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The flipSide  07/17/2017

7/17/2017

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The Big Band Era
Jimmy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Woody Herman
​Glen Miller
These are tunes that we heard but don't remember because it was our parents who were enjoying them while they were waiting for us to grow up!  JL

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"So Rare" is a popular song published in 1937 by composer Jerry Herst and lyricist Jack Sharpe.[1] It became a hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1957.   
​Recorded on 11 November 1956 and released on the Cincinnati label 
Fraternity, Jimmy Dorsey's version, which had a decidedly rhythm and blues feel unlike the earlier versions, became the highest charting song by a big band during the first decade of the rock and roll era. Credited on the label to "Jimmy Dorsey with Orchestra and Chorus",[13] the vocals are by the Artie Malvin Singers.[14] Billboard ranked this version as the No. 5 song for 1957.[15]
"Stompin' at the Savoy" is a 1934 jazz standard composed by Edgar Sampson. It is named after the famed Harlem nightspot the Savoy Ballroom in New York City.[1]  ​Though the song is credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, and Andy Razaf, it was written and arranged by Sampson, Webb's alto saxophonist. Both Webb and Goodman recorded it as an instrumental, Goodman's being the bigger hit.[1] Lyrics were added by lyricist Andy Razaf.
​Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, alto saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd", Herman was one of the most popular bandleaders of the 1930s and 1940s. His bands often played music that was experimental for its time. He was a featured halftime performer for Super Bowl VII.[1]
"Moonlight Serenade"
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is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when first released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and performed as Miller's signature tune as early as 1938, even before it had been given the name "Moonlight Serenade." In 1991, Miller's recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.


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