I would like to pay tribute to young people aged 15 to 20 who come here to immortalize the songs and dances of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Congratulations to everyone who has good taste !!
I used to dance just like this with my partner in 1951. So glad to see kids interested in this once again. Hope it comes back big time....and the Big Band, too!!! I'm still swing dancing, just not quite as fast. :-)
+Amy Ayers Hi there, you may be the best person to answer this. Back in the 1950's did people learn to dance swing or did they just pick it up? For example, like how a non native of Brazil would have to learn samba because it isn't common to their country... Thank You.
Post WWll Japan. My Japanese mother learned to dance mostly to Glenn Miller hits. That's when my U.S. Air Force father met her. And here I am, 68 years later, and I still listen to Glenn Miller's hits on both 33.3 rpm records and CDs.
These were the days of genuine clean fun. It was when an American dream was tangible. The swing was so popular. People respected each other. It was an era when you could leave your doors unlocked and gas up your car and pay after. It was a stabilized time in life.❤
Times have always carried their share of hardships, regardless of the era. Like everything else, there are pros and cons. Romanticizing a particular period as perfect is a mere product of nostalgia. In truth, the present holds some advantages: there are fewer wars compared to the past, and we have made progress in addressing issues such as xenophobia, sexism, and other social problems. It is important to acknowledge the flaws of the past while appreciating the advancements we have achieved in the present.
I know my history. World history and American history. This time was the peak of western civilization. Today you can see the population shopping in their pajamas, face tattoos etc..there is no comparison between the children of the European immigrants and this anything goes freak show of today. Anybody that says otherwise is delusional. You are absolutely right!
God bless you. I knew this music because of my parents (WWII greatest gemeration ever lived) and both served in the U.S. Navy. Grew up with Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Cab Calloway, Andrew Sisters...they all were great artists. I was a product of the 70s Disco generation, so I could relate to this great music. Not comparing Disco to Big Bands, but all the same, you just could not sit still....you had to get up and dance! Great, great, music and timeless!
I'm 78 and can't really "fast dance" anymore, but can still play trombone. So I bought 3 new ones and enjoy playing Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and the beautiful ballads of that era, my favorite of which is "Stardust." ... They had really great music back then and songs with more than just 3-4 chords in them.
Good Grief!...I'm 82 years old, so all this dancing was during my youth!..but, I certainly couldn't dance like that, although I sure wish I could have. But, I did the foxtrot quite well which looked like dancing "The Peabody"....this was the end of the best of the best dancing era EVER!..
OMG, that's how my mom and dad danced around the house when I was a kid in the 1950s. My dad would swing my mom up and over his back, and fling her back and forth between his legs, neither one of them missing a beat.
OH MY GOD MY PARENTS & GRAND PARENTS DANCED LIKE THAT TOO DURING NEW YEARS AT OUR HOUSE PARTYS WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD!! MY DAD USED TO GRAB ME TWIST ME AND FLIP ME OVER IT WAS SO MUCH FUN GREAT FUN MEMORIES!! ONE TIME MY DAD & MOM TRAINED ME AND MY BROTHER TO DANCE EXACTLY LIKE THAT AND TO DRESS LIKE THAT FOR DANCE CONTEST TO WIN A 50 POUND HUGE TURKEY WITH BOXBOF MASHED POTATOES TURKEY DRESSING CORN BISCUITS & CHAMPAGNE!! WE WERE THE LAST TO DANCE THE DANCE CONTEST WHEN WE DANCED WE WON HANDS DOWN!’ MY PARENTS & GRAND PARENTS AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS WERE SO PROUD OF US ME AND MY BROTHER WE WERE IN SEVENTH 7TH GRADE WE WOULD NEVER FORGET IT!!! OT WAS FUN SCARY AT SAME TIME THE SCHOLL TOOK SO MANY PHOTOS!!
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Jackie...it's SWING!!!! A form of Jazz. Swing is major chord harmony arrangements (other songs "arranged" into a different time, different instruments given primacy - Glen Miller gave the primary themes to woodwinds, not brass). Some original compositions and yeah, lifted sections of true classical (the masters) music changed. For fun - Benny Goodman's 1936 rendition of a Louie Prima composition, SWING, SWING, SWING. FABULOUS!!! Keep on truckin' Miss. I'm 75 now and have loved Swing since I was a child. Also - note - true Dixieland (another form of Jazz) go to Tuba Skinny here on RUclips. Fabulous!
Well, I’m 77 years old. My mom must’ve listened to these when she was pregnant with me cause I still dance to this music all the time maybe not as fast. but I really feel bad that my grandsons and granddaughters will never experience this era gone by. wow thanks for the memories.
I'm sending this to my grandchildren... I have one grand child trying to learn some steps. I'm like now put some heals on your feet... She like how? Lol
My dads 93 yrs old. Fought in (WW2) -The big one-. Doesnt like to talk about what happened "over there",+ all the friends he lost. He believes in his heart it was for a good cause. With all he went through, he still believes he grew up in the greatest era. I love him with all my heart.
