRY!

[@pfridell8424]

Some of the greatest players of that age. I'm a big fan of Harry James. No one could touch him.

[@return2earthvideochannel]

Just sensational... this band had everything. Benny Goodman 'bent' notes in a way that no other swing/jazz instrumentalist could even dream of, what a talent. Benny & Artie Shaw ruled in those days and they've never been equalled for pure musicianship. How fortunate we can enjoy their recordings. And they were really snappy dressers to boot!

[@a633319111]

I AM 62 AND WHEN I GREW UP WITH ROCK AND ROLL THIS WAS MY PARENTS MUSIC AND WAS FOR SQUARES! NOW THANKS TO YOU TUBE I CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE HOW GREAT IT WAS! IF YOU LIKE THIS LEARN MORE ABOUT SEVENTIES DISCO! NOW THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

[@billturner2112]

Well... Other than a couple Rolling Stones disco songs and the classic Lipps Inc "Funkytown", no disco elevated me. Lot's of great Jazz Fusion in that era, though (Weather Report, Miles Davis, Herbie Hanckock, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck...)

[@rodrigobleao]

i want a time machine..................................

[@ganjier4207]

don't we all

[@hugo-kikecastillomyfavorit7548]

Me too! I am in the wrong era!

[@EvieCryophoenix]

Little warning, 1937 wasn't exactly the best point in time directly between 2 fairly big wars

[@c-028]

Have fun in Interwar period.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

@@EvieCryophoenix Well, we come back before September 1939.

[@TolpuddleMartyr]

I'm 32 and I like this. Please praise me.

[@thehitguy]

Вы молодец!👍💪

[@kelkabot]

You RULE

[@jimmysebesta8906]

Man, that drummer can drum.

[@georgesedares8036]

+Jimmy Sebesta - many tried to duplicate Krupa's, "sound" and it was many years later they learned he doctored his drums to achieve a certain nuance, particularly on his tom-toms which he frequently favored... He judiciously placed small groupings of pinholes in the skins for the flatness which in some cases seemed to muffle the harshness ...

[@brotherlove9374]

+Jimmy Sebesta Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, it's Krupa, you expected something else?

[@deanw1958]

I ve seen tis 10 times and will never get bored of this classic! just think...this was72 years ago! My mom was in college in 1937 and they must have really gone crazy oover this Hip music!

[@bubelaJC]

Benny Goodman was awesome, all the band memebers are very talented.

[@roncaruso931]

The great Gene Krups and a very skinny Harry James on trumpet. When America had great music.

[@RobertSilvestri86]

But you do know that in 1936, some guy by the name of Louis Prima sat down and penned this fantastic, unforgettable masterpiece, right ? Thanks to Benny, we have this iconic swing number.

[@nameless5512]

Back when booze was great, times were tough, and more importantly, I can’t get enough of this number!

[@SecondaryChuckle]

im not that much of a Jazz fan, but this Benny dude is a boss! :D

[@terryyao5998]

He is a legend!

[@arthurparker7705]

And the drummer’s not bad either

[@TheListenerCanon]

@@arthurparker7705 Not bad? Dude, it's Gene fucking Krupa. Arguably one of the best drummers in jazz along with Buddy Rich.

[@QuesoDeMono91]

Benny Goodman is the definitely the best musician ever! Just can't get enough of his songs!

[@bobrehm9947]

The spirit of American music at it's Best .

[@charlenetherrien3788]

Absolutely thrilling!!!

[@aznfyrepixie]

It is simply amazing! Those tricks he did with the drumsticks and just the sheer talent that went into that solo. Breathtaking.

[@SeldimSeen1]

Genius musicians all.

[@mikeappignani4383]

The Greatest 🎶 GENERATION OF ALL TIME.IM SO GLAD 😊 MY MOM AND DAD WERE A PART OF THAT GENERATION ❤️ 💙 💗 ♥️. I MIISS YOU SOOOOO MUCH MOM YOU TOO DAD.😢😢😢

[@rooseveltnut]

I first heard this back in the 50s when I was 7 or 8 and it hooked me like no other song has. Krupa just has that certain something. This is may be my favorite piece of music.

[@robertkrawczak7414]

I heard when this band began playing this tune it would clear the dance floor and folks would crowd the stage to hear and feel this very hot and swinging music.

[@AndreasWollin]

I normally don't post comments, but this music is so amazing - and as a drummer I love it even more ;-) Hope this quality will come back to mainstream one day. Until then we have to be strong ;-) Regards from good old Germany

[@joeasmythe]

Three musuc masters, I can see them now, thanks to this modern technology, we will always be able to see & hear the greats of swing from the greatest era ever. Thank you..

[@DanOceans1]

My grandparents had it good...growing up with this kind of music all around them, damn they were lucky.

[@andrewc.2952]

I'm going to learn to dance to this the right way and make my Grandmother who was born in Chicago in 1931 proud of me. This was her music. Man could she dance.

[@ccharlotteee]

I love this, I wish this music would make a comeback.

[@kooljoe2010]

I met Gene Krupa's daughter at a dance on Chicago's far north side - it just all came back to me - what a lovely lady she was.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Benny Goodman, Harry James and Gene Krupa ROCKED before there was even Rock and Roll...

[@inwoodliver]

grew up on this with parents 35 and 41 yrs older than i. thank god they loved this stuff! BG rules our house!

