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Music for Dancers
Swing Dance Music
Swing is a general term for many related kinds of dances. Single step, double step and triple step versions make Swing a dance easily adaptable to a variety of tempos of music, from moderately slow to very fast, and goes equally well to Big Band type music, contemporary pop and rhythm and blues.
| Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive | Aretha Franklin | |
| Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens | Louis Jordan | |
| Blues For Big Scotia | Oscar Peterson | |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me | Sidney Bechet | |
| Candy's Mood | Candy Johnson | |
| Chain Gang | Sam Cooke | |
| The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D For Duke) | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| Fine Brown Frame | LOU Rawls & Dianne Reeves | |
| Hallelujah, I Love Her So | Ray Charles | |
| I've Heard That Song Before | Dutch Swing College Band | |
| If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') | Bull Moose Jackson | |
| It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Duke Ellington | |
| Kansas City Riffs | Smith and Buster | |
| On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Alt 1) | Illinois Jacquet | |
| Potato Chips | Slim Gaillard | |
| Satin Doll | Nancy Wilson | |
| Shiny Stockings | Count Basie & His Orchestra | |
| Sixteen Tons | Tom Jones | |
| Splanky | Count Basie | |
| Stomping at the Savoy | Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra | |
| Tuxedo Junction | Candy Johnson | |
| Well, Git It! | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
