GET'S YOU MOVIN'!| FIRST TIME HEARING Jive Bunny And The MasterMixers - Swing The Mood REACTION

[@I.am.Iain-81]

Man, Jive Bunny was everywhere in the UK at this time. They introduced alot of the younger generation ( then ) to se of the all time classics. Big respect to Jive Bunny

[@magneto7930]

The Glenn Miller Orchestra were one of the most popular bands of the big band era. He was responsible for all that great swing music before all the other artists in this compilation. It was only fitting that the medley should begin and end with his music. Hats off to whoever suggested this song. I never would have thought of it. Well done!

[@sidrat2009]

I hear Glenn Miller and I want to listen to a musical soundtrack for context and he its substance,

[@magneto7930]

@sidrat2009 I had a "best of" Glenn Miller album that I listened to about a million times. He was before my time, but my mother used to listen to him and I was hooked!

[@TonyM1961]

Him and Bennie Goodman

[@canuckAIS]

Seriously-who's NOT dancing in their chairs to this?!

[@cynthiashannon2465]

Huge aerobics class music. I never realized people listened to this as an actual stand alone song.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, the opening song "In The Mood' by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra(1939). That was bandleader Glenn in the center with the trombone. Other great bandleaders of the era: Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton and Tommy Dorsey. Duke - Piano, Benny - Clarinet, Count - Piano, Lionel - Xylophone, Tommy - Trombone.

[@rwschumm]

Anybody in the whole World who doesn't Love 'In The Mood'? Absolute Classic! :)

[@Jude_196]

PRICELESS ERA in MUSIC!!! SO impactful!! Love them, ALL!

[@6916dog]

They rrrrrreally need to react to some big band music.

[@db-gb5xi]

I remember hearing this. There was the Stars on 45 who did a medley of Beatles' songs.

[@jethro1963]

No love yet for Eddie Cochran. You can see him in the two second shot before Elvis. He did more before he died at 21 than many in their whole career. More reactors need to hear him.

[@smd2169]

@@jethro1963Agreed! Eddie deserves a lot more respect than he gets.

[@vickierivers5815]

And "Hooked on Classics"

[@Jp67-n6b]

@@vickierivers5815my dad loved classical music so when I bought hooked on classics I bet he couldn’t name them all ….he did!

[@paulsparks7035]

And ABBA

[@williamcarr7347]

Music has changed so much since the Big Band Music of the '40's. Every decade has produced great artists that have changed music into what we listen to today. Thank you for reminding us where it all started.

[@auldfouter8661]

When this was released all these "old" songs would be familiar to most people. Glen Miller ( trombonist ) is not 1950s though as he died in a plane crash during the war.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Yes. Glenn Miller was performing in Europe entertaining Allied Forces at USO Shows during World War II. Miller’s plane went missing while flying over the English Channel in 1944. Either it was shot down by the Luftwaffe, or went down due to a mechanical malfunction. Some people in recent years have speculated that Glenn Miller was a sleeper agent for Nazi Germany, and that the plane was flown back to Germany upon the completion of his long-term mission.

[@chrishackett554]

The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart is an excellent movie 🍿it’s one of the last scenes in the video.

[@vampfashions]

@@LaptopLarry330 It was likely a weather related crash. There were several other aircraft up at the time and their plane was there and then not. It was horrible cloud, wind and rain, and many pilots refused to fly but he demanded to go to prepare for the next day's performance for the troops.

[@Carrie-so3ro]

Do you know who the piano player is with Glen Miller? He looks a little familiar too - although it could just be from seeing him with Glen Miller.

[@LaptopLarry330]

Could the piano player be Hoagy Carmichael?

[@NicholasSarsby]

The year is 1989 and jive bunny dominated the charts and the music here in the UK was heard at every disco or wedding etc

[@liverush24]

And it drove me insane! It was played over & over when I was in work.

[@NicholasSarsby]

@@liverush24 the novelty of these mixes wore off after a while but worth a listen now and again for a bit of fun music.

[@rjjcms1]

Yes.

[@kevinashby291]

I was 9 and found that Bunny so irritating by the end of the year!

