Hi, Mom and Dad in Heaven! Missing you more than usual today... So I am listening to songs and & watching dance made famous by some of your top favorites from the Swing Era that YOU experienced together, in New York City, in the 1940's... as you danced and lindy hopped and fell in love! My parents were part of "The Greatest Generation": born in the early 1920s, and died too soon in the early & mid 1990's. My Dad LOVED Benny Goodman & Sing, Sing, Sing! He played it for me in his car on cassette on memorable road trips. Mom loved Fred & Ginger, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, & Tommy Dorsey & Glenn Miller. Dad did , too, of course....and he especially loved the music of 'Ole Blue Eyes, The Chairman of The Board, Frank Sinatra.
I could watch this over and over and over again!!! Two of the greatest ballroom dancers of all time! One of the greatest jazz groups, featuring one of the greatest drummers, Gene Krupa!!!..Man this was style and class at it's best!!! What a swingin' scene!!!...I love it!!!...
Wonderful rare footage of the fantastically talented and hugely influential drummer Gene Krupa. Every drummer since owes him their appreciation for his accomplishments. Thanks for sharing! Michael Hanson
Just a wonderful display of incredible, raw talent. Not only in Fred & Ginger, but in the great musicianship of those 1st class musicians! What a joy....
Fred and Ginger, always a pleasure to watch! This is some proper 'can't sit still in your seat' music, if you can listen to swing and not want to move you mustn't have a soul
Benny Goodman, the "King of Swing," the man brave enough to bring "Tin Pan Alley"-jazz rhythm, swing, to mainstream America. Great to see internet videos documenting this significant turning point for modern music.
Not sure there has ever been a couple that was more in sync with each other than Fred & Ginger! I'm out of breath just watching them!! AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing!!! :-D
Hard to say who is sicker here - Benny G. or Fringer. But these cats are all _mad as hatters!!_ 8^D It's really hard to imagine any kid today who loves music and dance - from pop to hip-hop - seeing this and not going completely _bonkers_ for it!! :^)
Young people, in any era, really get into swing music when they sit behind a music stand, instrument in hand, surrounded by 15-16 other talented young musicians, and actually play the notes. A life changing experience. Yes, I play bass and love to preform swing music.
Would have been even better if it had been on time with the music. It's easy to overlay a soundtrack, but hard to overlay the musical interpretation of the dancers.
Nice catch Glynnis...I was going to post the same thing until I read yours....Its from the movie Swing Kids, nice arrangement and a damn good soundtrack, but not the original
super extra pokaz taneczny, tak zatańczyć, to marzenie większości ludzi, aż miło popatrzeć, wdzięczna muzyka, pamiętam muzykę od dziecka, dzięki za piękne widowisko. aha ha ha.
I agree this song is origional. it is the BEST. Unfortunately a lot of kids don't appreciate this kinda music and dancing nowadays. sad. but I'm only 16, and I'm trying to learn these moves, so yeah.
I agree with you completely, Dominic, I'm only 12, But I don't really like Rock, I like kind of happy, Jazzy music like this, It 's good that at least someone else appreciates it, Good for all of you, I encourage you to, (I'm doing Cornet / Trumpet right now, I suck but i'm getting there! )
Uno de mis sueños es poder bailar solo un poco este baile con un décimo del TALENTO y DON de FRED ... que ? bailo bien , soy delgado y ágil y amo bailar ... el que puede puede ...
