Jump, Jive an' Wail
{{Short description|1956 song}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Jump, Jive an' Wail
| type = song
| artist = Louis Prima
| album = The Wildest!
| released = {{Start date|1956}}
| genre ={{hlist|Swing|Jump blues}}
| length =3:28
| label =Capitol Records
}}
"Jump, Jive an' Wail" is a 1956 jazz swing song by Louis Prima.Stark, Karl (September 7, 2007). Louis Prima; Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima (review). The Philadelphia InquirerHillburn, Robert (July 24, 2007). Prima and Smith's chemistry and showmanship on exhibit. Los Angeles Times It first appeared on his album The Wildest! and became one of his signature songs.{{cite magazine |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Albums |magazine=The Billboard |date=17 November 1956 |page=26 |issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 |accessdate=11 January 2012 }}
Background
Keely Smith, Prima's wife at that time, was one of the backup singers on the song. The song had a resurgence in popularity during the swing revival in the late 1990s.{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|year=2008|publisher=Octopus Books, London|isbn=978-1-8440-3624-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001albumsyoumus0000unse/page/27 27]|url=https://archive.org/details/1001albumsyoumus0000unse/page/27}}
Cover versions
{{Infobox song
|name =Jump Jive An' Wail
|type =Single
|caption ={{deletable file-caption|Sunday, 17 November 2024|PROD}}
|artist =The Brian Setzer Orchestra
|album =The Dirty Boogie
|A-side =
|released =August 1998
|genre ={{hlist|Swing|jump blues|rockabilly|rock and roll}}
|length =2:53
|label =Interscope Records
}}
The Brian Setzer Orchestra covered the song on their 1998 album The Dirty Boogie.Staff report (January 1, 1999). Jump Jive an' Wail of a good time. Daily News of Los Angeles In 1999, Setzer's cover won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 41st Grammy Awards. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy covered the song on their 2017 album Louie, Louie, Louie album—a tribute to Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, and Louis Armstrong.
Popular culture
- The 1998 version was featured in the Stuart Little and Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie trailers.
- The 1998 version was seen as an archive footage clip was featured during the music "Dickie's Dream" by Count Basie in the final episode, "A Masterpiece by Midnight" from the 2001 Ken Burns documentary ''Jazz.
- The Gap used Prima's version in a "Khakis Swing" commercial in 1998.Yanow, Scott (2000). Swing: The Essential Listening Companion. Hal Leonard Corporation, {{ISBN|9780879306007}}
- Louis Prima's version is used in the 2008 MGM animated film Igor.
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|aHWcN5YxuYc|Jump, Jive an' Wail cover by Brian Setzer Orchestra}}
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Category:Songs written by Louis Prima
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