The Dancing Twenties

Various Artists FWRBF27 / RBF 27

From the wildly popular Charleston to the foxtrot, the music of the 1920s provided entertainment for dancers throughout the United States and beyond. This compilation presents "on location" recordings of popular dance tunes from the Roaring Twenties.
Country(s) United States
Keyword(s) Jazz; Ragtime
Instrument(s) Piano

Year of Recording 1976
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by David. A Jasen ; Design by Ronald Clyne

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101	Charleston	The Isham Jones Orchestra	2:49
102	Think of Me	The Isham Jones Orchestra	3:09
103	Brown Sugar	The Piccadilly Revels Orchestra	2:43
104	Mobile Blues	The Gene Rodemich Orchestra	3:16
105	Jump Steady Blues	The Original Six	3:23
106	Follow the Swallow	The George Olsen Orchestra	2:45
107	Footloose	The Okeh Syncopators	2:44
108	Red Hot Mama	The Ray Miller Orchestra	2:52
201	I'm All Broken Up Over You	The Ted Weems Orchestra	3:10
202	All Muddled Up	The Zez Confrey Orchestra	2:57
203	I'm Through Shedding Tears Over You	Guyon's Paradise Orchestra	3:00
204	He's a New Kind of Man	The Roseland Dance Orchestra	3:10
205	Why Should I Believe in You	The Scranton Sirens Orchestra	2:47
206	Longing for You	Warner's Seven Aces	2:51
207	You'll Want Me Back Some Day	The Lloyd Finlay Orchestra	2:53
208	Spanish Shawl	Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra	3:09

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