Louis Prima - Sing,Sing,Sing (With a Swing)

[@georgezbinden112]

I'm 86 years young, spent many hours listening to the big bands on my portable radio while collecting newspapers,tires and lard for the war effort. This music will live forever.

[@billstokes6740]

I'm right there with you. I was born before WW2 , and this music is great. Louie Prima and Kellie Smith had a TV show for a while. Loved his music.

[@beaufitz8993]

God bless you,George!!

[@fenrislyulf8861]

I'm 57 and never got to dance like that but I have loved this music since I was about 5 years old.

[@uliuli201]

WHAT A MARVELOUS WAY TO SPEND YOUR LIFEISTENING TO MUSIC YOU LOVE. BE SAFE. BE HEALTHY. BE MINDFUL.

[@Matt-zx7vz]

🙏beautifully said

[@alcyone9361]

Probably the greatest piece of swing music ever written

[@isabellind1292]

I couldn't agree more! It's one of my very favorite pieces of music as well as my favorite musical scenes from any movie I've ever seen. It's just amazing! 🎵💓

[@charles2241]

I would call it the birth of rock and roll.

[@Talwyn22]

Probably? No. DEFINATELY!

[@paulalovespunk]

The hardest thing a band director ever thrust upon a high school band. 30 years later, and I still have nightmares! 😂

[@TheCharliemike11]

So good I've just spent an hour searching for it when I didn't know the name of the track or artist. 😂😂

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

My grandmother taught me to dance like this. Started when I was 10 and she was in her 50s. Last time I danced with her, I was 40 and she was 80 and she could still pull it off. She's been gone now for close to 15 years and I don't have anyone else to dance with anymore.

[@Anlonn]

you always have yourself. dance and somebody will join you ;)

[@765lbsquat]

Enjoy your cats.

[@hpiccov]

Awesome!

[@mandar13579]

Hey Grump, if you ever come to India, or I ever come to the land where you live, and if we are still alive, let's get in touch and dance? I hardly know how to, I am a shabby mover. But Swing is the only kind of music that tells me I can dance!

[@marifisch6065]

Dance alone.. for your Grandmother.. Life is Dance..💞

[@rileydelallo]

Imagine a guy inviting you to a party in modern day and they start playing this song and dancing like that. He’s a keeper.

[@eatadick6969]

But you're going to say "I have a boyfriend" to him even before he approaches you

[@renchan5333]

It scares me how I'd probably be able to keep up with him 😂

[@Mike-wl9ij]

This type of Music really stirs up something inside of me, I just want to Jump, Move DANCE WITH ANYONE! I Love this stuff!!!

[@stevefromyellowstone7911]

🄵🅄🄼🄸🄾 doesn’t matter. Just pretend it’s the40s lol every girl is yours

[@ripley4]

He would be a great dancer, and a great gentleman.... and I would have honored to dance with him although I am a gay woman!!!! C'mon guys !!!! He is cute, great moves, ´hell of a smile.... sooooo....just letting him know first...that's all guys....!!!! Such a cutie!!!!

[@GrinfilledCelt]

It doesn't matter how old you are, what kind of music you like or whether you can dance; if you can listen to this tune and some part of you doesn't start to move, I have to tell you, you're dead.

[@JCfromDC2]

Got that right. My 'rents were WW II gen. I grew up with this stuff.

[@xmabsurde7733]

Hahaha! Excellent, j’adore. Et je vous assure qu’il y a déjà bcp de deads ! (There must be a lot already dead - sorry for my poor English

[@azia5051]

Who is watching this in 2021?!

[@dfrmotorsports4591]

Well double tap and call me undead 🤔 nothing beats Sinatra 🤷🏾

[@richardweston7595]

Yup! Go to the morgue if this doesn’t get you moving

[@Y-Soightnie]

I went to a wedding a few years back. The bride and groom, in their late 20s, danced to this song as their wedding dance. It was a delight, and they could really dance.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I especially like the fact that swing dance (onscreen and off!) has made a HUGE comeback. There are skilled, energetic swing dancers, and contests all over the world - great fancy stepping, and such a joy to watch them!!

[@aidennewell4034]

Hello Cyndi, How are you doing?

[@dwhitman3092]

​@@aidennewell4034 I am hoping she and you are doing well. 😊

[@SoundShinobiYuki]

Lindy Hop is SO much fun and it’s a heck of a workout! (And I’m 34. That was what my grandparents did when they were young.)