[@liverush24]

@@kevinashby291 By the end of the track.

[@patticrichton1135]

I have this entire album, bought it years ago when it came out. LOVE it because it STARTS and ENDS with the music of the GREAT GLENN MILLER of the BIG BAND era of the 1940a. THIS is the music my Dad played as a musician, in several of those BIG BANDS during the mid to late '40s and into the "50s. He primarily played clarinet and sax in those orchestras. This is the music I heard when I was a child in the early '50s ( I was born in 1947) He also played Flute and Violin. He was an active musician until he was 98 years old He died at 102 in 2020. MISS you Dad and hearing you play.

[@douglasmarkussen8529]

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra were the bomb! Many, many great tunes.

[@JonathanCalvert-p2c]

I think they made 3 Jive Bunnys Videos back in the 1980s. love you to see them.

[@RandyDeShong-xq1bo]

Another medley song. Stars in 45 "Stars on 45". Beatles medley. Great mix of songs

[@ChrisReise]

4:31 That "little horn section", Amber was called "In the Mood" which is where they derived the title of this mix from. :)

[@sequri]

Great to hear this again. I don’t think many people realise just how significant the Big Band Sound was, especially the Glenn Miller Orchestra during the war, setting up popular music as we know it today. Moving on from the Blues, Jazz and Folk etc, and then into Sinatra and the Bobby Soxers, before Elvis and early Rock & Roll setting up the Beatles and on into modern Rock bands. Superb music, but very much of its time. Can you imagine what a 19th Century audience would make of this? They thought the composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was “out there”. I would love to go back in time and see their response to this; it could well be seen as the work of the devil. 🫢🤘

[@KarenMcGehee]

True, true, true! I remember my Dad's reaction to seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1962. He thought the Beatles were evil because they wore long hair, which by today's standards would be considered just fine.

[@angiekroll1015]

I haven’t heard this mix in YEARS!

[@springfieldprogressive8951]

I love this Jay and Amber. Even though I was not around for the big band era. My parents were. God rest their souls. Also Jay and Amber you bring a smile to my face everyday I listen to your videos. Keep up the good work you two.

[@ddiamondr1]

I just had a big silly grin on my face the whole time😅. The first song with the horns was called. ‘In the Mood’. It was the first song my mom taught me to play on the piano.❤

[@ConradZimmer]

Omg this is one of the first CDs I ever bought.

[@clairetoop8474]

Oh God! I've spent 35 years trying to forget this ever existed. I was 14 when this came out and Jive Bunny were literally everywhere that year.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

That last scene was from a movie about Glen Miller starring Jimmy Stewart who starred in It’s a Wonderful Life

[@tediousmaximus1067]

Yes now you must react to "Stars on 45" where they mashed together a bunch of Beatles songs! It's brilliant! I think they did an ABBA one too.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

And Weird Al Yankovic did "Polkas On 45"!😂

[@paulsparks7035]

Love the ABBA one

[@hokie_pokie]

The opening scene, with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, is from the movie “Sun Valley Serenade” (1941). The man shown playing piano is actor John Payne, who also played lawyer Fred Gailey in the movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947). The woman being led to her table is three time Olympic Ice Skating Champion, Sonja Henie. It also starred Milton Berle. Oddly enough, I just watched that movie a couple weeks ago.

[@acupojo]

This sort of came out of the Swing revival. You should check out Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and/or Brian Setzer Orchestra for more original stuff like this.

[@laurabailey1054]

It is Brian Setzer not Seltzer

[@acupojo]

@@laurabailey1054 😜 autocorrected

[@Zebred2001]

And the rockabilly revival - J.D McPherson and Jimmy Sutton!

[@Dj0287]

I was 9 years old when this came out in 1989 I thought it was bop then and 35 years later in 2024 it's still a bop!