This is my favourite song to dance to, when my husband and I went dancing I always requested the D.J to play it. We used to combine the quickstep and the jive which made it more interesting. Nowhere to dance anymore though.. Wish they would bring back the big dance halls again. I am 79, but play this song and I am 21 again xx
I feel the same way...I'll be 79 this coming Friday & still have the wonderful memories of those years....but I can still manage to dance around my kitchen ....tee hee...
I wish it would come back omg can’t get enough of swing! The young don’t know what they missed! I missed the forties with all the big swing bands! I am up there but I want to dance every day!
I was taught swing dancing in middle school (my school's tradition). I think that's what sparked my obsession with the 40's and 50's. If only more people my age knew swing! I'd love to dance like this again.
This is the reason my father loved to dance he passed away 9 years ago and even at 75 78 years old my father still love to dance and move that same way with that energy amazing amazing inspirational videos brings back memories of my father
My grandmother sent me to the Arthur Murray Dance Studio when I was in high school. Every Saturday morning for a year. What a wonderful gift. Made me a pretty good dancer. Thanks Grandma!
Don't think there has ever been an era, other than this, that has spawned such amazing finesse, and astounding, perfectly timed groove on the dance floor. This is serious dance, here. And, from what I have seen, no other form of dance can even touch this. These people really knew how to tear shit up. It just doesn't get any better.
I'm positively in love with the electric energy of swing music and the mesmerizing dancing to accompany it. As I was browsing the comments, originally ecstatic to see people who feel the same way about Swing, I must admit I was rather disheartened by all the hate filled comments. While today's dancing is less modest, why can we not appreciate the sexual liberation dancing today has brought us, along with adoring the gorgeous dance moves that brought us here?
@@prebooomer i agree, but I feel like it's just the intuition of young people. If young people back then were exposed to social media, I suspect they may have said similar nasty things about people from the past! It's just the culture, and like we have broken racial barriers, we too can make efforts toward breaking some aspect of our historical ignorance! (coming from a fellow youth)
As a little lad in Glasgow we were very very poor my dad had an accumlator radio and I remember so much the magic that got us out of these dark dark days I was only 4 at the time! wonderful thank you so much
Mom & Dad were exhibition dancers back then and I've never lost my love for swing bands. ..back in the day when musicians made the music and not tech processing.
j'adore les musiques cette époque ,joyeuses et aussi douces. Merci a tous ces compositeurs et musiciens qui me font rever à chaque fois que j'écoute ces morceaux.
Makes me think of my parents when they met in England during World War II. The Swing and Boogie Woogie sounds and dancing had it going on and still do.
In 1996 I met my parents in Reno for my Dad's Navy reunion. On Friday people in their 70's-80's arrived looking tired. On Saturday night some fit into their uniforms! When the Big Band music broke out they became young again! The dancing was incredible! Not as acrobatic but amazing!
0:04 In the Mood 0:47 Cherokee 1:12 American Patrol 1:56 Sing Sing Sing 2:49 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 3:05 Johnson Rag 3:29 Don't Be That Way 3:53 Little Brown Jug 4:20 Opus One 4:42 Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Again 5:10 Take the A Train 5:34 A String of Pearls 5:56 In the Mood (reprise)
Remember dancing with my brother at teen Town Toledo ohio 1940s. Teresa Brewer sang. Oh, what memories. So much fun. Such great music. Thanks for sharing.
This really cheered me up today-what fantastic music, by the legend, Glenn Miller! Oh what style! It's almost like a ballet, with upbeat high energy moves, and fun!!! Love it.
The music in this clip was NOT the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Glen did record many of the tunes we heard here, but again, this was not his band on the clip
It really was! I would spin my wife on the dance floor at her high school sock hops, slide her between my legs, forewards and back, lift her to my left side and then swing her around to my right side, and spin her again, back in the late 60's, and we did a lot of the moves seen here, because that is where the Bebop came from, Jive dancing, Lindy hop and the Jitterbug were all forerunners of the Bebop, which by the way is a lot more fun than the twist, locomotion, or any of the other silly dances they started to invent in the 60's. Most of the other students would clear a space on the dance floor and just watch us go at it. My wife was and is a gorgeous Strawberry Red Haired woman, quite tall at 5' 9", and only weighed 130 lbs, has more curves than a Nevada mountain rd. When I spun her, that circle skirt that she wore, and still does today, would rise up and show off the cutest butt, and the best darn legs in the state of Nevada!! I was, and still am 215 lbs 6' 3" tall, quite strong, and could get away with doing all the moves. We still Bebop and Jive, at our local swing dance club meets, and the other dancers still give us some space and watch us go at it. This style of dancing will keep you fit, strong, and happy!! Only difference now is that I don't throw her around like I used to, as I am a bit older than back then!
@@treseancann1261 You can appreciate one style without bashing another there is no need to call twerking nonsense when there is nothing wrong with it it’s a valid dance too
@@di7209 unfortunately it is nonsense. A woman extending to vulgarity to get attention isn’t a classy respectable woman that should be raising your children unless you want a bad influence and your children twerking too which I doubt. Even these street guys don’t want women like that that’s why most of them who are like that are considered smash and passes. There’s a reason guys get hyped when they go out with a classy woman who’s decent and has got her life straight and isn’t fazed by a attention seeking women who wants the wrong attention from men I’ve seen how guys react it’s completely different and if we start raising a society/children to more respectful things they will be more inclined to be respectful too saying twerking is alright is complacency and raises a complacent society.
