Sing, Sing, Sing

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"Sing, Sing, Sing" is a landmark big band jazz and swing composition, famously associated with Benny Goodman and celebrated for its driving rhythm and extended drum and clarinet solos.

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instanceOf big band composition
song
alsoKnownAs Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) NERFINISHED
associatedWithEra Swing Era NERFINISHED
composer Louis Prima NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance landmark of big band jazz
signature tune of Benny Goodman
featuresInstrument clarinet
drums
piano
trumpet
firstRecordingArtist Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang NERFINISHED
genre big band jazz
swing
hasForm extended arrangement
hasInstrumentalVersion yes
hasNotableClarinetist Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
hasNotableDrummer Gene Krupa NERFINISHED
hasNotablePianist Jess Stacy NERFINISHED
hasSubgenre hot jazz
hasVocalVersion yes
influenced later big band arrangements
swing performance practice
isStandardRepertoireFor big bands
swing dance bands
lyricist Louis Prima NERFINISHED
notableFor driving rhythm
extended clarinet solos
extended drum solos
lengthy big band arrangement
notablePerformer Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
Gene Krupa NERFINISHED
Harry James NERFINISHED
Jess Stacy NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOfEvent Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall concert NERFINISHED
popularizedBy Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
recordedAt Carnegie Hall NERFINISHED
tempo up-tempo
usedFor swing dancing
yearComposed 1936
yearFirstRecorded 1936
yearOfFamousGoodmanRecording 1937

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Not Drowning, Waving hasEP Sing, Sing, Sing
this entity surface form: Sing Sing
Benny Goodman notableSong Sing, Sing, Sing
Gene Krupa notableWork Sing, Sing, Sing
this entity surface form: "Sing, Sing, Sing" (drum feature with Benny Goodman)
Louis Prima notableWork Sing, Sing, Sing
this entity surface form: Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)