BENNY GOODMAN - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@WMalven]

I knnow this was written by Prima, but I can't imagine why anyone would recommend this version over that of The Benny Goodman Orchestra with Gene Krupa playing drums, Harry James, Ziggy Ellman, and Chris Griffin on trumpet and Benny Goodman's clarinet solo. Far, far superior to this version. I highly suggest you check out the Goodman version, live at Carnegie Hall

[@peachbottom2010]

The song Sing, Sing, Sing in this movie, Swing Kids, 1993, is the 1936 Benny Goodman studio recording with Gene Krupa on toms. There are several recordings on KZbin that are live. Perhaps one of those is what you are referencing.

[@drymant]

? This is a Benny Goodman recording.

[@stevehutnikoff5964]

Live version is one of the greatest things ever recorded

[@timothymccormac2702]

@@peachbottom2010 Loved the movie & this is my favorite version.

[@annbanderson]

Thanks for letting the music play and giving us your reaction after.

[@michelefaucher4180]

I grew up in the 50s and my parents were still playing this stuff❤always loved swing ❤❤❤

[@garyarnett1220]

Mine as well...good memories.

[@richardkawucha1232]

The "big band" swing was killer music. This was the sweeping the nation.

[@jameslapham3274]

Gene Krupa was one of the first drummers to bring the drums out of rhythm-keeper status in the background to being a featured instrument. Great song!

[@peachbottom2010]

My friend Shawn. I know these old songs probably don't help your KZbin views. And also other obscure artists. But your intelligent analysis and heart-felt reactions have garnered you a loyal following. Thank you for that.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Peach, I really appreciate that 😁 This channel is a slow-grower in comparison to so many channels, but I'm thankful for all those who come back and always chill with me on these reactions. Thanks for that!

[@cyndianderson7056]

I appreciate these songs. I love big band and swing, and also old jazz. I love seeing young people appreciate it. There's so much good music out there.

[@garybradford8332]

One of my favorite songs. The live 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert of Sing Sing Sing is a must listen. It's the same music but longer with more instrument solos including an incredible one on the piano. Also worth watching is this song in a Bob Fosse Broadway production of "Dancin''" performed at the Tony Awards show. Much smaller band, not bad, but the focus is on the Dancin'. Really special with Fosse's brand of sexuality built in to jazz and tap dancers. Really cool.

[@GregBurns-j4v]

So GLAD you enjoyed THIS! The movie clip you watched was from 1985's "Swing Kids", about 3 best friends in 1939 Nazi Germany. Though the music and dancing are incredible, their story is tragic. Hitler banned all music by Jews and Blacks, so the Hamburg teens held secret sort of rave parties, and quickly had to switch to doing a polka instead of the Jitterbug. Please be sure to hear a vocal version of this tune by the Andrews Sisters or Louis Prima himself. When it first came out, it took up both sides of a 78rpm record, because it ran so long! And dancing to it is almost a nightmare because it's so fast and so long. Make sure you check out the magnificent 1954 "The Glenn Miller Story" starring Jimmy and June Alyson. You will laugh and you will cry. And you will yell out: "PENNSYLVANIA SIX FIVE THOUSAND!" every time you hear a telephone ring...trust me... 😂

[@ptournas]

Shawn, this is written by Louis Prima, but it is actually the Benny Goodman Band's version from 1936 thats playing it here. That's why you didn’t hear the lyrics. I just listened to to the Goodman record from 1936 and this is definitely what your hearing. Not sure where the video comes from, but you can tell from the colors it isn't one of the early color movies from the thirties. Still a great performance of the song, many do prefer Goodman's version to Louis's.

[@thereunionparty]

I'm pretty sure this is the Benny Goodman version.

[@ptournas]

@@thereunionparty It definitely is.

[@combatwombat1964]

The movie is "Swing Kids" from 1993.

[@subwaygoddess1]

When you're not feeling your best, music is magic

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Taking some time to listen and react is always a happy time of day for me, it works!

