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[Eric the Green]

Benny Goodman got America swinging in 1938 with this performance of "Sing Sing Sing." Originally written in 1936 by Louis Prima, with lyrics, and recorded by Benny Goodman as an instrumental in 1937. So ubiquitous that it has been bumper music on Wheel of Fortune recently.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing,_Sing...h_a_Swing)

1937 recording:
https://youtu.be/fhyhP_5VfKM

comment on this video:
Xavier Schwartz1 week ago
I just have one question I've been wanting to ask to ask....
Why is the name of this all instrumental song, "Sing Sing Sing" ?
Is it a metaphor that the instruments are playing like singers?

Alex Wallace
Alex Wallace5 days ago (edited)
This is actually a cover of a Louis Prima song that had lyrics. Goodman took Prima's song, cobbled it with another called "Christopher Columbus," and created the piece in this video.

vocal version:
https://youtu.be/iy245lN6Q1g
Louis Prima:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima
hearing and seeing the lyrics, it strikes me that the comment above is correct too; except maybe vice versa. The singers sound like instruments, or are giving them instructions.
Sing, Sing, Sing
Louis Prima
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
La dee da, ho, ho, ho
Now you're singing with a swing
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
La dee da, ho, ho, ho
Now you're singing with a swing
And when the music goes around
Everybody goes to town
But here's something you should know
Ho ho baby ho ho ho
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
La dee da, ho, ho, ho
Now you're singing with a swing
And when the music goes around
Everybody goes to town
But here's something you should know
Ho ho baby ho ho ho
Sing, sing, sing, sing
Everybody start to sing
La dee da, ho, ho, ho
Now you're singing with a swing
Songwriters: Louis Prima
Sing, Sing, Sing lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (1945/1956)
1959 performance with Keely Smith:
https://youtu.be/O-a8kLtJSJ4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_a_Gigolo_(song)

Lots more Goodman (with ads too)
https://youtu.be/gm8Lf16V0Xg

Swingtime in the Rockies (1936)
https://youtu.be/gm8Lf16V0Xg?t=1h1m25s