"Jumping Jive" (also known as "(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous #jazz/#swing composition, #written by #CabCalloway, #FrankFroeba, and #JackPalmer. Originally #recorded on 17 July 1939, on #VocalionRecords, it sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Pop chart. Calloway performs the song with his orchestra and the #NicholasBrothers in the 1943 #musicalFilm #StormyWeather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8
Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers

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Via photographer Bill Steber-

86 years ago today, on November 23rd, 1936, 25 year old Robert Johnson from Hazelhurst, MS walked through these doors into room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in downtown San Antonio, TX and changed the course of popular music. #robertjohnson #gunterhotel #vocalionrecords #comeoninmykitchen #crossroadblues #texasblues #mississippiblues #blackandwhitephotography #hasselblad