[@gsm212121]

“Sing Sing Sing” is a masterpiece! It is up there with the finest of the fine. It will be heard in centuries to come and people will marvel!

[@sharonwilder7677]

Love Benny Goodman.

[@Pashasmom1]

@@sharonwilder7677 And Louis Prima, who wrote this.

[@davejohnson5029]

Yes. And this version is the ONLY one that has "soul, energy, power and ommmmph!"

[@isabellind1292]

@@davejohnson5029 OMGosh, I have no words...this song is in a category all its own...it's 85th diamond anniversary!💓💎💓 🕺💃💗

[@markwhite6001]

Amen to that

[@Verlopil]

This isn't the Louis Prima version. This is the Benny Goodman version. You can hear him playing the clarinet where Louis would be playing the trumpet in his version.

[@tomcarpini3711]

It's actually The Brian Setzer Orchestra

[@Verlopil]

@@tomcarpini3711 You're right. I should have realized that the drummer doesn't come close to Gene Krupa. I just heard the clarinet and went "Must be Benny."

[@tomcarpini3711]

@@Verlopil The dead giveaway is the recording quality if you're listening to it on a decent stereo. Prima's and Goodman's versions with 30's reproduction technology don't come close to Setzer's version.

[@Verlopil]

@@tomcarpini3711 Hah I'm listening to KZbin on tinny tablet speakers. Everything sounds like it was recorded inside an empty tuna can.

[@tomcarpini3711]

@@Verlopil LOL. Find a way to listen to it on a real stereo if you can. You'll be blown away.

[@swell_gal]

Louis Prima is not given enough of the recognition he deserves. He composed some of the most beautiful and famous (real "Americana") swing songs.

[@liquidsonly]

Or even Bennie Goodman who wrote it.

[@pdy3614]

I love this scene so much - the music, the clothes, the atmosphere - they had real class back in those days. It always gives me a strike of happiness.

[@santiagoovandodaniela9247]

Excuse me in which movie is this scene?

[@pdy3614]

The movie is called Swing Kids.

[@paolavargas5399]

@@pdy3614 thank you!

[@pucki2846]

One of my favorite movies. So sad it isn't shown on TV anymore. I ordered the DVD but it's really expensive and it was quite difficult to get.

[@planetmikusha5898]

Young people watching this might begin to suspect their great-grandparents were cooler than them at the same age.

[@jackspeed3398]

lol, yes !!!!

[@samuelcole9385]

I’m almost certain 😂😂

[@Cayde-6sHorn]

Oh they were.

[@johnpitzer5500]

They were!

[@alliesandaxis3402]

I would love to know how to do swing dance!

[@thejupiter2574]

NOTE: All the characters you see at the dance and the location is really suppose to be German. These are all suppose to be German people defying Hitler's orders to not dance nor listen to American nor Jewish composed music. Hitler replaced all the swing music with German Patriotic and German music. The kids refused and they were arrested and many forced into the military or in labor camps.

[@klemenator]

So its kinda like a nazi feel the beat?

[@BigMamaDaveX]

@@klemenator no, an ANTI-nazi feel-the-beat

[@klemenator]

@@BigMamaDaveX Pardon me what I meant to say was ''so its kinda like a nazi footloose''

[@BigMamaDaveX]

@@klemenator OK, then, an ANTI-nazi footloose. These kids OPPOSED the Nazi regime... and often paid dearly for that

[@klemenator]

@@BigMamaDaveX Traitors to the fatherland...

[@stevede0000]

This music is 80 years old and still rocks!

[@icarusairways6139]

That is a major understatement.

[@Toolmamon]

The wonderful movie playing is called "Swing Kids". Awesome movie!!!!

[@ctremo12]

The movie was extremely sad!

[@jessicanel7387]

Thank you for giving the name. On my Sunday night movie list 🎉🎉🎉

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

These guys are on fire. All that jazz from the 1940s - 1970s runs rings around music today.

[@michaelwallbrown3726]

there is no music today

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

Both of you are right.