I love swing dancing. When I was a young girl there was a tall guy in our town that could really swing dance,he could throw me all around and I fell in love with this dancing. I later on became a dance teacher.
Glen Miller''s orchestra's performance of swing music is out of this world & an electrifying experience listening to this rythimic & beat arrangement is sensational & the dancers enjoying in participating with frenzy of movements to the rythim & beat.
I was born July 29th 1963 but I'm going to tell you something I'm about loving this thanks to my grandmother born in 1900 and my grandfather born in 1899 grew up in the later years of the Swing era for listening to something alternative and not the garbage music we listened to it today this is the best
Thanks to Magic 61, 610am radio in San Francisco, (from the 1980s) I was introduced to this music before I was a teenager! So as I got older I moved to other music, but I get tired of it and always come back home to the Swing Era! This is my favorite kind of music!
You must be lose as a goose to dance like this. My mother and her brother were partners, for 2 yrs they won every Jitterbug Contest they entered. I am amazed when I see these dances. Fun, Fun, Fun:)
We’ll all revert back to this amazing dancing ... it’s a given! I’m going to classes now at 58! And love it. It’s great to dance with a partner and enjoy the fabulous music of the era that will come round again guys and gals!
The absolute best music and dancing ever! Look how happy they are and the ladies look fabulous in their skirts! My generation missed out on this and it's a crying shame....
I don't blame you Zac, for every pop song that's half-way decent the next five are garbage but it can be worse with rap. I'm black but I despise that thuggish nonsense!
@@catholiccrusader5328 I loathe rap. Sadly every gym class I go to it is every song that plays extremely loud. Sadly whenever I try to choose a song they switch it back half way through.
To Zac,Fred & Nate:I'm 62 & black & I agree with all three of you.Give me this the old soul,rock & roll classics,jazz this & the Great American Song Book artists like Nat,Frank,Tony & Ella & classic country & I'm happy!
It's music and dancing like this that totally explains why women were always asking "Are my seams straight?!" I don't care what year or decade this is, this type of music will NEVER go out of style. Any music you can't sit still to will always be around, 'cause ya can't ignore the beat!
There are still some good Big Bands out there. You just need to find them. One "modern" example of big band music is in the 1980 musical XANADU. Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton John. A true pair of powerhouse musicians.
I remember my Great (amazing great grandpa). He used to play amazing danc'n songs and all of my family would dance in the kitchen together, to swing music, bobby day, anything that makes us dance. My great grandpa was sure Great. :)
+Petite Chinoise I bugged my mom for years to teach me....She was too shy but I'm betting she was damn good! I'm 62 now and looking for a dance class for swing/jive.
+Cheryl Simser never too late !!!! I live in Paris, and there we do have jazz and swing dance clubs ! the funniest thing is that you'll find there every age range of dancers, but all come just to have fun !!
+Petite Chinoise Go for it! It's lots of fun and the basic moves are really easy to learn! I go to university and am lucky enough that practically everyone here knows how to swing and waltz and a few know how to polka or foxtrot. Just go for it.
I am 77 and we use to have party like that at home every Saturday with our friends ,we knew how to have fun Mum and dad in the kitchen preparing foods and refreshments going for ever it seems ,those were the day of joy and simple fun
And if we turned the lights down for a Johnny Mathis song and slow dance there wasn't a lot of fuss. We acted responsibly and were rewarded with trust.
True that, I swing dance at least once a month as well. You can look at any major college and find a swing dancing group. (At least here in the South East USA) A lot of them will have open dances with lessons in the first hour
***** , I envy you... Here in Bulgaria swing is still not that popular and if you aren't living in the capital you will have real difficulty finding where to dance... I'm curious, what do you dance there in the SE USA? I heard Americans were more into west coast swinging :)
Станислав Хаджийски I started out with East Coast Swing (The video from 4:40min to 6:00min) and mostly do Lindy Hop which is the rest of the video. I will agree that most of the dance scenes will be West Coast. East coast is just easier so that is what we were taught first ;) And hey you have You Tube, there are tons of instructional videos if you wanted to learn it. You just have to find a partner
Well in kinda part in this year that of the feminism is kinda incorrect, now the women for no reason want to kill their babys , a lot of they're les (i dont really think thats correct) and they hate men :(
What struck me as strange is that this is like four very, VERY popular songs all mashed together. I like it! Especially ‘In The Mood’ and ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’
I remember my parents listening to this music and I think it’s funny I’m enjoying it myself I would love to be able to dance like that but ... In any event whoever put this together thank you!
I was raised on swing & big band. I Love dancing to it. TIMELESS our neighborhood was so multi cultural, every house had folks from all over. we all had so much fun. dinner time was the BEST 4 us kids, as long as a kid was in a chair, didn't matter who he or she was. I Am So Blessed. we all are! look 4 blessings, & that's what u find
When you just KNOW your granny was cooler than you'll ever be!😄
I know, right? It's embarrassing.