That was so freakin awesome! Thanks, to whoever put this video mix together, "brilliant"! I'm 61, so this was 20 years before my ass shoved up. I never missed a single movie presentation of Fred Astaire, especially Ginger Rogers. As a hormonally volatile teenager, I became jelly looking at her beautiful eyes, beautiful face, especially when she gave that ("don't mess with me Mr.") look on her face. She had that look of "I'm not within the grasp of mortal men" So don't make an idiot of yourself, wasting your time, and mine. I'm not interested!, You can't handle me! I'm "Aphrodite", for Pete's sake! Can't you see that? So get over it : ( She and Mr. Astaire didn't get along, as she mentioned in interviews several times. That look of animosity, or disdain, or boredom whatever it was, came through in her expressions in the movie. She was an angel to me, spectacularly beautiful. When they put those stage lights on her eyes, and that angel face, I was instantly smitten. When they put her in the right dress, that did it for me, cold shower time. There are a lot of amazing dancers in the world for sure, but these two together, were a cosmic combination, of discipline, athleticism, natural rhythm, style grace, class, and beauty. (Sing Sing Sing) (featuring the great (Gene Krupa, on drums) is one of my all time favorite pieces. It rocks! I strongly urge all young people to go to a concert with a large acoustic orchestra, of high quality ASAP, and experience the raw power, of the direct translation of human breath, and direct human motion. You will quickly see the vast difference between electronically enhanced music, and the power of acoustic perfection.
+george prentice There's nothing I like better than wild ass music, and teaching young children about styles and pieces they never understood or heard of. The people who lived a thousand or 70 years ago were no different than you and me, just different circumstances. They laughed and made love, and got high, and went to war, and suffered, and all the rest. It is so important to get little kid listening to this stuff when they are 2-3-4-5 years old, and dancing so they will never stop.This pieces has so much story behind it, related to Africa, the war,and perceptions of the dark continent, and dark thought of lust, and wildness, and so much more. a true masterpiece. Thanks for enjoying it with all of us.
+Peter Mullen Why didn't they get along? Was Astaire too much of a perfectionist? Did he push her too far? His genius was not just in the dance; he arranged it all.
+ron a. You'd have to ask her. I go by what she said in interviews 30 years ago. She's dead so thats going to be difficult. All I know is she made me take a cold shower every time I saw her beautiful eyes, and her magnificent dancing, which as she said, was the same as Fred Astaire except she did it in high heels, and backwards.
I call bullshit on you. Did you even watch the video? How many times did Ginger Rogers dance backwards? IMO it's just an obnoxious trope used to belittle the talent of Fred Astaire
That is great footwork. This is what I wanted to do in the '60s when the rest of my age group were going with rock n roll. I was raised on the big band era with ballroom dance and swing.
This is by far the best of the synchronized/edit videos I have ever seen. What more can you ask for? Fred, Ginger and Benny....Great job. Great taste.....Great choices.
@Selene - I've heard this before and it's a good point. I don't know if you mean it this way but it seems to suggest that perhaps she was the better dancer of the two. And the counter-argument to that would be that Astair danced with several partners and sometimes alone. And he always looked great. Who else did Rogers dance with? Nonetheless, your point is one worth making.
+Chris Ashton Yeah but women weren't as powerful as now, they were still expected to be just housewives. don't forget that part lol. and its 1935 so think about that, you have only like 4 years till WW2 starts.D: but other than that yeah that era was amazing ! :D
The highest compliment that I can pay Sironaca is to say that I think Fred, Ginger, and Benny would have approved of this Number one fabulous video. Long may the three of them reign.
This dancing is amazing and may have been recorded in 1935, but the song is called "Sing, Sing, Sing" and was written by Louis Prima in 1936, so the date is somewhat incorrect.
Fred Astaire is an amazing dancer, I believe if he had grown up in this generation that he would have been able to do hip hop dances with the greatest of ease, he was just that gifted of a dancer.
What could be better!!??? Fred and Ginger, and Benny and Gene (and Ziggy and the rest, of course). They don't make 'em like this anymore. Long live the best music and movies EVER made. And thank goodness we have places like youtube to savor the best any old time that we want.
Genious! They Still Have Now A Days! Patrimoine Artistique de l'Humanité ;-)!Period!!!! 2 Merci pour le partage, Sironaca ;) Happy Cover To Fred & Ginger
How is it mislabeled, the title doesn't suggest Benny Goodman wrote the song. The title states that this song is being played by Benny Goodman... which it is.