[@LM-mn7ll]

This song is from 1936;when Louis Prima introduced it. Benny Good,an made it even more famous in 1937, largely due to drummer Gene Krupa.🔥🔥🔥

[@jacobtrembath2776]

I am 43 years old and a huge Louis Prima fan! I took my wife out a couple times to see Louis Prima Jr. Our wedding song was Come Rain or Come Shine performed by Keely Smith. I named my first daughter Keely. This music moves me and will live forever. Hopefully

[@sharpsvilleBill]

My absolute FAVORITE movie dance scene of ALL TIME! I'm only 68 but swing music is a favorite genre of mine! Who wouldn't be moved to dance to Sing, Sing, Sing's pounding beat? Fabulous!

[@bettinapierins9653]

I am 65 and most agree

[@FerFer84]

when i was a child my aunt attempt to teach me how to dance playing a vinyl of this song, she past away three months ago. in argentina is not very common to listen this kind of music but my aunt used to listen this all day along . great song and make me fell like i still dance with my aunt Rosa.

[@ciruja-chan]

Que descanse en paz tu tia... suena como que era una mujer increible. Y es verdad que no escuchamos esta musica aca, re triste, a mi me encanta

[@vikinghex]

lady had real class 76-year-old swing, dancer

[@julianbiondini944]

Si, es muy cierto y triste que no hay este tipos de lugares en Argentina que yo sepa, y muy poca gente que escuche este tipo de música hoy en día. A mi personalmente me encanta escuchar y me encantó mucho tu historia. lamentablemente nunca eh tenido la oportunidad de conocer a mis abuelos y abuelas, y la única que pude conocer se fue a una edad muy temprana mía, donde todavía no me había metido en este hermoso mundo del Jazz y sus variaciones

[@emaracket9896]

@@ciruja-chan Dios a mi también estoy enamorada de esta cancion hace varios años ya, el swing es lo mas😀

[@ArgentinoPromedio2023]

descanse en paz hermano esta cancion la puse cuando tuve mi ultima fiesta de egresados nunca vimos al director bailar tan bien xd

[@steinfranken1108]

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written or performed!!!

[@jimredelfs1476]

My late stepdad (b.1918) brought along his fabulous collection of Big Band/Swing music when he married my mom one week after I graduated from high school. I was hooked, BIG TIME. I have since collected a nice selection of some of the best of that era and listen to it regularly. This clip is GREAT, first for its excellent AUDIO fidelity but also for its choreography. Just amazing… 🎺 🥁💃🏻 🕺🏼 🎶

[@billirvin9057]

I grew up in the 50's and 60's - I just want to thank my parents (both long gone now) for playing this music when I was growing up. I do and always will love 50's, 60's, and 70's rock music but this is special! I wish I had my parents collection of Glenn Miller records.

[@donotneed2250]

I was born in 1955 and guess what my parents and grandparents listened to along with Blues, Country & Western, Soul, R&B and Rock & Roll? Glen Miller is my favorite and I have the soundtrack from the movie Pearl Harbor on my phone with several tracks in my playlist.

[@themajor5824]

I'm sorry for your loss. But they gave you great taste!

Same with me, and I always thanked my parents for teaching me to dance, swing, waltz and so on. At weddings and so on, I would always ask the Mother of the girl I fancied for a dance, then asked the daughter when the modern music came on, always worked

[@themajor5824]

@ They too gave you great taste;

[@themajor5824]

@lana lake They also did give you the great taste!

[@coperna714]

This is why they didn't need aerobics in the 40's.

[@johndough3125]

Yeah...So does my Tommy gun ya see

[@azia5051]

What a great song you know.

[@swosheeplays9453]

The rationing probably also helped keep the waistline down

[@hpiccov]

hahaha

[@philjamieson5572]

coperna: Best comment yet. Cheers.

[@lynditchfield4341]

An absolutely fantastic piece of music,yes the younger people having not lived through this era have no idea of the atmosphere that just enveloped everyone,marvellous 😅

[@danpitts3262]

Went to a Swing event... It was fantastic... It was all people much older then my wife and I...But once the music started...LOL...We were put to shame....They could dance...I think they should be called Athletes...Incredible endurance...Agility...It was fun and Amazing!

[@robertstubbs8933]

Dan Pitts :

[@neils5539]

We swing dance all the time and we're in our 60's. When this comes on we sit it out. You've got to be in good shape (which we're not) to dance this all the way through. It's exhausting!