Lol
You re sooooooo right, fella.
she cool
Claris. 'still can't get my head around ''gramp's ever haveing sex,.'''
I would like to pay tribute to young people aged 15 to 20 who come here to immortalize the songs and dances of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Congratulations to everyone who has good taste !!
Lotta luvv ;)) we know a good dancing song when we hear one
@@ellax7434 yep ! cheers...
Thanks, only 16; been listening to a lot of glenn miller lately.
@@904_Florida Congratulations Seven...
been listening to these for awhile now and they are great
I used to dance just like this with my partner in 1951. So glad to see kids interested in this once again. Hope it comes back big time....and the Big Band, too!!! I'm still swing dancing, just not quite as fast. :-)
+Amy Ayers Hi there, you may be the best person to answer this. Back in the 1950's did people learn to dance swing or did they just pick it up? For example, like how a non native of Brazil would have to learn samba because it isn't common to their country... Thank You.
+SweetTea742 hmm..still no answer. Id like to know too :)
Gema Jimenez I'm still waiting too lol :-)
SweetTea742 haha hopefully she'll reply
would you dance with me darling?
Post WWll Japan. My Japanese mother learned to dance mostly to Glenn Miller hits. That's when my U.S. Air Force father met her. And here I am, 68 years later, and I still listen to Glenn Miller's hits on both 33.3 rpm records and CDs.
That music is super gold, my dear
These were the days of genuine clean fun. It was when an American dream was tangible. The swing was so popular. People respected each other. It was an era when you could leave your doors unlocked and gas up your car and pay after. It was a stabilized time in life.❤
Times have always carried their share of hardships, regardless of the era. Like everything else, there are pros and cons. Romanticizing a particular period as perfect is a mere product of nostalgia. In truth, the present holds some advantages: there are fewer wars compared to the past, and we have made progress in addressing issues such as xenophobia, sexism, and other social problems. It is important to acknowledge the flaws of the past while appreciating the advancements we have achieved in the present.
@@AraneaTempestatum
The era wasn't perfect but less complicated and problematic in my opinion which I am entitled to as well as you are.
Absolutely
I know my history. World history and American history. This time was the peak of western civilization. Today you can see the population shopping in their pajamas, face tattoos etc..there is no comparison between the children of the European immigrants and this anything goes freak show of today. Anybody that says otherwise is delusional.
You are absolutely right!
You are not a woman
85 and cant stop my feet doing as they will, but the body cant follow them up. Oh sweet memories of a young lad.
God bless you. I knew this music because of my parents (WWII greatest gemeration ever lived) and both served in the U.S. Navy. Grew up with Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Cab Calloway, Andrew Sisters...they all were great artists. I was a product of the 70s Disco generation, so I could relate to this great music. Not comparing Disco to Big Bands, but all the same, you just could not sit still....you had to get up and dance! Great, great, music and timeless!
Ya gotta love this!!!! 💘
What a tart
Donald Remnant you are as young as u feel x
@@bonitaknierim8677 lad did you see marlon brando
It would be awkward to meet him😶😶
I wish people still danced like this!!! Those are some mind-blowing moves!!
For sure friend !!!
My friend keeps telling me that I dance in regular parties like I escaped from interwar period🙈
I do, live to a rock and roll band Friday, and the Dance School Summer Ball Saturday, today, 23 july 23.
Nice, ...at 72.
Some people, like BIDEL KASTRO, said it was rubbish.
I wish I still could .-------
I'm 78 and can't really "fast dance" anymore, but can still play trombone. So I bought 3 new ones and enjoy playing Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and the beautiful ballads of that era, my favorite of which is "Stardust." ... They had really great music back then and songs with more than just 3-4 chords in them.
Good Grief!...I'm 82 years old, so all this dancing was during my youth!..but, I certainly couldn't dance like that, although I sure wish I could have. But, I did the foxtrot quite well which looked like dancing "The Peabody"....this was the end of the best of the best dancing era EVER!..
+Salvatore Pedi Some people my age seem to think everyone from the past looked like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra, and danced like them too.
OMG, that's how my mom and dad danced around the house when I was a kid in the 1950s. My dad would swing my mom up and over his back, and fling her back and forth between his legs, neither one of them missing a beat.
Classy ages classy people
My granny and grandad from dublin used to dance to the andrew sisters
That must've been freaking cool.
OH MY GOD MY
PARENTS & GRAND PARENTS DANCED LIKE THAT TOO DURING NEW YEARS AT OUR HOUSE PARTYS WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD!! MY DAD USED TO GRAB ME TWIST ME AND FLIP ME OVER IT WAS SO MUCH FUN GREAT FUN MEMORIES!! ONE TIME MY DAD & MOM TRAINED ME AND MY BROTHER TO DANCE EXACTLY LIKE THAT AND TO DRESS LIKE THAT FOR DANCE CONTEST TO WIN A 50 POUND HUGE TURKEY WITH BOXBOF MASHED POTATOES TURKEY DRESSING CORN BISCUITS & CHAMPAGNE!! WE WERE THE LAST TO DANCE THE DANCE CONTEST WHEN WE DANCED WE WON HANDS DOWN!’ MY PARENTS & GRAND PARENTS AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS WERE SO PROUD OF US ME AND MY BROTHER
WE WERE IN SEVENTH 7TH GRADE WE WOULD NEVER FORGET IT!!! OT WAS FUN SCARY AT SAME TIME THE SCHOLL TOOK SO MANY PHOTOS!!
