Dance historians who research such things credit American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway for coining the term “jitterbug.” In 1934, he recorded a lively tune, “Jitter Bug,” that some credit ...

Jitterbug proper is a dance that was made famous by Cab Calloway (of "Minnie the Moocher" fame). But, as I always understood it, jitterbug is also a general term for any kind of swing dance. They say ...

Five years ago, before the cry of the jitterbug was heard in the land, a boyish, exuberant Frenchman was busy filling a medieval French castle with hot phonograph records by U.S. jazz players. The ...

On Monday, Oct. 6, Hidden City Ballroom at 305 Washington Ave. in Point Richmond will host a night of swing, salutes and history in honor of Fleet Week. In partnership […] ...

BEGINNING LEVEL JITTERBUG SWING (no dance experience neccassary) Tuesday Nights Beginning November 23rd 4 Week Course/ 8:15 - 9:15 PM/ $45 Per Person WEST LINN ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER 1180 Rosemont ...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Get moving with GET HEP SWING! Meet friends, learn to dance, realize your true potential. Swing dance your way to health at Brecksville Center for the Arts. Valerie Salstrom will ...

U. S. Negroes are generally credited with two great contributions to U. S. folk music: 1) spirituals, 2) the musical dialect of jazz. Why these two contributions should be so different has long ...