Hi, Mom and Dad in Heaven! Missing you more than usual today... So I am listening to songs and & watching dance made famous by some of your top favorites from the Swing Era that YOU experienced together, in New York City, in the 1940's... as you danced and lindy hopped and fell in love! My parents were part of "The Greatest Generation": born in the early 1920s, and died too soon in the early & mid 1990's. My Dad LOVED Benny Goodman & Sing, Sing, Sing! He played it for me in his car on cassette on memorable road trips. Mom loved Fred & Ginger, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, & Tommy Dorsey & Glenn Miller. Dad did , too, of course....and he especially loved the music of 'Ole Blue Eyes, The Chairman of The Board, Frank Sinatra.
lizzabbott Music does take us back in time and arouses those precious memories.
With a life like that I don't doubt they had a good Time
Class and style, style and class! Something we do NOT have much of these days!! And I'm only 57 years of age!!!
Love Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger's dancing; even as a child growing up watching their movies. Gone are those wonderful days of yours.
Carmen Rojo But they had such class doing it!!!
This band sounds terrific and the drummer is just "killin" it with great time, feel and drum sound. Bravo drums, bravo band!
I could watch this over and over and over again!!! Two of the greatest ballroom dancers of all time! One of the greatest jazz groups, featuring one of the greatest drummers, Gene Krupa!!!..Man this was style and class at it's best!!! What a swingin' scene!!!...I love it!!!...
Wonderful rare footage of the fantastically talented and hugely influential drummer Gene Krupa. Every drummer since owes him their appreciation for his accomplishments. Thanks for sharing!
Michael Hanson
The swing era was before my time, but I just love it!
What a fantastic match of Benny Goodman and Fred and Ginger this person has done. Take a really deep bow, you deserve it.
AWESOME....Thanks for this brilliant share....the music plus the super dancers....Fred and Ginger ....!!!!
Out of this world with talent,,all of it! Goodman etc, the dancing, Nothing approaches this today
Now that was dancing! Just like the old movies! Today's dancing can't compare! Thanks for sharing!!
Never before and never since has ANYthing been more Cool!
If you aren't movin' right now, neither is your heart!
Just a wonderful display of incredible, raw talent. Not only in Fred & Ginger, but in the great musicianship of those 1st class musicians! What a joy....
Some of my grandparent's music was totally badass. I have no idea how to dance to it but it hard to sit still.
Fred and Ginger, always a pleasure to watch! This is some proper 'can't sit still in your seat' music, if you can listen to swing and not want to move you mustn't have a soul
I'm sitting here and my feet are going a mile a minute. Great performance by Fred and Ginger - the greatest.
Benny Goodman band not too shabby either ;)
Julius Spohn A mile a minute is only 60 mph.
First time I saw this video. It has blown me away. What dancers!
best dancers no one like them in all the time, belive it or not they were the best.
This is amazing and it is pop, meaning millions and millions watched and listened and loved this. I am SO living in the wrong time.
Now I've seen the sunrise! Fred and Ginger dancing to Benny Goodman!
Kirsten I. Russell
Kirsten quote I. Russell
I believe some of those clips feature Eleanor Powell, the only woman who could out-dance Fred himself.
The Old Scool of Dance and Music 😄👍. Super!!! Thanks from Poland. 💐😎
This is dancing ! Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
The swing classic of all time - and the two best ballroom dancers performing it. What's not to like!
Man..Listen to those horns..Great!
Mr. Milton. I agree with you 110 percent. CLASS and awesomeness !!!!!!!!!
Great piece of music. Fantastic edits of Ginger and Fred who make it look oh-so-easy and graceful.
Dave Oz al bowlley
Dave Oz
They didn't edit it, they could really dance like that.
hmmmm.... how long do you suppose they practiced?? i would LOVE to see the bloopers on THIS LOL
Dave Oz Fred Astair, the lady Lucy Ball?
I om not sure, good old day. Remember always, thankyou
Wow! I could watch this all day! Class. Talent. Never to be seen again...
Fred and Ginger, pure class....no other like them, ever!!!!
throw in Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly too!
Fred and Eleanor Powell!!
two of the greatest dancers who ever lived..period...wish I could see them live today..what a diff.from that gener.from our time..loved it...
Benny Goodman, the "King of Swing," the man brave enough to bring "Tin Pan Alley"-jazz rhythm, swing, to mainstream America.