[@bryanCJC2105]

My Grandpa LOVED Big Band music! He loved Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and many others. His word for it was "keen" (40s slang for "cool"). I remember when I was a little kid, back in the 70s, he would play his records and would show me some of his dance moves from back then. Sometimes I would dance with him as he tried to show me how to do them. Play this music to any little kid and they will dance like crazy to it. I have loved this kind of music ever since and am very glad to have been exposed to it at a very young age. This is awesome music and I've seen young people can't stop from moving with the beat when they hear it in a movie or on a TV show. This music is infectious.

[@subwaygoddess1]

Yeah, my dad loved all the big bands!

[@mattjohn4731]

That's awesome. None of my grandparents talked much about popular music of their youth. But I share music with my parents, we often discuss the 60s icons Dylan, Joni, Neil, Joan Baez🎉 and older ones like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger

[@coffee-xg6my]

Louie actually did do his own recording of this song. Louie was a trumpet player. He sings lyrics on his version if I remember correctly. It's been awhile since I heard Loiuie's version. ..More big band music please!

[@bradsense7431]

For folks who enjoy this type of music there is a radio station plying this on Saturday mornings. It is 90.9 FM WDCB Public Radio broadcasting from College Of DuPage (Chicago suburb). They can be heard on the internet live and have an archive. The programs on Saturday are: When Jazz Was King and right after is Swing Shift. After that they play four hours of old time radio(‘30s - ‘50s)called Those Were They Days.

[@stevetournay6103]

Nice! Toronto, Canada, has an entirely-jazz radio station, CJRT 91.1 JazzFM. One of the shows on there is all big band music, Glen Woodcock's Sunday 5-10pm show. Have heard the 1938 Sing, Sing, Sing on that show a few times over the years.

[@jordimoore2167]

This is actually a cut from a movie called Swing Kids, set in Nazi Germany. Great movie if you ever get a chance to see it.

[@cyndianderson7056]

I love rock and metal, mostly. But big band music is SO GOOD. And Gene Krupa KILLS it on the drums. I love seeing people get as happy as I am when I hear it. Sing, Sing, Sing is a masterpiece.

[@827dusty]

My parents ave been gone for almost 15 years now, but they loved Louie Prima and Keely Smith. So do I, and I'm a guy from the 60s and 70s Rock era. You have to see his video of Him and Keely Smith (his wife) sing "I'm just a Gigolo." What an entertainer. Another great Italian singer in the line of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin-(elli), and Tony Bennett (Benedetto). Something must have been in the water or the blood of Italian men. More Louie Prima please.

[@angieday5183]

This is late 30s into the 40s style music the music of the WWII generation

[@keithwest2148]

Swing took over the world during World War II! Incredible energy and unbelievable talent. Louis Prima was a standout performer. He had a very unique singing style (interestingly, not featured on "Sing, Sing, Sing!"). Check out his duet with Keeley Smith on "That Old Black Magic". For my generation, he will always be remembered as the voice of King Louie in the 1967 version of The Jungle Book.

[@JudyDuduks-gm4rb]

Love the swing bands

[@chitownlee]

This was my parents era, 30's and 40's.

[@KJ-4321]

They danced to this song in the movie “Florence Foster Jenkins” it’s a GREAT song! Enjoyed this very much! 🤠Thank u whoever gave this as a donation request! 😀

[@texasps91]

Sing, Sing, Sing Original song written, composed, and performed by Louis Prima "Sing, Sing, Sing" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with the New Orleans Gang. Wikipedia

[@Canucklehead557]

Gene Krupa...the beast.

[@anthonydemayo9367]

c 1938-1939 Video version of Benny Goodman Orchestra available.

[@clifton8929]

Now this was when people were dancing. Never wonder if Grandma and Grandpa were jamming out.

[@lisar.6670]

This was awesome! I believe you are the first reactor I've come across that did Benny Goodman. My parents had Benny playing all the time in the house. He's the one playing clarinet. We are talking great music going back to the 30's .. 40's. If you are interested in some more instrumental .. Give Herb Albert {trumpet player} and the Tijuana Brass a go ... #Lonely Bull .. #Taste of Honey .. #Tijuana Taxi .. #Rise

[@auapplemac2441]

Benny was so popular and so good that he actual performed at Carnegie Hal.