[@russs7574]

Haven't ever gotten to a swing event like you refer to, but when I was in high school, (in the 70's) our band director would take us every year to see the Stan Kenton Orchestra. For some reason, they played a concert at the same suburban Pittsburgh high school each year. Great music, and my Dad's favorite swing band. As an adult, my S.O. and I have made the trip up to the Cleveland Flats to see both Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Squrrel Nut Zippers. Good swing music never gets old.

[@ricomajestic]

That era (20s 30s and 40s) definitely had the greatest dancers.

[@dennisbrenderdds8704]

@@ricomajestic 8

[@johnnyxenos5471]

In my opinion, Sing, Sing, Sing is the greatest swing song of all time. It is, quite simply, a Masterpiece.!!! Written by Louis Prima in 1936, when played, it still commands everyone's attention, and if you know how to dance swing, you'll make your back surgeon rich in 2022.

[@self109]

😁😆👍

[@randallray7864]

No doubt,!!!

[@theinspiredentrepreneur5441]

I got invited out to a swing dance after Synagogue and it was held at a Presbyterian church. I had a blast! I danced with about 7 ladies, starting with one from my the Synagogue that I'd just attended. She taught me the steps and we had good clean classy fun.

[@katsumiori2222]

can we all take a sec to appreciate them dancing in HIGH HEELS

[@serinad9434]

As Ginger Rogers used to say...."I did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in heels!"

[@CharlieBear1950]

What HIGH heels?

[@MauriatOttolink]

Katsumi Ori I tried it but they catch in my turn ups.

[@IEMac6]

literally no one is wearing high heels. Get your eyes checked honeybun

[@nenabunena]

heels in the 30s &40s aren't that high and were thick, take a look at ballroom dancing high heels as an example

[@tiktokmonkey2261]

God why can’t they bring back dance like this it was full of life and passion !

[@ande100]

I vehemently and violently ignore my arthritis and titanium rods! Dance, baby!

[@Chevelle602]

This type of dancing is about 10,000 times better than the bump and grind type dancing that people do these days. I wish more people would dance like this at clubs. Maybe I would actually dance.

[@homelesshannah50]

Oh STFU you fake ass little bitch!! You assholes were hating on this music and dancing when BLACK PEOPLE were doing it. HYPOCRITE!!1

[@georgemccune2923]

You have to remember back then the adults viewed this music perhaps worse. My grandmother whos mom passed away when she was 5 was raised by her dad which was exausting for him since they had a farm to take care of. She use to tell me stories of sneaking out after he fell asleep knowing he would not get up till morning and she and some of her gal friends would make thier way into town (Dallas) and go swing dancing and flirt with some of the handsome service men that would be out and about (This is actually how she met my grandfather). She got caught sneaking back in a few times and her father was very strict and she would have to read bible verses and she could only step out of the house only to do her chores for a month or so because it his eyes that swing music was the devils music. I wonder what her father would have said about elvis had her father not passed away before elvis came along. She actually did go see Elivs in 1970. Im guessing he really wouldnt have approved of that.

[@vidwatcher365]

You can find swing or jazz or ballroom or whatever dance clubs/events. See what’s near you. Often people dress up in period costume too

[@Chevelle602]

@@vidwatcher365 I have done that before. It's a good time.

[@sonjavandecasteele4706]

And to imagine that my grandma - rest her soul - who was born in 1904 - MUST have been dancing to this. LOVE IT!🤩

[@thereisnosuchthingasabiasi80]

Every time I see dances like this I can't help but ask myself, how?? How do people possess so much stamina and trust in a partner to move like that? It's incredible.

[@terrybake3690]

No cell phones..human interaction was better

[@phuturelee3420]

I'm turning 62 in a few weeks and I've been dancing since I was 5. Hip hop, modern, ballet etc. It's internal. The people who are watching should be dancing. Never stop thinking you can't do something. Stamina is important and you gain it while you warm up.

[@arizonalady7569]

The music and connections random ppl grab you to the dance floor and everyone is just a chill vibe. Plus drinking a bit helps lol liquid courage!

[@terrybake3690]

My parents generation..men loved their women and respected more..now the women wear no clothes on the crack

[@rleague685]

@@phuturelee3420 Right on

[@coonarick]

I'm 71, funny how this was so popular in it's day and still is, wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that this was just great entertainment, great music, and good fun would it ??

