Swing Songs...

[Bunnyfeet]

My FH and I have dabbled in swing and we plan on taking some lessons before the ceremony so we can really use it during the reception. But we're a little stuck on songs. We've only ever danced to whatever was playing, I wish now that I had written down what a lot of the songs were.

Does anyone have any recommendations for good swing-songs? We'll use pretty much any era, especially anything that is oldies (think Billie Holiday era) as we really love that stuff and we have a lot of relatives coming who are from that generation. I think it might be fun for them.

Thanks!

[Kyriel]

Can't take that away from me/ Shall we Dance (both songs from Gershwin Bros' musical "crazy for you" approx 1930) might work out. The musical has a few others you could probably swing to.

Also check out Lily Wilde's album Insect Ball (you can listen to little samples of the tracks on Amazon)

Cherry Poppin' Daddies have great, fun, danceable music, but it's 99% inappropriate ;}

Jump Jive and Wail by Brian Setzer Orchestra is a fun one-- (actually it's originally by Louis Prima, but Brian Setzer is the more recent one people will remember)

Hope some of those suggestions are helpful!

[Bunnyfeet]

Thanks for the great suggestions!