'Sing, Sing, Sing' - Benny Goodman

[say4them]

He looked so young in that pic !!

[TheThreadshitter]

Henry Ford hated this kind of music.  Nice cars, but weird guy.

[InfestedByPurple]

i only think of fallout when i hear this song

[UnivingIshiro]

4 people don't like Chip Ahoy!

[FridayBoxers]

I love the sound of the crackle in the radio.

[doc2skate]

Maybe the title of this song should be "Play, Play, Play".

[97trainman]

My favorite song of all time, hopefully my band director will let us play it either in concert season or marching season next year!

[rustyba69]

now thats music

[wb2wly]

From the January 16, 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. Written and recorded by Louis Prima in 1936 and originally titled "Sing Bing Sing" to honor Bing Crosby, it was retitled "Sing Sing Sing".  This version from 1938 is probably the most famous of all recordings of this tune. Gene Krupa's constant beat on the bass drum, and his "artwork" in general is surpassed by none, in my opinion.

[prittyandpink32]

HOW COULD YOU FOUR PEOPLE DISLIKE THIS??!!!

[llyrfish]

Now I want cookies.

[Daddyknowsbest100]

This song reminds me of Chicago's underworld culture...

[7754349200]

My monitor/speakes bounce when this song is on

[bunnie444]

4 people can't........sing? dance?....whatever

[Gloominusdm]

Thanks for posting this...complete with the minute scratches from the original record...LOVE IT!!

[mattratt512]

i feel like cutting a rug to this.

[mrcookiemonsterr]

A true classic

really exemplifies the swing of early jazz

just love it

[HyperAndHappy]

Benny AwesomeMAN! 

[mattratt512]

i can see my grandmother cutting a rug to this back in the day.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

There were other musicians who played music that was quite surprising to those who had never been exposed to it before Benny came along.....The Original Dixieland Jazz Band..or ODJB in 1917 and shortly after that Eddie Condon, Sidney Bechet (Be shay) and Louis Armstrong followed.

[MISisback]

So cool to see GE using this in their latest TV commercial! Now, every time I hear it, all I can see is that happy little computer-generated baby elephant dancing through the jungle.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

@MISisback ..I see that commercial too and sometimes I get online to listen to Benny Goodman when I do.

[psichozombiemike]

no puedo parar de oir esta genialidad...

creo que la musica es atemporal. y esta cancion es la clara muestra.

[psichozombiemike]

no puedo parar de oir esta genialidad...

creo que la musica es atemporal. y eta cancion es la clara muestra.

[northduplinrebel]

This really makes me want to get out my Clarinet!!

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

@northduplinrebel ..The same way this makes me want to drag out my saxophone.

[blinkme478]

conductor, "so guys, here's the song we'll be tackling this year-"

lead clarinetist, "FOR FUCK SAKES!"

[PanzerFrog]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT. It's THIS song.

[TheSupergerbil12]

i get to dance to this at school in my options class it is so much fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WalrusFanatic555]

I LOVE THIS SONG!

[TheFacelessActivist]

Swing isn't the original punk; punk is the original punk!

Swing is the original swing...

Really, the clues are in the genre.

[CoolRiffz]

@TheFacelessActivist Swing is the first music to challenge what was socially acceptable. Imagine never hearing anything except classical music or opera in your life- go listen to some random old classical music, and then listen to this. This music was considered absurd and suggestive, that's why Goodman said he felt like "a whore in church" when he performed swing music for the upper class audience for the first time.

[TheFacelessActivist]

@CoolRiffz

Yes, well, that's what happens when you ignore George Washington's warnings and keep voting on some arrogant conservative socialist nutcase.

Plus: A whore in church would be a good idea, at least then there would be a reason to attend.

[razarsenal180]

@TheFacelessActivist What made this political? Really, what? But I agree, punk and swing were both looked down upon, bu then again so was every other genre of music.

[TheFacelessActivist]

@razarsenal180

Exactly, so the opinion of the semi-inbred anti-fun brigade hardly matters. Most of those schizophrenic douchebags are dying out anyways...

[NoNickNoKick]

Everytime I hear this music, I close my eyes and I clearly see Dick Tracy chasing some bad guys and kick their asses off :D

[Shapiraa]

By far the best song ever. And my favorite type of music is Rap, but this beats any rap song or any song

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

This is excellent sound quality and a great version of the tune...thanks for posting it.