[@tcarnold6425]

OH MY GOODNESS! I never thought I'd see Jive Bunny on the channel! This was the brainchild of Andy Pickles and Ian Morgan and they brought the concept of mashup to the mainstream. Here in the UK, this was number one for 6 weeks. I was a huge fan, bought all the singles and albums. You seem to have stumbled across one of the rarer versions using the original recordings. More common now are the versions that used impersonators in order to get round the copyright issues! The follow up was called That's What I Like 👌🏻

[@Jeff-ke3nd]

I was friends with Ian Morgan when I was at primary school, until he moved away from the area. I remember walking home from school with him singing our own made up words to songs. He was obviously much better at nicking other people's music than I was though...

[@tcarnold6425]

@@Jeff-ke3nd 😁

[@highpath4776]

Factory Records Rotherham ?

[@highpath4776]

Hound Dog / Elvis does not sound original on this. I have the single , 2nd hand , never got round to playing it

[@tcarnold6425]

@@highpath4776 Yeah I'm inclined to agree. But there are versions where every track sounds like an impersonation. Still dance-worthy though! 😉

[@__abby]

Me and my friend did a dance to this mix at our fair for 4H AGES ago. I love it so much. Their 'lets twist again' video is just as good.

[@paul5589]

This went to no.1 in the UK.

[@paulleach3612]

I know. It's an ear worm though. Every family function, school disco, or party you went to for about six months after you could not help but hear it.

[@jodytollefson7187]

It was a mo. 1 here in Canada to.

[@marysmith6328]

Brought back so much good memories. Loved the big bands . Wonderful music . Miss this kind of music .

[@bonnielee78]

I haven't heard that in years and I can't believe that I remembered every song, transition and every flourish. Yay to taping songs off of the radio in the 80s & 90s lol.

[@bunnyheywood]

Wasn't that fun to do?!!! And recording songs off of albums. Recording songs off the radio you had to end it just at the right time before the DJ started talking or another song started playing and if not you had to edit the ending ...lol.....oh those were such fun times!!! I did that especially in the 1970's....one of the best in music eras.

[@morryswigs2005]

I remember buying this on 7" in 1989. my dad who was a teenager in the 50s loved it and played it more times than me.

[@This-is-Common-Sense]

As a DJ I played this song hundreds of times and always packing the dance floor with it. Especially later in te show. Awesome!!

[@dicedice-yc5vn]

as a DJ myself i played In The Mood but i only played the 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis version off of the Sun label and the 1959 rock & roll version by Ernie Fields.

[@db-gb5xi]

This reminds me that you should check out Kid Creole and the Coconuts from the 80s. They were a blend of disco/latin. Two of their songs are Endicott (you have to watch the video) and Going Places. Preceding that with some of the same members was Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band big-band/swing/disco and their hit Cherchez La Femme/C'est si bon from ’76.

[@jethro1963]

Love Kid Creole: My Male Curiosity and Mr Softie. Nobody sounds like them since.

[@martinjackman2943]

Stoolpigeon ..Ha cha cha cha!🎶

[@wagonsworld9592]

Annie iam not your Daddy

[@stuartlaw7528]

I'm 48 years old and I have loved this mix since I was a little whipper snapper, Every time it comes on at party I can't help singing and dancing to it.

[@chrisvanderhoof9990]

Totally forgot about this song!! Of course I haven't heard it since '89 or '90 when it was popular!! Good to hear again. Their only hit in the U.S..

[@michaelcarey8388]

If I remember right, that song and ones like it started a resurgence of people learning to do that old style dancing.

[@awall1701]

This brings back so many fun memories.

[@spantle3888]

The song from Glenn Miller you heard was In the Mood and a little segment of Pennsylvania 6-5000. Both real big songs for them. You would love to hear them in full!

[@kelliedee]

I used to bop to this around the house many years ago. I think you'd also love Old Movie Stars Dance To Uptown Funk!

[@bunnyheywood]

Ohhhhh that is such a GREAT mashup!!! They would absolutely love that one too!!! That is a fun one too!!

[@kelliedee]

@@bunnyheywood I think there's a couple of other mashups like that one also, which are great to watch.

[@rickkopp9536]

Amber/Jay as many have said, the beginning and end are of The Glenn Miller Orchestra playing “In the mood. I think you would both enjoy looking into his music, mostly from the late 30s and early 40s. Also, there is a movie from the 50s, “The Glenn Miller Story”.