[@davemilnes1147]

Everything to do with that ;)

[@querelle61]

I never tire of watching this. The dancing, the music, it's all perfection. Especially when the girl in red dress meets the eyes of the guy on the dance floor. OMG, perfection!

[@marilynzuki6836]

This music can never be beat todays music. Such talent and makes anyone who can’t dance, want to dance…👏👏👏

[@isabellind1292]

ABSOLUTELY! Big Bands were amazing! This is one of the best pieces of music ever written...timeless!

[@swingkid1771]

This video is a mash-up of scenes in "Swing Kids". It includes the dance where Sing Sing Sing is playing, but also shows scene from the opening act with "Jumping at the Woodside" too. Such great music and such a great movie. Its the inspiration for me to start swing dancing/ Lindy Hopping in the 90s and am still at it today. Swing Heil!

[@amysutter2968]

thanks we were just trying to figure out what this movie was and the actors

[@lylewaudby8426]

Man this makes my feet want to just fly. I am only 46 but this is the kind of music I miss, today's music can't hold a candle to this stuff! Big bands were dynamic! Thanks for sharing!

[@pozhiloy_kinchev]

Listening to this music is good, but playing it is even cooler. Greetings from jazz lovers from Russia

[@christopheranton13]

I didn’t know Dr Wilson could dance! What would Dr House say if he found out!

[@dukevega1972]

Something incredibly sarcastic.

[@sharit7970]

Hahaha! I was trying to remember his name...all I could think of was House's friend ; )

[@Ebag3000]

Lmao

[@edwardc1688]

Literally the first thing I thought when I saw this 😂

[@brianahernandez1587]

First thought was OMG WILSON! Haha. I've never seen this movie and I was BIG into swing as a teen in the 90s.

[@glennkoons1560]

I saw Benny play this at Disney land and I grew up during the War Years to all big bands. This was the zenith of swing.

[@jeffstowe4860]

Holy shit! My grandparents told me the stories of this crazy beat and dancing..not just the greatest generation, but the WILDEST by far!!!

[@jaxtraw51]

I love Louis Prima but this ain't him. It's the Benny Goodman Band with Benny on sax,Gene Krupa on drums,and Harry James on trumpet solo...recorded around 1937. Great music lasts forever!

[@fifty9forty3]

+jaxtraw51 Benny on clarinet not sax.

[@jaxtraw51]

You are so right,my friend! My bad. Jack

[@Rand89700]

Pretty sure this is the Brian Setzer Ochestra doing this, not Louis Prima or BG

[@chuckdahlin7003]

definitely not louis or benny. This is a modern recording.

[@jaxtraw51]

RBF, I never considered Setzer or a modern band. You are more than likely correct. Thanks for the insight! Jack

[@wsbigband]

As noted the song was composed by Louis Prima. But the recording artist was Benny Goodman. This version of Sing, Sing, Sing. was arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Often known as Sing, Sing, Sing (With Christopher Columbus). Because it contained many of the riffs from Chu Berry's composition Christopher Columbus which was recorded by Fletcher Henderson. It is the addition of these riffs that sets this version apart from anything Louis Prima did with it.

[@bigalthelegend5007]

This was originally written by benny goodman and performed by Louis Prima.

[@A_person223]

My dad played Glenn Miller (his favorite), Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey when I was growing up. Real musicianship and real music with a beat.

[@tekperson]

In the early 90's I was in my early thirties and hung out with folks that like to ballroom dance. One of the places we went was an old VFW hall where seniors would host mixer dances. The seniors had their own band. The crowd was 3 to 5 decades older than us, but we always had a ball. It wasn't as rowdy as this video, but the folks were happy to have us be involved and were very gracious. Around the same time, our group would also go to contemporary bars with bands, but that wasn't nearly as fun as the VFW hall and the seniors.

[@SpeegBJ]

Holy Jumping Geez....it's so good I could eat it. That ripping of chords at the end of phrases, the drums, the 'hits' and snaps of the horns never ever fails me. My mother won many jitterbug contests during WWII to this tune....

[@michelleduquette800]

Bonnie Speeg Oh my gosh, what a fun time she must've had!!

[@jazzlin]

This scene is taken from the movie, 'Swing Kids'. Worth a watch.

[@eamel]

When people dance their happy. When people are happy there's less war. When there's less war, there are more happy people. The world needs more dancing.