[jrb51055]

i'M a white boy with 2 left feet, cant carry the tune nor keep the beat.

But if i was in attendance? I'd sure give'er a go!!!.

[thehatebox]

boriiiing,,,



[jperrine32]

@thehatebox then stop listening and go back to your cookie cutter mindless uninspired crap....

[thehatebox]

@jperrine32 I LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR WALMART AMBIENT MUSIC...

[TheFacelessActivist]

@thehatebox

Jack-aaaaaaaasss...

[thehatebox]

@TheFacelessActivist should be another sensitive guy ...

[FeenixRyzing]

I saw my grandparents swing dance to this, it was awesome!

[benwaddelling]

Mrs Bouvier! Mrs Bouvier!

[darkangelcloud7]

benny would have been 101 years old by now...

[valdengo1]

..also remember, Toscanini used Goodman on his recording of Grofe....Grand Canyon Suite......

[jrb51055]

Things i've learned in life: If i put my BOSE NRU'S on, and hit my "spinal tap" volume setting of 11? When Gene Leans into the drums? I get a lovely sine wave across my field of vision> like the opening of outer limits...I am NOT saying this is a GOOD thing?... I'm just saying.

Rock on

a vet

[TheFacelessActivist]

I love the song, but when you think about it, the title is eeringly deceptive. 

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist the faceless sucks but yes you are correct sir

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Skoomaheadmrmush

Oh, no... Someone thinks I suck, whatever shall I do? Oh, wait! Lemme go check my bucket of rat's asses.

My word, it's empty! I guess that means I don't have a rat's ass to give about what you think about me.

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist did you not hear what i said i said i agree with you but the faceless suck

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Skoomaheadmrmush

Sorry, the... What now?

I thought you meant me, but, if... It's some kind of reference to something of which I find to be arbitrary at the moment, then, I do apologize for the misunderstanding.

And, kinda cheers me up too, I guess I did give a rat's ass after all.

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist well your name is the faceless activist i get it it has nothing to do with that band i figured some who liked them wouldn't be listening to something this cool i apologize for the initial misunderstanding

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Skoomaheadmrmush

Oh, fair enough. I've never heard of them, so, I'll just take your word on that they suck.

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist ok you're not missing anything they're just another contemporary metal band

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Skoomaheadmrmush

It's odd, you'd figure a metal band would be more -magnetizing to the audience.-

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist well the majority of kids that listen to metal don't have exactly have vivid personalities not to sound like a cynical ass or anything

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Skoomaheadmrmush

Meh, I usually enjoy power metal on occasion, but, that's mainly due to the "power"-part. I like Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart for the same reason. But yeah, I get what you mean, a lot of people who listen to mainstream metal are closet nerds who thinks the long hair and violent music makes them somehow less socially awkward... But on the other hand: There's plenty of Glenn Miller fans who are just pretentious losers who are too poor to be yuppies.

[Skoomaheadmrmush]

@TheFacelessActivist indeed i think every genre of music has a dark side of its respective fanbase humans are just doomed to redundancy vain naivety and arrogance

[jackrc11]

@TheFacelessActivist

Especially since there's another song called Sing, Sing, Sing.

[T16Akatsuki]

@TheFacelessActivist its a cover of the one where they actually do sing

[TheFacelessActivist]

@T16Akatsuki

Still, they should have changed the title to:

, , ,

[TomBombadil37]

@TheFacelessActivist "I lied! There's no singing at all!"

[cfwintner]

The most exciting recording ever made: BG Orchestra live at Carnegie Hall, 1938. I thought so when I was about 4 years old, and I still do today at 64.

[AZKHF]

this is at the beginning of the tower of terror movie

[6747654]

This is music right here =]

[fromthesidelines]

I wouldn't exactly call it "punk", but this IS a landmark recording in jazz history. Recorded in Hollywood, in two parts [4:05 is where the second half began], on July 6, 1937, and originally released on a 12 inch Victor "78" {36205}. Gene Krupa's drumming "drove" the entire performance...and he WAS an influence for an entire generation of drummers, right into the rock era.

[jrb51055]

The intro- STILL gives me goosebumps!!!!... ROCK ON...