[@go-nogo1475]

I went to the Smithsonian American History Museum as a kid, aged 10, in the mid-80s, and had only pocket change, and could afford 2 cassettes: "Glenn Miller Orchestra" ... and ... The "Benny Goodman: The Orchestra, The Trio, and The Quartet" were among the first racially integrated jazz groups to perform before audiences! But, for the music? It STILL got that old class GROOVE

[@CousinWhatIsIt]

I remember this playing in dance clubs in the late '80s.

[@libbypeace68]

This was a great way for 80s teens to get to hear the older music. Some hated it, lol. I always loved it, but then I always loved the old music and movies even as a teen.

[@richmayes8451]

I remember having the Jive Bunny album on 12-inch vinyl in the 80s and playing it to death. My parents exposed me to so many cool tunes, and Jive Bunny was one way of combining them all. Their other song, That's What I Like, was just as fun and was popular in the UK.

[@richardhunter7363]

Great track to have on while running - keeps those legs a turning!!

[@rescyn1190]

Fun fact... Les Hemstock was the driving force behind the Jive bunny novelty act... and went on to produce some of the best trance tracks on the scene when it mas massive around the Millennium. Listening to this and then Hemstock and Jennings' Mirage of Hope back to back really shows the gap in output.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Jive bunny did great mashups of 40's,50's&60's music

[@chriswatts6736]

I was a wedding DJ, and if I ever had to recover the dance floor, this always worked

[@bertalach]

Absolutely! Nothing nearly hospitalised Nan like this track!

[@gingerfreak01]

Same. There was a thing for this around '89/90. I used to play the Rare Groove Mix, side 1 normally but it depended on the crowd.

[@Memonekitty]

Glenn Miller...my absolute favorite mistro of the Big Band Era (1940's) Little Brown Jug, In the Mood, Midnight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, String of Pearl's..just to name a few...he died during WW2 in a plane crash crossing the channel from England. There's a great movie about his life.

[@jodytollefson7187]

This came out in the 80s when i was a kid and i loved it because i love this old music always have.

[@MsLizzy_T]

I was so obsessed with Jive Bunny. It was the first cassette that I ever wore out.

[@davewildermuth7519]

The horn-driven opening number is called "In the Mood", by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. It was a smash hit during World War II.

[@cookiesroblox6759]

Didn't know Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers were from Rotherham in South Yorkshire.. North of England.. I hours drive from me.. grew up with this.. I'm proud to be be from Yorkshire

[@russellstanton7583]

Stars on 45...loved that

[@Othawaii]

I was gonna ask for some Jive Bunny a while back, so this was a pleasant surprise :) They had 2 more no.1s back in 1989. Let's Party and my favourite That's What I Like. Might i request that one next?

[@rjjcms1]

The one with the Hawaii Five-O theme?

[@Othawaii]

@@rjjcms1 That's the one.

[@paulmccullough1657]

Love Love Glenn Miller. In the Mood, Little Brown Jug, Moonlight Serenade, Pennsylvania 6-5000. Glenn was over seas during WW2 entertaining the troops when he was killed in a plane crash. They never found his plane. I enjoy your site.

[@DeanTitus-m6d]

Hey guys, this song was actually a song that filled the dance floor at the local honky tonk bar back in the day!! It was a great line dance song back then!! Glad to see that you guys are appreciating older songs and the impact they had on music in general!!

[@KenOtwell]

"In the mood" is the perfect swing song! My wife and I dance to it whenever we hear it, like... right now!

[@alcobb3338]

The first time that I heard Jive Bunny/ Swing the Mood was when I was watching the Rock & Roll s Skating Championships 1995. Oksana Baiul used it for her routine. I bought the cd and watch that video from time to time on you tube which makes me smile every time.

[@BRIDINC1972]

Jive Bunny always filled the dance floor. 😍😍😍

[@WCGUK2024]

Still does at weddings

[@garywalker9753]

Maybe time to get into some more modern Swing music. Very similar and a blast. Cherry Poppin Daddies, Brain Setzer Orchestra (Brian Setzer of the Sray Cats), VooDoo Daddys. A whole lot more. It is fun music and will brighten your day and make you want to dance. As always God Bless you and yours.