[@1953SM]

If there were no wars and murders ever, the world would have been overpopulated thousands of years ago and humankind would have never lived long enough to make it to this time.Culling in every form of life is a truth. All forms of life on this planet also practice culling. ...but yea I dance on............

[@yoawesomeguy6108]

It would force our happy asses to work together more. But since war is an option we cull our weak and never advance our societies. We should have flying cars by now, buut noooooo. Oh well we may all still dream

[@dnta602]

Funny how this is a scene out of whats technically a war movie

[@alirassi5697]

now that you know so much, why my pp hard when presentation?

[@whatyousaidbud]

Then happy would be the norm and we'd be looking for better things to make us happy, bit like drug addicts constantly look for a greater high.

[@tdrewke]

I'm an old rocker but this, this is magnificent, and especially the rhythm section keeping this one alive in the recorded track. Kudos to Ralph Humphrey if he is in fact the drummer on this one!

[@rockinsockmonkey8033]

There are many reasons I love this heartbreaking movie, but I'll only talk about the happy reasons evident in this scene :) I love how real it is. Modern swing dancers often unfortunately have a ballroom sterility to their dancing as it's gotten so standardized, but this scene gets everything right. The chaos, the disheveled clothing, the raw energy and vivacity of dancing as a means of enjoyment and not technicality. There's a jubilation, and frankly a sexual energy, to the dancing in this scene that I think is the closest to how swing music actually made people feel when they were hearing it for the first time. Dancing is about being in touch with your body and letting the feeling of moving to music take you out of your head, and this scene captures that better than any other dance scene in a movie.

[@tomguyone]

Really like your comment...spot on! (and your critique of modern swing dancers as well!)

[@rockinsockmonkey8033]

@@tomguyone thank you! I admire dancers with skill, but I especially admire dancers who get lost in the music :)

[@richardsojka862]

What is really cool about this dancing is we get to see a Young Batman (Christian Bale) do the jitterbug!🤣

[@eleannab]

“Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” is a 1936 song written and composed by Luigi (Louis) Prima, who first recorded it with the New Orleans Gang and released it in March 1936 as a 78, Brunswick 7628, with "It's Been So Long" as the B side. It is strongly identified with the Big Band and Swing eras. Though it has lyrics, which Prima wrote, it was covered as an instrumental by Fletcher Henderson and, most famously, by Benny Goodman.

[@jimmyharris1481]

I like the version played by the "Kyoto Tachibana High School Band" best ! Really amazing ! Check it out !

[@benchantics]

I'm pretty sure this song is rockin' no matter what decade it's in.

[@russs7574]

A lot of musicologists point to this song as the first rock and roll record. I don't really think so, but it certainly rocks.

[@cubemissy]

I love this version of the song, with the extended drum solo at the beginning.

[@leoscheibelhut940]

This is one of the greatest versions of this great song!

[@marinadery2998]

Swing Kids one of the best movies

[@icarusairways6139]

Never tell me that Greatest Generation couldn't dance.

[@patriciaweiss4446]

Absolutely BEST swing tune ever. Drum solo intro best ever!!

[@MsKarduspandora]

Insane choreography and camera works. This was when movies were still done in 35mm. Can’t imagine the takes.

[@yvonnegoble354]

I love this, !!!! I watch it about every two weeks!!!!! FABULOUS OR WHAT ???!!!! Hugest praise to all involved......and thanks so much for sharing x

[@enricoandreani577]

This song is pure happiness!

[@chev39rsh]

Louie Prima, wrote a masterpiece that the dirtier you play it the better it gets. I think this even more than a Glenn Miller tune or an Artie Shaw tune defines the energy and crazed attitudes of youth of that time. A Timeless piece.

[@helenhighwater5313]

This is an excerpt from the movie "Swing Kids", which gives a look at the rise of Nazi power from the young people's perspective. Hitler prohibited all music associated with rhythms from the black culture. Kids caught listening to, dancing to or playing it were captured and sent to labor camps---really, I'm not making it up. Anyone who hasn't watched the movie should do so. And, no, it doesn't end well since it follows history but it is important to learn the truth about totalitarian government in order to prevent history from repeating itself.

[@kyla3834]

thanks for this

[@billemery4788]

I've seen it, and you're right. Nice post.

