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Cab Calloway and The Nicholas Brothers | Jumpin Jive (1939)

"Jumping Jive" is a famous jazz/swing composition, written by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, and Jack Palmer.

Originally recorded on 17 July 1939, on Vocalion Records, it sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Pop chart


Calloway performs the song with his orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers in the 1943 musical film Stormy Weather.

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