User Shadowpoga on reddit <\/a>asked about classic songs for DJing at a lindy hop dance. Whilst I gave my two cents in the comments, I didn’t actually post any song suggestions.<\/p>\n That’s what this post is for.<\/p>\n I went through my own collection and picked out the 100 best tracks from the 30s through to the early 60s. I may get around to picking out a top 10 or something and talking a bit about each, but given my track record it’s not likely. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I’m not claiming that this represents any sort of objective top 100, which would require some sort of voting system<\/a> – and some way of resolving what to do about all the covers, alternate takes and recordings of the same song by the same artist in different sessions. There’s a number of notable exceptions (such as Willie Bryant – A Viper’s Moan and Roy Eldrige – Jump Through the Window<\/a>) missing from this list. Despite having a collection that would take 3 weeks of continuous listening to get through, there’s still some ridiculously popular songs that I don’t have.*<\/p>\n In order of artist they are:<\/p>\n
| Name<\/b><\/td>\n | Artist<\/b><\/td>\n | BPM<\/b><\/td>\n | Year<\/b><\/td>\n | Duration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Davenport Blues<\/td>\n | Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 139<\/td>\n | 1934<\/td>\n | 3:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Wham (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam)<\/td>\n | Andy Kirk and His Twelve Coulds of Joy<\/td>\n | 198<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 3:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Back Bay Shuffle<\/td>\n | Art Shaw and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 190<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 3:16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Hop, Skip and Jump<\/td>\n | Artie Shaw and His Gramercy 5<\/td>\n | 177<\/td>\n | 1945<\/td>\n | 2:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Just Kiddin’ Around<\/td>\n | Artie Shaw and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 153<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Grabtown Grapple<\/td>\n | Artie Shaw and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 192<\/td>\n | 1945<\/td>\n | 2:57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Traffic Jam<\/td>\n | Artie Shaw and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 261<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Big John’s Special<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman<\/td>\n | 185<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 3:08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Goody, Goody<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman<\/td>\n | 194<\/td>\n | 1936<\/td>\n | 2:32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Swingtime in The Rockies<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman<\/td>\n | 231<\/td>\n | 1936<\/td>\n | 3:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | King Porter Stomp<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 184<\/td>\n | 1951<\/td>\n | 3:08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Let’s Dance<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 203<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Stompin’ at the Savoy<\/td>\n | Benny Goodman Orchestra<\/td>\n | 153<\/td>\n | 1954<\/td>\n | 3:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Forty Cups of Coffee<\/td>\n | Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band<\/td>\n | 134<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 3:04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Are You All Reet?<\/td>\n | Cab Calloway<\/td>\n | 155<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird<\/td>\n | Cab Calloway<\/td>\n | 161<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 2:53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Jumpin’ Jive<\/td>\n | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 176<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Boo-Wah Boo-Wah<\/td>\n | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 199<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 2:52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Afternoon Of A Moax (Shake, Rattle ‘n’ Roll)<\/td>\n | Charlie Barnet<\/td>\n | 131<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 3:23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Wild Mob Of The Fish Pond<\/td>\n | Charlie Barnet<\/td>\n | 133<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 3:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Cherokee<\/td>\n | Charlie Barnet<\/td>\n | 174<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 3:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Flying Home<\/td>\n | Charlie Barnet<\/td>\n | 183<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 2:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Last Jump (A Jump To End All Jumps)<\/td>\n | Charlie Barnet<\/td>\n | 244<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Dipsy Doodle<\/td>\n | Chick Webb and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 188<\/td>\n | 1937<\/td>\n | 3:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Splanky<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 121<\/td>\n | 1957<\/td>\n | 3:36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Georgianna<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 165<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 2:35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Shorty George<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 206<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 2:46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Jumpin’ At the Woodside<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 237<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 3:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | All Right, Ok, You Win<\/td>\n | Count