Great to see internet videos documenting this significant turning point for modern music.
Not sure there has ever been a couple that was more in sync with each other than Fred & Ginger! I'm out of breath just watching them!! AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing!!! :-D
never seen anyone apart from Fred who can carry off a top hat and tails bettet than him . its like he was born wearing one . so smart.
well maybe Gene Kelly
i love the dancing..the beat ..the song..have watched this video a dozen times!!!
Very, Very clever. A fitting tribute to Benny, Fred and Ginger
Most wonderfull editing of geniues dance and music THANK YOU
Hard to say who is sicker here - Benny G. or Fringer. But these cats are all _mad as hatters!!_ 8^D It's really hard to imagine any kid today who loves music and dance - from pop to hip-hop - seeing this and not going completely _bonkers_ for it!! :^)
+Grymmorgan i know i had that same thought!
Grymmorgan Not hard to say at all. Gene Krupa is ridiculously sick.
Young people, in any era, really get into swing music when they sit behind a music stand, instrument in hand, surrounded by 15-16 other talented young musicians, and actually play the notes. A life changing experience. Yes, I play bass and love to preform swing music.
Two of the GREAT dancers in American history.
This video is terrific. Very well done to Sing Sing Sing...
So Awesome!! Nothing like it today. This is a lost art.
This is watching," Dancing with The Stars" ,,,,
They had class back then!!!!! Period!!!!!
They sure did have class today dancing is about sex back then it was about talent! Such a big difference
+Trudy DiMattia the whole period back then was about sex too
+Robert Milton Key word, CLASS !
+Daniel Vena I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, SIR!!!! THEY DID IN DEED!!!!
Yes! Absolutely classy!
Great music and dancing. Never been better.
Great editing of two dance masters.
Would have been even better if it had been on time with the music. It's easy to overlay a soundtrack, but hard to overlay the musical interpretation of the dancers.
What a brilliant combination one of the greatest tunes ever with the best ever dancers
Gene Kruppa, greatest drummer there ever was or ever will be
kenneth risner That's Krupa, you shenanagin, but I agree with your sentiment.
lol fair enough mr brown
Not Krupa, not Goodman. It's a James Horner arrangement for a movie soundtrack.
AGREE
Nice catch Glynnis...I was going to post the same thing until I read yours....Its from the movie Swing Kids, nice arrangement and a damn good soundtrack, but not the original
Brilliant!! My favourite swing piece and my favourite dancers. No couple has ever surpassed Astaire and Rogers. I'm old, but this makes me feel young.
Fred and Ginger.... live long and prosper in our hearts!
super extra pokaz taneczny, tak zatańczyć, to marzenie większości ludzi, aż miło popatrzeć, wdzięczna muzyka, pamiętam muzykę od dziecka, dzięki za piękne widowisko. aha ha ha.
I agree this song is origional. it is the BEST. Unfortunately a lot of kids don't appreciate this kinda music and dancing nowadays. sad. but I'm only 16, and I'm trying to learn these moves, so yeah.
Danza Kuduro i'm 16 aswell and i love this kinda music, eventhough its so hard to play
Danza, these music will live on for over 100 years from now as they did in 1940's
Good to hear it
Let's make sure that these musics last
I agree with you completely, Dominic, I'm only 12, But I don't really like Rock, I like kind of happy, Jazzy music like this, It 's good that at least someone else appreciates it, Good for all of you, I encourage you to, (I'm doing Cornet / Trumpet right now, I suck but i'm getting there! )
Asombroso beny, jean gruppa, no me canso de oírlo y verlos bailar espectacular
bloody brilliant piece of editing
Dancers with class & talent and Benny Goodmann...
Fantastic era...!
Uno de mis sueños es poder bailar solo un poco este baile con un décimo del TALENTO y DON de FRED ... que ? bailo bien , soy delgado y ágil y amo bailar ... el que puede puede ...
Nádhera. Je to úžasné hudba tanec. Jen se tak umět pohybovat a hrát.