[@susansapp6136]

Back in 1937, with WWII, prohibition and all of the other stuff going on, the kids vented their rage with dance. You can see the energy right here. My parents were a part of it and so much of the "swing era" has trickled into our lives ...... because it was phenomenal.

[@lexdunn4160]

In 1937, the world was two ytears away from WW II (America was 4 years away by the time they got around to fighting facism), prohibition was over in 1933, and the world was coming out of the Depression. So congrats, you got everything wrong. As long as you're on the Internet, you might want to try using it.

[@auapplemac2441]

Prohibition was long gone. It was ended in the early 30s with the first election of FDR. Kids were not "raged". This was fun music. Happy music. We were coming out of the Great Depression.

[@TomGorham]

I grew up with my parents listening to this.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Don't know what movie this is but I can swear it's the same song from the dance scene in 1941 Louie Prima was a favorite of my brother's, but it was because he loved Keely Smith.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Sing sing, sing with a swing is different song. It has vocals sung by Louis Prima. The instrumental is called just sing sing sing. It is done by Benny Goodman.

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

Loius Prima and Keely Smith's version of "Black Magic," hooked me on Big Bands and I back traced from there.

[@reverbscherzo7850]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! 💚 Thank you for doing this, and thank you, kind donator, for requesting it.. pick another! (This version is from one of my favorite movies, too, "Swing Kids")

[@Blue-qr7qe]

It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that Swing -

[@Beatles4Sale.]

Classic, iconic, and one of the best songs of the 20th century.

[@raynavarro7997]

This is my ringtone for my alarm every morning...it gets me hyped up for work!

[@standarddeviation7314]

The song from the Disney movie is 'I wanna Be Like You (the Monkey Song)' .A Duet sung with Phil Harris as Baloo the Bear.

[@icmman7]

absolute fiiiire!!!

[@DannyD714]

louis prima did the voice for king louie the orangutan in the jungle book, and sang the song "i want to be like you (the monkey song)". speaking of disney, back in the 1990s there was a swing/big band revival,and i would go to disneyland every saturday night to watch big bands play at the carnation plaza gardens stage. sing sing sing was always the big song of the night. the dancers would gather in a circle on the floor,and couples would take turns showing off their moves in the center during the song. people really got into it by dressing in vintage 30s/40s clothing. this song was like the stairway to heaven of the swing era. a timeless classic.

[@yambo59]

Big band / swing was king from the mid thirties through the mid forties, this was a song with BENNY GOODMAN on clarinet and the legendary GENE KRUPA on drums

[@philiponcale1820]

Swing it, cat!

[@JARNAMO]

THAK YOU!!!

[@PriscillaV1964]

Why would anyone react to this? Benny Goodman with Gene Krupa and Harry James is the GOAT performance of it. All the rest are Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding Cups by comparison.

[@jamescobb2624]

Ah the bad boy of swing!!

[@Salguine]

When I take the time period into consideration, I always think, "Hitler seriously thought he was going to defeat a country that produces music like this? Really?"

[@KateVelez-u4s]

Sing sing sing sing everybody start to sing la la la oh oh oh now your singing with a swing

[@coffee-xg6my]

Yes, I believe there are lyrics Louie Prima sings them on his own version of the song. Louie was a trumpet player as opposed to Goodman who played Clarinet. If you get a chance, try ;listening to Artie Shaw's famous version of, "Begin the Beguine"

[@cameltanker1286]

Benny Goodman's song was recorded on July 6th, 1937.

[@karengoodenough827]

The video is from a movie called Swing Kids, it’s a great movie with fantastic music, but it’s a dark subject because it takes place in Nazi germany , American music and British clothes were outlawed by the Nazi’s so all the kids who were into it became criminals by default. Worth watching the movie but it’s kinda disturbing too

[@iraidaacevedo3723]

This was awesome!! Enjoyed this!! 🎼👏🏻🤩💖

[@peachbottom2010]

Holy moly what a combo ... a fantastic swing song and those amazing kids tearing up the rug!!! I have always loved Big Band music of that era and to think my grandparents WERE those kids at one time makes me envious and humble.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

You can't help but want to move when this music is playing.

