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Index Swing revival

The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak from the early/mid to late 1990s.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 56 relations: AllMusic, Alternative rock, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Big band, Big Rude Jake, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Blues, Boogie-woogie, Brian Setzer, Brown Derby, Cab Calloway, Charleston (dance), Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Electro swing, Esquire (magazine), Gap Inc., Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Grammy Awards, Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album), Jazz, Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra, Jump blues, Jump, Jive an' Wail, Lavay Smith, Lindy Hop, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Lounge music, Psychobilly, Punk jazz, Punk rock, Recording Industry Association of America, Rock music, Rockabilly, Royal Crown Revue, Ska, Ska punk, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stereogum, Stray Cats, Swing (dance), Swing era, Swing Kids (1993 film), Swing music, Swingers (1996 film), The Atomic Fireballs, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Deluxtone Rockets, The Dirty Boogie, ... Expand index (6 more) »

  2. 1989 introductions
  3. Retro-style music
  4. Swing dancing
  5. Swing music
  6. Swing revival ensembles

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.

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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California. Swing revival and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are swing revival ensembles.

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Big band

A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Big Rude Jake

Andrew Jacob Hiebert (1 March 1963 – 16 June 2022), known professionally as Big Rude Jake, was a Canadian songwriter, singer, musician, and bandleader based in Toronto.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.

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Brian Setzer

Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Brown Derby

Brown Derby was a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California.

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Cab Calloway

Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.

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Charleston (dance)

The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.

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Cherry Poppin' Daddies

The Cherry Poppin' Daddies are an American swing and ska band established in Eugene, Oregon, in 1989. Swing revival and Cherry Poppin' Daddies are swing revival ensembles.

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Electro swing

Electro swing, or swing house, is an electronic dance music genre that combines the influence of vintage or modern swing and jazz mixed with house and hip hop.

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Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is an American men's magazine.

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Gap Inc.

The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer.

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1966 and 2011 (in its final year, it was awarded for recordings issued in 2010).

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album)

Hot is the second studio album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, a retro swing band.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra

Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra was a Canadian swing revival band, active in the late 1990s. Swing revival and Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra are swing revival ensembles.

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Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments.

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Jump, Jive an' Wail

"Jump, Jive an' Wail" is a 1956 jazz swing song by Louis Prima. Swing revival and Jump, Jive an' Wail are swing music.

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Lavay Smith

Lavay Smith (born 1967) is an American singer specializing in swing and blues.

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Lindy Hop

The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then.

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Louis Jordan

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.

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Louis Prima

Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American trumpeter, singer, entertainer, and bandleader.

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Lounge music

Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Psychobilly

Psychobilly (or punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock.

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Punk jazz

Punk jazz is a genre of music that combines elements of jazz, especially improvisation, with the instrumentation and performance style of punk rock.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.

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Royal Crown Revue

Royal Crown Revue was a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Swing revival and Royal Crown Revue are swing revival ensembles.

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Ska

Ska (skia) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

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Ska punk

Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music.

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Squirrel Nut Zippers

Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing and jazz band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by James "Jimbo" Mathus (vocals and guitar), Tom Maxwell (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, ukulele), Chris Phillips (drums), Don Raleigh (bass guitar), and Ken Mosher. Swing revival and Squirrel Nut Zippers are swing revival ensembles.

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Stereogum

Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.

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Stray Cats

Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York.

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Swing (dance)

Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era".

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Swing era

The swing era (also frequently referred to as the big band era) was the period (1933–1947) when big band swing music was the most popular music in the United States, especially for teenagers. Swing revival and swing era are swing music.

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Swing Kids (1993 film)

Swing Kids is a 1993 American historical drama film directed by Thomas Carter in his feature film debut, and starring Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey and Kenneth Branagh.

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Swing music

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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Swingers (1996 film)

Swingers is a 1996 American buddy comedy film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California, during the 1990s swing revival.

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The Atomic Fireballs

The Atomic Fireballs were a Detroit swing revival band led by vocalist/songwriter John Bunkley. Swing revival and The Atomic Fireballs are swing revival ensembles.

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The Brian Setzer Orchestra

The Brian Setzer Orchestra (sometimes known by its initials BSO) is a swing and jump blues band formed in 1992 by Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. Swing revival and The Brian Setzer Orchestra are swing revival ensembles.

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The Deluxtone Rockets

The Deluxtone Rockets is an American band from Muskegon, Michigan. Swing revival and The Deluxtone Rockets are swing revival ensembles.

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The Dirty Boogie

The Dirty Boogie is the third album from the swing band the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

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The Lucky Strikes

The Lucky Strikes is a contemporary swing band which achieved mainstream success during the swing revival of the late 1990s. Swing revival and the Lucky Strikes are swing revival ensembles.

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The Mask (1994 film)

The Mask is a 1994 American superhero comedy film directed by Chuck Russell and produced by Bob Engelman from a screenplay by Mike Werb and a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden.

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Vocal jazz

Vocal jazz or jazz singing is a genre within jazz music where the voice is used as an instrument.

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Zoot Suit Riot (album)

Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by the American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997, by Space Age Bachelor Pad Records.

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Zoot Suit Riot (song)

"Zoot Suit Riot" is a song by the American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry for the band's 1997 compilation album of the same name on Mojo Records.

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8½ Souvenirs

Souvenirs is an American swing revival band that is currently active, since 1993. Swing revival and 8½ Souvenirs are swing revival ensembles.

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See also

1989 introductions

Retro-style music

Swing dancing

Swing music

Swing revival ensembles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_revival

Also known as Neo-swing, Retro Swing, Swing Revival Movement.

, The Lucky Strikes, The Mask (1994 film), Vocal jazz, Zoot Suit Riot (album), Zoot Suit Riot (song), 8½ Souvenirs.