Bullshit
I know I'm 23 but I think the classic music is really beautiful
I know I’m ol’d enuf to remember windissa tzong came out
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I love jazz so much, and I am 17! You just have to dance!
David Mehnert iiiii
Jackie...it's SWING!!!! A form of Jazz. Swing is major chord harmony arrangements (other songs "arranged" into a different time, different instruments given primacy - Glen Miller gave the primary themes to woodwinds, not brass). Some original compositions and yeah, lifted sections of true classical (the masters) music changed. For fun - Benny Goodman's 1936 rendition of a Louie Prima composition, SWING, SWING, SWING. FABULOUS!!! Keep on truckin' Miss. I'm 75 now and have loved Swing since I was a child. Also - note - true Dixieland (another form of Jazz) go to Tuba Skinny here on RUclips. Fabulous!
The Lindy is so exhausting - and how they could dance it wearing suits is beyond me.
Well, I’m 77 years old. My mom must’ve listened to these when she was pregnant with me cause I still dance to this music all the time maybe not as fast. but I really feel bad that my grandsons and granddaughters will never experience this era gone by. wow thanks for the memories.
I'm sending this to my grandchildren... I have one grand child trying to learn some steps. I'm like now put some heals on your feet... She like how? Lol
Boy, when you asked a woman to dance in those days, you'd better be DAMNED sure you knew what you were doing!
absolutely !!!!!!!!!
HOLY Cowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Haha for real
Great comment. 🙈😅
And that you're in condition!
John Edwards not to mention needing to have COMPLETE trust in your partner.
My grandmother just turned 85 years old,and she always tells me fun going to dance halls back then were.
These people can dance and I am so jealous of them. Boy they are so damn good
Get it together let's dance!!!!!!!!!
Yes
Absolutely 💯
My dads 93 yrs old. Fought in (WW2) -The big one-. Doesnt like to talk about what happened "over there",+ all the friends he lost. He believes in his heart it was for a good cause. With all he went through, he still believes he grew up in the greatest era. I love him with all my heart.
MY SON OMAHA BEACH WAS A MASACURE LOTS BLOOD AND GUTSBLESS PAPA
HEY HE WENT FOR YOU YOURS YOUR GRAND CHILDREN WONT BE DRAFTED
Am In x military my respect to your dad and to your family i thank your dad for serving.
Lots of love sweetheart 💗💗💗💗💗
I am from this era, and what a wonderful era it was for swing music and dancing. I just can't fathom 1600 dislikes for this video!
Whoever they are, we dont want them here anyways - i wish it was still popular to dance like this so i could learn itttt
@@ellax7434 you can learn it its just nowadays hard because people forget how to do it
Their missing out on a lot, and have a weird eye/ ear for goodness!
put it down to poor taste
I've seen home movies of my Mom & my aunt jiving like we see here in the film clip. Mom knew how to dance.
It's no wonder they say the greatest music came from this generation
We COULD still have that great music playing today, but Garbage-Is-What-Sells, and that's what we hear all around us.
Wish there were a club to go to with this music. Would be so fun. And I would love to waltz also.
Me too 👍🏼
This is my favourite song to dance to, when my husband and I went dancing I always requested the D.J to play it. We used to combine the quickstep and the jive which made it more interesting. Nowhere to dance anymore though.. Wish they would bring back the big dance halls again. I am 79, but play this song and I am 21 again xx
I feel the same way...I'll be 79 this coming Friday & still have the wonderful memories of those years....but I can still manage to dance around my kitchen ....tee hee...
you rock n roll angel :)
im 33 n this gets me 2 my bones you know its just timeless :)
as are we :)
I wish it would come back omg can’t get enough of swing! The young don’t know what they missed! I missed the forties with all the big swing bands! I am up there but I want to dance every day!
I was taught swing dancing in middle school (my school's tradition). I think that's what sparked my obsession with the 40's and 50's.
If only more people my age knew swing! I'd love to dance like this again.
swing dancing came from the 20s and 30s born in harlem
Judging from the way these people are dancing, my dad was right when he said a long time ago "you kids today don't know how to have fun".
This is the reason my father loved to dance he passed away 9 years ago and even at 75 78 years old my father still love to dance and move that same way with that energy amazing amazing inspirational videos brings back memories of my father
Hello Maria, How are you doing?
I like swing,jives, old. Music like dis, it makes ur heart young again
in 4 years it will be the 20's again. lets bring back swing...........
Swing is still very popular. I just wish I could dance it. Love swing music. It's happy stuff and will never diminish in popularity.
It would be fkcn awesom! I've never thought of it this way. Hopefully I can live through the 50s and rock with Chuck Berry!
If that happens... I could finally get a jazz band together and find gigs easily!!!
we are bringing back the depression instead
why do you say in 4 years?