[@patham8615]

I grew up listening to all of these bands from my grandparents and my parents eras from jazz to rock to R and B in my generation and I am 70 now these are the REAL thing thank you

[@ukdnbmarsh]

HOLY - i havent heard this for YEARS

[@TracyfromNC]

Fun mash-up of songs!

[@davelevitt48]

They had loads of albums and it was pretty much all you needed for a party. They were aways put on first to get people going, as you say you just can’t keep still.

[@StephenSaxby-vf2ws]

This was such a huge hit in the UK back in 1989...nuff respect to jive bunny and the mastermixers.

[@uwescholer8791]

The Glenn Miller Story, with James Stewart as Glenn Miller is worth to watch, you can see the rise from a poor member of every band who’s paying him, to one of the greatest band leaders of all time… Glenn Miller was a superstar in those times

[@JonathanCalvert-p2c]

loved Jive Bunny back in day.

[@GRIZZLYSGEAR]

Those brass band band bits, really get you "In the Mood"...

[@lauriebarrett6789]

50's suggestions - "See You Later Alligator" by Bill Haley And His Comets. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" by Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers. "Rockin Robin" by Bobby Day.

[@djgrant8761]

“Glenn Miller: In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Juke Box Saturday Night, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Kalamazoo, Little Brown Jug, Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, American Patrol, Tuxedo Junction, My Blue Heaven, A String of Pearls, Elmer’s Tune and Over There.” “Andrews Sisters: Don’t Bring Lulu, Rum and Coca-Cola, You’re a Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith, The Jumpin’ Jive (Jim-Jam-Jump), Rhumboogie, Choo’n Gum, Gimme Some Skin My Friend, Mele Kalikimaka, Hit the Road, Don’t Fence Me In, Six Jerks in a Jeep, Avocado, Quicksilver, South America Take it Away, Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four, Zing Zing Zoom Zoom, Sing Sing Sing, The Money Song, Lock Stock and Barrel, San Fernando Valley and The Woody Woodpecker Song (with Danny Kaye).

[@johnd8892]

All great and deserve a reaction from Jay and Amber

[@patticrichton1135]

@@johnd8892 ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@bunnyheywood]

And I LOVE THEM ALL!! 💯🎶❤️🎶

[@djgrant8761]

@@bunnyheywood Just the tip of the iceberg.

[@stevencosta2432]

Glenn Miller was the King of Swing. the dance floor will fill with men in zoot suits and dance the jitterbug with their ladies. Swing was the predominant music in clubs in the late 30's and into the WW II era, and long afterward.

[@kevinwalsh9788]

My Mother Loved this. Heard many times and I'm also a fan.

[@elainejones8334]

This music is always played at any family party. It gets everyone up dancing.

[@michaelbailey6365]

You never knew exactly where the mastermixers were going next on all their tracks

[@catherinebent7307]

As a teen in the 80s I'd already loved 50/60's music so this was bliss to me .. straight on the dance floor ❤❤

[@tomjamison3126]

Yep this was stuff from the 1950s sandwiched between Glenn Miller's, "In The Mood". And if you watch closely about a minute or so before the end, they intercut some scenes from a movie where the actor Jimmy Stewart played the part of Glenn Miller. You see Jimmy in some of those close-ups, although 90% of the band footage was the real Glenn Miller.

[@helenchristie6530]

One of my favourite films. Jimmy Stewart was wonderful.

[@highpath4776]

I think most of the movie is footage of Sun Valley Serande

[@jamiedianne6778]

This was a mainstay at the skating rink when I was a kid! This one and the Grease Megamix. Brings back all the best memories! 🥰 (Most of the songs were 1950s but the Glen Miller stuff was ‘40s.)

[@bigbow62]

Near the end of the video theres a clip of Jimmy Stewart as he played famous band leader Glenn Miller in the movie....Glenn Miller Story (1954)

[@HopieDopie]

I really wish I was a teenager 20 yr old in the 40's into the 50's the way the would swing dance with each other to the jitterbug!!! Love it!!!

