Glenn Miller - Doin The Jive (swing,lindy hop and dance culture)

Doin’ the Jive was composed by Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor in 1937 and recorded for Brunswick on November 29, 1937, and released as Brunswick 8063 with “Humoresque“ and as Vocalion 5131 with “Dipper Mouth Blues“, was a song with lyrics that introduced a new dance, “the Jive“: “You clap your hands/And you swing out wide/Do the Suzie Q/ Mix in a step or two/Put ’em all together/And you’re doin’ the jive“. There is dialogue between Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor. The solos are by Jerry Jerome on tenor sax and Irving Fazola on clarinet. A second version was released with Tex Beneke in the dialogue with Glenn Miller from a June 20, 1938 NBC radio broadcast from the Paradise Restaurant in New York City featuring Gail Reese on lead vocals. Simon reviewed the song in March, 1938, in Metronome magazine describing it as “much swing, fun, and good Kitty Lane singing.“ The band contributes vocals along with Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor. [Best of Big Bands: Evolution of a Band, Glenn Miller, Sony, 1992.] -w