The Swing Era was the period of time (1935-1946) when big band swing music was the most popular music in America. Though the music has been around since the late 1920s -early 1930s, being played by Black bands like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, & Fletcher Henderson, most historians believe that the Swing Era started with Benny Goodman's performance at the Palomar Ballroom on August 21, 1935, bringing the music to the rest of the country. Other musicians who would rise during this time include Jimmy Dorsey, his baby brother Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, & Goodman's future rival Artie Shaw. Several factors left to the demise of the swing era; the recording ban from August 1942 to November 1944 (The union that most jazz musicians belong to told its members not to record until the record companies agree to pay them each time their music is played on the radio), the earlier ban of ASCAP songs from radio stations, World War II which made it harder for bands to travel around as well as the "cabaret tax", which was as high as 20%, the change in music taste & the rise of bebop. Though Ellington & Basie were able to keep their bands together (the latter did briefly downsize his band; from 1950-1952), by the end of 1946, most of their competitors were forced to disband, bringing the swing era to a close. A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from 1935 until the late 1940s. ... Musically, swing can be either: (written with small s), refers to swung notes, the rhythmic feeling evoked by swinging music, esp. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The 1920s is a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C.; d. ... Louis Daniel Armstrong (4 August 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ... Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Palomar Ballroom was a famous ballroom in Los Angeles, California. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... James Jimmy Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. ... Tommy Dorsey, in a publicity shot for The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era. ... Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 — presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York – December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) was an accomplished American jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader and author of both fiction and non-fiction. ... The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Songs From the Swing Era

The Swing Era has left behind a lot of songs that are now classics. Some of those are:

• "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima
• "Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw
• "Tuxedo Junction" by Glenn Miller
• "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington
• "Body and Soul" by Coleman Hawkins
• "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller
• "Song of India" by Tommy Dorsey
• "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie
• "Stardust", which has been recorded by everyone from Armstrong, to Miller to Shaw.
• "Cherokee" by Charlie Barnet
• "I Can't Get Started" by Bunny Berigan

Sing, Sing, Sing is a 1936 song written by Louis Prima that has become one of the definitive songs of the big band and Swing Era. ... Begin the Beguine is a song written by Cole Porter and introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee (1934). ... Tuxedo Junction is a song written by Erskine Hawkins and introduced by his orchestra. ... It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) is a 1932 (see 1932 in music) composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. ... Body and Soul is the title of a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and John Green. ... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1901 or 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... This article is about the big band-era song popularized by Glenn Miller. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. ... Bunny Berigan (November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942) was an early, great jazz trumpeter. ...

Other Meanings

The general culture of the times between and during the Spanish Civil War and World War II was often called the swing era. This article is about the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...