[@lemurlover7975]

wow I never realized that Swing was used to fight totalitarianism! this makes me love it even more than just as a dance form with cool gymnastics :)

[@spiritwalker9903]

Oh ok ty

[@tinselPixie]

I remember being so very impressed with this film. Thanks for the plot reminder. I should get my German hubby to watch this. I think he'd be fascinated.

[@pinkyman5155]

Wow I'm exhausted just watching ! Brilliant, Love it !

[@kevinbollinger2083]

This movie has given hope to musician's who play swing music, like me, for over 25 years. A real revolution and young swing dancers are still dancing. Just hope the COVID crisis lessens so that we can get back to playing great swing music and young people (and older) and dancing to live bands!

[@janhensley5410]

Timeless. Lovely. Love this. Thanks for sharing ❤️🎶

[@chrismiller3490]

This song is better than 99% of the shit they put on the radio today

[@jasonstarr6419]

don't know which 1% you're listening to that you think is better, but I'd vote for it being better than anything on the radio today..

[@sharpsvilleBill]

100%

[@alexasaltz4229]

Classic! I played this one for my grandkids and they absolutely love it!

[@chandlerhembree9607]

🗣 Anyone who is able to set still without their feet moving is dead or die'ing...💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺

[@julianncrilly5355]

I'm dancing in bed ❤️

[@joefatalooch8057]

Although Prima wrote the song, this version is done by Benny Goodmans band and Gene Krupa on drums. Helleva band. Krupa was amazing

[@lindahughes8611]

One of my favorite memories is walking into our kitchen and watching mom and dad dance to the BIG BAND SOUNDS. Funny they could be fighting but as soon as one of these GOODIES came on.......LUCY, COME ON and there they’d go:).

[@rdecredico]

This is not the Louis Prima version although he did write the piece. This is by BENNY GOODMAN with GENE KRUPA on drums.

[@fifty9forty3]

rdecredico: I don't think this is Goodman with Krupa. Unless Krupa is using different drums he used bongos in the Goodman band for the intro. And something about the clarinet doesn't sound like Goodman. I could be wrong.

[@rdecredico]

That is absolutely Goodman and is credited as such in the film.

[@fifty9forty3]

rdecredico: Is the band on stage and in the photo a prop?

[@rdecredico]

Yes.

[@eaharms3544]

The credit on the soundtrack album itself says it was arranged by Chris Boardman, who wasn't born until the 50's. It's definitely modern, and sounds that way, I've gone through dozens of covers of the song trying to find this one, the Goodman and Prima recordings aren't as bass heavy as this one due to recording limitations. Here's the link to images of the album credits--labateadelossonidos.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-swing-kids.html

[@joefazio4995]

Good Lord, where did music (and dancing) like this go!?

[@bykrydr21]

At 1:26 the guy in the brown fedora looks like Soupy Sales!!!

[@vintagewoodworks]

Makes you want to get up!

[@delowe]

When you see scenes and hear music like this the single word that comes to mind is ‘joyful.’

[@guitarplayerforu]

I'm 28, soon turning 29 and love this piece of music, it's so so good and it also puts you in a great mood too👌

[@tanyscore4353]

С ума сойти...какая энергия молодости...какие скорости...это прелесть ,что такое и конечно музычка

[@義之増田-p3v]

56歳のおじいさんですが、初めて見ました❤sing sing singの映像を紹介してくれてありがとうございます😂😂😂

[@somethingbright4268]

Bring back these kind of dance halls and music any day.

[@wisdomseeker3132]

So this is What Kyoto Tachibana SHS Band Plays I Love It! ❤❤‍🔥

[@tanegashima5395]

When people ask "What's your favorite song?" and I go "Sing, Sing, Sing," and they be like "Who dafuq is that" It breaks my heart.

[@frenchtoast7742]

Kai T. 😂😂😂

[@rickster100100]

Don’t feel bad that they don’t know. They don’t know what they’re missing. And there’s an army of people out there like you who love this music.

[@annasurf595]

Sending some good vibes, coz it is also 1 of my faves.

[@LednacekZ]

Me: Hey that's Wilson! Me 2 minutes into the video: Is that friend of his Christian Bale?

[@inkygiraffe7849]

Thinking the same

[@margojansick6848]

LednacekZ This movie is Swing Kids, wonderful movie based on true events in Germany during WW2. And yes that’s is Christian Bale, aren’t they wonderful dancers!