Listen guys, I was born in 1942, lived through all this, loved it then, loving it even more now, thanks for posting.
born in 44
best music time in my opinion.
+B3rettaZ26 From 97' here and OMG I LOVE IT SOO MUCH!
where are you!!! lets dance babe!!!
+B3rettaZ26 I'm from Mexico ;'3
My grandmother sent me to the Arthur Murray Dance Studio when I was in high school. Every Saturday morning for a year. What a wonderful gift. Made me a pretty good dancer. Thanks Grandma!
Before Television people were more imaginative & motivated..instead of the swing we now have the slouch.
That's America ! So much to cherish and love about her !
Don't think there has ever been an era, other than this, that has spawned such amazing finesse, and astounding, perfectly timed groove on the dance floor. This is serious dance, here. And, from what I have seen, no other form of dance can even touch this. These people really knew how to tear shit up. It just doesn't get any better.
I'm positively in love with the electric energy of swing music and the mesmerizing dancing to accompany it. As I was browsing the comments, originally ecstatic to see people who feel the same way about Swing, I must admit I was rather disheartened by all the hate filled comments. While today's dancing is less modest, why can we not appreciate the sexual liberation dancing today has brought us, along with adoring the gorgeous dance moves that brought us here?
You should not look at the YT comments section, because some of the dumbest shit imaginable gets posted there!!
@@prebooomer i agree, but I feel like it's just the intuition of young people. If young people back then were exposed to social media, I suspect they may have said similar nasty things about people from the past! It's just the culture, and like we have broken racial barriers, we too can make efforts toward breaking some aspect of our historical ignorance! (coming from a fellow youth)
As a little lad in Glasgow we were very very poor my dad had an accumlator radio and I remember so much the magic that got us out of these dark dark days I was only 4 at the time! wonderful thank you so much
Grandpa knew how to swing it! THE GREATEST GENERATION!!
I love all of it - the powerful main part, the synchronization, the costume changes and the quiet ending.
Mom & Dad were exhibition dancers back then and I've never lost my love for swing bands. ..back in the day when musicians made the music and not tech processing.
Love this, really uplifting glen miller music❤ Bring it on !!
Even as an older man, my dad could swing! He was a great leader, too. I didn't know how to swing, but I could do it with him!
That's adorable!
Kirsten I. Russell
My Dad and Mom back in WW2 , miss them with all my heart...
It is wonderful to see these young boys and young girls dancing so beautifully.
I'm 15 years old and I love music and dancing like this more than anything else : ) I wish more people my age liked this stuff
God I love watching our grandparents as young people having a good time! They deserved it!
j'adore les musiques cette époque ,joyeuses et aussi douces. Merci a tous ces compositeurs et musiciens qui me font rever à chaque fois que j'écoute ces morceaux.
Vous avez raison!
Makes me think of my parents when they met in England during World War II. The Swing and Boogie Woogie sounds and dancing had it going on and still do.
In 1996 I met my parents in Reno for my Dad's Navy reunion. On Friday people in their 70's-80's arrived looking tired. On Saturday night some fit into their uniforms! When the Big Band music broke out they became young again! The dancing was incredible! Not as acrobatic but amazing!
'Sing, sing, sing' is the coolest song of the 20th Century.
To były wspaniałe utwory muzyczne i tańce z czasów mojej młodości - łza się w oku kręci . . .
Say what???
@@boblebovidge7049Translation: "It was great music and dance from my youth - brings tears to my eyes"
My Mom used to dance to Glenn Miller (and others) at the DanceLand in Montreal in the late 40s. She loved it. I do miss her. Gone in 1987.
This.... this right here is dancing. I love this. Fantastic music and dancing. What fun times
Wow, all I can say is WOW. The love of swing dance and big band music is what brought me here. These dancers can really move.
Wow!!!!!!!!... Swing dancing!!!!!..... Amazing!!!!!!!....
0:04 In the Mood
0:47 Cherokee
1:12 American Patrol
1:56 Sing Sing Sing
2:49 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
3:05 Johnson Rag
3:29 Don't Be That Way
3:53 Little Brown Jug
4:20 Opus One
4:42 Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Again
5:10 Take the A Train
5:34 A String of Pearls
5:56 In the Mood (reprise)
Cool
Thanks.
This is what I was looking for. Good job 👌
sing sing sing is sooooooo good
Beautiful play list. each one is special in its own particular way.
Remember dancing with my brother at teen Town Toledo ohio 1940s. Teresa Brewer sang. Oh, what memories. So much fun. Such great music. Thanks for sharing.
Hi y'all I was born in 1968 and I dig this music it's just groovy God bless you youngsters
This really cheered me up today-what fantastic music, by the legend, Glenn Miller! Oh what style! It's almost like a ballet, with upbeat high energy moves, and fun!!! Love it.
Oh wow, that was brilliant.
The music in this clip was NOT the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Glen did record many of the tunes we heard here, but again, this was not his band on the clip
To this day people still are dancing to this music.
I first saw swing in 1940 at a high school dance in Kansas. I was 3. I loved it.
we need to bring swing back!
Noah Calderon I don't believe nazis were too fond of it
swing is fun, not as hard to dance as some other styles and overall swing is one of the best styles that Americans have come up with :-)
swing is everywhere yo just need to know where to fund it..