Basie – Joe Williams<\/td>\n | 133<\/td>\n | 1955<\/td>\n | 3:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Roll ‘Em Pete<\/td>\n | Count Basie – Joe Williams<\/td>\n | 178<\/td>\n | 1955<\/td>\n | 3:12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Corner Pocket<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 139<\/td>\n | 1955<\/td>\n | 5:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Blues in Hoss Flat<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 140<\/td>\n | 1959<\/td>\n | 3:14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Four, Five, Six<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 142<\/td>\n | 1962<\/td>\n | 4:39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Swing, Brother, Swing<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 154<\/td>\n | 1937<\/td>\n | 1:50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 9:20 Special<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 196<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Swingin’ the Blues<\/td>\n | Count Basie and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 223<\/td>\n | 1960<\/td>\n | 3:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Every Day I Have the Blues<\/td>\n | Count Basie Big Band<\/td>\n | 109<\/td>\n | 1956<\/td>\n | 5:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | One O’Clock Jump<\/td>\n | Count Basie Octet<\/td>\n | 192<\/td>\n | 1950<\/td>\n | 2:53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Take the ‘A’ Train<\/td>\n | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra<\/td>\n | 166<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 2:57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Gal From Joe’s<\/td>\n | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra<\/td>\n | 166<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 2:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Exposition Swing<\/td>\n | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra<\/td>\n | 219<\/td>\n | 1936<\/td>\n | 3:12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ridin’ and Jivin’<\/td>\n | Earl Hines and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 154<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Smooth Sailing<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald<\/td>\n | 118<\/td>\n | 1951<\/td>\n | 3:06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Mack the Knife<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald<\/td>\n | 139<\/td>\n | 1960<\/td>\n | 4:39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Lindy Hopper’s Delight<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald<\/td>\n | 195<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | On the Sunny Side of the Street<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie<\/td>\n | 105<\/td>\n | 1963<\/td>\n | 3:44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Shiny Stockings<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie<\/td>\n | 126<\/td>\n | 1963<\/td>\n | 3:34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Frim Fram Sauce<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong<\/td>\n | 106<\/td>\n | 1946<\/td>\n | 3:13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Solid as a Rock<\/td>\n | Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 149<\/td>\n | 1950<\/td>\n | 2:59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Tuxedo Junction<\/td>\n | Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 155<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 3:14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Your Feets Too Big<\/td>\n | Fats Waller<\/td>\n | 119<\/td>\n | 1931<\/td>\n | 2:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Dark Eyes<\/td>\n | Fats Waller<\/td>\n | 163<\/td>\n | 1931<\/td>\n | 3:22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Yacht Club Swing<\/td>\n | Fats Waller<\/td>\n | 172<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 3:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Christopher Columbus<\/td>\n | Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 186<\/td>\n | 1936<\/td>\n | 3:08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Pennsylvania 6-5000<\/td>\n | Glenn Miller<\/td>\n | 148<\/td>\n | 1940<\/td>\n | 3:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Jeep Jockey Jump<\/td>\n | Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band<\/td>\n | 204<\/td>\n | 1943<\/td>\n | 2:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Little Brown Jug<\/td>\n | Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters<\/td>\n | 170<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 3:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Two O’Clock Jump<\/td>\n | Harry James<\/td>\n | 154<\/td>\n | 1955<\/td>\n | 3:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Bottom’s Up<\/td>\n | Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars<\/td>\n | 198<\/td>\n | 1945<\/td>\n | 2:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Jacquet in the Box<\/td>\n | Illinois Jacquet Sextet<\/td>\n | 157<\/td>\n | 1946<\/td>\n | 2:56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | For Dancers Only<\/td>\n | Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 149<\/td>\n | 1937<\/td>\n | 2:43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It)<\/td>\n | Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 158<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 3:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Posin’<\/td>\n | Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 191<\/td>\n | 1937<\/td>\n | 3:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Harlem Shout<\/td>\n | Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 197<\/td>\n | 1936<\/td>\n | 2:56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Kansas City<\/td>\n | Jimmy Witherspoon<\/td>\n | 128<\/td>\n | 1959<\/td>\n | 3:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Good Rockin’ Tonight<\/td>\n | Jimmy Witherspoon<\/td>\n | 150<\/td>\n | 1963<\/td>\n | 2:43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Bucket’s Got A Hole In It<\/td>\n | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band<\/td>\n | 121<\/td>\n | 1953<\/td>\n | 2:51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | On Revival Day<\/td>\n | LaVern Baker<\/td>\n | 142<\/td>\n | 1958<\/td>\n | 3:16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop<\/td>\n | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 132<\/td>\n | 1945<\/td>\n | 3:21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee<\/td>\n | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 132<\/td>\n | 1949<\/td>\n | 3:24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Lavendar Coffin<\/td>\n | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 137<\/td>\n | 1949<\/td>\n | 2:47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Flying Home, No. 2<\/td>\n | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 162<\/td>\n | 1944<\/td>\n | 3:07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ain’t Misbehavin’<\/td>\n | Louis Armstrong<\/td>\n | 171<\/td>\n | 1955<\/td>\n | 4:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore<\/td>\n | Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington<\/td>\n | 109<\/td>\n | 1961<\/td>\n | 3:35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | I’m Beginning To See The Light<\/td>\n | Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington<\/td>\n | 148<\/td>\n | 1961<\/td>\n | 3:39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | A Fine Romance<\/td>\n | Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald<\/td>\n | 174<\/td>\n | 1957<\/td>\n | 3:51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Caldonia<\/td>\n | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five<\/td>\n | 165<\/td>\n | 1945<\/td>\n | 2:43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Choo Choo Ch’boogie<\/td>\n | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five<\/td>\n | 171<\/td>\n | 1946<\/td>\n | 2:44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Just a Gigolo \/ I Ain’t Got Nobody<\/td>\n | Louis Prima<\/td>\n | 127<\/td>\n | 1956<\/td>\n | 4:44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Jump, Jive An’ Wail<\/td>\n | Louis Prima<\/td>\n | 208<\/td>\n | 1956<\/td>\n | 3:29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Let It Roll Again<\/td>\n | Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra<\/td>\n | 125<\/td>\n | 1950<\/td>\n | 2:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Shout, Sister, Shout<\/td>\n | Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra<\/td>\n | 141<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 2:44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Apollo Jump<\/td>\n | Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra<\/td>\n | 147<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well?<\/td>\n | Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra<\/td>\n | 163<\/td>\n | 1944<\/td>\n | 3:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Savoy<\/td>\n | Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra<\/td>\n | 191<\/td>\n | 1943<\/td>\n | 3:26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Bugle Call Rag<\/td>\n | Metronome All Stars<\/td>\n | 262<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Fox<\/td>\n | Ray Anthony and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 162<\/td>\n | 1951<\/td>\n | 2:33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | All the Cats Join In<\/td>\n | Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra<\/td>\n | 182<\/td>\n | 1946<\/td>\n | 2:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Viper Mad<\/td>\n | Sidney “Pops” Bechet with Noble Sissle Swingsters<\/td>\n | 178<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 3:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho<\/td>\n | Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen<\/td>\n | 178<\/td>\n | 1949<\/td>\n | 3:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me<\/td>\n | Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six<\/td>\n | 142<\/td>\n | 1951<\/td>\n | 5:44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | The Ball Game<\/td>\n | Sister Wynona Carr<\/td>\n | 140<\/td>\n | 1952<\/td>\n | 3:06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Look Out<\/td>\n | Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart<\/td>\n | 195<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Jump Session<\/td>\n | Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart<\/td>\n | 163<\/td>\n | 1938<\/td>\n | 2:37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | We Cats Will Swing for You<\/td>\n | The Cats and The Fiddle<\/td>\n | 182<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 2:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Gang Busters<\/td>\n | The Cats and The Fiddle<\/td>\n | 192<\/td>\n | 1939<\/td>\n | 3:07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Yes Indeed<\/td>\n | Tommy Dorsey<\/td>\n | 131<\/td>\n | 1941<\/td>\n | 3:29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Opus One<\/td>\n | Tommy Dorsey<\/td>\n | 169<\/td>\n | 1944<\/td>\n | 2:57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Well, Get It<\/td>\n | Tommy Dorsey<\/td>\n | 189<\/td>\n | 1942<\/td>\n | 3:03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Keep On Churnin’<\/td>\n | Wynonie Harris with Todd Rhodes Orchestra<\/td>\n | 144<\/td>\n | 1952<\/td>\n | 2:54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | * And given my current self-imposed music buying restrictions isn’t likely to be corrected anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" User Shadowpoga on reddit asked about classic songs for DJing at a lindy hop dance. Whilst I gave my two cents in the comments, I didn’t actually post any song suggestions. That’s what this post is for. I went through my own collection and picked out the 100 best tracks from the 30s through to<\/p>\n |