[starstrucklola]

i found my concievement song

YES

[mrdan107]

When you have a hard day, you can come home and play some jazz and it will make it better. Jazz is the only type of music that people can listen to that can relax or dance like crazy. I might just be a teenager, but I know what really music is, and this is it. Their is nothing like this and there will never be, Jazz is a legacy and nothing can ever match up to it. Heavy metal and things of that sort are nothing compared to this, these are the roots of good, toe-tapping music and let them live on

[RAZNVA]

@mrdan107

Not to be snarky...but it's swing...not jaz

[MrExtraToastable]

@mrdan107

Im a freshman at the Los Angeles County Highschool for the arts

In the jazz department. I totally agree, every day pros come in a teach us the art, and it has been the most amazing expierience of my life

i totally agree with you

[bcw324]

I love how its playing on an old lp too makes it that much better

[royalconcertgebouw]

The whole band was on here but Krupa was absolutely incendiary!

Dancing to this one is an aerobic workout!

[pwnslayerss]

This isn't Justin Bieber D:

It's better.

[sohoking88]

That said, AWESOME TUNE!

[sohoking88]

@Darganot The original punk? How so? I really don't think they are very similar at all. Punk spits at the pretentiousness of good musicianship. Very poor analogy.

[wwcnd74]

Somebody STOP ME

[ChayDawg64]

i love this song! for some reason i can't help but imagining dancing cookies... or dancing home appliances... hmmm...

[MrM1GarandGuy]

@ChayDawg64 seems like you have enough passion to go on an appliance infomertial :p

[ChayDawg64]

@MrM1GarandGuy LoL Tis' true, sir. tis true.

♫now you're singin' witha swing♫

[RayGettings]

A timeless classic

[jrb51055]

Gene's got my toes a tappin,

Bennies got my pulse a flappin.

Lets shoot anyone thats rappin.

Yes, i think that has to happen.

[GrooveListener]

great groove, thanks for posting :)

[blakegriplingph]

Thumbs up if you've heard this in Mafia II.

[donagusto1]

@blakegriplingph what the heck is mafia II?

[blakegriplingph]

@donagusto1 - It's a game, duh.

[WhoanTv]

@blakegriplingph i was being sarcastic, dude

[mranticosti]

@funnycuit9 You uncultured trash.

[sohoking88]

@mranticosti

There is no such thing as uncultured. Just different cultured.

[funnycuit9]

fuck dis shit why cant u just listen to rap u fuckin ugly whitey

[DAKperson]

@funnycuit9 dude, without this music your stupid-ass rap music wouldn't even exist. it honestly baffles me as to why you have no respect for this, as it IS the origin of any music you listen to. and if you are just going to expel that spam from your mouth, why even view the video?

[funnycuit9]

@DAKperson shut de fuk up u stupit cracka u aint shit

[DAKperson]

@funnycuit9 Hey man, at least I can spell better than a 2nd grader.

[BombThrowinDrunk]

@funnycuit9 cuz rap is the gayest shit ever the only thing they rap about is whining about thier shitty lifes so shut up u ass fuck listen to real music instead of

R-retards

A-attempting

P-poetry

you stupid walking stereotype

[ChayDawg64]

@BombThrowinDrunk it's 2010. open your ears. eminem is the number one album and has like three other's still on the charts. Please give up the passive aggressive racist bullshit... and pay attention to what is happening. The color barrier is an illusion. and I bet my soul I can quote a published rap lyric, or one of my own, that is deeper than anything YOU could ever right.

[ChayDawg64]

@BombThrowinDrunk it's 2010. open your ears. eminem is the number one album and has like three other's still on the charts. Please give up the passive aggressive racist bullshit... and pay attention to what is happening. The color barrier is an illusion. and I bet my soul I can quote a published rap lyric, or one of my own, that is deeper than anything YOU could ever write. lol typo :)

[TheSanderCohen]

@BombThrowinDrunk man i totally agree with you, i hate that crap!

[deathray393]

My restoration of this song = better

[fromplanetXZ315]

I have always loved big band swing music but I swear I just fell in love. What has this generation (Well, my generation) put into our mainstream? I'm dissapointed.

[DjingoRango]

@fromplanetXZ315 Todays mainstream isn't about music. It's about money, pretending to care about "fans", and using the same "lyrical" (for lack of a better word) ideas as everybody else. There's no talent, creativity, or emotion in the mainstream, what seems to fly out in bunches today can't even be called music.