Absolutely!
Don McCall
A time when dancing was clearly so much fun!
It really was! I would spin my wife on the dance floor at her high school sock hops, slide her between my legs, forewards and back, lift her to my left side and then swing her around to my right side, and spin her again, back in the late 60's, and we did a lot of the moves seen here, because that is where the Bebop came from, Jive dancing, Lindy hop and the Jitterbug were all forerunners of the Bebop, which by the way is a lot more fun than the twist, locomotion, or any of the other silly dances they started to invent in the 60's. Most of the other students would clear a space on the dance floor and just watch us go at it. My wife was and is a gorgeous Strawberry Red Haired woman, quite tall at 5' 9", and only weighed 130 lbs, has more curves than a Nevada mountain rd. When I spun her, that circle skirt that she wore, and still does today, would rise up and show off the cutest butt, and the best darn legs in the state of Nevada!! I was, and still am 215 lbs 6' 3" tall, quite strong, and could get away with doing all the moves. We still Bebop and Jive, at our local swing dance club meets, and the other dancers still give us some space and watch us go at it. This style of dancing will keep you fit, strong, and happy!! Only difference now is that I don't throw her around like I used to, as I am a bit older than back then!
Better than that twerking nonsense today.
@@treseancann1261 You can appreciate one style without bashing another there is no need to call twerking nonsense when there is nothing wrong with it it’s a valid dance too
@@di7209 unfortunately it is nonsense. A woman extending to vulgarity to get attention isn’t a classy respectable woman that should be raising your children unless you want a bad influence and your children twerking too which I doubt. Even these street guys don’t want women like that that’s why most of them who are like that are considered smash and passes. There’s a reason guys get hyped when they go out with a classy woman who’s decent and has got her life straight and isn’t fazed by a attention seeking women who wants the wrong attention from men I’ve seen how guys react it’s completely different and if we start raising a society/children to more respectful things they will be more inclined to be respectful too saying twerking is alright is complacency and raises a complacent society.
Well, I'm a millennial and I'm into this stuff. I personally prefer the 1900s era than this era, thank you for posting this marvelous video
Glad you like this music. I'm afraid your generation got short changed.
Somebody is here You certainly have taste..
The music was so great, too! Big Band sound can't be beat!
I love swing dancing. When I was a young girl there was a tall guy in our town that could really swing dance,he could throw me all around and I fell in love with this dancing. I later on became a dance teacher.
Glen Miller''s orchestra's performance of swing music is out of this world & an electrifying experience listening to this rythimic & beat arrangement is sensational & the dancers enjoying in participating with frenzy of movements to the rythim & beat.
The music in this clip isn't by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. It's a different band that recorded this.
"In the mood", is what got me into the genre.
I was born July 29th 1963 but I'm going to tell you something I'm about loving this thanks to my grandmother born in 1900 and my grandfather born in 1899 grew up in the later years of the Swing era for listening to something alternative and not the garbage music we listened to it today this is the best
Thanks to Magic 61, 610am radio in San Francisco, (from the 1980s) I was introduced to this music before I was a teenager! So as I got older I moved to other music, but I get tired of it and always come back home to the Swing Era! This is my favorite kind of music!
This. Music. Never. Gets. Old.....
I play this music while shooting people in roblox big paintball
how I wish I could just step into the screen and join them there!
I've watched this so many times and still get a kick out of it...
You must be lose as a goose to dance like this. My mother and her brother were partners, for 2 yrs they won every Jitterbug Contest they entered. I am amazed when I see these dances. Fun, Fun, Fun:)
I was born in 1965 and I absolutely love this era of music the song.. sound..and dancing
Me to !!!
50 years ago we were slim and strong and danced like this. I am as old as dirt now but still love this video.
So lovely music !
Dėkui draugas.Francois Kneider
ale babeczki tańczyły , a chłopaki ho , ho sprawni jak Mistrzowie z imprezy 5 kółek
it's swing or charleston , no ?
Merci à vous Dorothy .
Esto si era bailar. Música buenisima❤
My mom & dad's era. I grew up with this music. Makes me think of them always when I hear it.
Im 20 years old... I want some partys like this nowadays omg so fun!
marry me haha
I am so glad my parents introduced me to their music and the dancing!
With my future behind me, enjoy it all, it is pleasure supreme.
We’ll all revert back to this amazing dancing ... it’s a given! I’m going to classes now at 58! And love it. It’s great to dance with a partner and enjoy the fabulous music of the era that will come round again guys and gals!
Hello Tracey, How are you doing?
They sure knew how to dance in those days love it
That's real dancing to real music! Dig it!
The absolute best music and dancing ever! Look how happy they are and the ladies look fabulous in their skirts! My generation missed out on this and it's a crying shame....
Wow! It seems that those days were the best!.Kids today need this.
Im 17 and would much rather listen to this than anything that is on the radio these days.
I don't blame you Zac, for every pop song that's half-way decent the next five are garbage but it can be worse with rap. I'm black but I despise that thuggish nonsense!