That was so freakin awesome! Thanks, to whoever put this video mix together, "brilliant"! I'm 61, so this was 20 years before my ass shoved up. I never missed a single movie presentation of Fred Astaire, especially Ginger Rogers. As a hormonally volatile teenager, I became jelly looking at her beautiful eyes, beautiful face, especially when she gave that ("don't mess with me Mr.") look on her face. She had that look of "I'm not within the grasp of mortal men" So don't make an idiot of yourself, wasting your time, and mine. I'm not interested!, You can't handle me! I'm "Aphrodite", for Pete's sake! Can't you see that? So get over it : (
She and Mr. Astaire didn't get along, as she mentioned in interviews several times. That look of animosity, or disdain, or boredom whatever it was, came through in her expressions in the movie. She was an angel to me, spectacularly beautiful. When they put those stage lights on her eyes, and that angel face, I was instantly smitten. When they put her in the right dress, that did it for me, cold shower time. There are a lot of amazing dancers in the world for sure, but these two together, were a cosmic combination, of discipline, athleticism, natural rhythm, style grace, class, and beauty. (Sing Sing Sing) (featuring the great (Gene Krupa, on drums) is one of my all time favorite pieces. It rocks! I strongly urge all young people to go to a concert with a large acoustic orchestra, of high quality ASAP, and experience the raw power, of the direct translation of human breath, and direct human motion. You will quickly see the vast difference between electronically enhanced music, and the power of acoustic perfection.
what an excellent write up!
+george prentice
There's nothing I like better than wild ass music, and teaching young children about styles and pieces they never understood or heard of. The people who lived a thousand or 70 years ago were no different than you and me, just different circumstances. They laughed and made love, and got high, and went to war, and suffered, and all the rest. It is so important to get little kid listening to this stuff when they are 2-3-4-5 years old, and dancing so they will never stop.This pieces has so much story behind it, related to Africa, the war,and perceptions of the dark continent, and dark thought of lust, and wildness, and so much more. a true masterpiece. Thanks for enjoying it with all of us.
+Peter Mullen Why didn't they get along? Was Astaire too much of a perfectionist? Did he push her too far? His genius was not just in the dance; he arranged it all.
+ron a. You'd have to ask her. I go by what she said in interviews 30 years ago. She's dead so thats going to be difficult. All I know is she made me take a cold shower every time I saw her beautiful eyes, and her magnificent dancing, which as she said, was the same as Fred Astaire except she did it in high heels, and backwards.
so, you liked her a bit?
i love this. I wondered for 25 years what the name of this song is, God Bless You! Now I know! Awesome
One word "Fantastic"
The best piece of dance music ever written!
I love this song :) :)
Both the performance and the dancing are extremely sophisticated.
This is music!
artie shaw summit ridge drive
That's ENTERTAINMENT
Yes, hugely entertaining music, or musical entertainment.
Astounding talent that will never die....Thank you so much....
Wow. That famous "backwards and in high heels" quote about Ginger Rogers is totally true!
I call bullshit on you. Did you even watch the video? How many times did Ginger Rogers dance backwards? IMO it's just an obnoxious trope used to belittle the talent of Fred Astaire
Man.....What a song! The dancing is one thing. But dig that beat. 1935!!!!! Wow! A classic! If you are not taping your foot....you must be dead.
OK Girls.. who wouldn't just love take take a dance with Fred?
That is great footwork. This is what I wanted to do in the '60s when the rest of my age group were going with rock n roll. I was raised on the big band era with ballroom dance and swing.
I love your compilation! Thanks!
toujours un régal a écouter et a regarder les danses des champions inégalés ! merci
That made me really happy!
Absolutely awsome ...Thank You .. John Rapp
MAGNIFICENT!!!
dancing with the stars couldnt even by a ticket to see and watch this performance!!!
wonderful !
This is by far the best of the synchronized/edit videos I have ever seen. What more can you ask for? Fred, Ginger and Benny....Great job. Great taste.....Great choices.
Way better then these mumbling rappers these days
Way better music then the music now
Simply FANTASTIC, AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
Period!!!
Back when people had class and talent
To whomever synced this ...Bravo and thank you.