[sohoking88]

@DjingoRango

''Todays mainstream isn't about music. It's about money''

You think this wasn't about money? Nothing has changed.

[davinakhon]

Dr. Heart. if you see my comment on this referal video you requested, I've then watched your video and i'm into Benny Goodman's work of musical arts!!

[donagusto1]

Who the hell is justin biever?

[muckle]

real music



[pichulowsky]

Tengo una versión original grabada en vivo en el carnegy Hall en 1938, dura dos minutos más. Apenas la digitalice la voy a subir. Hay un solo de Gene Krupa magistral

[schalomXD]

this is great music i think

[TheUnforgivingOne]

danm right son XD it totaly is

[Vagn1948]

The best melody ever

[Tattoogem]

yeahhhhhhhh Benny!!! he's heavy!!!

[Kesssh91]

Epic

[SparrowFreak]

Everytime I hear this song, I can't control my body. The music just makes it move. I can't help myself when it comes to swing music. It's my favourite style of music, and this song has got to be my favourite song in the entire world! Ah I wish I could swing dance so bad. :D I love modern age music too, but swing music just does something to me that I can't explain.

[HSECMAN]

@SparrowFreak its that "jungle beat" by gene krupa! this was viewed as drug fueled devil's music back in the day, especially when gene got busted for smoking weed (it was called "gage" back then)-hence the line in jimmy buffets song "...when only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana" (pencil thin moustache). keep movin to that beat baby!

[istoleamonkeytwice]

This makes me feel sexy

[1oclockjump]

This is my desert Island disc and when I leave this mortal life my family knows this has to be played when I pass on. Gene Krupa on drums is amazing

[GiveMeThaGreenLight]

so theres no way there could be any dislikes for this song so the three dislikes are ppl accidentally clicking on it, has to be

[TheUnforgivingOne]

@GiveMeThaGreenLight

that or they were drunk lol

[killbill4057]

great



[NikeAurrs45]

is this in public domain? or under the creative commons law

[EdWatts]

Harry James, Chris Griffin, and Ziggy Elman were THE trumpet section. Ellington once said that they comprised the best trumpet section that ever was. All could play lead, do jazz solos -- the works. They memorized their music; Goodman wanted all of the band to memorize everything, but many didn't. Goodman said, "Good music is memorized music." Thanks for posting.

[UniviScientia]

Ohh somebody, -stop me!! :D :D ( the mask :P )

[Fitzster500]

Swing = Original Punk. It's actually really true, classical musicians hated Benny

[DevilsInstrument]

@Fitzster500 Interesting generalization. Would you like to explain why Benny Goodman commissioned the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok to write his 1938 work Contrasts (for violin, clarinet, and piano)...and why Goodman participated in the premiere? Quite a lot of classical musicians (particularly the French) were extremely interested in jazz during the '20s and '30s, and Goodman is in no way excluded from that fascination as far as I know.

[TheDukepeterson]

@DevilsInstrument and please never forget the Aaron Coplan Clarinet Concert, which Benny played its first performance.

[beckmerc]

don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing and this thing has got too much swing

[Jdbieber21]

omg....

[MightyAlz]

Hey man, that's like telling Gene Krupa not to go boom, boom, boom, bap, bap, bap, boom, boom, boom, bap, bap, bap, boom, boom, boom, bap, bap, bap, boom, boom, boom, bap, bap, bap, boom, boom, boom, tsch!

[DragonOfDarkness89]

I played this song back in my High School Jazz Band. It was tough, but I did well.

It's such a classic. ^_^

[dee07able]

we're dancing this song for dance class!!! soo awesome!

[Vaskis4life]

We're doing this in string orchestra. Heck yes.

:D

[ussrmodding]

actule louis prima wrote sing sing sing

[jimraw1]

@ussrmodding This is really Sing, Sing, Sing combined with Christopher Columbus, which Chu Berry and Andy Razaf wrote. Fletcher Henderson arranged that tune, and combined it with Sing Sing Sing for the famous Goodman version.

[jrb51055]

My Mom had a TON of 78's...that i turned into frisbees, LORD i hope THIS wasnt ONE of them!!

[animabi]

This music is such a treasure to me. Like a priceless ancient relic.

Whenever I hear it brings back that familiar feeling of "I've heard it numerous times in disney movies and it's awesome".

