The SWING Thing
Just in case you haven't notice, Swing is the in thing on the dance floor right now. In fact, many of the clubs are offering Swing Dance Lessons. Swing music brings back a well underlined era in American history that includes Swing, Jazz, Blues, Rockabilly, Western Swing, Doo-wop and a capella. The massive re-lease of thousands of obscure recording have shot Swing back into the limelight. Todays CD versions of the Big Band music sounds better than ever. Here is a list of the New Swing that people all over the country are dancing to. Sound Clips:
Top 10 old time classics Sing Sing Sing Just A Gigolo Take The A Train In The Mood Bei Mer Bist Du Schoen Is You, Or Is You Ain't(Ma Baby) Christopher Columbus Fly Me To The Moon Leap Frog Shiny Stockings	Rich's top dancefloor favorites Little Jazz Pink Cadillac Honeydripper Wheel Starts Tuning Blue Skies Rosetta Hot In Harlem Jumptown Baseball Bat Boogie The Lamp Is Low
Understanding da jive is important to do the dances. Below are some of the common phases and words used.
Talking the talk
Alligator Beat it out Bangtails Blow Cabbage Drape Duck soup Gasoline Gasser Hash house Hooch Hep cat Jive Mouse Player Ring-a-ding Rug cutter Twirl	A very handsome swing fan To emphasize a rhythm Racehorse Leave Money One's clothes Easy, piece of cake Alcohol Blow hard, sax player blowing Cheap restaurant Liquor A person in the scene, someone cool The very slang your reading now A quiet woman Mover or shaker Wild, crazy, nutty A good dance or good dancer Accomplished female swing dancer