WOW I LOVE FRED ASTAIRE ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♡❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a fantastic piece of fusing together of swing and dance.
Women do it with class. Ginger Rogers had to dance the steps in reverse and in heels.
most of the time she was doing what he was and often both had heels or she'd be as tall as him.
Selene du Ciel 古早味小吃。
That is how real women learned and dance. We need NO posts from ignorant feminists.
@Selene - I've heard this before and it's a good point. I don't know if you mean it this way but it seems to suggest that perhaps she was the better dancer of the two. And the counter-argument to that would be that Astair danced with several partners and sometimes alone. And he always looked great. Who else did Rogers dance with? Nonetheless, your point is one worth making.
@@DandyLion662a remember, Fred once danced with a hat rack.
Excellent video tribute to a great song and a remarkable pair of dancers! Thanks. Now where are my spats?...
The best. Sublime.
Fantastic dancing and drums too!
Man I wish I could be alive during these times. People had so much class black then compared to people today.
+Chris Ashton I know thah feel bro'
I've always felt like I'm in the wrong generation
Kari Aguilera Yeah. I'd gladly give up my technology to go back to the good ol days.
+Chris Ashton Yeah but women weren't as powerful as now, they were still expected to be just housewives. don't forget that part lol. and its 1935 so think about that, you have only like 4 years till WW2 starts.D: but other than that yeah that era was amazing ! :D
+Kevin Gonzales I wouldn't mind being a housewife (:
but yeah, I forgot about the war :/
Kevin Gonzales Hell I would treat my wife with the same amount of love and respect as I do now.
The highest compliment that I can pay Sironaca is to say that I think Fred, Ginger, and Benny would have approved of this Number one fabulous video. Long may the three of them reign.
DWTS Eat your heart out, now that's dancing !
Brilliant, just watching for the first time, wow!
This dancing is amazing and may have been recorded in 1935, but the song is called "Sing, Sing, Sing" and was written by Louis Prima in 1936, so the date is somewhat incorrect.
Source I read say it was recorded by Benny Goodman in 1937, with some other band doing it before then.
Divin, magique, époustouflant.... En un mot j'adoooooooore❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Fred Astaire is an amazing dancer, I believe if he had grown up in this generation that he would have been able to do hip hop dances with the greatest of ease, he was just that gifted of a dancer.
What could be better!!??? Fred and Ginger, and Benny and Gene (and Ziggy and the rest, of course). They don't make 'em like this anymore. Long live the best music and movies EVER made. And thank goodness we have places like youtube to savor the best any old time that we want.
These two are just another reason why Dancing with the "Stars" is a total joke!
kkkkk
this looks pretty dumb too though so..
Fred and Ginger?? You're nuts, Fred worote the book and Ginger kept up with every step all while dancing in heels and backwards. Wake up!
I was fully awake and aware of my intentions when I wrote that comment
Oh, too bad. That's genuine talent despite how old the movie is. Oh well.
Спасибо! Это потрясающе красиво! Я в восторге! Жаль, что это давно и мало кто оценит... 🙁
Jajajaja -- THE CHICAGO STYLE !!
VIVA MI JAZZ !!
Genious! They Still Have Now A Days!
Patrimoine Artistique de l'Humanité ;-)!Period!!!! 2
Merci pour le partage, Sironaca ;) Happy Cover To Fred & Ginger
*sigh* I was born a lil late...
I was born in 2001. I should've been born in 1910. It sucks!
you wouldn't have liked the dentistry!
They were among the best, but not 'the best'😑
Me to
Superbes danses sans parler de l'accompagnement: sublime!!!!!!!
Mislabeled. This is 'Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) written by Louis Prima and performed by The BBC Big Band.
How is it mislabeled, the title doesn't suggest Benny Goodman wrote the song. The title states that this song is being played by Benny Goodman... which it is.
My second favorite swing band song behind "Well Git It" by Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra!! Go daddyo!!!
Fred Astaire?
and Ginger Rogers
Willy Weilenmann Indeed!
Excellent editing of the music and the dance scenes together. Well done.