Kind of like how the Mario Bros. theme plays and you just know it instinctively.

And this is coming from a sixteen year old female, who also has a taste for Lady Gaga and country. I hope the youth never forgets this song.

[QuannanHade]

Personally, I think rap is not so good - but "each to his own"...

THIS - is the real shit right here...

I love the big-band and jazz-swing stuff, but then again I am into such things as Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk and alot of classical music, so who am I to judge on taste?

[sobefobik]

Sounds like me...I like a little bit of everything. I've recently got into Brazilian jazz, pretty good stuff.

[TakeMeOut2Nite05]

LoVe ThiS SonG

[GovGenMarcusKerensky]

Rap is the reason our youth is failing. Telling young men to be pimps and murderers, young women to be hood rats and sluts, and all for the love of money so they can brag about being a "Big-Homie". Rubbish. The awesome thing about this era is that segregation served a purpose, without being "evil" or "oppressive" anymore. All it did was deliniate where the boundries of society were. Used to be, kids went to college, now they only want to goto the "hood" and "bang". Sad. Not what we fought for

[neenar19]

of course, it's 100% raps fault, if we didn't let black people rhyme into microphones we'd live in utopia.

it's obviously way more complicated than that, but scapegoats are fun and easy, right?

[jiseladominguez]

i have the saxophone part for this song .. i believe its for the tenor .. i played both alto and tenor so id have to check ..

[danielgeiser]

@jiseladominguez hey if you still have the saxophone part... could you please send it to me? Id really love to play it myself

[lawrencemintz]

I'm pretty sure Louie Prima wrote this tune.

[7754349200]

@lawrencemintz Yep

[Zorn96]

there used to be a better version on youtube but now its gone, this one is good too but the later drum parts are a bit off

[TheUnforgivingOne]

reminds me of WWII dance halls and dancing going on lol Cause it woulda been playin

[ana04041990]

Wonderful! I love it!

[jiseladominguez]

best piece i have ever played in jazz band! must agree ..

[Zorn96]

thats bull, why do you guys get to play it. My band teacher won't let us play this in jazz band. and nobody seems to own the clarinet or saxophone parts for this

[jrb51055]

Gene's got my toes a tappin

shootin anyone that may be rapping.

THIS is music your supposed to play,

Gene and Benny 24 hours a day.

[thekaje2]

This throwback old-stuff's-better-than-the-ne­w-stuff shit is getting on my nerves.

Everybody, it's ok to like swing and rap. Each has its day in the sun, and each is valuable.

[MightyAlz]

I dig this statement.

[Zorn96]

how is rap valuable, I don't see how T-Pain singing about buying a girl a drink or loving a bartender contributes to anything

[thekaje2]

@Zorn96, did Frank Sinatra's "My Way" contribute to anything?

[canibalpanda]

@Zorn96 mainstream rap is not valuable whatsoever, but most hip hop and underground hip hop is fucking golden, cunninglynguists, atmosphere, dr. octagon etc...

[Brezzley]

@Zorn96 It contributes to his wallet.

[mesie2006]

@jrb51055 Jazz aint 'bout hate man x

[Denial397]

best piece i play in jazz band

[Lukerdude51]

@Denial397 haha me too i play tuba its so hard im in 7th grade

[Denial397]

i play the guitar and its wicked fun

[dancingbananaprod]

Anyone else recognize this from the movie Monsters, Inc.?

[ohrightyth3n]

I only enjoy 2 kinds of music. classical & (nonradio) electronica. I'm generally not naustalgic about anything, but if I could have anything from the past, I would have this kind of music dominating the market

[deathray393]

I hate how so many people filter out the treble on recordings to remove the hiss, because it takes the edge of the music, and does not even remove the crackle and pops. I own this exact 78, and I think I might upload my restoration of it.

[chasd67]

BG music lovers....anyone have any info (for the original version of sing sing sing) indentifing the OTHER soloist (piano) trombone and others who may have played solo pieces with the group?

Thanks

[deathray393]

It does not specify who played those parts on the records, but they spelled trumpets "trumpats"

[chasd67]

Thanks so much for your 78 version, enjoyed it. Still searching for the version with Teddy Wilson, piano and Jack Teagarden, Trombone. Thanks again.

[EagleOnTheRhine]

Can you believe that this music was as popular as today's rap, rock, and country?