Lindy Hop Class Music Favorites
Some of my Cat’s Corner Lindy Hop students asked me to share the names of some of the tunes I often play in our classes, and I am happy to oblige! I was lucky enough to find most of them available for MP3 download on Amazon.com, and here are the tracks listed from slowest to fastest:
- Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
(Charlie Barnet)
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
(Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie) - Fine Brown Frame
(Nellie Lutcher)
- Swingin’ on Nothin’
(Jonathan Stout & his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander) - Ram-Bunk-Shush (Lucky Millinder)
- Hungry Man (Troup)
(Louis Jordan)
- Yes Indeed
(Sy Oliver) - No Sale
(Louis Jordan) - Let It Roll Again (Nix-Glover)
(Lucky Millinder) - Big Fat Mama
(Lucky Millinder) - I Want A Tall Skinny Papa
(Lucky Millinder) - Strictly Instrumental
(Harry James) - Comes Love
(Ella Fitzgerald) - Sent For You Yesterday (The Mills Brothers)
- Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
(Lionel Hampton) - Cole Slaw (Stone)
(Louis Jordan) - Lavender Coffin
(Lionel Hampton) - Begin the Beguine
(Artie Shaw) - Shout, Sister, Shout!
(Lucky Millinder featuring Sister Rosetta Tharpe) - Teardrops From My Eyes
(Ella Fitzgerald) - Beyond The Sea (LP Version)
(Bobby Darin) - Hoy Hoy (Little Johnny Jones)
- Keep A Knockin’ (But You Can’t Come In)
(Louis Jordan) - Dig It
(Doris Day with Les Brown) - Miss Brown To You
(Billie Holiday)
That should be enough to download and burn yourself a nice little Lindy Hop practice compilation. Enjoy!
What are some of your favorite Beginning Lindy Hop and Swing tunes?
