Instrument: brass tentet (score and parts)
Grade: difficult
Catalogue No: SB38
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) is a 1936 song written by Louis Prima and recorded by Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang in 1936. The song has been covered by numerous other artists, such as Fletcher Henderson and Benny Goodman. The original version recorded by Prima used lyrics but due to the better known Benny Goodman version is now best known in this instrumental form. The Goodman version was recorded in Hollywood in 1937. Goodman on clarinet, was joined for these sessions by amongst others, Harry James on trumpet, Jess Stacy on piano and Gene Krupa on drums.
Most big band recordings of that time were limited to three minutes to allow them to be recorded on one side of a standard 10 inch 78-rpm record, but the Goodman version was extended and lasted nearly 9 minutes and took both sides of a 12-inch 78. Goodman was very fond of this work and described how no concert was complete without it.
Edited by Roger Argente.
