Have you checked out the Google news timeline yet? It's one of the offerings in the new GoogleLabs, and of course, one of the first things I did was search for lindy hop :D
Sadly, I'm not finding any permalink capability yet, but the steps are simple.
1) Go to the Google news timeline
2) Type in "lindy hop" (with the quotes) into the search box.
3) Under the "show" option on the far left, select "Decade" (you can choose anything you like, but I thought this was particularly cool).
4) Click the GO button towards the right.
5) Slide to past decades either by dragging the page with your mouse or by clicking on the back arrow underneath "show."
Enjoy!
[Disclaimer: I work for Google, but had nothing to do with this project, so can't take any credit or blame :)]
Originally posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 (3 years ago)
A different take on the definition of a Jitterbug..when I guess the phrase was just starting to be used.
August 1938, Canberra TImes. (Australia)
http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2477513
" JITTERBUGS.
New Craze for Canberra
New York cabaret dances have raised! another type of nuisance-the Jit-
terbug. A jitterbug is a person who
stands in front of some crack dance
orchestra, making no attempt to
dance, but keeping time to the music
with his or her hands and possibly
swaying the body without moving the
feet. Sometimes they stand 20 or 30
deep in front of the dance band, makr
ing itlmost uncomfortable for dancers
on an already crowded floor.
"
(copied the text translation of the photo image of the article, kept grammar/spelling errors)
Originally posted Thursday, April 23, 2009 (3 years ago)
Quoted from "Lowkey_Lindy_George" I didn't get this from Google, but here is a little something from Kansas City: July 10, 1931, making it clearly of "first generation" vintage.
I wonder: Who is this "Bennie Moten" of whom they speak?
george
www.kclindyhop.org
http://www.redhotjazz.com/bmkc.html
"Change your thoughts, and you change your world" - Norman Vincent Peale.
Originally posted Thursday, April 23, 2009 (3 years ago)
Oh . . . . that guy <wink>
For a great 2009 version of Bennie Moten's top selling recording "South" (mentioned in your link) look up "Willie and the Wheel" released in February of this year. The only instrumental on this CD, it features the handy work of Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel (obviously), Paul Shaffer (Letterman) on piano, and Vince Gill (a highly regarded session player in Nashville long before stepping behind a microphone) taking a lead guitar break.
Thie story behind this CD, the last produced by Jerry Wexler (R&B Icon) is also pretty remarkable.
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Lindy hop mentions in decades-old newspapers
Have you checked out the Google news timeline yet? It's one of the offerings in the new GoogleLabs, and of course, one of the first things I did was search for lindy hop :D
Sadly, I'm not finding any permalink capability yet, but the steps are simple.
1) Go to the Google news timeline 2) Type in "lindy hop" (with the quotes) into the search box. 3) Under the "show" option on the far left, select "Decade" (you can choose anything you like, but I thought this was particularly cool). 4) Click the GO button towards the right. 5) Slide to past decades either by dragging the page with your mouse or by clicking on the back arrow underneath "show."
Enjoy!
[Disclaimer: I work for Google, but had nothing to do with this project, so can't take any credit or blame :)]
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you just got more interesting.
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. Edgar Allan Poe
This is pretty cool!
"Change your thoughts, and you change your world" - Norman Vincent Peale.
'Jitterbug' yielded more hits, especially post-war. I selected every paper available too.
been away too long
I found this on Trucking:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RvoMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4289,5868503&dq=tango
If I remember correctly trucking involved balancing a tray on one's finger and it was done by waiters at a truck stop.
A demonstration of trucking from 1939 ... ff to 5'05" ...
"Change your thoughts, and you change your world" - Norman Vincent Peale.
That's great!
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. Edgar Allan Poe
A different take on the definition of a Jitterbug..when I guess the phrase was just starting to be used.
August 1938, Canberra TImes. (Australia) http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2477513
" JITTERBUGS.
New Craze for Canberra
New York cabaret dances have raised! another type of nuisance-the Jit- terbug. A jitterbug is a person who stands in front of some crack dance orchestra, making no attempt to dance, but keeping time to the music with his or her hands and possibly swaying the body without moving the feet. Sometimes they stand 20 or 30 deep in front of the dance band, makr ing itlmost uncomfortable for dancers on an already crowded floor. "
(copied the text translation of the photo image of the article, kept grammar/spelling errors)
been away too long
I didn't get this from Google, but here is a little something from Kansas City: July 10, 1931, making it clearly of "first generation" vintage.
I wonder: Who is this "Bennie Moten" of whom they speak?
george www.kclindyhop.org
http://www.redhotjazz.com/bmkc.html
"Change your thoughts, and you change your world" - Norman Vincent Peale.
Oh . . . . that guy <wink>
For a great 2009 version of Bennie Moten's top selling recording "South" (mentioned in your link) look up "Willie and the Wheel" released in February of this year. The only instrumental on this CD, it features the handy work of Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel (obviously), Paul Shaffer (Letterman) on piano, and Vince Gill (a highly regarded session player in Nashville long before stepping behind a microphone) taking a lead guitar break.
Thie story behind this CD, the last produced by Jerry Wexler (R&B Icon) is also pretty remarkable.
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