Paul sent me this great cut by Tommy Johnson [not the original old timer]. He cost me hours.
One of the pop music genres that seems to be missing in the latest generation is boogie woogie. It seems to have been retired with Jerry Lee Lewis. It was the rage when my parents were teenagers in the late 30s and lasted through the war. I believe that it is physically impossible for a human being not to tap a foot if this music is played. Here is a collection of instrumental greats from the 30s on Amazon – you can listen to a few seconds each of 19 cuts.
Nancy’s dad was nuts for this music. His crowd didn’t have television or internet but here, grandchildren, is a music video from before your grandma was born.
For my South Carolina crowd, do you remember Rudy Blue Shoes in his prime? [He played in the local bars and we hired him for a company social event one time.] I couldn’t find any video from the days where he did it standing up and screaming but he’s still doing his thing.
And finally, we have to look to the great of my generation’s young years. My grandchildren might not recognize either the iPod device or the media chip in this video but the music has to be timeless.
Technology rolled along rapidly in those days; soon we could get the entire cut on a disk a third that size.
I had to find a cut of Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On from Jerry in his prime – jumping around and pounding on the piano. This 1957 version is perfect but I had to pick the extended 6 minute cut from the Steve Allen show, complete with commercials. People younger than N and I may not recognize Steve Allen but we were in 8th grade that year and this is how parents tried to keep up with their children before Facebook.
Warning, do not start listening to these boogie woogie, YouTube links if you’re in the middle of anything – once you start, one cut leads to another.
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