Jitterbug can be used as a noun to refer to a swing dancer or various types of swing dances, e. Juke joint (or jook joint) is the Vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music dancing gambling and drinking primarily operated by The term " swing dance " commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of Jazz music in the 1920s '30s and '40s although g. , Lindy Hop^[1], Jive and East Coast Swing. Lindy Hop is an African American dance that evolved in New York City in 1927 Jive is a Dance style in 4/4 time that originated among African-Americans in the early 1940s East Coast Swing ( ECS) is a form of social Partner dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop with the work of the Arthur Murray dance This has led to confusion within the dance community since jitterbug can refer to different swing dances. It can also be used as a verb to mean someone dancing to swing music. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United For example, "People were top-notch jitterbugging, jumping around, cutting loose and going crazy". ^[2]

Various editions of Arthur Murray's "How To Become a Good Dancer" contain the following text. "There are hundreds of regional dances of the Jitterbug type", "A favorite with young New Yorkers is the Lindy Hop"(1947), "Whether it's called Swing, Lindy or Jitterbug. . " (1954). "Formerly called Jitterbug, Lindy Hop and various other names in different parts of the country. . . Swing is the newer title"(1959). "

The term "jitterbug" comes from an early 20th century slang used to describe alcoholics who suffered from the "jitters" (delirium tremens). Delirium tremens (colloquially the DTs, " the horrors " " the fear "" the shakes "" jazz hands "" During the early 1900s, the term became associated with swing dancers who danced without any control or knowledge of the dance. ^[3] This term was famously associated with swing era dancers by band leader Cab Calloway [1] because, as he put it, "They look like a bunch of jitterbugs out there on the floor" due to their fast often bouncy movements on the dance floor. Cabell "Cab" Calloway III ( December 25, 1907 &ndash November 18, 1994) was a famous American Jazz Singer In popular culture it became generalized to mean a swing dancer (e. g. , you were a jitterbug), a type of swing dance (e. g. , you danced the jitterbug), or the act of swing dancing (e. g. , you were jitterbugging).

Calloway’s 1935 recording of “Call of the Jitter Bug (Jitterbug) [2] [3] and the film “Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party” [4] popularized use of the word “jitterbug”, and created a strong association between Calloway and jitterbug. Lyrics to "Call of the Jitter Jug" clearly demonstrate the association between the word jitterbug, and the consumption of alcohol. "If you'd like to be a jitter bug, First thing you must do is get a jug, Put whiskey, wine and gin within, And shake it all up and then begin. Grab a cup and start to toss, You are drinking jitter sauce! Don't you worry, you just mug, And then you'll be a jitter bug!" [5]

World War II facilitated the spread of jitterbug to Europe. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For instance, by May 1944 in preparation for D-Day, there were nearly 2 million American troops stationed throughout Britain. D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote ^[4] Time magazine reported that American troops stationed in France in 1945 jitterbugged. [6], and by 1946 jitterbug had become a craze in England. [7]

Jitterbug was also done to early rock and roll. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Rockabilly musician Janis Martin equates jitterbug with rock and roll dancing in her April 1956 song "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll". "The girls fill the jukebox and then demand The jitterbug hand-in-hand. . . Drugstore's rockin', rock-rock". [8][9][10] In 1957 the Philadelphia, PA based American Bandstand was picked up by the American Broadcasting Company and shown across the United States. American Bandstand was a Television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Bandstand featured then currently popular songs, live appearances by musicians, and dancing in the studio. At this time the most popular fast dance was Jitterbug, which is described as “a frentic leftover of the swing era ballroom days that was only slightly less acrobatic than Lindy”. ^[5]

References

See also

• Lindy Hop
• Jive
• East Coast Swing
• Swing dance
• Swing music

Lindy Hop is an African American dance that evolved in New York City in 1927 Jive is a Dance style in 4/4 time that originated among African-Americans in the early 1940s East Coast Swing ( ECS) is a form of social Partner dance that evolved from the Lindy Hop with the work of the Arthur Murray dance The term " swing dance " commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of Jazz music in the 1920s '30s and '40s although Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United

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