[@chrisedwards7095]

The Glenn Miller songs included "In The Mood" and "Pennsylvania 6-5000". The second clip was from the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" starring James Stewart.

[@RicardoAmaro-gz9lf]

Congratulations my friends!!!

[@stephentaylor6617]

The Artists in this medley are Glenn Miller, Little Richard, Bill Haley and the Comets, Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley and Danny and the Juniors. This is from memory so I may have missed an artist

[@dicedice-yc5vn]

Yes that was Elvis physically but NOT vocally as that was some Brit putting on an abysmal Elvis impression...and there was the late great Eddie Cochran but sadly you didn't get to hear his wonderful unforgettable voice.

[@clauditamel]

I was a kid when my Mom bought a Jive Bunny cassette. She loves 40´s and 50's music and was unable to listen her LP's because the record player was broken. It consolidated my love for her favorite music. Greetings from Lima, Perú.

[@RobertLemp]

I love Jive and Big Band Music

[@jeffreyj-dubburkle307]

I was just listening to this album in my car last week. I bought this CD when it came out in 1990. All 8 tracks are mixed just like this with different themes. Worth checking out.

[@bobclarke1815]

The woman being escorted to her table in the first clip is Norwegian Sonja Henie 3 times Olympic figure skating Champion. The film was Sun Valley Seranade.

[@davidteller7681]

The horn part at the beginning and end is "In The Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra

[@DebraPrezioso]

Absolutely magnificent!! Thanks!!👏

[@paulmahoney5326]

This was such a fun mix. Thanks for showing it. I remember loving it when I heard it on the radio in the 80's. Very popular in Australia when it was released.

[@ingridneumann8196]

Amazing ❤

[@garyfallows1123]

There was lots of mastermix records in the 80's probably the first to start it off was Stars On 45, in 81 which was a Beatles medley, they also did an ABBA one

[@pandapopchart4950]

Jive Bunny actually had three no.1 singles in the UK that year. They won't exactly go down in history as one of the great acts but 8 year old me learned a lot about music from the past through these guys. Their second no.1 "That's What I Like" used the theme from Hawaii Five-O as its main hook.

[@welshrabbit5]

Never Thought you would do this- wow awesome song.

[@bcojr1074]

This was a huge dance tune in clubs around Houston TX. back in the 80's and 90's.

[@PishProductions1]

No freakin’ way, I’d forgotten all about Jive Bunny- first act to get first 3 hits to number1 in UK!! Even the Beatles didn’t do that

[@go-nogo1475]

PLEASE do "Jump Jive & Wail" by The Brian Setzer Orchestra! A modern remake of a big band song by an honest-to-goodness orchestra...and you won't be able to sit still!

[@barriehull7076]

Numerous archives, museums and memorials in the United States and England are devoted to Miller.[129] Herb Miller, Miller's brother, led his own band in the United States and England until the late 1980s.[130][131] In 1953, Universal-International pictures released The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart; Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton, and Tex Beneke neither appear in nor are referred to in it.[132] Wikipedia.

[@ticketyboo2456]

This takes me back to the eighties. This was a HUGE hit and the fashion at the time was very much rocka-billy influenced. Kids, both boys and girls, were wearing brothel creepers, turned up baggy jeans and leather jackets if they were in our budgets. Love your reaction.

[@JulieS261]

Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were big here in Australia as well as the UK. None of the songs or music were played by the original artist but a variety of singers. Their next big hit was "That's What I Like" which uses another iconic piece of music as the bookends.

[@KelvinKeahey]

Glenn Miller...King of the Big Bands. This is a whole genre you guys need to explore. Along with Glenn, there was Tommy Dorsey ("Marie") and his brother, Jimmy Dorsey ("Man, That's Groovy"). Theres Count Basie and Duke Ellington ("Take The A Train"). As many of in the comments have pointed out, this is where the Swing of Rock and Roll originated. Enjoy! Chair Dance! and Love!!

[@wallsvang]

Played "In The Mood" back in the early 80s HS band during marching season, Trumpet.