Let's Dance : The Best Of Ballroom Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug & Jive | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 60062
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 72874
UPC: 081227287429
EAN: 0081227287429
ASIN: B00000344A
Release Date: November 11, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Ability To Swing - Patti Austin | | • | Think - Aretha Franklin | | • | Who - James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Billy Branch | | • | Destination Anywhere - The Commitments | | • | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Nina Simone | | • | Hot Coffee - Carl Anderson | | • | Messin' With The Kid - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | | • | Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin | | • | Rocket '88' - Buster Poindexter | | • | My Boyfriend's Back - Melissa Manchester | | • | Ol' Man River - Earl Grant | | • | Jive After Five - Carl Perkins | | • | The Walkin' Blues - Royal Crown Revue | | • | Trickle Trickle - Manhattan Transfer | | • | Jack, You're Dead - Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive | | • | Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Disappointing March 1, 2000
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
As the first reviewer said, this is not Lindy Hop music. Aside from the Royal Crown Revue track, it is maybe West Coast Swing music at best. Great for WCS, but not for Lindy or even East Coast.
 Excellent collection of 16 (8 Swing, 3 Lindy, 5 Jitterbug) November 20, 1998
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
An excellent collection of 16 songs. The first 8 are Swing, including Think, Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin); Ability to Swing (Patti Austin); Hot Coffee (Carl Anderson). The next 3 are Lindy, including My Boyfriend's Back (Melissa Manchester). the last 5 are Jitterbug and Jive, with Jive After Five (Carl Perkins), Trickle Trickle (Manhattan Transfer), and Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers).
 A useful collection for dance DJs and party hosts / hostesses April 4, 2007
J. Wakefield (SLC, Utah)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
4 stars
This is a fine collection of vocal music for various kinds of swing dancing. All 16 tracks have been digitally remastered and they are reasonably clean of noise, pop, hiss, etc. I can't say I love every track, but it is a useful collection for dance DJs and party hosts / hostesses.
The first eight tracks are listed under "swing." They are slow-between 29-31 measures per minute. Single rhythm swing would not be much fun to these, but they are great for triple rhythm swing. If you are adventersome, and this is not a stretch if you love it, dance West Coast swing and slink up the hall!
Tracks 9-11 range betweem 33-37 mpm, and they are fun if your knees will let you dance Lindy-hop to them.
Tracks 12-16 are listed as jitterbug or jive and range from 38-54 mpm.
Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, measures per minute, and artist:
Ability To Swing, 4:51, WCSwing, 31 (Patti Austin)
Think, 2:20, WCSwing, 28 (Aretha Franklin)
Who told you? 4:09, WCSwing, 29 (James Cotton, et al.)
Destination Anywhere, 3:12, WCSwing, 30 (Commitments)
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, 2:50, WCSwing, 31 (Nina Simone)
Hot Coffee, 4:54, WCSwing, 30 (Carl Anderson)
Messin' With The Kid, 2:15, WCSwing, 30 (Buddy Guy & Junior Wells)
Chain Of Fools, 2:48, WCSwing, 29 (Aretha Franklin)
Rocket 88, 2:51, Lindy, 37 (Buster Poindexter)
My Boyfriend is Back, 3:27, Lindy, 33 (Melissa Manchester)
Ol' Man River, 3:26, Lindy, 34 (Earl Grant)
Jive After Five, 2:22, Jive, 38 (Carl Perkins)
Walkin Blues, The, 5:22, Jive, 40 (Royal Crown Revue)
Trickle Trickle, 2:22, Jive, 46 (Manhattan Transfer)
Jack, You're Dead, 2:48, Jive, 54 (Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive Band)
Why do fools fall in love, 2:17, Jive, 44 (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
This is NOT Lindy music August 2, 1999
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Yes, some of it is jazz, but is it Lindy Hop/Jitterbug music? No
 Do not buy this CD! January 29, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a waste. Is this bad music? Not really. Is it the best choice for Lindy Hopping? No! It is one of the worst compilations out there in fact. This is a result of people that teach at a general dance studio trying to be cool and find music you can swing to--while not being swing music. Or perhaps they couldn't secure the rights to anything else??? Could you dance to these songs? I guess. Do I want to? No way.
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