Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Brown Derby Jump

A lovely little number by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies from their '97 swing collection Zoot Suit Riot . I love this song, and seeing as how the only version of the promo video I found on YT was completely jumbled up for some reason, I thought I might as well upload this one for all you Daddies fans out there. Everybody do the jump!

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Entertainment

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• cherry
• poppin'
• daddies
• brown
• derby
• jump
• swing
• zoot
• suit
• riot

[RhythmAndSoul59]

It is what it is. Cherry Poppin Daddies were a band around 89 but where NOT a Swing band. They dressed like a bunch of fuckin clowns and some almost appeared to be in Drag! Although experimenting with horns they were not part of the retro movement until later. RCR came from the Rockabilly scene which helped Nichols cross over and gave him the brilliant idea for the 30's/40's Jazz/Swing/Gangster Bop sound. Do your homework before you try to reinvent history.

[hadryannah]

@RhythmAndSoul59 You are seriously not taking in a word I'm saying, so it's kind of pointless to carry on with this.

[RhythmAndSoul59]

Its amazing what Eddie Nichols started

[hadryannah]

@RhythmAndSoul59 I wouldn't say Eddie Nichols had much to do with this, CPD had swing tracks on every album ever since their debut (which came out one year prior to Royal Crown Revue's debut, if I'm not mistaken).

[RhythmAndSoul59]

@hadryannah "If your not mistaken" ?!?!? Cherry Poppin Daddies wasn't heard on the radio until 1997. Royal Crown Revue came out in 1989/90 ! The retro Swing movement was started in Southern California by Eddie Nichols,Mondo, and the rest of the RCR .

[hadryannah]

@RhythmAndSoul59 The Cherry Poppin' Daddies also put out their first record in 1989. They had 3 albums out before the swing revival movement reached its peak in '97-'98 and each of them had a couple of tracks which would later be included in their '97 swing compilation. My point is, CPD didn't start playing swing because RCR made it hip - they were playing swing (among other things) for as long as they existed, which is just as long as RCR.

[jdblackbelt]

I have listened to this song well over a thousand times, and still can't get enough of it. Swing dancing to this live would let me die happy.

[sagensourman]

this song is about getting clean from heroin

"a 3 year trip on the dragon, till the clinic had to get me clean"

chasing the dragon is smoking heroin and the clinic is referring to a methadone clinic. anyone else ever notice that?

[cjliley]

haters do your hating I love this and (cet. par.) regardless of what the negative 80% of society say i am gladly part of the 20% who find this amazing regardless. Before arguing the percentages check out the paretto principle.

[Plottoberry]

@ParanoiaVII They also made an album with only ska songs!

[Plottoberry]

@Junglerythm Same here! In fact, I went to a special record store but they had none of them. But they knew what it was, which is good to start with...

[spikeburch]

@Junglerythm zoot suit riot is the only entirely swing album of theirs

[GreasyGrumpy13]

Listened to them my whole life..

[DeedleDeedleDumplin]

Wanna jump to this one and never let my feet hit the ground ! Luv this band !

[MsDwalter]

SO GOOD MAN MAKES ME WANNAH POO

[GeorgiePPuddinPie]

You can say they weren't a swing band, but this can be labeled swing music. And it's damn good !