[@ninetyninenette]

I think one of the things that I love the most about this is seeing how much the band members are enjoying themselves. When Goodman's solo is going on, you can see the two men behind him smiling away. This is what music should be still sounding like... Thank goodness we still have SOME, but if only big bands attracted more individuals. I just wish our generation would dance the way it should be done... As an eighteen year old lady, I wish to go to big band dances even as an old woman.

[@YTM021807]

Wow!! such enthusiasm and brilliancy !!

[@desertratt52]

It doesn't get any better than this!

[@drmuckas]

what an oustanding clarinet solo,an everlasting highlight of human music still after more than seventy years!!!

[@nolem5417]

We watched this video in band class today. Pure genius.

[@teto85]

Benny Goodman. Sing, sing, sing. My grandfather played this on vinyl for me back in the Jurassic Age. I picked up the clarinet in the 4th grade and some other horns later. Thanks, Benny.

[@markanthonymarla]

On July 6, 1937, "Sing, Sing, Sing" was recorded in Hollywood with.. Benny Goodman Licorice Stick (clarinet); ... Harry James, Solo Trumpet ... Ziggy Elman, and Chris Griffin on trumpets; Red Ballard and Murray McEachern on trombones; Hymie Schertzer and George Koenig on alto saxophones; Art Rollini and Vido Musso on tenor saxophone; Jess Stacy on piano;

[@Kassandrahmartinez]

I Had depression but this music really helped me ❤️‍🩹thank you soooooo much my saviour! I wish I could hug you right now 🫂

[@DARKLADYOFGA]

I love this, my late mom turned me on to the Big Bands, Krupa's solo is just the best.

[@dalewier9735]

I loved Harry James I am an acquintenced of his son who lives in a medium sized town in East Texas. He Never really knew his father. Man I bet these big band concerts were incredibly fun to go to. I am 61, we really never had anything like it in the 70s (and yes I survived the disco era).

[@sickofcrap8992]

Have always loved this! The drums and the horns! 😎🤗

[@munchiii]

benny goodman, harry james and gene krupa... BEAUTIFUL

[@isolationdisorder]

The greatest Band of all time, firing on all cylinders. Incredible.

[@jewishgirl752]

Well one of them. You may be to young to remember a Black band leader named Chick Webb. He was the band leader and drummer. May of 1937 was THE Battle of the Bands. At the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Gene Krupa bowed down to Chick Webb and said he had been beaten in every way. The crippled kid from Baltimore won. Look it up.

[@isolationdisorder]

@@jewishgirl752 I am very familiar with Chick Webb and his music. He is one of the greats.

[@painfield]

@jaysosayso lucky you, thank your grandfather for being a part of these great moments in music, culture and history. Cheers from spain.

[@onehotpepper]

The drums!!! They all killed it but those drums were about to catch fire at the end!

[@JohhhOookh]

I'm literally related to this man's omg this is Good

[@lidiaruth]

This is fantastic. And oh, how I wish I could play like Benny Goodman.

[@lidiaruth]

This is fabulous...Benny Goodman is amazing!

[@antoniodominguez3839]

Amazing, it looks as if it was just yesterday!!!!!

[@stevenmeadows6917]

Love the 4/4 time when the 1/4 note gets a beat. This music is amazing even today :)

[@GreenDragon11]

Thank the heavens for this recording! Wish it was longer! When Benny hits that high C like I’ve never heard before......sweeeeeeet! Thanks for posting!!!

[@TheTimeDevourer]

There's no one better than the almighty Benny Goodman!

[@jimchastain6840]

No stupid advertisements on the oldies!!! Yet another good reason to listen! Keep it on the down low, like the original swing music or else they will start bombing us with ads! Swing Swing Swing!

[@joeasmythe]

we were lucky growing up to this music. Why did it vanish? It was so great.

[@davidgoerner8286]

Totally rockin'. One of my favorites.

[@58christiansful]

Absolutely amazing to both listen and watch!

[@shotiko1959]

Not only Kruppa's but also Benny's solo - Simply Brilliant!

[@phaedrawidney5246]

Ammaazziing! I imagine a young man, my dad, dancing to this! When I miss him it's Goodman and Andrew sister's time. Makes me happy instantly!

[@roybeckerman9253]

WOW !! 80 years old and still sounds great... The song, Gene .. and the band. So do his Slingerlands ..

[@carlbowles1808]

Probably the best swing Era song I've ever heard. Gene Krupa's drums 🥁makes the song stand out.

[@SandyB344]

I saw Buddy Rich live at a college, Salisbury North Carolina, in the 80's. The walls vibrated when he was drumming. He was superior. He once said in a TV interview that he never had one lesson in drumming that he just came out drumming, born knowing how. .

[@kevinator5982]

No way I graduated from catawba myself in the 80s!

[@bubbashore6450]

I'm thrilled to have stumbled on to this! Incredible! I love it!

[@robinrobine8100]

How could anyone give this a thumbs down?

[@dannieemery8442]

This such fun song to dance to! So upbeat and awesome!!!

[@annbaskervill]

Krupa ROCKS.

[@annbaskervill]

This makes me feel like screaming & yelling. I grew up listening to Krupa & Goodman, but never gave them any credit until now. DAMN.

[@wacnwacn5701]

I am waiting for the movie to come back TV. The Benny Goodman Story. I always get kind of teary eyes watching it. He knew talent, he was a risk taker, he had one of the baddest bands of his era, and, he was before his time.