Doin' the Jive
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1938 Brunswick 78, 8063.
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| Single by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | ||||||
| A-side | "Doin' the Jive" | |||||
| B-side | "Humoresque" | |||||
| Released | 1938 | |||||
| Format | 78 | |||||
| Recorded | November 29, 1937 | |||||
| Genre | Swing music, Jazz, Dance, Big Band | |||||
| Length | 3:01 | |||||
| Label | Brunswick | |||||
| Writer(s) | Glenn Miller, Chummy MacGregor | |||||
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"Doin' the Jive" is a 1938 song composed by Glenn Miller and pianist Chummy MacGregor. The song was released as a 78 single by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on Brunswick.
Doin' the Jive was recorded for Brunswick on November 29, 1937, and released as Brunswick 8063 backed with "Humoresque" and as Vocalion 5131 backed with "Dipper Mouth Blues".
The song features lyrics sung by Kathleen Lane and the band 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 rap dialogue between Glenn Miller and Jerry "Buck" Jerome. The solos are by Jerry "Buck" Jerome on tenor sax and Irving Fazola Prestopnick, known as "Faz", 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.
Glenn Miller biographer and confidant George T. Simon reviewed the song in the March, 1938 issue of Metronome magazine, describing it as "much swing, fun, and good Kitty Lane singing." The band contributes vocals along with Glenn Miller and Jerry Jerome. The song was arranged by Glenn Miller.
"Doin' the Jive" was released on the following record labels as a 78 single and as an album track: Brunswick 8062, Vocalion 5131, Okeh 5131, Conqueror 9489, Polygon 6001, Epic EG-7034, Epic LG-1008, Philips (England) BBR 8072, Epic EG-1008, and Columbia (England) DB 8072.
Belgian bandleader Emile Deltour, under the pseudonym Eddie Tower, recorded a version on November 10, 1940 which was released as a Telefunken 78 single, A10232. Samuéla Burenstrand recorded "Doin' the Jive" live in 2006. The Seattle-based group The Careless Lovers recorded the song in 2012. "Doin' the Jive" was remixed in 2012 by RJGisinthehouse on YouTube in a techno, electronica, dance club mix. The Original Swingtime Big Band has also performed the song in concert in 2012.
In 2014, Austrian electro swing performer Parov Stelar released a "remix" or song sample version of the song as "Clap Your Hands" in an electro swing style that reached no. 52 on the Austrian singles chart. He released the song as part of an eponymous EP in 2014 and on the 2015 album Demon Diaries.
The Glenn Miller recording appears on the 1992 Sony compilation Evolution of a Band, The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 1-2 on Avid, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: 1935-1938, Classics, 2004, Community Swing, Vol. 2, 1937-1938, Naxos Jazz Legends, 2003, The Complete Early Recordings, Opus Kura, 2004, and the 2003 Sony various artists collection Jazz Legends: Swing and Big Bands.
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