@@catholiccrusader5328 I loathe rap. Sadly every gym class I go to it is every song that plays extremely loud. Sadly whenever I try to choose a song they switch it back half way through.
To Zac,Fred & Nate:I'm 62 & black & I agree with all three of you.Give me this the old soul,rock & roll classics,jazz this & the Great American Song Book artists like Nat,Frank,Tony & Ella & classic country & I'm happy!
@@lamontburton1233 same here friend.
Me too
It's music and dancing like this that totally explains why women were always asking "Are my seams straight?!" I don't care what year or decade this is, this type of music will NEVER go out of style. Any music you can't sit still to will always be around, 'cause ya can't ignore the beat!
Can you believe your grandparents looked so awesome dancing? Hottie grandmas and suave grandpas.
Yessssss😅
I love Glenn Miller.
. ESPECTACULAR!!!
GOOD SHOW!!!, from Argentina
In another life, I played sax with Duke Ellington and Glen Miller. I can feel it every time I hear these songs. I was born in the wrong era.
There are still some good Big Bands out there. You just need to find them. One "modern" example of big band music is in the 1980 musical XANADU. Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton John. A true pair of powerhouse musicians.
Come on! I need this in my life! Bring back swing dancing!!!! PLEASE!!! I'm despreate!!!!!
I hear you. I can't stand that twerking crap today.
My great grandma is in this video omg 😮🤯
That's AMAZING!
@@elizabethcherry3933 ik I didn't know she looked like that untill my mom showed me a picture of her when she was in her 20's
Just out of curiosity - if you don't mind - could you say which part is she in? You're so lucky to be able to see her in a video :)
Is she the smexi one jiving like a boss?!
I remember my Great (amazing great grandpa). He used to play amazing danc'n songs and all of my family would dance in the kitchen together, to swing music, bobby day, anything that makes us dance. My great grandpa was sure Great. :)
I always wanted to learn Swing! It's so energetic and fun :))
I wish I will..one day.
+Petite Chinoise I bugged my mom for years to teach me....She was too shy but I'm betting she was damn good! I'm 62 now and looking for a dance class for swing/jive.
+Petite Chinoise DO IT DON'T WISH?
+Cheryl Simser never too late !!!!
I live in Paris, and there we do have jazz and swing dance clubs ! the funniest thing is that you'll find there every age range of dancers, but all come just to have fun !!
Ann Wels Dance and music are the most joyful things. Yes! It is never too late. :)
+Petite Chinoise Go for it! It's lots of fun and the basic moves are really easy to learn! I go to university and am lucky enough that practically everyone here knows how to swing and waltz and a few know how to polka or foxtrot. Just go for it.
I am 77 and we use to have party like that at home every Saturday with our friends ,we knew how to have fun
Mum and dad in the kitchen preparing foods and refreshments going for ever it seems ,those were the day of joy and simple fun
And if we turned the lights down for a Johnny Mathis song and slow dance there wasn't a lot of fuss. We acted responsibly and were rewarded with trust.
Yes, Good Old Days!!! d(6__6)b
Bless you mam
This looked so fun, wish I was a 50's kid hah.
You are not late at all, I attend at least one swing party a month. And you are totally right, it is super fun!
I think you mean a 1930's kid...
True that, I swing dance at least once a month as well. You can look at any major college and find a swing dancing group. (At least here in the South East USA) A lot of them will have open dances with lessons in the first hour
***** , I envy you... Here in Bulgaria swing is still not that popular and if you aren't living in the capital you will have real difficulty finding where to dance... I'm curious, what do you dance there in the SE USA? I heard Americans were more into west coast swinging :)
Станислав Хаджийски I started out with East Coast Swing (The video from 4:40min to 6:00min) and mostly do Lindy Hop which is the rest of the video. I will agree that most of the dance scenes will be West Coast. East coast is just easier so that is what we were taught first ;) And hey you have You Tube, there are tons of instructional videos if you wanted to learn it. You just have to find a partner
Браво !!
По медицинскому понятию-- разработали все суставы,,😂😂😂
Полезно 😅
I love this. I can't wait to dance to this while listening to Float-Switchfoot with my Fiance. We are going to bring it back.
Well in kinda part in this year that of the feminism is kinda incorrect, now the women for no reason want to kill their babys , a lot of they're les (i dont really think thats correct) and they hate men
:(
What struck me as strange is that this is like four very, VERY popular songs all mashed together. I like it! Especially ‘In The Mood’ and ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’
Boy, my daddy could cut a rug to this music!
😯woah
I can’t say enough seeing these young people DANCE back then......Those women could dance.....
I'm watching this adoration and a big smile on my face 😀 I wanna learn this but I have nobody to do it with haha
Watching this made feel good this morning. Pure energy!
I remember my parents listening to this music and I think it’s funny I’m enjoying it myself I would love to be able to dance like that but ... In any event whoever put this together thank you!
I was raised on swing & big band. I Love dancing to it. TIMELESS
our neighborhood was so multi cultural, every house had folks from all over. we all had so much fun. dinner time was the BEST 4 us kids, as long as a kid was in a chair, didn't matter who he or she was. I Am So Blessed.
we all are! look 4 blessings, & that's what u find