[@jons.105]

The movie clip is from "Swing Kids" (1993), set in pre-WWII Germany and starring Christian Bale and Robert Sean Leonard.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Oh, yeah..... MUSIC !!!

[@MrsColumbo823]

This movie is about how illegal this music was in Germany during H#Tyler’s iron fisted hold.

[@davidmckenzie420]

If you can, find the cartoon film Jungle Book--the original (late 60's I think). Louis Prima does the voice of King Louie (monkey). He is awesome.

[@AnnetteRead-m4k]

No gyms needed with that kind of exercise❤ brilliant❤😊

[@nellgwenn]

This is the best scene in the movie.

[@channelthree9424]

If you like instrumentals, topsy from Count Basie is a nice piece of music

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello, here is a band that likes this piece of music too. KZbin video: Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band MV - Sing, Sing, Sing (with a Swing), 京都橘SHSバンドMV

[@parsifal40002]

I think this song came out in the late 1930s. Benny Goodman at his best for sure!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

That was awesome

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

P.S. & what cracks me up is those same people doing all that insane crazy dancing moves for Big Band music like looked down & thought the dancing of the 60's/70's was all bad & too sexy or whatever it was they looked down on it for but yea smh wild world heh

[@MrRlb183]

Try Cow Cow Boogie, the one with the black and white Cow. I think it's one of the first music videos.

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

Oh man i went thru a phase for a bit where i was listening to Big Band ALL the time i freakin LUV this one so so much & yea no matter what this will get ya goin if not then ya dont have a **Soul** heh my favs back then were this song done by Benny Goodman & String Of Pearls done by Glenn Miller along with his song In The Mood & Moonlight Serenade...perhaps ya can check those out somewhere down the line that would be so kickin i have not run into ANY reactors doing **Big Band** before... anyway its up to you course cuz its your channel heh but gonna keep my fingers crossed anyway **PixieHugz&LuvzToALL**

[@ericnichols6086]

Goodman released his version in 1937.

[@LVVMCMLV]

That's Gene Krupa on drums… The best drummer ever

[@peachbottom2010]

Buddy Rich might disagree. :)

[@LVVMCMLV]

@@peachbottom2010 Of course he would be wrong... =8-) For Buddy Rich, it was an honour to be associated with Krupa and to be mentioned in the same breath as his hero. He told Metronome Magazine in 1956: “As everyone knows, anybody who knows anything about drums-and this is not going to sound like an Alphonse and Gaston type reply-uh…Gene is absolutely the first man when it comes to drums”.

[@stevetournay6103]

​@@peachbottom2010Actually Rich was a fan of Krupa. (Which is saying something!)

[@deepfriedscotsman2860]

You should listen to another one of his hits called( I'm just a Gigolo )

[@EngineerEd-xt2qu]

this is is supposed to be 12 mins long and you can search it out 1937 or 38

[@chasse123b9]

must hear the 13 minute version this is shortened fantastic trumpet solo. Carnegie Hall 1938 on youtube

[@480pilot]

I really hope you are watching the actual Benny video

[@damonhines8187]

Loo-ee!! Inspiration for King Louis in the animated Disney 'Jungle Book' from the 60s. Find some actual Louis, with or without his brilliant partner, who i only discovered on YT relatively recently. Love this stuff so much!! I think this is a recent recreation of the era, nicely done. I love original material from the time itself. The inception, the birth of something transformative. 😊🤙🏼🎶🤡❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊

[@frankmartinez4856]

Black kids called this Jive 😳white kids change it Swing 🤗New generation of Rockabilly went back to Jive 😬

[@Carrie-so3ro]

You may also be familiar with part of this piece from your childhood - from Bugs Bunny. Bugs Bunny had a lot of classical & classic music such as this, used in that cartoon - INCLUDING this. Sing, Sing, Sing DID originally have lyrics with it - but it was TERRIBLE with the singing added. The instrumental alone was so good without it that I would be SHOCKED if you ever heard it from ANYBODY without DELIBERATELY hunting an OLD version of it somewhere. (NOT worth it except possibly for curiosity sake.)