[@kennywalker4091]

Not the first time Christian Bale danced on film. See the 1992 movie Newsies. He both sings and dances.

[@v.e.7236]

My Mother taught me how to jitterbug (her term) when I was very young - 4 or 5? Anyways, she gave me a love for both dance and music, as they go pretty much hand in hand. This gave me a big advantage over the other guys that didn't know how or were afraid to hit the dance floor, when it came time for the inevitable school dance. Never was a "hit" w/ the ladies, but I always had a good time at those dances, thanks to you, Mom. RIP

[@JamesSmith-gk8sz]

There's a great Vine out there somewhere that parodies modern dancing versus old school dancing. The first half is a man gliding up to a girl, extending his hand and saying, "Madam, would you care to dance?" The second half is this dude staggering up drunk with an upside hat on and yells at the girl "Bitch can you walk?!?" and pulls her onto the dance floor. Basically...yeah. For all the folks keeping the real talent of actually dancing alive, I applaud you.

[@mjcau]

The particular rhythm of the drumming in this version is perfection! The horns aren't bad either!

[@kystars]

This is really Fantastic music! I am 58 years old, and I grew up listening to this from my dad and my grandparents. I never liked the 80s rock era etc. I liked the 50s and 60s rock , older country, bluegrass, even classical, but NO MUSIC can make you jump around and want to dance like SWING MUSIC!

[@manumanumontesano9360]

Absolute masterpiece, love this version 💖

[@billhaskell8625]

Fantastic music and thought-provoking movie. See it. And, as was pointed out earlier, this version of Sing, Sing, Sing, is Benny Goodman's version. Louis Prima did write and record it (1936) before Benny Goodman (1937), but Mr. Goodman's version is the most popular and by far more swingin'!!! Yeah!

[@peterfarrar9015]

Louis Prima's sing,sing,sing with a swing was terrific. The swing drummer was the dominate factor & the rest of the band players with their immense musical talent, added to produce this rythim & beat swing extravaganza to heights well into the stratosphere & a dream for swing dancers to participate. The current music scene is insipid, lifeless & dull & deficient of the exciting rythim & beat of the swing era of many decades ago & cannot compete with that exciting era. The swing dancer's video with athletic & frenzy dance movements was fabulous & compelling to view. I am hooked & all swing fans will be to.

[@christinavigorandmoxie]

OMG I looooooooved this movie!!!! My friend and I used to swing at the bar and people didn't know what to do with us!!! It was amazing!

[@ryanmitchell7701]

That sounds Amazing (:

[@jenkinsfamily2229]

Vibing to this while doing homework. I don't care that I'm not getting any of it done

[@stephenav3986]

When I listened to sing sing it was marvellous....... i didn’t listen to it again for a few months and when I did I thought this is still marvellous! Great!

[@mariathepersson]

This looks so much fun! I wanna go!

[@jyosuckas6720]

Can i be your date maria?

[@mariathepersson]

+jyo suckas lol sure!

[@martinameyer9432]

genial

[@blackvelvet1970]

tHIS is a movie based on WW2 and they got taken to concentration camps . Look up Swing Kids 1993 this might help you a bit . Good luck

[@mariathepersson]

yes, I know what this from, I've never watched the movie but I watched trailers. Seems interesting.

[@scigeek4fun]

I would love to see this hit BIG TIME again...Rarely see people having this much fun EVER! Born at the wrong time I guess.

[@timefortea1931]

It'd be great if it did wouldn't it! A great way to burn off calories and get fit!

[@yesak0506]

Oh wow...never thought I would hear swing again!!! Amazing...really music. Love the drums ..man

[@70banksia]

What a wonderful piece of music! Absolute classic.

[@Torukeru]

Takt Op.Destiny anyone?

[@cedricapacible6906]

ye bro

[@nrm2022]

Yeah my guy!

[@JM-ik9kw]

This was one of the greatest creations in human history. This is something good to be proud as humans, not religious or political stuff.

[@piotr306]

Awesome! My body is about to start dancing itself 😆

[@karting111111]

I'm here from Ballroom e Youkoso, directly fell in love with this masterpiece

[@calfencer]

Anyone out there who danced swing with a total stranger and and you two just nailed it? I'll never forget her!