[@russellgtyler8288]

This is from my parents' time, probably your grandparents, and i think it's cooler than shyt. Think it's from the 30s.

[@steveford8999]

Recommendation: Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" album. Try it.

[@jameslapham3274]

For an unusual Classical piano piece, try 'Souvenir of Andalusia' by Louis Gottschalk.

[@jimmayors2315]

You should do a side-by-side, or back-to-back reaction to David Lee Roth's cover of Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" .

[@j.jennings1722]

What a terrific song and one of the greatest songs of all time! However, I do prefer the Benny Goodman version over this one. They are basically the same, but Goodman's version has more punch and is a better engineered recording. As for classical music, there are many awesome pieces, but there is a fairly modern piece that bridges classical and jazz, and became one of the most important pieces of music of the 20th century: Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue," conducted by the great Leonard Bernstein. The piece is 17 minutes long, but feels like 8, and you'll probably recognize certain passages, but the piece is literally thrilling, with both soaring drama and transcend beauty. If any "classical" piece deserves to be reacted to, it's Rhapsody In Blue, conducted by the inimitable Leonard Bernstein. Magical. ❤✌

[@peachbottom2010]

The song Sing, Sing, Sing in this movie, Swing Kids, 1993, is the 1936 Benny Goodman studio recording with Gene Krupa on toms. There are several recordings on KZbin that are live. Perhaps one of those is what your referencing.

[@j.jennings1722]

@@peachbottom2010 I have no idea what you're talking about. This reaction is for the Louis Prima version, not the Goodman version, which is iconic. I've seen videos of Goodman and his orchestra perform this song, but I own the studio recording. I've heard the song, a lot.

[@peachbottom2010]

The title of this clip from the 1993 movie Swing Kids is confusing and misleading. Louis Prima wrote Sing, Sing, Sing in 1936, hence the attribution. But that recording is not what you hear in this reaction. It is the 1937 Benny Goodman with Gene Krupa on toms version. Or maybe I'm just missing your point. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.@@j.jennings1722

[@j.jennings1722]

@@peachbottom2010 so, what you're saying is that the video he watched is screwed up and the title is wrong. Prima and his orchestra is supposed to be performing, not Goodman. That would explain why the song sounded like the Goodman version so much, if true.

[@theaffiliate4208]

Benny Goodman recorded this in 1937, but many other groups had many different versions of varying lengths. I read the version Benny did at Carnegie Hall in 1938 lasted 12 minutes. Unfortunately the recording of that performance has been lost.

[@alanp7539]

The 1938 version is still available. I got it on a cassette tape of the entire concert. you can still get it on a cd, but even youtube has the entire concert. Check kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnizY4aDabSHg5Y Sing, sing, sing starts at about 37:12

[@daviddavison3970]

This was in the 40s

[@musicmat1001]

Please watch the Benny Goodman movie

[@kennyhogg5820]

This was actually a cover version. It's a band that was put together specifically to do a recording for the movie "Swing Kids". It's not a 30s or 40s recording. This has a much fuller, clearer sound and is at a slightly faster tempo than any version from the 30s and 40s. If you want to hear origianal recordings you have to be careful. Many acts of the 40s and 50s re-recorded their songs in the 70s for various reasons. Mostly to get more royalties from the sales of greatest hit albums and such. Well actually this was done for songs of the 60s and 70s, being re-recorded in the late 70s and 80s. Some pretty good, sounding indistinguishable from the original, others not so much.

[@CharlieGroh]

My beef is easy: Dance is nice, but we are listening to great musicians and not able to watch them perform!

[@patrick-qs8gn]

SWING ERA, 1930 AND 40S